Summer Fun 2013

Just a few highlights of our summer and a few cute videos.

Fair & Rodeo 2013

Davis Family Fourth of July 2013 in Pagosa

Celebrating Ryder & Leah's birthdays

Hudson caught his 1st fish

4th of July Parade

Fun with grandma & grandpa

Crosby loved watermelon!  Cried when we took it away.

Cute picture with 2nd cousins Sami & Madi

Big boy 6 months old

Sweet brothers

Love this happy little guy!

Little Swimmers

At the rodeo with Auntie Cigi and Uncle Clay

Taking Crosby for a little ride

Ryder singing "God's Not Dead" by the Newsboys in the car.  He's our music lover.

Crosby at 3 months pretending to go to sleep when Daddy says "Go to sleepy"

Sweet video of Hudson feeding Crosby

I asked Hudson who he was going to marry when he grows up.  He says "a sweet girl with a sweet heart that loves Jesus."  

Last night before bed, Hudson asked if he could marry me when he grows up.  Melts my heart.  And Ryder has such a loving nature.  He always gets up from the dinner table to give everyone kisses on the arm or hands and he is the master of compliments.  "I like your eyes, Daddy.  I like your hair, Mommy.  I like your shirt, Brother" ;)  And unless he is hungry or teething, Crosby is the smiliest, most excited baby ever.  We have some hard, chaotic days sometimes, but we love this stage.  We're trying to savor the moments because we know they are changing each day.  So Blessed! 

Blessed are the people to who such blessings fall!

Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

Psalm 144:15 

Growing like weeds

Here are a few pictures taken just after Crosby was born ...

And then I blinked and he grew and changed and looks and acts like such a big boy.

Crosby was 16.5 lbs at his 4 month appointment

And like his big brother, Ryder, he is a big fan of eating!

Hudson and Ryder on their last day of Mother's Day Out before summer break.  Hudson loves learning and school and meeting other kids.  Ryder is still warming up to the idea, but he's getting there.  They both know how to write their letters and Hudson can write several words and his name with no help from Mommy.  Darren gave Hudson a little calculator and he loves learning about addition.  He picks two (small) numbers and we figure out what the total should be on paper and then he checks the answer on his calculator of course ;)  Ryder loves music and cars.  He has memorized every word to all the praise songs on his bedtime CD and many of the songs we listen to on K-LOVE.  He can recognize many songs by the first few notes and tells me to turn it up because he wants to sing along!

Mia, DanDan, Clay, Cigi and MaMa all came over to visit us in Midland on Father's Day weekend.  Cigi and Mia painted a baseball on Hudson & Ryder's bedroom wall, while DanDan, Clay and Darren worked on our backyard sprinkler system.  And Crosby loved spending time with his great-grandma!

Darren and his boys on Father's Day

Our 8th Anniversary Dinner with the whole crew

Welcoming the new little guy ...

Crosby Jay finally arrived on February 5th at 1:23 pm.

7 pounds 13 ounces, 20.5 inches, lots of blonde hair, and adorable!

Ryder meeting his new partner in crime!

Hudson was so excited to meet Crosby :)

Coming home from the hospital

Just one of the guys

Ryder's 2nd Bday and Hudson Starting Preschool

My boys sporting their boots and belts.

Handsome fellas!

Ryder's 2nd Birthday Party

Lots of fun with family and friends and a big water slide that we could not convince Ryder to try.  Oh well, it was fun for everyone else and Ryder like watching all the action.

He was too embarrassed to ride his new 4 wheeler at the party, but now we can't keep him off of it.  He tried to ride it up a huge pile of dirt the other day.  Good thing it doesn't have much power. 

Fair & Rodeo 2012

Hudson and Ryder loved the clown "Wild Child" who jumped his motorcycle over a truck and trailer! 

Family Picture Time

Mom took a few pictures of us by the trumpet vine at their house.  

She did a good job with two wiggly guys!

Hudson's 1st Day of Preschool

Unlike his Mommy, he marched right into his classroom without hesitation ;) He loved his first day! I'm certain that it was a much bigger milestone for Mommy than Hudson, but I'm so glad he loves learning and meeting new friends.  Doesn't hurt that his cousin Landon was in his class too.  His teacher said that sat together the whole morning ;)