A Davis Life

AAAAAAAH!

2010-07-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

Life has been too crazy for words. I hate how long its been since I posted. But I have a bit of bad news. My email account was hacked into and they got ahold of all my contacts. Which means you all have gotten an email saying I am in londin and need you to wire me money. Well as we all know I do not travel so bad scam jackass. But please do not open any emails from laurawdavis@hotmail.com I can't close the account because I can't get in. I am so sorry that they now have your emails and I feel horrible. My new email address is davisfam2003@gmail.com Again so sorry. I will post agains soon.

Happy Anniversary

2010-02-05T09:06:00.000-08:00

So Our Anniversary was January 31st, 7 years! CRAZY! Anyways for Christmas/Anniversary we bought a King size sleep number bed it is amazing I love it. I wish it wasn't just sitting on the floor but I have yet to find a bed frame that I love.

It was the Saturday before our Anniversay and Heath brings me a box and says Happy Anniversary. I open it and find what? A KINDLE!!! For those who do not know what a kindle is, it is a digital book. Next to playing with my children and fullfilling my wifely duties I read more then anything. The Kindle is about the size of a small paperback and is super lightweight and it holds like 1500 books. It looks like paper too so your eyes don't go all crazy. It is amazing I love it.
I am so spoiled it's ridiculous. I can't believe it has been 7 years. We are so blessed to have found each other because we are perfect for one another...and he obviously knows how to make ME happy.

Hairdresser

2010-01-27T20:33:00.001-08:00

Did we not tell you? We are hairdressers now and this is what we did. (this was a couple of months ago but unforgettable)

I HAVE NO WORDS.

you can still see the ponytail holder still in their.

When I asked her "why?" she said, "I had to take my pony out." meaning she was cutting her ponytail holder out. Heath says to her "So sad now you don't have princess hair" he says to him matter of factly, "I have princess hair in the back still DAD!" and she looked at him like " Duh, Dumbass". And the sad thing is this is the second time she has cut her hair...she is doomed to always have a bob, it's going to take years to grow out. Sad. Very sad.

we ARE alive...Barely.

2010-01-27T19:55:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that baby Luke is almost four months old. It is crazy and sad how fast life goes by. plus the poor baby has been sick since he was a month old. Between sick baby, on and off sick everyone else, preschool, dance, school, doctor and then laundry, dishes and house I have not been able to blog but my little man went to bed early tonight and I have got it all accomplished already YEAH!!! So here a some pictures of him from birth to now, in no order. He is so big it is amazing.

This was like his one week borthday. I love his hands he has big hands.

He LOVES to get his guys he loves toys and anything colorful. he gets this totally concentrated look on his face, its adorable.

Okay his face just kills me in this pic. He hates this seat so it is just perfect in describing his hatred of it.

How sweet is he? I die, he so dang cute. fyi this shirt fit him for like 2 weeks, he's a fatty.

My boys, Luke loves Mo. He smiles whenever he see's him, they sit together every morning while I get the girls ready. He was tired this morning. We just love having thi sweet baby he definitely completes our family and he has such a sweet little personalty...even if i do get to see it a little too often in the middle of the night.

Luke's a month!

2009-11-17T20:50:00.000-08:00

So I know I am a little late with this but EVERYONE has been sick, love the flu season. Anyways my little chunky monkey is now a month, I still can't get photos to load so no pics today (I have to take my card to walmart and hve them put my pics on cd and then if I am lucky I can get them to load), boo! I took him to the doctor today and the man, yes man is 14lbs 5oz! that adds up to a pound a week since birth, nice I know, we are trying to make it into the Guiness Book of World Records for most wieght gained. But in all seriousness, the kid is sooo stinking cute. I will go to walmart tomorrow and get my pics put on cd because he is seriously so cute...he is a mini Heath.

My parents are throwing Luke a Red Egg party this Saturday, it's a Chinese thing. There will be good food, compliments of my Papa, and a chance to catch up if you want to come email me and I will send you an invite with all the info.

laurawdavis@hotmail.com

BIRTHDAY

2009-10-19T21:37:00.001-07:00

It's my birthday today. I am now 25! We will discuss this further tomorrow, can't get anything to load, peice of crap.

BABY LUKE IVAN DAVIS

2009-10-13T09:24:00.000-07:00

SO Luke Arrived on October 8th 2009 at 10:32 am. It was a really easy labor and delivery and he was a whopping 9lbs 5oz (jerelyn you were 1oz away so you WIN!) he was 21 and 3/4 inches long and freakin adorable. Here are some pics.

Me as a new Mom (again) I know I look so lovely (hahaha) But he is really cute that makes up for my appearance right?

He was pretty bruised up at first so right here his little nose and nose bridge is so swollen.

Here he is fresh. Yes he is as big as he looks the picture is NOT decieving.

This would be my HUGE self before he was born. Yes, I was that big this picture is also NOT decieving. And I know you are all so jealous that you don't look this AMAZING in a hospital gown.

I guess I will post more pictures when my camera decides to cooperate with me. Thanks to my mother for the pictures.

A Baby!

2009-10-07T15:49:00.000-07:00

Okay not yet but on the way. For those of you who do not know I am now 4 days over due.

Anyways I went to see my doctor today, Roger Seymann (yes it is pronounced see-men). I took him a cinnamon roll from sweet cakes and some cookies for his receptionists, they are the nicest girls ever. Anyways he said I was dialated to 3 and that my cervix was nice and soft. So my options are to wait until Saturday and be induced or go into labor. Seeings how I have been trying to do the latter for like 2 weeks I opted for being induced on Saturday. He then informs me that he will be out of town this weekend and that he leaves tomorrow afternoon. I beg for him to stay and let his wife, who already left have a nice weekend alone, he of course is a good husband and refuses the offer to stay and birth my child. I then inform him that I must now confiscate the delicious cinnamon roll. I do not like other people to deliver my children. Hailey was delivered by someone pulled in from the hall because the doctor "on call" would not listen when I said "she is coming NOW!" So I ask him if I could just wait for him to come back to be induced (I've waited this long right?). He says "NO" it is not a good ides to wait any longer then a week. The delicious cinnamon roll must have been dancing in his head because he said that if they have an opening he will induce me first thing in the morning and hope I have the baby before he leaves. But even better they have an opening tonight at 10pm and that I can have it. So now the only thing that matters is waiting until he comes on at 6 in the morning. So I hope you all have a wonderful night tonight because mine is gonna be work. I have never been so happy at the thought of such pain, the joys of motherhood right? So next post will definitely be a baby post.

I just want to say that Sweet Cakes treats are AMAZING!!! I owe it all to you. You should go they are on main street in mesa...delicious.

Still Pregnant!

2009-10-05T16:37:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am now officially 2 days over my due date and it is agony. I went this morning for an ultrasound to make sure that there is enough fluid to contain the beast safely. I could not be happier that everything is good but on the other hand I kind of wish it was low so they would take him. The tech is estimating that he weights about 9lbs 8oz. So I am pretty much housing the HULK in my womb. She did say that she tends to guess on the big side. They did a couple of pictures of him so here they are.

He had his hands in front of his face the whole time so it was hard to get a clear shot of him. But you can tell that he has some fat little cheeks.

And Heath loves this last one, can you tell what it is??? I guess there is no doubt that he is a boy. It's funny he never wants to show us his face but he is always more then happy to show off his manhood. He is DEFFINITELY a boy.

Alright so I have a CONTEST!!! Guess baby Luke's weight and if you are the closest I will send you a little present. I am guessing 9lbs 2oz. I am not in the drawing though so if you want to take my guess you can.

Dissapointed

2009-10-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

Still PREGNANT!!!

