99 years later...

Last night my Great-Grandmother (Granny) passed away at the amazing age of 99! I thought since we knew it was coming, and since she had lived a long, full life, that I would be fine when it happened, but as I sit here typing this it brings tears to my eyes. It has been over 2 years since I have seen her and I am wishing I would have been able to go visit her one last time. I know she lived a long, happy life and I am glad she has returned home to Heavenly Father, but I am left wishing I would have taken advantage of all the years I had with her. Unfortunately, as Granny got older, her memory got worse, so when we would visit there wasn't much deep conversation happening. We would sit and visit, and she always made me laugh, but I wish I knew her better. I wish I knew about her childhood, and what life was like for her growing up in such a different time and place. I will miss her fun, flirty personality (yes, even at the ripe old age of 99 she was still flirty!) I am just happy that when I did last see her, we were able to get a 5 generations picture, that is something not many people get to experience. In fact, shortly before she died my cousin had his first grandchild, allowing them to get a 6 generations picture.

The one thing I am taking from this is that I want to do all I can to learn more about my family history. I don't want to just know names and birthdates, I want to really know the people!!

5 Generations

Granny giving David kisses

Granny & David

Halloween 2011

Happy Halloween from.....

Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear

I say a little prayer for you...

This morning Kimmie came into my room and told me she said a prayer to Jesus in the middle of the night. Occasionally she has bad dreams, and we taught her to pray when that happens. I asked her if she had a bad dream again, and she said no. So, I asked her why she said a prayer in the middle of the night and this was her answer:

"David was coughing a lot and I was really worried about him, so I said a prayer to Jesus to make him better and he will because Jesus loves all the little children"

She is such a sweet girl. She loves her brothers so much and is such a great example to them. She is also a great example to me. Jesus does love all the little children, so what a great blessing and responsibility it is to be a parent. He has trusted us to care for these sweet children and words cannot express how grateful I am to be their mother.

I mean look at these sweet faces, how could you not love being their mother?!?

Joshua's baby blessing

Tell me this is not the cutest little boy you have ever seen:)

Today we blessed our beautiful baby Joshua. He is such an amazing little boy and we are so happy to have him in our family.

Don't you love his little suit:)

We were actually able to get a good family picture as we headed out the door to church

We attempted to get Davenport family pictures after church since the entire family is together for Joshua's blessing. This is my favorite picture because Kimmie's face sums up how I felt trying to get the kids to cooperate for a picture!

We were also lucky enough to have all of my family here to celebrate Joshua, so we took this opportunity to get an updated family photo.

cousins

Grandma with her loves

As busy as it has been, I have LOVED having all my family together. I am so lucky to have been born into such a great family, married into an amazing family and been blessed to have a wonderful family of my own.

family...

This weekend both our families will all be together to celebrate the blessing of this handsome man...

and to see these two crazy kids...

2 month check-up

I can't believe Joshua is already 2 months old, here are his stats:

Weight: 13 lbs 5 ozs (75th percentile)

Height: 23 1/4 inches (75th percentile)

Head: 16.2 inches (98th percentile)

I was a little worried to see that he had dropped from the 90th percentile to the 75th for his height and weight, but the doctor says that is not anything to worry about. He is still a big, healthy boy. He smiles all the time and even laughs a little. He is starting to make new noices, mostly "coo" and "ooo".

Kimmie is great at getting him to smile and David loves to snuggle with him. This boy sure is loved by everyone around him!!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Cot Cot!!

Happy Birthday Scott!

The kids have been so excited because today is Cot Cot's birthday! (They call him Cot Cot because that is what Kimmie called him when she was little and it was so cute, it just stuck.) They are very excited to go to lunch with him today.
They love all their Aunts and Uncles, but they have an extra close bond with Scott. He and Kimmie were instantly close and it has continued with all the kids. I hope their relationship continues to stay close throughout their lives.
Here is one example of how much they love Scott. Every time the front door opens, David runs to it calling "Cot Cot". He is always sad when it is not him. Kimmie and David also like to play "Cyndy and Scott". They are great with their imaginations. David will pretend to ride up on his scooter, it is adorable to watch!
They are very lucky to have so many amazing aunts and uncles, but today we celebrate Scott. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY COT COT! We hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday and that this year brings you everything you desire and deserve!
Kimmie holding Scott's hand when she was 1. She was always snuggled up with him.

Joshua and Scott

watching a movie

and running a marathon...one of many crazy things with Seth...