Last day of the year!

So I thought I would post one last blog for the year. So here it goes...

2008 has been an amazing year for us. So many great things have happened. I graduated college in February, then the birth of our first daughter Melody in May, applying to work at the IRS a month after I gave birth, getting hired by the IRS in September then purchasing our first house in November. This year has been one of the greatest since Josh and I have been married.

We weren't thinking of having more kids at the time and the next thing we knew Melody was with us. It was so great to find out that we were having a girl, I just did not want to be disappointed if I found out it was another boy. Don't get me wrong, I love boys, I just wanted a girl to make the numbers more even. If you're outnumbered by the opposite sex than you know exactly what I am talking about.

Starting to work for the government has been a great blessing. I wasn't even looking to work at the IRS and it all just happened by chance. When I started working I didn't even want to leave my beautiful baby girl, it was hard to go back to work but I needed to, so that my Alan and Charlie could go to preschool and be able to enjoy their life a bit more. Alan and Charlie have learned so much. Alan is more than ready for kindergarten and Charlie already can spell and read. Ask him about the word cookie. He'll spell it and he's not even two and a half.

Melody loves to stand and doesn't want to crawl. She wants to walk. Who can blame her? Watching Alan and Charlie playing and running around makes her want to go too. Alan was like that, learned to walk before he learned to crawl.

It's hard to believe that my kids are getting older. Alan will be five this year, Charlie, 3, and Melody, 1. I will be hitting that dreadful 30 mark and Josh will be 31. We're not old, but sometimes it feels like it. I do love when people think I just got out of high school. I don't know what it is, but my family was blessed with youthful genes. Though they are great to have when you're getting older, they are not so great when you're young. I am sure that if I did things where you get carded, they would check mine first. It was hard to convince people that I was older and not younger.

We hope that 2008 has been great for you as it has been for us. 2009 will bring it's challenges and hopefully a lot of rewards. For those of you that read this blog, have a great new year, we are definitely looking forward to see what great new things are coming our way. So stay tuned.

Our first Christmas in our new home...

The boys opening their gifts...

Alan playing the new guitar Santa brought to him...

Melody enjoying her very first Christmas

The boys when they went downstairs to see their gifts

Our first Christmas in our new house was more than words can describe. I of course woke up at 6 a.m. Not because the baby was crying but because my body clock is set to wake up at 5:30 a.m. which I guess that means I overslept. So I tried going back to sleep and at 6:30 a.m. Melody woke up. Then by 7 a.m. the boys woke up, so I woke up Josh. So we did the what did Santa get us this year. The boys ran down the stairs to see what gifts they had gotten and it was all so cool. Santa got the boys a couple of guitars and some other things. It was pretty nice. Though the TV had a firelog thing going on, we lit our fireplace and enjoyed the morning together.

A few hours later, my parents along with my brother and sister showed up. They brought the gifts for the kids and even some money for Josh and I. My sister got us some pretty fancy knives and it's kind of perfect because we still haven't found all of ours. The mood was very good, the kids loved having their grandparents over and it was just something memorable. Maybe later this weekend we can have some of Josh's family come over so that we can enjoy it with them as well.

We hope all of you had a wonderful time with your families.

The Davis'

Christmas Fun!

So trying to get settled in our new house, we have already put up most christmas decorations. We have got all the stockings hung on our fireplace. It's everything I had always dreamed of. Now it's in my own house. I was taking a look at the mountains today, and they are so close and so full of snow. I love how the rain can just clean everything and make the proximity of the mountains look even closer.

We have been going to a lot christmas parties and we are enjoying every one of them. Some are with old friends and some with new. I am loving what the season is all about. I even had to talk last Sunday at church about the greatest blessing during the holiday season. It was funny because as I had started my talk, Charlie started crying and screaming "mommy" over and over. Josh brought him up to the podium with me and as soon as he got up there, Charlie said "daddy." People laughed and laughed. For those who haven't had the pleasure to hear the Davis' talk, I am assuming that you'll have to wait three years before it happens again.

Alan is understanding more about Santa and is behaving better. The lies we tell our children. Charlie is loving candy canes, so please don't show him any. Melody, my poor baby is experiencing the cold. It is soooo cold!!! Luckily it stopped raining. Luckily my new house is equipped with a fairly new heater. Fireplace, heater, the stories were all true, we just never had them at our apartment.

So if I don't write anything between now and christmas, have a great holiday!

We're in our new house!

Woo-hoo! After a gruesome seven weeks of escrow we finally moved into our new home. Though it took three weekends to move in all of our stuff, we are finally all moved in. Wish I could say the same for settled in, but soon. Being up in Oakland, CA for my IRS training did not help the move. I learned A LOT of new things but I was basically living the single life and it sucked! I was soooo homesick and I missed my babies.

