bubble bath

Well I've already fallen off the bandwagon with the blogging... whoopsies! Life has been once again, great - but very busy. Wedding season has officially begun, which means that I spend lots of my free time editing the thousands of pictures I've taken! There will be lots more pictures to come... but I do post frequently on my website: http://brandilyndavidsonphotography.com/ - lots of times pictures of the kids - so check it out and leave a comment to let me know what you think!! Anyhoo - here are some pics I snapped of the kiddos in the bath the other night:

Playing outside

Here are some fun pics I snapped while we were enjoying the beautiful weather we've been having. We bought a new pot (no obviously it's not ceramic!) that the kids were using as a hat/sitting thing?? Anyways, it was too funny not to get some pictures of.

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Signs of Spring

I still can't get over what a beautiful day it was today. I was just thinking how wonderful it is that the weather is getting warmer, everything is blooming, turning green... everything is getting 'happier'. Perfect timing isn't it...

Anyhoo, in light of the warm weather we decided we wanted to do a garden this year. We've done one once before in California and it was so much fun and so rewarding. I had a photo shoot this morning and it was so cute to get home to Josh and the kids working out in the yard. He even got them their own little gardening set. We finished one planter box and got everything planted in it and just need to plant the second box.

While we were outside, I took a couple minutes to capture the beauty of spring... We'll hopefully post pictures in a few months of our booming garden!! =)

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- Spring -

are these not the cutest??

I hate not seeing these images absolutely HUGE, but as I explained before - blogger makes it ridiculously time-consuming to do so, so these will just have to do. Took these pics a couple days ago and am still working on the rest. I love those two so much... what would I do without them? And to think we're going to have another one to love in only a matter of months... wow.

Christmas #1 (better late than never) and NEWS!!!

We were lucky enough to have 2 Christmases this year. We had our first one with Josh's family on Dec. 12th before we left for California (which I will work on posting that Christmas sometime soon - I'm already to throw the computer across the room by now...). Here are some pictures from that and then a couple I snapped of the kids the other day.

Our tiny tree and whatnot

Josh and the kids opening presents
the absolutely delish cheesecake that Rashauna made...

One of Riah's favorite presents.

A rare shot of the two of them together... they are so stinkin cute.

The Davidson clan - all of us!!

Cutie Pie Riah

My sweet Robbie

Mariah

Robbie's "face"

The vampire boy

Okay... so as I mentioned before I know I've been terrible at posting the last several months... blah blah blah. I just realized that I haven't even announced some fun news (and possibly a reasonable excuse for not posting as much!): We're expecting baby #3 in mid-August. We'll keep you posted when we find out what it is, which should be in a about a month.

I'm going to quiet the inner photographer in me and upload pictures the old fashion small way that I can't stand simply because I wont do it if I do it the other way. It takes soooo long. I really woulnd't mind finding some other blogging program that doesn't suck as much as blogger. Anyways, that's another story...

Kids say the darndist things...

Tonight after bath time the usual insanity set in. For some reason every time they get out of the bath and into their jammies - they go wild. It makes no sense... but it happens. Anyways, I was trying to calm them down. We read a few books, but that didn't last long. Then I finally said, "Will you guys calm down?? Why are you so crazy???" Then Mariah runs into the room and says, "Mom. You want to know why we're so crazy? It's because we're following our dreams. We're following our dreams Mom."

Oh. Well that explains that then.

Soccer

Well with the new move, we've been trying new things. Mariah's been playing soccer this year and things are progressively getting better. Mariah's running on the field more often and Robbie is running on the field less. Things are looking up! For the first little while there I was wondering why I even went, but she's starting to get the hang of things and Robbie seems to be as well. Yay!

I finally remembered to bring my camera with me tonight and was miraculously able to snap a few pictures during Mariah's game in between chasing my crazy Robbie around.

ready for action!

water break!

worn out!

my sweet girl...

maddie

some of the gang...

The only times Mariah kicks the ball is when it goes out of bounds and they need someone to kick it in. Otherwise, when the ball comes, Mariah just moves out of the way! But she gets out on the field and runs around and has a good time. And most importantly, she loves the snacks at the end of the game!!

the prayer of a child

So you were probably thinking this was going to be some sweet, spiritual post didn't you? Well don't get your hopes up. I had to share this story because I thought it was so funny and didn't want to forget it. I even went to the extent of writing it down right after it happened.

