Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We were sorry that we couldn't visit family, but we spent a lot of time playing with the kids. We made gingerbread houses, visited the zoo, took pictures with santa, went to the children museum, played frisbee, acted out the nativity, took treats to some neighbors, and made lots and lots of messes. From Santa Laurie got a doll and G-ma Davidson sent her clothes so she has been dressing her up a lot. Her other favorite presents were a sparkly dress from Grandma Molly, Jamies from Shalee, a watch from Aunt Cara, a Cabootal (like the ones from when I was little) from mom, and a dance Leotard from Dad. Jack's favorite was a motorized Thomas, he doesn't let that thing out of sight. Jeremy got a walker (we put the one that has been outside forever throught the dishwasher, it turned out pretty nice.) Jeff got a new disc golf disc and a Wii game. I got earrings, socks, and a new wallet. We are so blessed and spoiled. One of our favorited things to do here is go to the zoo and see a live nativity. It was especially fun this year because the wise man got kicked by the camel. (Just Kidding) Merry Christmas!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Well I haven't posted in forever! We had a wonderful thanksgiving. We had a couple of friends over and cooked a big chicken. All the food tasted wonderfuly and Jeff made a pretzel salad that was soo yummy. It's kinda a tradition to make it every year and this year I was busy so Jeff made it and it was a lot better than I have ever made so I started asking him what he did different, it turns out he added two cubes of butter to the crust on the bottom. No wonder it tasted so yummy. It's a good thing I did a turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning so I could eat so much. It was really fun, I did it with my friend Melissa. I ran 47 minutes and 20 seconds, I was a whole minute faster than two years ago, which makes me happy because atleast I'm not getting slower. I probably ran faster because I have to push an extra twenty lb boy in the jogging stroller. Laurie is doing well, she is learning to read and doing a great job. Jack is having fun being a little boy--he loves bugs! Jeremey started crawling about a month ago. I was so proud of him because he worked at it for so long. He can pull himself up on things and I'm sure that he will be walking in no time. I can't believe my baby is so big! He has been cutting teeth and fighting off ear infections so we haven't had a good night sleep in quite awhile. But it can't last forever can it? That is what I have to keep telling myself. my mom and Grandma just left and I'm so sad and bored. It was so much fun to have them here. they were a big help and we had tonz of fun. Jeff got an intereview in St. louis so cross your fingers. We are all doing well and are excited for whats to come.
DREA

Whatz NEW???

Well, we are sad to see that summer is gone and Jeff is back in school. It is nice to know that he is in his last year of Dental School, however, he had to go on rotation a lot, bummer! He is having fun being Young Men's President for our ward. I am really glad to be released from Enrichment couselor!!! Jeff is working on applying for a General Practise Residency and he wants to get in here in Richmond at the VA hospital ( that would be a 2 year program) or somewhere else. I am getting ready to run a half marathon, my first. It's on Sept. 26 so wish me luck. The furthest I ran is 10 miles, but I might get in another long run this week. Laurie and Jack are getting ready to start Joy School at the beginning of September. Laurie is learning how to read. Jack is finally potty trained. We started working on it when I got back from my visit from Utah. All it took was me trying and not being a chicken and a big bag of Skittles! He has five days of no accidents. Jeremy is now 5 months, he is a champion eater. He can easily down a whole jar of baby food. He can sit up on his own. He is almost bigger than Jack, he seriously weighs 20 lbs! I love his chunkiness. He is not a great sleeper right now, he wakes up about every three hours and he is still in his car seat. I can't wait until I get to sleep through the night. We are doing well!
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DREa

SUMMER IS HERE!

We are so excited that summer is finally here. We have enjoyed our free time by going fishing, playing disc golf, and going to parks and fountains. Jeff is enjoying the easiness of the fourth year of dental school. Laurie and Jack are having fun going to their art class, they have made lots of creative things. Jeremy is now 3 months old. He is a good sleeper for now, most night I get eight or nine hours. Well, he sleeps that much, I just need to go to bed before twelve, then I would get more. I am trying to train for a half marathon, it is difficult with kids. I am grateful for my triple jogger, but I haven't made it more than two and a half miles in it yet. It is harder than it looks just ask Cherice, I made her push it when she was out here. It was so fun to have her here, I wish she would stay all summer. I wanted to wish Jeff a happy fathers day, he is the best dad ever!
DREA

VACATION

Its always so much fun when Jeff doesn't have school! Today we went Roller Skating. It was so so much fun. I have some pictures I will post later. Laurie was so funny, by the end she had fallen so many times she had bruises on her back side, but she was still having fun. And Jack he got the hang of it pretty quick. They skated for a hour and 15 minutes straight. Laurie and Jack had a great time, but the best was to watch Jeff on his roller blades. He didn't fall though yea!!! I wanted to tell all my family good luck Cherice in running the 2 mile and 800 medley at state and Jessie running the 1500 and 5000 at conference and Shalee and Katie running the marathon. All this Saturday, what a big day. Jeff convinced me to runa 5k, even though I'm really out of shape, it will be good to have fun and have a starting point.

