The Davis Family: April 2008

4.29.2008

Sunday Morning at the Park

We have been playing baseball in the house with Brody a lot lately. He loves it and is getting really good! It's getting a bit crazy because he is really hitting and throwing the ball hard now, so Jared and I had to get him out into the open so he could really swing away!!

Brody is a total lefty when it comes to sports but the only glove that we could find that fits him is a right handed glove, so it's a bit backwards looking! He will not play baseball without a glove so this one will have to make due until we find him a left handed glove!

Our little slugger!

We can't wait for him to be old enough to start playing on a real team.

It must be ladybug season since everyone has pictures of their little ones with them! Here is one that Brody found while hanging out at the park.

He was so eager to pick it up, I was shocked because he usually hates bugs!

Getting up close and personal with the ladybug. Check out those eyelashes!! I'm so jealous of them!

Mommy's Date

I took Brody out for a special day with just him and I the Friday before I went back to work. I was feeling bad for the poor guy since the whole time he had seen me for the past six weeks, I had Chase attached to me! We went to the Lied Discovery Museum and then to the Rain Forest Cafe for lunch. I don't have any pictures of the lunch because Brody was on sensory overload from everything going on in the restaurant, he wouldn't leave my side! It was so fun to get out and just have one-on-one time with him, he really deserved it. Brody has been such a huge help and is such a great son and brother. I really love spending time with him, he is so funny and charming! I love him sooo much!

Floating boats and splashing in the water

I love how his cheeks are all puffed out, blowing bubbles!

Making HUGE bubbles!

Sorting shapes

Playing drums

Touching a tornado!!

Shooting hoops, I couldn't get him away from this! He could barely see over the top, but made almost every shot!

The floating beach ball that he had to chase all over the place!

4.16.2008

Urkel!!

Brody is such a goofball!! He is always doing something to make us laugh.

Jared and I were in the kitchen, getting things ready for bed. Brody walks up behind us and says, "Look guys!" We turn around and he has his pajama shorts pulled up as high as they can go! The both of us start cracking up which is exactly what Brody was going for! Brody starts laughing too and then says, "Watch me run!" He takes off laughing and running all over the house with his shorts like this! Jared and I could not believe this, we have never pulled his shorts up high and laughed about it so we didn't know how he would know, that this was so funny! We were laughing so hard that we were crying and had sore cheeks! Brody was so proud of himself for being such a comedian!

I have no idea where Brody comes up with this stuff but I love it!!!

4.09.2008

Chase is 1 Month Old!

WOW!! I cannot believe that Chase has been with us for one month already! It feels like just yesterday he came into this world, but at the same time, it feels like we've had him forever. This has been one amazing month that has filled my family and I with so much thanks and happiness!

During this first month of Chase's life, we have learned this:
Chase is very mellow; he responds immediately to Brody's voice (looks for him whenever he hears him); he loves his sleep (thank goodness!!!! wakes up between 2 and 3 am and then not again until around 7am); HATES his bath and getting lotion put on; makes the sweetest sounds while he eats and falls asleep; takes a pacifier from Dad or Brody much easier than Mom ( he must know she has the "goods"); STILL has his umbilical cord (it's hanging on by only one little spot now); has the most animated expressions; spits up much more than Brody ever did (it seems that laundry has quadrupled because of this!); LOVES to have his head rubbed while he eats; burps like a man, it makes me jump at least twice a day; is so cuddly, just like his brother, and his favorite position to lay is on my chest ( this is what I will miss most, I think) and he eats like a champ, I can't wait to see how much weight he has gained!!!

We are so excited to see what the future holds for our family! One thing I'm most looking forward to is the relationship that Brody and Chase develop over the years, I'm sure they will be the best of friends and have a deep love for each other. We are so blessed!!!

I LOVE MY BOYS!!

4.01.2008

A Beautiful Day

The first week that Chase was born, the weather was so perfect! So, when he was 4 days old, I had to get out of the house and take advantage of it before summer comes and it is scorching hot! Chase slept the entire time, Brody played on the playground, and my mom, sister and I got some cute pictures.

Me and my new little man.

My amazing boys!

Grandma and Chase

She is so in love with her grandsons!

My beautiful sister, Lindy, and her nephews. Brody LOVES his aunts and uncle!

