2011...2012

Well, I have been terrible at blogging lately, but I am finally going to catch everyone up on what has been going on with us.

For the first time in our marriage, we are officially homework free! That's right, I (Chrissy) finally graduated on December 10, 2011 with my Bachelors degree from Portland State University (exactly one year after Seth). It feels so nice to have my spare time back...well, as much spare time that a mother of three can have!

We spent Christmas at home and it was so great to watch the kids get so excited about presents, but my favorite thing was hearing Kimmie tell us the story of Jesus being born. She would sit down with her scriptures and pretend to read along as she told us all about it. She even knew the three gifts the wise men brought...I don't think I knew that until last year so she is already ahead of me when it comes to the scriptures:) Seth's brother, Nathan, was also able to come home before heading back to BYU-Hawaii. The kids loved having him around. It was nice to have the whole Davenport family together for the holidays.

On December 31st we flew to Utah to spend time with my family. We ate way too much food, stayed up way too late, and had a ton of fun. The kids loved playing with their cousins and friends. We spent one day down in Orem driving by our old apartment and reminiscing about the first year of our marriage. So much has changed since then, it was nice to go back and revisit those memories.

After spending 6 days in Utah we had to say goodbye to our family and friends and head back home. It was nice to get back to our usual schedule, but I really miss everyone...a lot!

2011 was a year full of many blessings (sweet baby Joshua) and many trials. I am very excited for 2012 and I know it is going to bring amazing things for me and my family.

Here are a few things 2012 will bring:

trips to the zoo

family games on our new xbox (thank you Grandma Bev!)

date nights

Chrissy's 30th birthday

walks to the park

David's 3rd birthday

family movie night with lots of popcorn

Joshua's 1st birthday

watching Kimmie and David sing and dance around the living room

running a half-marathon (Chrissy)

Kimmie's 5th birthday

kissing baby Joshua's chubby cheeks

working out

Kimmie starting kindergarten...although I don't think I am ready for that one!!!

Seth's 30th birthday

fun crafts with Aunt Cyndy (she always finds fun stuff to do on pintrest)

lots of snuggling with the kids

spending time with family and friends!

**pictures will come in the next post, I promise! Right now Kimmie wants me to come snuggle with her and I can't refuse that:)**

Spotlight

A couple weeks ago Kimmie was the "spotlight" at church. She was so excited to tell us all about how the teachers turned off the lights, shined a flashlight around the room while repeating a rhyming poem (which she knows by heart and repeated to us) and then the spotlight stopped on her!

Here is Kimmie's spotlight card...

Who knew she wanted to be a firefighter:) I think the "go on a mission to Europe" might be because Aunt Cyndy and Oma went to Europe this year and now it's all Kimmie talks about:) She is such a sweet girl and is growing so fast. I can't believe she will be starting kindergarten in September! I better enjoy this time with her, because I know it will go by way too fast!

funny kids...

So you know I have the cutest kids ever, but did you know they also have an amazing sense of humor to go along with their great looks?!? Between the witty things Seth says and the things the kids say, there is not a boring moment in our house. Last night Kimmie had us all cracking up and I realized that I really need to write down the cute things they say. Not a day goes by without one of the kids says something sweet or funny that makes my day, so I thought I would share some with you guys... (I bolded my favorite ones)

· Kimmie just told me she wants to go to Disney World, get some pixie dust and fly to Utah to visit everyone. If only it were that easy:)
· David and Kimmie were playing and David pretended to shoot her and she said, "we don't shoot people, only animals and bears and buffalo"
· One morning when Kimmie was leaving for preschool she went over to David, hugged/kissed him and said "goodbye my handsome prince, I will miss you!"
· We were watching the Michigan vs. Ohio State game and Kimmie told me "next time we should go to that game, but we need to buy lots of yellow to wear" Even Kimmie knows Michigan is better:)
· Kimmie told me that when she has a baby in her belly she will go to the hospital, lay in bed and watch tv, take her shoes off and take a break, just like mommy did. I wish having a baby was that easy:)
· Kimmie was sitting on Oma's dresser and I warned her not to jump off-something her and David do a lot. About a minute later Kimmie kindly says "I need you guys to leave so you can't see me jump off the dresser" We could not stop laughing!!!
· Kimmie told me she wants to grow her hair out long so I can swing on it!
· David told me, in a very concerned voice, that his "butt is cracking". I calmly explained it is normal for your butt to have a crack:)

· One night Kimmie was in trouble and when I was disciplining her, David walked up to be and said “don’t you talk to my sister like that”
· Seth was teasing Kimmie and took her bracelet away, David charged at Seth and told him to “give that back to my sister, I am her super hero”
Now, most of these are from Kimmie but don't let David fool you, that kid is hilarious. He has the best facial expressions and is such a tease (he gets that from his daddy!) I seriously love these kids, I can't wait to see how Joshua will interact with them. He already loves them so much. Kimmie and David make him smile and laugh so much, it melts my heart every time. I am so proud to be their mommy!!