Sorry!

2009-09-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

Okay I would like to appologize to my like 3 readers for not updating in like a year, jeeze I am lazy. I am not going to lie I have had the time to do it I just haven't. SO I guess I will start with updates.

Heath- He is doing well. Work has been pretty busy so that is a plus. He knee hasn't been bugging him as much either so also a plus. And he has gotten to do some Dove hunting trips with my brother and Mia's boy Aaron. Also he has a birthday next week. October 9th he will turn the big 25! Can you believe he is so old?

Morgin- Mo has started kindergarten at Eduprize and he loves it. His teacher is Mrs.Klump and she is so sweet and amazing. He is reading and spelling and it is just amazing to see and help with his learning and progression. Kids truly are amazing. He is forgoing soccer this season on account of his little bro comming so soon, but is excited to do it this winter. He is also skateboarding like a pro, okay like a pro in my eyes, I can't believe the balance he has.

Hailey- Miss is doing preschool this year and she is likewise incredible. She is our quiet genious where as Mo likes to broadcast his. She is doing great at all her beginning sounds and getting down her prereading skills. She is also extremely adorable. She has grown like a weed this summer and is almost as big as Morgin is. She is our little mother and is so excited for luke to get here so she can take care of him.

Leila- Oh, where to start with little sassy pants. Her favorite thing to say to me when she gets mad is "your not my friend anymore" and "Mia's not your friend" (Mia is my little sister, yeah she hits below the belt) I am not quite sure where exactly she learned either of those but she likes to belt them out whenever she can. She is also into the terrible horrible two's. In other words she does not like to listen to us, and she does not like to follow the rules, and she yells alot. But at the same time she is so much fun. She has the most amazing imagination and will come up with the most adorable games to play with herself. Her vocab is amazing she speaks like a 4 year old and she looks like a 3 year old. She is so tall it is crazy.

Laura- Well I am about to pop literally. I am due in a week and it feels like I have been pregnant for a year I swear. My Due date is Saturday, October 3rd, but I do not see it happening on time, hopefully I am wrong. We have definitely decided on Luke for the babies name but are unsure of the middle name, I like Daniel after my little brother. My wonderful mother and I started preschool in August and we have the most amazing class this year we couldn't be happier...well it would be nice if Leila wasn't such a stinker. She is learning the rules just not obeying them, oh to be 2 1/2. Well hopefully the next post will be a baby post and really soon...like tomorrow (HAHAHA).

Hailey's Birthday

2009-06-21T15:40:00.000-07:00

Oksy I know I am really late and I have not posted in like 4 weeks but whatever! Well on May 29th Miss Hailey turned 4. I canot believe she is so big. The boys went on a father's and son's campout so it was just us girls. We did a Princess Party and it was so much fun. We decorated purses and magic mirrors along with tiara's of course. Here are a couple of pic's of the fun.
Yes, this girl with the Giant belly is me. I am huge.

Does anyone else think it is a little crazy how much Leila looks like me? Sometimes it freaks me out to have someone who looks identical to my childhood pictures romping around my house...Good thing I was a cute kid.

A New Toy!

2009-05-19T19:10:00.000-07:00

As if we need any new toys, Heath has decided to bring home a wii. It actually started with the revelation that another male is soon to joing the Davis bunch. Yes that's right the very same Wednesday that we found out that we were having another boy Heath must have had a fit of joy and ran out and purchased a wii. He comes home and says, "I have bought something to spoil the kids", aka.something for Mo and I, as the girls do not play video games.

He shows me this:

He them shows me this...which yes I have been playing all week and it is a glorious game.

We have also been doing alot of this.

and this.

And I will soon make Heath purchase me this, because nothing says working out and getting fit like a VIDEOGAME.

I must admit this is not as lame as I previously thought, it is actually alot of fun. We also got a Star Wars game and it is alot of fun too, and I do not even like fighting/killing games. And so kudos to you nintendo you have turned me into a husband and child killing machine (yes, I am really good at the Star Wars game Heath is proud). And so my friends if any are up for a wii night let us know we are game, but be warned we may kick your trash.

Mo's day.

2009-05-13T18:32:00.000-07:00

So I woke Mo up this morning at 7am. This is frightfully early for him as per the fact that he is as much a morning person as Heath is, bringing to light the fact that they believe 8am to be "early". Anyways I wake him up feed and dress him and then we all load into the car. FYI the girls and I were dressed and ready by 7:15am, we do not mind the mornings.

As we arrive at our destination he is more then happy to get out of the vehicle as we have been driving for a good 45 minutes, that's right folks we went in to MESA! We make it to my appointment and in to see the specialist and she then asks, "would you like to know what it is?" we answer "YES!!!" and she says "That's a boy! Your gonna have a brother." Mo then replies "YES!!!!" (in the hulk voice that all little boys have and love). And I pretty much believe that the following pictures describe how he feels much more then any words could ever do.

This is , and I would venture to guess, the best day Mo has had ever. And it was pretty good for me too. Heath had guessed that it was a girl, he has been right with the last 3 and I had no reason to doubt him yet I doubted and I was for ONCE right.

So yes we are having another little Heath, a BOY!!! I am so excited because Heath and Mo are so excited. Here is our list of names and mind you it is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions please let me know, I am terrible with boy names.

Heath: Ace and Luke

Laura: Ace, Luke, Tristan, Garrett

Morgin: Anakin, Leo (as in Leonardo, the ninja turtle), and Goku (from Dragon Ball Z)

Hailey: Prince Phillip, Baby Korbyn (Debbie's baby) and "Anakin is probably okay"

Leila: "Baby sister", and "I a big sister!"

Happy Mother's Day--scariest book ever

2009-05-10T14:51:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY all you wonderful mothers out there I hope you all have a wonderful day and your family is as good to you as mine have been.

It is currently 2:53pm and I would LOVE to share my highlights with you.

7:00am, Leila enters my room crying and shaking. The conversation is as follows:

Leila: Mommy I scared.
Mommy: What are you scared of baby? (pulling her up to my bed and praying to God that she will just go to sleep so I can sleep in on this lovely day of Mother's)
L: The scary duck will get me.
M: What scary duck?
L:the scary bad duck in the scary duck book. (yes her vocab is this good at barely 2)
M: It's okay Mommy will keep you safe, lets go to sleep.
L: (histerical) Mom the ducky book will get me. (literally shaking)
M: Okay lets go get the book.

We then get up and retrieve said scaru duck book and I try to put it up on the fridge.

L: NO!!! The duck will get me from up up high.
M: what do you want me to do with it?
L: frow it in the garbage. The big garbage outside.
M: Okay.

I do NOT throw perfectly good, adorable books away, so I go out front and put it in the car.

L: Thank you Mommy you saved me.

This is one reason why I absolutely love being a mother and having a 2 year old.

Here is the scary book you may all want to hide your copy, just in case. What isa funny is this is a super cute book. I am not sure why she thinks the duck is so scary.

My second lovely memory of today would be Hailey. After waking up and taking the book out I was pretty disheveled, AKA I needed a shower. I get Leila some breakfast and Hailey asks me to get her some. So I lean down give her a hug and say " Good morning sweet girl, did you sleep well?" Well my sweet girl leans away and says "Mom, your breath stinks and you need a shower, your hair looks terrible!" My reply "I love you to (your breath reaks too but you don't see me singing it)"

I LOVE being a Mother.

And my last memory of today was this morning when I finished getting ready, yes I showered. anyways I walk out and Heath says " hey beautiful" and Morgin say's " she's not beautiful Dad she's GEORGEOUS!!!"