So today at lunch I was giving the kiddos their food when Mariah said, "Don't forget prayer Mom!" So she said the sweetest prayer for us. She thanked Jesus for all the things he created in the world, for the food he created, for always telling us what to do, for all the toys Santa brings, etc. I mean, really precious prayer. My eyes were a bit watery afterwards...

Then after about 1 minute she says, "I want to say my own prayer. That was a prayer I said for all of us and now I'm going to say one for me." Then she proceeded to pray:

"Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for creating Mariah Carey.
Thank you for making our whole world.
Thank you for creating our bones.
Thank you for all the police officers.
And thank you for everything else.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Oh! And thank you for the birds. Amen."

mr. robbie

Mariah's Room!

I finished Mariah's room! I realized that this is the first room that I've actually really decorated completely before... it was so much fun (and lots of work), but I think it turned out pretty good and she loves it. She helped me do lots of it too - it was our little project. I just love all the bright colors!

Is it cute or what? Now on to the rest of the house...

perfect timing

So we went to visit Josh this weekend... and there will be more pictures etc. from that. We went out on our second camping adventure ever since Robbie was born. The first was a complete and total disaster, so it's taken us over a year to recoop and try again. This time was a success, but more about that later.

The drive is a little over three hours from Cleveland to our house. First of all, Robbie was just about all the way better (he had been sick for over two weeks prior) and while we were camping got totally sick all over again. Total bummer. And you want to know the worst of it? (Confession coming...) I was more concerned about myself (mostly my mental well-being) than him! Anyways, so he's super sick and we're driving for what felt like all day long...

We finally FINALLY pull up to our house! I'm tired, trying to talk on the phone, carry in a ton of crap, get the kids inside and say hi to the neighbors all at the same time. Robbie takes off down the street and I have to throw down the groceries etc. to go get him. The story goes on... finally we get in the house.

Problem #1: It smells like crap. Problem/Explanation #2: Mariah tells me that there is in fact crap sitting in the toilet. (keep in mind, we've been gone six days) Problem #3 and #4: I didn't finish doing the dishes or take out the trash before we left... so the house smelt horrible and now I had all this stuff to do on top of bringing everything in from the car and unpacking it... to say the least, I wasn't in the best mood.

Mariah comes upstairs to 'check' on me (I think I had been yelling at the plunger which kept flipping inside out and getting NASTY POOP WATER ON ME!!!). "What's wrong mom?" I told her I was just tired and grumpy and sad that our house stunk. She gave me the best hug ever and told me I could hold the soft pillow she was had in her hands and her 'mana' (her special blanket she sleeps with). Then she wanted to open a package we had gotten from my mom.

She pulls out some fun goodies for her and Robbie and then something for me... magnets for the fridge! (I love magnets!) She pulls them out one at a time as I read them out loud - 'Hope' 'Peace' and 'Dream'.

I smiled and realized that everything will be okay. Talk about perfect timing... thanks Mom.

Crib Craziness + A Million Pictures

So I was talking on the phone to Monica, then my cousin Daniel, and then Rashauna (they were all together at the time) and I was in my room. The whole time I was talking I could hear Mariah and Robbie laughing and I could see Mariah running back and forth between her room and his carrying stuff, but didn't think much of it. Robbie was still in his crib from his 'nap' - ya know one those ones where they never actually go to sleep... anyways, so since no one was crying I thought I'd enjoy the time talking to my sisters and cousin.
But then I started hearing other noises. Mariah ran into my room and grabbed my bra and some other clothes... So at that point I decided I should get off my lazy butt and actually go check on them. And this is what I found: (see below) I call it crib craziness. I was laughing so hard and telling Rashuana about it - she said I should take some pictures and I'm so glad that I did because it somehow turned into a total photo shoot... and yes, that is a bra hanging out of the crib.

I was looking at all these pictures thining Robbie was being so good at letting me take his picture... but then I realized it's because he had his pacifier - or 'hAP HI er' as he calls it.