I was able to make some new friends and we even went to San Francisco one day. We had a blast. Still, it didn't help to see a little boy who was about Alan's age wearing the same sweater, or another little boy who had curls just like my Charlie. Don't get me started with Melody. I have no idea what kind of life I led before my kids, but without them life truly seems empty.

Being in the new house is great! The kids rooms are big and spacious. My room is a true master. I love the closet space too. There's room for us all here. The only thing I can hear from people at church is that we are living in one of the greatest neighborhoods. It feels great to put in our new cars in the garage and know that we do not have to save a car spot (parking at our last place was horrible).

Finally a home of our own!

Unfortunately due to the many boxes in our dining room we were unable to have our first Thanksgiving at our new home. Though we feel a bit sad, we did spend Thanksgiving with my folks and my siblings. This only motivates us to have a lot done before x-mas is here. At least put up the decorations and fire up our new chimney. As soon as I can find my memory stick I will post some pictures. For now though, just picture somewhat of a mess.

Hope all of our friends are having a great holiday!

Happy Wizardy Halloween!

I barely made it back to Long Beach in time for Halloween. Flying from Oakland was no easy task. There were a whole bunch of teenagers that would make sounds when we hit turbulence. One even threw up. I know I don't like to fly, but at least I have never thrown up.

Josh had this great idea that we could all dress up in Wizard of Oz costumes. It turned out great, all I had to do was wear black. The make-up was done quickly and then we were off to a party. Now the remainder of the weekend will be dedicated to the move and me going back to Oakland. I'm glad I made it to Halloween, I was hoping to not miss it this year due to my training. We had a great time!

My mom always hated you!!!

Tonight we are watching Forgetting Sara Marshall. I always did like the promo's for this movie and because I had just had Melody we couldn't go see it. So tonight we watch this and tomorrow we watch Iron Man. Having kids makes it impossible for Josh and I to go to the movies. So we rather buy the flicks when they come out rather than watching them at the theater. So last week he got me Sex and the City the movie and this week he got me Forgetting Sara Marshall.

Yet two weeks ago with my new coworkers we went to go see a chick flick, I had no vote in the movie. We saw The Women. Total chick flick, there was never a guy or a guy in the background. I somewhat liked the movie but I would have rather watched Tropic Thunder.

Alan did the cutest thing this morning, he was feeding Melody her milk. He came to me and said "mommy, Melody is hungry. Get her milk now." I was like ok. So then I had Alan feed her and they were both so happy, I wished I had my camera to have taken a picture of them.

Charlie's new word of the day is happy. He is also saying mommy. He has called me daddy for the longest time. Not that I minded so much, but I love it that he calls me mommy. He'll be talking more soon, and I can't wait to hear what he says.

Getting it Started!

So here I am attempting to post daily. I mean it's kind of nice because this blog serves like a diary of the events that are happening. Today we went to see our house again. I can't wait to move into it. Josh requested to see it again today since his parents are here from Florida and to kill two birds with one stone we asked my parents to come and see it too. It felt good. I bet our kids were really happy since they had both sets of grandparents under one roof, our soon to be roof. Everyone really liked our new digs and we are excited.


The more we see the house the more we plan as to where things can go, how to position stuff and what can we do to fix it. But the house is practically move in ready so not much to fix except for some old tiles and a new paint job. So when I get back from my trip to Oakland, we'll definitely be setting it all up and hopefully we can make it to Christmas. Hey I am not making any promises for Thanksgiving after all I get back on the 19th. Oh yeah, I have a training seminar in Oakland for a month. Lucky for me I'll still be in California. Thanks to my boss and his boss, I won't be in Kansas City, MO.

My job took me to El Segundo today for a workshop and it was really nice to see the people that I met in San Jose, CA. Unfortunately, they are all going to Kansas City and I won't see any of them, so I have to make new friends with the Northern CA employees, since they'll be my new friends for a month. So when I asked around what I can do in Oakland people said, go to San Francisco. So I think I will. Well, I'm getting tired so I'll keep posting later.

New life

So, my family and I have been truly blessed this year. Earlier this year we had our lovely daughter Melody and we are very excited. Hey at least I'm not so outnumbered anymore. I happened to get the job of a lifetime and we are buying a house. We are SOOOO excited about all the changes that are happening to our family. We will be living in a nice home soon, with all the amenities we could want. My job with the government is secured and it feels great to be at such a wonderful place. We kind of wonder what next year will be like for us, I mean will I finish my Master's? I don't know. As long as we are okay that is all that matters.