I absolutely love my children and Heath for being so kind as to supply me with them and the means to be a stay at home mom, it is the hardest most frustrating and often disgusting but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

HAPPY MOM'S DAY

Double beds?

2009-04-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

Do you ever have one of those nights where you wish you had his and her beds?

So the other night I was peacfully dreaming of a good nights sleep when Heath, my loving husband, rolls over and his huge ass hand lands right on my face. Yes that is right he totally back hands me at like 4:00 in the morning. It hurt so bad I cried. I thankfully did not get a black eye or anything like that. I know he would feel so horrible that I have decided not to tell him about his midnight beating. But my face hurt for like 2 days. So if I should happen to show up with bruises it's just Heath sleep-beating...no worries.

ps. Heath is not in anyway a wife beater. Love ya babe.

Swimming Lessons + Karate Lessons

2009-04-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

Okay it is summertime. I am looking for swimming lessons for my kids. Does anyone know someone or someplace that is really good. Last year we did AquaTots and about went bankrupt...They are so expensive. Plus I would rather not have to drive all the way to mesa to do lessons. So if you know anyone who is doing them in Queen Creek could you please email me their info.

laurawdavis@hotmail.com

Also a friend of mine is going to come out and do Karate lessons for ages 4-6 at my house (again no where in Queen Creek to send Mo) It will be Wednesday mornings from 10 until 10:45am. it's once a week, and the best part is she is only going to charge $10 a class or $40 a month. everywhere I was looking for Mo was like $90 a month, so this fixes my problem. It will just be for the summer. If interested email me.

What has been going on

2009-03-19T18:13:00.000-07:00

Well we have done alot of crap since I last posted but my camera is still being a bastard so there is no showing you yet.

We took a fun family trip up to Flagstaff to play in the snow and it was a BLAST!!! we threw snow balls. One hit Leila right in the face it was the funniest most pathetic thing I have ever witnessed. We also went sleding which the girls absolutely Loved. I knew Mo would like it but I wasn't sure about Hailey and Leila. They could not get enough of it. Mia fell pretty bad after a big hill and a big jump. Leila was so cute. she kept looking down the hill at Mia saying" Aunt Mia fall down! Oh no. Aunt Mia hurt, oh, give her loves, she okay? oh no". Her response was so cute.

I registered Morgin for Kindergarten! I know this doesn't seem like a pivotal moment for some, but this is my baby, and he's going to go to KINDERGARTEN. I am not freaking out yet but come august I am sure I will be in shambles, or praising the education system for having kindergarten, AKA I may be sick of him by then.

Our insurance company has decided to be a bunch of bastards and tell us that they are NOT going to cover any of this pregnancy and labor. This event has been the most catastrophic to me. For some reason I find this to be very stressfull. Heath on the other hand just says "we'll be fine we always are. I love you don't worry about it." yes, yes he is very sweet but I am a stresser, it's what I do. So I have been trying to figure out what all our options are. I am leaning towards blowing them all up (I am totally just kidding no one call the police). But I really do hate them all, right now anyways.

Heath has torn his muniscus in his knee again. Luckily he is in no pain so the doc says we should just leave it be, so we will. He will need a knee replacement in 20 years.

Spring break was this week so we went to the zoo on Monday with Deb, my mom and Venetia. We had a blast it was really busy though. Tuesday we went to the museum with my aunt and her grandson and then Mo went and played over there, while I drove to Phoenix to FINALLY purchase sitting chairs for our front room, I love them. Wednesday Mo went to a friends house and Hailey's friends came over and us moms did Hairbows. And Today we went back to the Zoo it was CRAZY. we had to park at the stadium and be bussed over. It was so busy but so much fun. We have had one of the best spring breaks this year. I am sorry to start the routine back up.

Happy time off school, Laura

Tired

2009-02-27T15:53:00.000-08:00

I am TIRED! All the time. Does anyone want to come and do my laundry? I am anal about my dishes, I think it's because they are in the "living space" but I can just shut the laundry door. Maybe if I took the door off it would give me the incentive to do it all...I don't think so either. Well, I hope you all have a great weekend.

Sleepily yours, Laura

Ooh baby, baby

2009-02-22T16:02:00.000-08:00

SO a couple of weeks ago Heath and I found out we are expecting our 4th child. We waited to say anything until I visited my doc. Well I was a little mad after my visit. My uderus is tilted so I couldn't hear the heartbeat, which lets face it is the only GOOD thing about the visit. I am 8 weeks along and due October 3, 2009. I must say this kid is already giving me a run, I have been feeling so sick and tired it's ridiculous. I am told I am lucky that I don't throw up but those who do lose like 5 pounds in the begining and then gain 25, I just end up gaining like 40lbs (no, I am not exagerating, I am a fatty). Morgin says he NEEDS a brother and that I better have a boy, he also wants to name it Anakin, or Obeone. Hailey says I should have "A princess, we'll name her sleeping beauty". And Leila just keeps poking my belly saying "baby in there?" like "what the hell are you talking about?" she's excited. I think at this point Heath is more excited then I am, but I just feel like a fat, lazy, hippo and I haven't even gained any weight...Crying! I'll be in a better mood when I finally hear the heartbeat, it makes it real for me. Well wish me luck, I'M GONNA HAVE ANOTHER BABY!!!!

Tag

2009-02-08T20:50:00.000-08:00

So Cassie tagged me.

The rules are:
1. Go to your documents/pictures.
2. Go to your 6th file.
3. Go to your 6th picture.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.
6. So here we go...

This is a fantastic picture of my Dad and Morgin at the beach. This is from 2 years ago? Almost 2 years ago? Something like that. Anyways we were at the beach and Morgin and my Dad were, well being themselves and posing for pictures like this. I know they are both super strong so don't be too intimidated.
They are a handsome bunch and when you get the two of them together they are even funnier.

Okay I tag.
Rosemary
Emily
Debbie, because you need to update already!!!
Jerelyn
Tracy
Ali, you also need to update.

Holy Crap is our ANNIVERSARY!!!

2009-01-29T21:41:00.000-08:00

Okay so it's not officially until the 31st but we will be gone then. I cannot believe that we are having our 6th year anniversary. How time flies when you are having fun, birthing children and working. Sorry the pictures look so bad but I straight up just scanned them in, using our cheap printer. And this is not my favorite picture, my face looks super fat, but these were before the time of Jodi Davis Photography (BooHoo). I cannot believe how little we look, I guess were only 18 though.
I am totally not one to do the sappy "How I love thee let me count the ways" sort of thing, it's just not how we roll. So here is the list of why I love Heath and why these past 6 have been the best.

1. You always think I am pretty even when I am not, which is alot.

2. You let me be a stay at home mom and have all the fun.

3. You will always eat my food, it's not always the best.

4. You make fun of my chinese farts, which are not even "smelly chinese farts" but really funny none the less.

5. You gave me 3 adorable kids to play with, mess with and have fun with.

6. You support my sewing addiction.

7. You have the funniest bodily functions which you can summon upon request.

8. You let me make fun of you, and you return the favor.

9. you are always the mean one when it comes to saying "NO"...to the kids, family and pretty much anyone in general.

10. You know how afraid I am of bugs in the bed and will check anytime I am of need.

11. You vaccum out my car for me. Anyone who has seen my car knows what a labor of love this one is.

12. You make me laugh so hard I pee my pants, Literally I was like 7 months preg and I PEED MY PANTS!

13. You never mind when I decide to play all day and never clean up. AKA. forts, crayons, paint, fabric and messy all over.

