7 Weeks Old

Almost seven weeks have gone by, and Elle is growing so fast.  Ness was at the doctors yesterday and Elle weights 11 pounds 12 ounces.  She is chunkin' right up.  It has been so much fun having her here.  Tiring.  But so much fun.  We just got a Bloggie.  Yeah, if you innitially said Bloogie like I did, don't worry, it isn't a British booger.  It's a little camcorder.  We will be taking some vids of her, so watch for those.  

Haley Miller just posted Elle's pics from her photo shoot when she was 10 days old.  Check them out.  

Here are some more pics of lately.

This is my favorite time, right out of the bath.

Her first 4th of July.  My sister had these baby ear muff things that she wore. Slept through the whole thing.

We took her up to Logan to meet her new cousin Dayne Butters.  Had to stop off at the Utah State.  Not a true Aggie yet.

Pretend you don't see me hand, and this picture is sweet

Love this little girl.

Elleanor Mae

We haven't blogged in a long time and we apologize.  Nothing significant happened in our lives, so don't worry.  Well, nothing significant until June 11, that is.  It happened like this... (if you don't want to read the story, feel free to skip ahead for pictures). 

I (Jenessa) had a great pregnancy.  I really did not mind being pregnant at all.  The last couple weeks however were very long and uncomfortable.  Towards the end my blood pressure decided to get really high which caused super bad head aches and bed rest.  The baby's due date was June 20 though, so I knew I just had to buckle down and finish strong.  So I went to my normal doctors appointment at 4:00 on June 11 expecting my doc to tell me things look good, but stay on bed rest and things should start happening here in the next week or so.  Bradford normally doesn't come to doctors appointments with me because all you do is get weighed, pee on a stick, and ask any questions you may have, but luckily he decided to go with me to this one.  The doctor asked how I was feeling and I told her the head aches were getting worse but I was good etc.  She decided to do an ultrasound to see if my fluid levels could be causing the head aches, not just the high blood pressure.  She did the ultrasound and discovered that there was almost no fluid around the baby and that baby girl decided to be breech.  Because there was no fluid, baby could not flip around and needed to come out asap.  The doctor told us that baby girl would be coming tonight via c-section and to head downstairs to get suited up.  We were shocked to say the least.  I could not stop crying and was so scared for baby and myself.  I was not planning on a c-section so I had no idea what was going to be taking place.  At the same time we were so excited and could not believe we were going to be having our little girl in just a few short hours. 

Well, long story short, they monitered baby and me for a while, then at 9:30 p.m., sent me off to get anethesia.  Bradford then joined us in the surgery room and at 10:01, Elleanor was born.  She came out bottom first, then legs, then after a few tugs, her head popped out.  She weighed 7 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long.  I don't remember a lot about the rest of the night, but I remember holding her and thinking how amazing it was that just a couple minutes ago she was living in me!  How crazy is that?  Maybe it is just me that can't get over that concept, but I am still in awe with the whole process.  Elle was such a pleasant baby in the hospital and was so alert and looking around at all her visitors.  She has been SO much fun to have at home.  We kind of feel like we are just playing house, and life will go back to normal soon.  Turns out this is our new normal!  So there ya go...the semi long story of our Elleanor Mae.  Here are some pictures of her first four days of life! 

Heading back to surgery.  Bradford is pumped

Elle says hello to the family

First bath.  She did so good

 New family

 On her way home!

 Finally home and in her nursery

 First bath at home

 Pooped after her first day home.

Yep....

we haven't updated our blog in over 4 months.

Jamie

Here is the History of My Hair.

I have thick hair.

Not just, "Oh wow you have pretty thick hair."

like, "Do you have African American relatives?"

My whole life I have had to keep my hair short, because if I let it get too long, it gets poofy.

Every time I get my hair cut, I have them thin it with their thinners, so that the cut will last longer.

In fact, one Christmas my mom gave me my very own pair of thinners. 

On my mission, I bought myself some buzzers and would cut my own hair.  Not to brag or anything, but I feel that I did it pretty good.  Plus I saved about $14 each time I did it. 

As I got married, cutting my own hair became a problem in our relationship.  Ness hates finding little hairs everywhere after I cut it.  So I was forced to go back to the hair salon for my monthly cut.   I hate it.  I feel like I am throwing money away each month.  I also hate when they try to sell you things.  Just cut my hair and get me out of here, no telling me how my hair is in dire shape, and I need this $70 six ounce bottle of  newly discovered herbs.

We recently moved, so I was on prowl for a new place to throw away more money on hair. It turns out there was a Great Clips just down the road.  I stopped in Monday morning to get it over with. 

Then I met Jamie.

I'm gonna put this nicely.  I think Jamie is on crack.  She was so full of energy that it's nauseating.  Especially at 9 in the morning on Presidents Day.  She took me back and I told her I wanted the sides trimmed, and everywhere thinned cause I like everywhere long, it just needs to be thinned.  I also warned her that my hair was really thick.  Here is the biased version of our conversation.

Jamie: "Whoa, your hair is so dry, what shampoo do you use?"

Bradford: "Crew"

J: "Oh, yeah that explains it, you need this Tea Tree one."  (goes off about what it does and what not.  Remember, I just met her like 4 seconds ago and its safe to say I already can't stand her)

B: "Oh"

J: "So do you want to buy it?"