We'll be Friends Forever....

Ok, at first that post title reminded me of the Zack Attack song from Saved By the Bell, does anyone else remember when Zack formed a band???

Anyway, what this post is really about is my amazing friend Felicia came to visit a couple weeks ago. Here is how it all happened...

Seth had a free round trip flight from Southwest that needed to be used. I have been kind of down lately missing my family and really missing Felicia. It had been about 3 1/2 years since we had seen each other. She lives in D.C now, so that makes it even more difficult to visit. My husband, who happens to be the GREATEST husband in the world, decided that we could use his free flight to fly Felicia out here to visit. Felicia's husband, Dave (who happens to be the second greatest husband in the world) took time off work so he could stay home with their kids. So we did it, we booked her flight and the excitement began.

I seriously can't even tell you how excited I was to see her. Anyone who knows Felicia knows she is the funniest girl and is so nice. And anyone who knows Felicia and I together knows it equals mayhem!!!

The second I picked her up from the airport it was like we had spent every day of the last 4 years together. We were laughing and talking and catching up. That night we went downtown and went to the 12:30am showing of Breaking Dawn with Cyndy and some friends. We had the entire theater to ourselves, so the 6 of us just laughed and pretty much made fun of the movie to whole time. In case you are wondering, yes, we did plan her visit to also coincide with the release of Breaking Dawn so we could watch it together:)

I spent the rest of the weekend trying to show her all the amazing places in Oregon. I even managed to take her on a little "Twilight Tour" of places where they filmed the movies.

It was an amazing 5 days of yummy food, watching Vampire Diaries, sightseeing, a lot more yummy food, and laughing until we cried..."I'll have the tender juicy steak please!"

It was so hard to say goodbye to her, I cried the entire way home from the airport. I miss her like crazy and I wish we lived closer. I am so grateful for the amazing friendship that we have. It is crazy to think I met her almost 10 years ago, and we only knew each other for a few short months before I moved back to Michigan, but when I left we stayed really close and our friendship has continued to grow despite the many miles that always separate us. She is more than a friend, she is like a sister to me (and it helps that she lived with my sisters for a while too, and my whole family loves her!) I am so glad I have been blessed with a friend as amazing as her!

And thank you to Seth for taking care of everything while she was here. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful, supportive husband. I love you Sethy!!!!!

And also thank you to Dave for holding the fort down while she was gone., you are great...GO WINGS:)

Here are just a few highlights from her visit:

Visiting the falls

Multnomah Falls

The beautiful view

This is how we spent every night..laying in bed, eating, and watching Vampire Diaries:)

Voodoo doughnuts

Somebody had a birthday...November 24th

SETHY!!!!

I know, I know, I am late blogging about this, but in my defense Seth's birthday was on Thanksgiving this year, so that altered our celebration a bit.

We held off celebrating Seth's birthday until yesterday. Kathy made him beef stroganoff for dinner and I made a banana cream pie for dessert. We celebrated as a family and once the kids were in bed we all stayed up way too late playing Apples to Apples, it was a lot of fun.

Tonight me, Seth, Scott and Cyndy went out to Oswego Grill happy hour for the final birthday celebration. I have been dying to take Sethy there, so this was the perfect excuse.

Happy birthday babe. We love you so much! You are the BEST!!!!!

4 month check-up

I can't believe this sweet little boy...

is already 4 months old!

Here are the stats from his check-up today:

Height: 26 1/4 in (90th percentile)

weight: 15 lbs 9 ounces (50th percentile)

head: 17 1/4 inches (90th percentile)

He is laughing and cooing so much more now. He loves tummy time and is so strong. He has started scooting in circles during tummy time. The doctor said he is physically as strong as a 6 month old. She even commented about how she wouldn't be surprised if he was crawling by the time he was 6 months old. I sure hope that doesn't happen, I am not ready to be chasing him around just yet.

Last week he discovered his hands. He was looking down at his hand and opened, then closed it, and got this big smile on his face when he did it. Seeing his hand was a whole new discovery for him and I love watching him learn and grow.

Things have been very busy around here lately. I only have 2 weeks until graduation, so homework is keeping me busy. My friend Felicia also came to visit us last weekend and I had so much fun showing her around. I will blog all about her trip another time, right now I need to get to bed, I stayed up way too late while Felicia was here and need to catch up on my sleep.

Take your shoes off, take a break...

Tonight Kimmie said yet another thing that made us all laugh.

She told me that when she "has a baby in her belly she will go to the hospital, lay in bed and watch tv, take her shoes off and take a break, just like mommy did."

Yep, having a baby is that easy:)

She is going to be a great mom one day!