14. You have the most gorgeous blue eyes and fantastic booty, that's right I said it.

15. You let me count your freckles, which are my favorite quality of yours, well their neck and neck with your booty.

16. You are a master of tickles, the kids can vouch on that one.

17. According to Mo you are a superhero and I agree.

18. You can drive backwards really well, it's amost scary how good.

19. Cinnamon Bears are your favorite candy. There is nothing cuter then a grown man eating little red bears.

20. You help decide when things are ugly, funky, wierd, not right, tweeky, scrunchy, and anyother word I can think of to descride some wrong thing while sewing.

21. Your voice when you talk to our daughters.

22. Your voice (and face)when we talk about our daughters getting older.

23. How you play with MO.

24. when you sing, you are a very good singer.

25. I am going to stop here or go on forever. But one of my favorite things about us is that you would rather stay at home with me then go out, period.

We are going to Flagstaff this weekend suckas. See ya later

Ha HA Ha continued

2009-01-10T14:52:00.000-08:00

They are now discussing why real people can't go into the tv and be in the movie. And Mo just called Hailey wierd for thinking that she can...I think I need to go.

Loves

Ha Ha Ha

2009-01-10T14:46:00.000-08:00

So any of you who know Mo knows that he does not like to wear shirts, shoes, underwear or jeans. So basically my son lives in "comfy" pants, shorts or anything that falls in the comfy catagory. Anyways I am sitting here blog hopping and I hear this.

Mo: Hailey stop looking at my belly
insert Leila: My turn
Hailey: If you had a shirt on I would look at it.
Mo: *silence*...STOP LOOKING AT MY BELLY!!!
Hailey: I CAN'T!
Mo: Fine I'll put a blanky on
Leila: My turn

Time passes

Hailey: Share the blanky
Mo: No. I don't wamt you to see my belly.
Leila: My turn

Can you tell what Leila's favorite thing to say is? What would I do with out children?

Leila update

2009-01-09T08:58:00.000-08:00

I know these pictures are really, really old but I just found them and they are so cute.

So our little Leila is getting so big. The girl is literally chatting my ears off. She is talking so much it is crazy. She now forms full and sometimes pretty complex sentences. It is fun to see the combinations she comes up with. My favorite sentence is "MOM, I want you" which is usually said at bedtime in an attempt to lure me into sitting with her. And on that note, yes she is fully transitioned into her dig girl bed. We occasionally "have", by "have" I mean we "like", to go sit with her until she falls asleep. She still sneaks into our bedroom in the morning, but who is going to turn down Leila cuddles? not I.

She has also taking to calling my Mom "Honey". As in "Honey, I want a candy". Where would she pick up such a nickname. Well she was at my parents house while I was at the spa, thank you Starr it was a wonderful gift, and my dad whom we call "Papa", came in and called my mom honey. Now Leila things that we are supposed to call my mom Honey. I must admit it is really stinking cute.

She has also hit the dreaded Make-up stage. All you with girls know what I am talking about. So right now my girls are actually fighting over lip smackers berrylicious chapstick, oh and a princess shoe. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Alterations--Discount time

2008-12-08T21:12:00.000-08:00

Hey all,
I wanted to let you know that from now until the first of 2009 all alterations are at a discounted price for the holiday season. I have posted my price list for this little discount below. If you need something done and do not see it on the list please do not hesitate to call me. I am also doing another little discount trick too. For those of you with 7 or more garments I will charge you at an hourly rate of $30 an hour, this can sometimes drop your bill significantly, I will do whichever price is cheaper. All garments recieved by January 1, 2009 will qualify for the discount program. I will post the 2009 revised alterations list that day also.

Call me, Laura at 480-650-8927 or email me at laurawdavis@hotmail.com and we will get a time set up. I will come to you or you are free to come to me.

HEMS:
Pants (straight stitch) $10.00
Pants (blind hem) $12.00
Pants with cuff $20.00
Skirts, Dresses (straight stitch) $10.00
Skirts, Dresses (blind hem) $15.00
Skirts, Dresses full or pleated $20.00
Formal dresses $40.00
Wedding dresses $50.00 & up
Coats $20.00
Coats lined $25.00
Drapes each panel starting at $17.00
Drapes each panel lined $25.00
Shirt sleeves $10.00
Shirt sleeves cuffed $15.00
Suit coat sleeves $15.00
Suit coat sleeves lined $20.00
Suit coat sleeves lined with split $25.00

WAIST IN/OUT:
Slacks, Skirts $15.00
with lining $18.00
Replace Elastic $15.00
Replace elastic w/lining rev $20.00

TAPERING: ie.if your pant leg is too wide or your skirt is too full.
Pants, skirts $18.00
with lining $20.00

BUTTONS:
Resew Button $2.00
New Button $2.50 ea
Hook and Eye / Clasp $4.00
Button Holes $4.00

MISCELLANEOUS:
Repair waist $6.00 & up
Repair hem $6.00 & up
Repair hem with cuff $8.00
Repair seam $6.00-$12.00
Repair hole $3.00-$8.00
Repair snag $3.00
Repair strap $3.00
Split skirt/slack $8.00
Crotch, rear, butt $6.00-$8.00
Resew belt loops $4.00-$6.00
Straps, Ties $6.00-$8.00

Custome alterations (ie, wanting the top of one dress put on the bottom of a second. A full garment produced) $30 an hour.

Again my number is 480-60-8927 and email is laurawdavis@hotmail.com

YES!!!

2008-11-30T22:19:00.000-08:00

I am so HAPPY right now. We purchased an entertainment center yesterday off of the fantastic craigslist. It looks so good in our living room. My camera is still being stupid so I will try to get pictures soon. It was a freaking steal too. We bought it for $300 it is 3 peices a natural wood color and really cute...I can't wait for you all to see. If you have been to Starr and Bruces it is similar to theirs, only our side peices have doors with glass. I am really excited because my TV is no longer on a bookshelf AKA. we do not look like a bunch of hobos. I cannot wait to get stuff to put on it now I am finally tapping into the want to decorate.
On a funny note while I was looking on craigslist a guy had his posting read "garage sale, prolly be able to find lots o stuff." How ghetto is that? Really!?!

BLACK FRIDAY!!!

2008-11-27T21:30:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY MY FRIENDS, I HOPE YOUR SHOPPING IS AMAZING.

Boutique

2008-11-26T21:51:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. My good friend Kristyn Mclaws (wife of the wonderful Cory) and I are haveing a Boutique. The flier is above, I hope you will all post it for me on your blogs and if you want to print some out please do so. We still have a couple of spots open so if anyone is looking to attend as a vendor please give us a call or email.

laurawdavis@hotmail.com--480-650-8927
kristynmclaws@gmail.com

US

2008-11-17T20:43:00.000-08:00

But once in a while the odd thing happens,
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.

W.H. Auden, Opera Libretto

I feel like this little sonnett totally explains Heath and I and out little family. We don't necessarily do things the conventional way and our family definitely works on a blue moon. For any of who who don't know a blue moon is supposed to bring about chaos and crazyness. Our lives were the odd way, and the altered pattern but none the less our dream came true and we are so incandescently happy. A toast to chaos and the unexpected, whithout you there would be no Heath and Laura Davis, not to mention all our freaking cute kids.

OH, NO, THE FIGHTS OUT!