B: "No, I am ok with Crew."

J: "Your hair really needs this new Tea Tree"

B: "No it doesn't"  (in my head)

She goes on to cut my hair.  First off, she cuts my bangs and leaves everywhere else long.  Now I look like some bimbo with long hair and short front hairs.  Then she trimmed my side burns, (unevenly I might add) Then she proceeded to thin my hair...

She blitzed through the entire thing, talking about how "When you get home, you will think you are shedding because I am thinning it so much"  No really?  come on sister, this isn't the first time I have gotten it thinned.  As she was going, she jumped and said, "Ouch!"  Then continued on with thinning.  I thought nothing of it since by this time I thought she was delusional.  5 Minutes later she was done.  She rang me up, slid my card and handed it back to me.  I look down to see this (Mind you, this picture is after my card has been in my wallet)

 I look up at her finger and it is covered in blood.   She stinking cut my hair with a bloody finger!  I signed that thing and pieced outta there.  I got home and showered right away with my 2nd hand shampoo and conditioner.  

Never again am I going to Great Clips or anything like that.

-The Gap

Ps, Never go to Italy

You will have the worst withdrawals

This could possibly be one of the happiest days of my life

Who's on first?

Alright Team, time for an update with the Davis’ 

First things first

Elizabeth Smart is engaged.

And now for the main event,

We are having a 

GIRL!

Here is a picture of our Baby Girl

She and the mother are very healthy.  I’ll tell ya, Baby Girl is very active.  She is moving constantly.  

Since I am updating the blog, I get to post my favorite names.  I wanna go back.  I get to post my favorite names, and these do not represent Ness’ names at all.  I wanna go back.  I get to post my favorite names, and these do not represent Ness’ names at all, but I still love her names.

My top names right now are

Megan

MacKenzie

Erin

Morgan

Kate

 (Megan being first, then no particular order after that)

I love the middle name Mae, but am having a hard time finding a first name to go with it.  

With Baby coming along, we are required to move.  Our little box is too small to house another human being, no matter how small.  We wanted to get out of the city, but we couldn’t decide if we wanted to go North or South.  We had a couple places in Bountiful that didn’t work out the way we wanted to.  

One was next to Trey and Sara, but the people were house hunting, and that left too much uncertainty in the air.  We also found a place right near Millcreek Jr. High that was solid…except for a small kitchen (we are looking for a bigger on since ours now can only hold one person at a time and can barley have the oven open), no dishwasher (after two years and a baby on the way, we are ready for one), and there was carpet in the kitchen and bathroom.  Yeah…that makes me wanna cuddle up with Baby on the floor…. rubbing your face all over the bathroom carpet… where you don’t know how many times the toilet has overflowed…

did you just somewhat gag as well? 

These sound like small things, but it was enough to sway us to continue looking. 

Ness found a place around 39th and Highland that she kept feeling prompted to go back and look at.  We scheduled a visit and both loved it!  It is close to family, close to Ness’ work (she is contemplating subbing for Carden), and there is a bus route that goes right through the U and then past my work.  (Yes, I live on public transportation if you were wondering)  So sorry Liz and Trey, but we have decided to go South.  

We are so excited to have a bigger place! And to decorate it.  (any decorating tips, we would welcome them with open arms…Liz) We are planning on moving in over Presidents weekend.  Now that we have space, we welcome any and all visitors.  

I am gonna stop before it gets too long.     

Boom

-The Gap

Davis, party of...

Hi y'all,

Sorry we have been gone for a while. I would like to say the break was crazy, and it was, but we had a lot of down time too. But instead of blogging, we watched Friday Night Lights, the tv series. We love it. We love coach Taylor, we love Mrs. Taylor and we now both aspire to be them. Anyways, the break was fantastic! We spent lots of time with our families and a good amount of time with friends too. All around success.

K, thats enough on the holiday subject. School is going again, which means a tired wife. I love teaching, but right now my class is working on our play and it is exhausting! They are doing such a good job, but I am by no means a drama coach or a dance teacher or a vocal instructor, so it takes double the energy and time to get this play up and running. But it is so fun and they love it, so it is one of those things you do with a smile and in the end you are really happy you did it. Did that even make sense?

In other news, I am 16 weeks pregnant (due June 20) and feeling great! (besides my daily near fainting issues) Hopefully that will pass soon. The bump is finally starting to develop, even though right now it looks like I just went a little crazy with food over the holidays (which I did not, I do not find eating enjoyable). But I know I will want this body back when I am so huge and can't bend over, so I can't complain :) I'm just glad to know that my growing belly means a baby is growing too. We find out gender in about a week and a half. Bradford is really hoping for a boy, and we kind of have a feeling that it is, but we are anxiously awaiting that suspenseful appointment!  We are so excited and can't wait for the next few months to pass, but at the same time we are really enjoying these last months together, just the two of us.  So there ya go, that is what has been going on at the Davis home.

Alright, I think that's all I have. My creative juices just aren't flowing tonight. We promise better blog posts are coming in the future.  We are working on taking more pictures. Hope all is well and everyone has a great 2012!  Here are a few pictures from Hawaii and Tay and Corbs wedding (they are living in our same apartment complex and we are SO excited!)