DREa

FINALS WEEKS

I remember back in college how I dreaded finals week, it was crazy to know that your whole grade and future GPA could be deteremined by a single test. It was always so stressful. Well Jeff is starting his finals week, it is actually the next three weeks! His entire 3rd year of dental school depends on the next couple weeks. He is super stressed and we have hardly seen him at all this week. I am super grateful that Jeff's parents are here because they give me so much help, and babysitting, and company. I feel bad they don't get to see much of Jeff, but I am lucky they are here to help. I am going to have a rude awakening next weds when they leave. I will finally have to deal with three children all by myself. It will be difficult. Simple things like exercising and going to the store are going to be much harder. We will make do though, I actually am kinda excited to try things on my own. It will be a challenge, but I think I can do it. Jeremy is so much fun and spoiled!! He is smiling now, and trying to talk. He is an okay sleeper, better than some, not as good as I want, but were working on it. Laurie is enjoying joyschool, I think she has a flare for the dramatic. Today they put on a play of Goldilocks and the three bears, and Laurie (Goldilocks) really did a great job acting it out. She didn't forget a word and three times later we had to stop. Jack is a little stinker-bug. He is cute and sweet and naughty. We love them so much. Well hope everyone had a happy easter.
DREA

He's Finally HERE!!

We are so so excited to welcome Jeremy Lane Davidson to our home! He was born on Friday March 13 at 12:14a.m. He weighed 6 lbs 12 oz. and 19 and 1\2 inches long. I was really hoping he would come and he kept waiting and waiting, I was 39 weeks and 2 days. I had a midwife too and she wouldn't induce me, but she did give me some herbs to get things going and they made things happen fast. One minute we were feeding the ducks, eating dinner, and icecream--the next I was hoping to make it to the hospital before I died of pain. The epidural guy took so so long I was an 8 before I got pain relief! It was painful, just ask Jeff, I think he is more for epidurals than even me. He is such a good baby. He only wakes up one time in the middle of the night and he eats really well. He is so much fun and Laurie and Jack really love him. We are really enjoying my mom out here to help us and looking forward to my dad next week.
DREA

Spring Break

Well since we haven't had the baby yet we decided to take advantage of Jeff's week off. We have thoroughly enjoyed the time we've had. We got to go to the zoo and feed the giraffe's. We are going to go to a jumping place tomorrow. (Maybe I can bounce this baby out Just Kidding.) We might even go camping. We also got a lot of things done like our garden planted and house picked up and dr. appts, so it's been a great week. We all definately like Jeff being home, things just go easier and the kids really love being around their dad. Laurie has been learning the sounds the letters make and she is doing a really good job. She loves drawing pictures and can spend 30 minutes on one picture. Jack had really grown up the past couple of weeks. He repeats everything Laurie does. He is also very mischievious getting into the plants and coloring on the walls, but he does hate to get in trouble. I think he starts crying even before I say anything. Hopefully the next post well have a baby.
DREA

Still HERE!

So I guess I shouldn't be getting impatient yet since I still have more than two weeks, but it is hard to not, I am really uncomfortable and I haven't slept well in a long time. But I did have an AWESOME SURPRIZE today, Last night we got five inches of snow and so today Jeff got to stay home and hang out. It was so much fun we scrapbooked, played in the snow, made bread and soup and chocolate chip cookies. Jeff went and helped out our neighbors, what a nice guy! We are still holding out that he won't have to go in tomorrow, but so far school is on for the day. He only has four more days until spring break wahoo!! And hopefully thats when we have the baby. I haven't felt any contractions or false labor yet and I definately had that a couple of days before I had Jack so I feel like I still have a lot of time, but hopefully not too long.
DREA

Count Down

Well since we are all familiar with running you could say that I'm coming down the home stretch. Hurray! We are excited to have a new little baby. Any ideas on names so far we are still thinking Jeremy, Quincy, or Lincoln. But in actuality it probably won't be any of those names. I finally got some new pictures for my blog.

JACK is TWO!!

Today we had Jack's birthday party. He is such a big boy. He turned 2 yesterday. We had a beach ball birthday cake and had over some friends. It was a fun party and Jack really liked everything and everyone. He especially liked the new Thomas the Train book he got from my friend Mel. We haven't given him the presents from use because it just seemed like too much for one day. Jeff got to take the kids to the zoo this morning. I didn't get to go because I was doing a visiting teaching workshop, but it sounded like they had a ton of fun. This year we got zoo passes so hopefully well get out there a bunch. Laurie is getting so big she is my biggest helper. We are all starting to get anxious for our new baby, but we still have 4-5 weeks so we are trying to be patient. I am doing really good except for my clogged up nose. Its been stuffy for a couple days now and whenever I lay down its hard to breath and last night I got me a big bowl of cookies and cream ice cream and sat down to eat it and I couldn't taste anything. WOW!, how I learned to appreciate my since of taste. I ended up putting all the ice cream back because why would I eat something I couldn't taste. Jeff's still busy with school, but he did get to do some projects around the house and that made him super happy. AND me happy too! He put in a new microwave, a new dish disposal, and he put a outlet in our hallway so the kids can see to go to the bathroom at night. Thats about it for Virginia, the weather here has been a wonderfully warm 65 wahoo!
DREa