2008-11-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

I'M GONNA KNOCK LEILA'S LIGHTS OUT! OKAY NOT REALLY BUT WHY DOES BEDTIME HAVE TO BE SUCH A FIGHT WITH HER. I LOVE THIS CUTE LITTLE THING BUT BOY DOES SHE TURN INTO THE MOST SASSY, LOUD, FREAKISHLY STRONG MONSTER AT 8:00? WE HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO THE "BIG GIRL BED", YOU KNOW THE TODDLER BED IN HER AND HAILEY'S ROOM. WHEN WE STARTED THE TRANSITION SHE DID GREAT FOR THE FIRST LIKE MONTH. SLOWLY SHE HAS GOTTEN HORRIBLE! IT STARTED WITH NOT WANTING TO LAY DOWN, SHE WOULD JUST SIT UP IN BED. THEN IT WAS FEET HANGING OVER THE SIDE, WHICH TURNED INTO LEGS HANGING OVER THE EDGE. IT IS NOW NOT WANTING TO BE IN BED AT ALL. BUT SHE KNOWS SHE IS NOT ALLOWED OUT OF BED SO SHE JUST HANGS HALF HER BODY OVER THE SIDE WHICH CAN'T BE COMFORTABLE, THERE IS A RAILING ON IT. SHE IS SO SILLY BUT I LOVE HER, AND OUR BEDTIME RITUAL IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH I HAVE LEARNED FROM CONFERENCE, IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL MISS RATHER SOON. SO I AM LIVING UP THE FIGHTS AND I WILL HOPEFULLY REMEMBER HOW FREAKING FUNNY THEY ARE. HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

BY THE WAY IT I 9:00 AND SHE IS STILL NOT SLEEPING AND YEP YOU GUESSED IT SHE'S HANGING OVER THE RAIL.

The last two

2008-10-30T15:17:00.000-07:00

This little story was my sunday/monday read and I was really impressed the fourth book is definitely by far the best out of the saga. I thought there was a lot more exciting and I like how she split it up and did the bit of Jacobs interpretation of the story. I found all of the characters to be mesmerizing and the story was pretty impressive. What an Imagination this chic has. Well done Stephanie Meyer. I am actually excited for the movie to come out also.

Okay I finished this one friday and I was a little dissapointed. I thought it was an uneeded book. It was just an extension of the second book. There weren't really any new characters and the plot was really just a spill over. I like it don't get me wrong but I was just expecting more I guess. I have really enjoyed these books, it's a nice little love story.

Book two

2008-10-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

So I went to Walmart and purchased this yesterday. I finished it and will have to say I thought it was good. I liked the fact that "I love you" was not everyother sentence. I have noticed with her books that she liked to save all the excitement for practically the end of the book. But I was pleasantly surprised to find it a lot less repetitive however it was a little more whiney. I liked it and find it a good read. I am actually excited to read the third and fourth installment of this story. My questions is...Does he turn her into a Vampire? My answer is yes, but I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Book Review

2008-10-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Well I was curious as to all the excitement about these books so yesterday I read the first one. Thats right YESTERDAY. If you are looking for a light read I would highly recomend this. It is not my typical read. I am not a fan of the mushy "I love you and can't live without you" type of book but once you get past the fifty million "I love you's" it is a very cute little story. I will say close to the end it was pretty suspensful. In any case it kept my attention throughout a very lengthy dentist visit. I would recomend this for those who do not like to read and for young teens...they love the silly mushy stuff. I am excited to see what the next 3 books hold. Happy reading.

And sorry it has been forever since I have blogged I just finished up on Reece and Lindsays bridesmaids. Plus dentist visits, trying to finish unpacking not to mention preschool and there was Heath and my birthdays.

Think Pink Boutique

2008-10-02T16:21:00.000-07:00

You should all come to this awesome boutique. We are all donation a portion of our sales to the breast cancer 3-Day. It is a great boutique with a great cause. Let me know if you need the exact address. There will be signs posted to follow.
laurawdavis@hotmail.com

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

2008-09-19T22:05:00.000-07:00

So this little monkey, named MORGIN for any who didn't know, is getting so big it is RIDICULOUS. As most of you know I am doing preschool in my home this year, yes I still have spots available. Anyways I have started word blending with this little man and to my delight, and amazement he is doing awesome. word blending is when I show him "AT" we then put different letters in front to form other words ie. "b" bat, "c" cat. He was catching on so fast it was crazy by the end of our 15 min session he wasn't even needing any promptings from me. He can now read one whole book on his own, it's a repetition book, "I see a ____" shows picture on each page and same words exept the last. So it's not like he is reading DR.SUESS or anything but this is the begining of reading and he is doing so good and I could not be more proud of this kid, I can't believe how smart he is. He is so much like me, he loves to learn and finds it so exciting when he understands something. I love having him at home and I am SO sad that he will go to school next year. I literally get anxiety thinking about not having my kids at home to play with. What will we do with Mo gone all day? He is so much freaking FUN!!! I lOVE THIS KID.

We are Chinese..are you

2008-08-31T23:45:00.000-07:00

So we went out to eat at this hole in the wall chinese place (it was delicious). Anyways I guess Miss Hailey didn't feel as though she looked as chinese as the rest of her family. I am half in case anyone didn't know, my dad is from China. Well Miss decided to take matters into her own hands and, with the aid of her trusty chopsticks, she helped genetics out a bit and got some beautiful almond eyes. Isnt she so cute...and ethnic. She definitely takes after the Davis side. Leila is obviously a Wong.

Next up was a nice "Mole' impression. My dad has this mole on his cheeck (he calls it his "sexy mole"). My children are obsessed with it for some reason. I believe she has a pot sticker in there. But she is so cute is always doing the funniest crap...esspecially with props.

Ouch!

2008-08-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

So yesterday this adorable little girl starts crying in the hall. When I ask her what happened she cries "Bite! Ouch!" so I pick her up and ask her where she got bit and she shows me her arm, which has 4 perfectly clear little teeth marks. I then say "ooh, did you bite yourself?" she then screams "YES! OUCH!". It was so cute. She totally bit her own arm, hard enough to leave prints behind. Poor little thing, it was so cute and dang funny.

Our little Leila has been talking up a storm the last few weeks. Some of my favorites are bite (of course), mine, no, hailey (which is more like He-ee), please (pees), drink and I love Nana (banana). yesterday when we were painting she said red, blue, yellow, and purple, but those were just mimicks she doesn't know what they are yet. But I cannot believe how big she is getting already. I miss her being a baby, she is definitely the baby of the family but I miss her being an actual infant. This is however one of my favorite ages. They are so much fun to play with and they are so explorative and just sweet and fun. I love it. Sometimes I think I am too blessed, like what did I do to deserve such a great life ( but we all probably think this right?).

The Move

2008-08-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

Okay so we have officially moved into our new house...And I lost my camera during said move so no pictures for you, so sad. Anyways it has been a crappy couple of weeks with painting and packing and children and cleaning oh my. A special thank you to Bruce Davis, Ben Opfel, and Adam Webster for having extremely large muscles that help so much in moving a TON of crap. I am pretty excited to get things moving aka. unpacked so until next time Happy Monday.

I'm BAAACK!!!!

2008-07-29T09:03:00.001-07:00

Okay so this summer has been so busy, but fun and exciting, we just got back from Lake Powell and let me just say this was one of the funnest years yet. Pictures of our summer will come soon...maybe? We went to Cali for the Disneyland fun, we went to the Cabin for camping fun and we just went to LP for water fun. Now my friends I am trying to finish painting one house, packing the other, preparing for preschool, fitting a wedding dress this friday and somewhere amidst all the chaos attempting to raise three children, wish me luck and happy week, for I may not get to visit again.

COME PLAY WITH ME

2008-07-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

With two little munchkins in need of preschool, three if you count Jazzy (and of course we do), My mom and I have decided to host preschool at my house next year. We are moving so the location will be Hunt highway and just west of Gary in the San Tan Hieghts community. If you or anyone you know are interested please email me at laurawdavis@hotmail.com or give me a call at 480-650-8927 I still have a couple of spots available.