Our Sweet, Crazy Brody

November, 2008 - Brody wants Christmas to be here soo bad! When he asks me when it will be here, I tell him that we have Thanksgiving first, and then it will be Christmas time. A few days later he comes up to me and asks, "Mom, when do we thanksgive?"
July 29, 2008 - When we were out to dinner at Applebee's, Brody was feeding Jared his apple slices. Jared had a mouthfull and couldn't eat anymore, so he was keeping his mouth shut. Brody insisted on forcing them into his mouth anyway and when Jared wouldn't open up anymore, Brody says "Stop jackin' around Dad!" I could not believe it!! We really need to watch what we say around him!
June 20, 2008 - Brody is totally potty trained now, but I still am in the habit of asking him every 30 minutes if he has to go. When I asked, he says yes and then Jared volunteers to take him. This must have made Brody very happy because his response was "Let's do it bro!" Brody really is very intelligent, even if his sometimes surfer-like vocabulary makes it sound otherwise!!!
June 20, 2008 - Chase was relaxing in his swing and Brody was playing with some toys, each doing their own thing. I was in the kitchen and hear Brody say "Chasers...what up dude?"
June 19, 2008 - While sitting in the McDonald's drive thru, waiting in a forever-long line, Brody asks, "Are you going to open the window, or what?"
May 23, 2008 - I was driving home with the boys in the back seat. I hear Brody counting, but instead of counting in order, he is all over the place....1,10,7,25,63. I ask him, "What kind of counting is that?" Brody explains "I'm counting in Spanish Mommy!" Oh, of course, how could I have not known that!
April 15, 2008 - Jared and I are always telling Brody how smart he is. So now, when Brody asks us about something and we give him an answer, he tells us, "You're so smart!" Nice to know our child thinks we are intelligent also!
March 15, 2008 - The four of us went to breakfast at the Original Pancake House after the Boulder City Easter Egg Hunt. I ordered Brody an orange juice because that is what he wanted. The waitress tells me that it is fresh squeezed and has a lot of pulp in it. I think to myself that it couldn't be that much pulp and tell her that he will be fine. As we are eating, Brody takes a drink of his orange juice and pulls it away with a look of disgust on his face! He hands it to me and says, "It has fuzz in it!" I guess the pulp was a bit too much for him! So, as my punishment for not listening to the waitress, I spend the rest of breakfast drinking from a plastic kiddie cup while having to help Brody every time he wants a drink because I had to hand over my large glass of apple juice.
Jared got home from a hard day of work and was laying on the floor with his eyes closed. Brody walked over to him to see what he was doing. He then pats Jared on top of the head, leans in and asks, "You tired little Buddy?"
Jared and I are no longer Dad and Mom to Brody. He now refers to us as Buddy and Babe when talking to us!
I was flipping through the tv channels and stopped on the Christina Aguilara concert. Brody loves music and started watching it with me. He always comments on girls' hair and says, "She have nice hair, Mommy." I agree with him and say, "Yes, she is very pretty and such a good singer." He continues watching it, very intently, and then comes to the realization, "She have nice boobs too!" I could not believe this! I'm going to have my hands full with this one!
February 7, 2008 - I was getting ready for a doctors appointment and changing my clothes when Brody looks at me, points and asks, "Is that my brother in there?" He is so ready for his baby brother to be here!
Brody is constantly giving my prego belly hugs and kisses because to him, he is giving Chase hugs and kisses when he does this. Jared and I always ask him if he loves his brother and he always says yes. On this day, Brody walked over to my belly, hugged and kissed it and then said, "I love you Chase." Brody melts my heart every day!
I was sitting on the couch, rubbing lotion on my enormous, pregnant, itchy belly when Brody came over and wanted to help. I gave him some lotion to put on my belly. When he was finished, he says "There you go Chase." He is such a caretaker! I love him so much!
December 23, 2007 - I was sitting on the floor with Brody and said "Ouch." Brody is always very concerned when anyone is hurt or in pain so he asked "Are you ok Mommy?" I told him that I was fine. A few moments later, after Brody was thinking for a while, he announces to me "I want to be a doctor, make people feel better!" I could not believe that he had put the two together! What kind of 2 year old has aspirations to be a doctor?! Brody is such a caring and sweet boy, we are so blessed!!!