It will take place tuesday's and thursday's from 9:30am to 12:00noon starting September 2nd and ending in May. My mother has been teaching early education for 25 years, she has her teachng degree and certificate plus she has a special education degree also. I have my associates and have been working with kids for the last 6 years tutoring and aiding in classrooms. We both have fingerprint identification clearance cards, and CPR training. We are so excited we have such a fun year planned. we are very big players in the learn through fun field. We are very hands on in our approaches to learning things. We have some classes set aside for fun guests to come. Some guests include a dance teacher, animal expert, music teacher and kung fu master. We will be teaching kids pre reading skills in a fun atmosphere.
So please COME PLAY WITH US.

Cell phone number 7

2008-06-13T22:29:00.000-07:00

So in the 5 and a half years that Heath and I have been married I have gone through a total of 7 cell phones. The last 5 have been in the last 3 years compliments of Miss Hailey. Well she has passed her phone destroying torch on to Leila who has recently given mine a toilet bath. I was totally on a roll with this one, just over a year mind you. Well my phone was so dead that they could not get any info off of it and so I have lost all my numbers. So if you are someone I talk to, or should talk to, please get me your numbers. You can either leave them as a comment or email them to me at www.laurawdavis@hotmail.com. This includes family because, and I really hate to break this to you but Heath does not have anyones number.

Sewing contest outfit number 1

2008-06-12T23:46:00.001-07:00

So here it is my first completed outfit for the contest. I used simplicity pattern number 3631. I highly recomend this pattern especially for those who are not the best sewers. It looks really good for the difficulty. I did do alot of altering to the patterns though.
Wish I would have worn my patent leather wedges I look like ronald mcdonald in those ones. But they are the most comfortable shoes, that Gianni Binni makes fantastic shoes.

The pictures are compliments of Jodi Davis my Sis in Law she is amazing.

TAG!!!

2008-06-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

My ABC's
A♥ AGE:: 23
B♥ BIRTHDAY:: October 19, 1984
C♥ CANDY OR CAKE:: candy, Chewy is the best!!!
D♥ DESSERT YOU LOVE:: you can't beat a good snickers blizzard, or banana cream pie
E♥ EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO:: My hubby Heath and my sister Mia (she is frighteningly blunt)
F♥ FAVORITE SONG: At the moment I am obsessed with Thrice, I like the artist in the ambulence
G♥ GOLD OR SILVER:: I love gold but wear more silver.
H♥ HABIT::
I♥ INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY:: I used to play the clarinet, I know what a dork but know it is just the kazoo and the drum in the kids band. Every now and then I rock the tamborine.
J♥ JOB TITLE:: Mother, Wife, sister, Seamstress, Designer, Tailor, maid, Personal assistance, chef, artist, painter, crafter, did I miss any?
K♥ KIDS:: # beautiful ones. Morgin aka. Mo is 5 in the 25th. Hailey aka. Miss is 3 and Leila aka. turd monkey is 1.
L© LOVE OR LUST:: Love but at many times LUST
M♥ MARRIED ,SINGLE OR TAKEN:: fabulously married.
N♥ NEXT TO YOU:: LAUNDRY always laundry.
O♥ ONE WISH:: That i can be a god wife and mother.
P♥ PERSON YOU CALLED LAST:: My Sister Mia
Q♥QUOTES:: “Love is the irrestistable desire, to be irresistably desired”
R♥ REASONS TO SMILE:: Heath, Morgin, Hailey, Leila, LIFE.
S© STEAK OR PORK:: I think Steak.
T♥ TURNS YOU ON:: Heath, all the time...He is so dang sexy. I love it when he dances.
U♥ UNIQUE TALENT:: Unique??? I guess I am really good at altering, I am known as the person you go to when no one else can/will do it. I like the challenge.
V♥ VEGETABLE:: I really like them all yellow squash is delightful, green beans, artichokes, peppers, onion, mushrooms delicious.
W♥ WOKE UP AT WHAT TIME:: I was terribly sick today so 8:30 and then a 2 hour nap, my hubby ROCKS.
♥ X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD:: They took one of my arm and hip after the accident.
Y♥ YOUR FAVORITE COLOR:: Anything bright although I love black and brown.
Z♥ ZODIAC SIGN:: Libra, and chinese zodiac is rat (the same as Heath we were meant for each other!).

So I tag ALI, STACY, and KRISTA

Help

2008-06-07T18:03:00.001-07:00

Okay everyone, I need some help. I am finishing up all my garments for the contest and I have hit a snag. I need some opinions. Will you guys please visit my sewing blog at www.snobbysewer.blogspot.com and view my newest post about the sneek peek tops and let me know what you guys think. I need some help with deciding if I should do buttons and a couple of other Q's Thanks guys.

I don't know about you...

2008-06-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you but sponges are the absolute most disgusting things in the kitchen. I cannot stand when the following things happen 1) they fall in the sink, get wet and proceed to sit in there all night long B) once they have fallen into said sink they fester ad grow millions upon millions of bacteria. 3) people use hem to clean my counters, GROSS! that is pretty much just wiping germs onto my counter tops. And yes I am a freak when it comes to the places where I prepare my food. Yes, I am fully aware that I am a freak about sponges but I believe that they are the most vile utensile ever. Those genius' over at clorox are amazing, I live off of clorox wipes.

Happy Birthday Miss Hailey

2008-06-02T22:43:00.000-07:00

Yet again I am late on a birthday posting. Miss turned 3 on may 25th. I cannot believe that she is already 3 years old it has gone by way too fast. She is so much fun and such a blessing to our house. I think sometimes she keeps me sane. She is unlike any of our other kids. She is alot like Heath and I she is quiet, and a self entertainer, the girl will play by herself for hours, its fantastic. Anyone who knows her will tell you she is a little priss. She is such a girl it is not even funny. She lovesshoes, dresses, princesses, makeup and nail polish and diamonds, just like all princesses do. This little one is such a drama queen too, I think it comes from having an older brother and Daddy who pretty much give her whatever she wants whenever she wants.

I love this pic of her "mean face" I believe Leila was trying t steal her water bottle. She's FIERCE!
So here are some pictures from her birthday party we had so much fun.

This is her awesome cake, the pink cake was three stacks and the chocolate is two. She said she wanted a princess castle with all the pincesses and princes.

This would be what Leila looks like most of the time. The girls favorite thing to say is "I EAT!" which means give me something to eat or I will yell my head off. But how cute is she shoveling food into her mouth.

well we love our little Miss and cannot wait to see what she suprizes us with this year. She has been cursed the last few years. every birthday something huge has happened to her, right after birth she has a seizure, birthday #1 has to have surgery on her booty for a abcess, birthday #2 she falls 6'' off the couch and breaks her leg and gets a cast I am afraid of what will happen this year. Maybe we have broken it and nothing will happen. Happy Birthday my cute one.

Glasses

2008-06-02T17:02:00.001-07:00

So anyone who knows me knows that I wear glasses and that I have a million pairs, okay more like 7 but in glasses world that is alot. I am not a woman of great money but I like to be pretty stylish and I HATE to pay big prices for things. So many people ask me how I can afford to have so many pairs of glasses. Well it is your lucky day I am going to share with you my secret.

I Get my eyes checked at eithwr Wal-Mart for $60 or I find a special where I get eyecheck and 2 pairs of glasses for $60. I then take my prescription and measurements and go to a very MAGICAL website called zenni optical. At zenni optical I can choose from hundreds of glasses ranging from $8 to $20. They are really cute too. The price includes frames and prescription glass. For an extra $5 you can get anti-reflective coating. For another $5 you can get tint aka.sunglasses. The best part is...shipping is only 5 bucks no matter how many you order. These are the 2 I just ordered

I had these before and Hailey broke them. There was no need to yell because I only spent $5 on them.

Yes I am fully aware that they are old man glasses, but now with my genius and $5 tint they are some really cute sunglasses
So total I spent $25 on 2 pairs of glasses and one pair are sunglasses. I think my total elsewhere would have been like $250. I hope this has helped all you glasses wearers out there. and you who wear contact lenses I am sure you probably need a backup pair of glasses. Please let anyone who wears glasses know about this little gemsite. I hope this helps

www.zennioptical.com

Busy, busy

2008-05-24T00:44:00.000-07:00

So Why has it been so long since I have blogged? Well, let me fill you in on last week. I am getting ready for a sewing contest, I have to use simplicity patterns. They are not ready yet but here are a few teaser pictures.

This is a skirt for one of my outfits. It is this awesome purple brocade with an asian print on it. It is embelished with black piping in the seams, and it looks amazing.

Outfit number 2 is a cheetah print high waisted skirt that will have some black satin faux pockets on the front.

I did a skirt for a friend, that is really cute I may end up making myself one.
Mo's preschol had a little water party so we went to that. He also had his graduation, pics still to come.

Here are a couple of pictures. The little brunette is Kaitlin and I am pretty sure he has a little crush. At one point he was resting his hand on her leg...it was so cute.

And of course little miss "I will never stop nursing". That;s right if she isn't nursing then we are fighting about nursing. I cannot get her to stop and it is driving me crazy. I think I may have to go cold turkey on this one.

We are doing some home repair. These are our new door knobs, aren't they cute, I love them. We had the hideous gold ones before.

And let us not forget girls camp preperations. This is the leaders flag which still is not done, but I am getting to I promise.

One zipper alteration, For my sis-in-law.

And then there was the 2 swimsuit alterations and a pair of swimshorts, And let us not forget the dailey laundry and dish exploits either. And lets throw in Heaths 2 migrains this week also. This was a week where I thought I would die. But I got it ll done and had enough time to spare for my fantastic husband and children.

Making a door-- part deux

2008-05-24T00:37:00.000-07:00

So FINALLY here is the finished product. Sorry it has taken me so long to post it. My next post will explain my absence more fully. Anyways I think the door turned out pretty cool. it is painted like a cave and then we did a vinyl sticker of a dragon in the cave. Mo helped so much and loves it he shows it to everyone.

Thanks to my sis Melissa for helping me paint it, you are great and we miss you. And thank you Sue for the sticker it makes the door so awesome. And thanks to Heath for not being upset that we turned the door into a fearsom cave, he puts up with so much from his crazy wife.

Making a door

2008-05-13T12:41:00.000-07:00

So my mother, sister and I thought it would be awesome if we painted Morgin's door like a cave with a dragon in it. I am redoing the kids' rooms and thougt it would look good with the decor. Well first of all it was alot of work, but it was super fun. Mo even helped and he did a really good job. So here are my teaser pictures to get you all interested and I will post pictures of it done soon.

While we slaved away making a door little miss Leila sat on the floor doing this. By the time we realized what she was doing there were napkins all over the place torn into a gazillion peices. She is so stinking cute though so we let it slide.

Spring cleaning

2008-05-09T10:26:00.001-07:00

Hey guys! For any of you who missed last weeks boutique this one will be even better. All OOH-LA-LA inventory will be on sale. "We are Spring Cleaning" our inventory and getting ready for new things. Car seat covers will be as low as $100, hair accessories from $1, and blessing gowns from $100. Can't wait to see you there.

Spring Boutique

2008-04-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone please join me this weekend for a fun filled shopping event at Nana's Place Spring Time Boutique. It will be held at 19550 E Via Del oro in Queen Creek, if you would like directions please email me at laurawdavis@hotmail.com. If you can't make it do not e alarmed OOH-LA-LA will be at another boutique the weekend of may 10th.

Times for this boutique are
Thursday, May 1st
6:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, May 2nd
10:00am-7:00pm
Saturday, May 3rd
10:00am-4:00pm

Here is a little sneak at some of the stuff we will have there. We wll also be showcasing some new products as well as the beloved oldies. Pictures are compliments of www.jodidavisphotography.com check it out.

CAMPING

2008-04-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago we went camping with Cory and Kristyn McClaws, Daniel Wong and Ben Opfel. We had so much fun. It was the first time we have been camping since Mo was little, and I believe I was prego with Hailey, in other words years.

Take a look at these HOTTIES! My man Heath on te left my little bro Daniel in the middle (tat is not real by the way) and Cory on the right...what a bunch of studs. They are so rugged and manly with their camo pants and feirce ax's.
It's like a flippin magazine ad or something.
okay there is seriously nothing hotter then a man chopping wood. They get this totally intense face on, then take a giant breath and I am pretty sure they gave off some sort of grunt or howl every swing, it was hilarious.
I belive Ben's face was the best.

Mo had so much fun playing with Max, Cory's dog. They both fell into that creek on many occasions.

Hailey is a little more cautious, I think because she knows that she is clumsy, she was always holding a hand.
And lastly, Little Leila she was not too fond of camping. I am not sure if it was the cold or the dirt or the lack of a proper bed, but she was a little grumpy this morning.

She got a little happier when we set up a little playground, that is until the dog came and stole her crackers, then we got this face and a lot of screaming. What can I say we Davis' take our food very seriously.

Shootin' the gun...

At beer bottles.

All in all it was a really fun trip and I can't wait to go again.

You've had a birthday...Hurray!!!

2008-04-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

I can't stress the HAD enough. This post is a little late, LEILA REESE turned 1 on April 4th. I know WOW I am really late on this one. Better late then never they say. Anyways I am so Happy that Leila chose us for her family. She has had some major separation anxiety, well from birth really, she was such a mama's girl. Look how stinking cute she is. I am also pleased to anounce that she has finally gotten her first tooth. It came in exacty one week after her 1st birthday. This little one is so much fun, and such a tease also. She will totally steal toys from Mo or Hailey and hold them up high or straight up just take off running. She can definitely hold her own against the older kids. She has definitely completed our little family and filled our hearts...plus she makes the funniest faces ever. HAPPY B-DAY SWEET.

Locks of Love

2008-03-28T12:23:00.000-07:00

So my cousin and her daughter have amazing hair, I mean like it is unfair how thick and pretty it is. Anyways they have been growing it out for a while now and decided today that they were going to chop it off for Locks of Love. What is Locks of Love you ask? Well it is this awesome program, what happens is you donate hair 14" in length and they make them into wigs for cancer patients, mainly kids I think. Lots of salons will cut it for free if you are donating it, I know great clips does. Anyways so my cousin's daughter was in getting her hair cut and a man asked why they were saving her braid, and she told him why, well this man totally got teary eyed and was like "Thank you so much, My daughter has lukemia and she just recieved her wig, thank you for being so kind and giving you are really making a difference." He then thanked my cousin too and offered to pay for their haircuts. But since they went went to Great Clips it was free anyways. But what a good lesson for my little cousin to learn, not to mention the rest of us. I am not sure if Locks of Love has a website, I'm sure they do, but you could probably just go into any Great clips, They mail it for you too.

So if anyone has long hair and is thinking of cutting it this is a great way to make a bit of a difference in the world.

Leila's Blessing

2008-03-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

So the long anticipated blessing of one Leila Reese Davis took place last saturday, the 8th, at our casa. My fantastic dad made some fantastic food, chinese of course, my hubby gave one awesome blessing, and my Leila screamed her head off all the way through it. The crying did stop once she had a plate of food in front of her, thats my girl.

Her is Hailey climbing under the tables in the backyard, do not ask me why I don't know.
Right after the blessing, she was so mad.
What an attractive family, esspecially the mom, ooh-la-la. But seriously look at how cute my kids are, Heaths not too shabby either, by the way I love him in church clothes...so sexy. He does look a little , um, wasted in this picture.
I hate glasses and I want eye surgery, but I am a weeny.

I will post more pictures of her gorgeous dress.

Korbyn Davis Foster

2008-03-14T23:12:00.000-07:00

This is my Brand new nephew. His name is Korbyn and he was born wednesday at 10:00pm. His mommy and daddy are Dabbie and Jeremy. This little guy was born 14 weeks early, thats right we wa only cooking for 27 weeks, his due date was june 9th, 2008. He is 2 pounds 7 ounces, and perfect. We are exstatic that he is so healthy and strong. He was on a ventilator for a while but he actually pulled it out and is now breathing on his own. He is in the NICU where they are keeping him warm, monitoring his health, and reminding him to breath. I was so lucky to get to go up and not only see him but touch him as well, and he may look little and fragile but he is so strong. He was holding my finger, kicking his little feet like crazy, screaming, and flailing his precious little arms around. I am so proud of Debbie and Jeremy who are doing amazing. They are already the best parents this little guy could ask for. But I ask you all to keep this little guy in your prayers that he will stay healthy and grow lot's. He will be in the NICU till June. It is crazy how fast one can fall in love with a child.

I LOVE YOU KORBYN!!!

Snobby Sewer

2008-03-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

So I was at a sewing class, and I thought I was helping out and instead I was called a "Snobby sewer". I was a bit hurt at first ut now I think it is pretty freakin hilarious. So I have started a new blog, and you bet it is called "Snobby Sewer". It is going to be a blag all about sewing I hope to have patterns, tips, and hopefully some Q and A going on. It will be fantastic. I know a couple of you guys have been thinking about starting to design so hopefully the Snobby Sewer will be able to give you guys a hand.

I am actually glad I was called this name because now I will be able to showcase some tips and help some people out, even you guys who do not sew I will have some cute little hand sewn flower and little hair bow ideas and instructions.

This whole "snobby" thing has reminded me of a quote.

"We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a CHILD of GOD. Your playing small Doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the Glory of God that is within us. ALL of us. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence autiomatically liberates others."

-Nelson Mandela

'94

I LOVE this quote. I have it up in my "sewing space" so I can see it when I design and sew. It hepls me to remember to do my best the best that I can do it. It also helps me to rememer that we all have our own talents and that we should develop them, and be thankful for them, rather than wishing I was as talented as someone else...there is always someone better then you are, that helps me be what I am, not what someone else is, or what others are looking for.

Moral of the story is: Be yourself, and you shouldn't have to be sorry about it. Nelson Mandela said so.

Chiropractor

2008-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:00

Since the accident, in december, I have had the worst neck and shoulder pain and stiffness. It is to the point where if I sit down and sew for a half an hour my neck and shoulder get so stff I can barely move for a week, which is a serious problem seeing how I have four weddings coming up. So I went to see a chiropractor, one Ty Ruddell. He was so nice. Anyways, as he is doing his little chiropractor physical on my neck and shoulder he says and I quote

"yeah, your neck is jacked, and your shoulder isn't looking good either. At least we know your not faking"

SWEET I know. so I am going bak both thurday and friday to start getting myself back into sewing shape. I am also going to take Leila in tomorrow as well. She was in the car and was not hurt but as Dr.Ruddell points out she really has no way of telling me wether or not she is feeling stiff or having back pain or anything so I am going to take her in to get some tests done. I never would have thought to take my 11 month old to the chiropractor but it really does make sense to. I am just hoping that she doesn't have anything wrong, I would feel terrible if she has been in pain this whole time. Well, my shoulder and neck are now killing me so, peace!

Spring has sprung

2008-02-27T15:06:00.000-08:00

I guess it's spring...I have been asked by like everyone I know to eithe sew or alter something for a wedding. I think this is how you tell when it is spring in AZ, everyone is getting hitched. It is CRAZY!!! I have Heath's cousins wedding, a total of 6 skirts and 6 tops, a wedding dress alteration, a bridesmaids alteration (she's 6 months prego), and now a skirt for a mom and dress for a daughter. WOW I didn't realize how much I had until just now. But you know I am so excited to get started I have really had nothing to do since my sisters wedding and yes I kind of get a little bored sewing for me and the girls, I like to spice it up sometimes with adding a million projects.
And I love alterations they are by far my favorite part of sewing, I know alot of people hate them but I really enjoy the fact that 1. it can get dfficult. 2. it is always different, it's never really the same. and 3. it gives me a break from my constant sweat shop work as I like to call it.

So anyone needing alterations give me a call, now it the time to bust out skirts and dresses. I Love Spring.

Book Review

2008-02-27T14:53:00.000-08:00

So I finished this book a couple of days ago and I must say it was a fantastic read. It is so well written. It is about Dracula, but it is not the traditional "I want to suck your blood" type book. It is written from a historical view, which I think adds greatly to the scariness of the book. It is very reminiscient of Brhm Stokers Dracula in that alot of it is written in letters. My only complaint of the book is that the letters were a little wordy. Now I know you want to describe fully so the reader can imagine the scene but lets face it no one writes a letter like a book, it was a little annoying but a great read I highly recomend it.

Wildlife World Zoo

2008-02-14T21:40:00.000-08:00

For those of you who have not been to the wildlife world zoo it is awesome. They have all kinds of animals that you can feed, Birds, giraffs, petting/feeding pen. Anyways we went for valentines day it was so much fun the kids had a blast. Here is a picture recap.

The petting/feeding pen was full of some very fierce competitors one of which was a llama. Not just any llama but a baby, bully llama. This llama preety much scared the crap out of me as you can see by this picture. Please note my face...TERRIFIED!!! And NO I have no issues wih karate kicking a baby llama as you can tell from my leg coming up, yeah I'm chinese suckas. Also notice that the right hand is going into judo chop mode, this is a common occurrence when I feel threatened. needless to say I won the battle...and the war. But the jerk did eat a button off my sweater, touche baby llama.

The giraffes are PIMP. This is the dad and yes we're allowed to feed them. They have these freakin long tongues that come out and scare the crap out of you, whactch out Gene Simmons your being shown up my friend.

I like feeding the birds the best. They are so friendly, but a word to the wise, when they call the two minute warning...run, if you like our clothes crapless.

I could not resist this picture, sure it looks like this llama is sweetly looking at my little girl. But if you really look at it's beady little eyes what do you see, revenge that's what it see's. He knows thats my kid.

Here is it again trying to take out the weekest of the Davis'. It was a lucky thing I was there with my ninja skills. Thank you Papa for teaching me so well, you are a wise master.

chucky cheesus

2008-02-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

So Morgin who is 4 and Jazmyn, my cousin, who is three had a fantastic conversation in the car the other day. It went like this

Mo: "When you die you get to go to heaven to live with heavenly father and jesus. A long time ago we used to live in heaven with jesus and we were soooo HAPPY!"

Jaz: "?????" look on her face.

Mo: "Then we were born and came to earth to live with our mom and dad. And if we are good listeners we get to go back to heaven to live with jesus. I love jesus, he's AWESOME."

Jaz: silence and confusion on her face.

A couple of minutes pass and Jazzy says "Morgin we get to go to chucky cheesus?"

I must say this has been one of my favorite conversations between two children. Jazzy's family is not religious and so it was so foreign to her. I guess when she heard going to jesus she thought it was going to chucky cheesus. I love it when kids talk to each other it is always a good laugh.

O-R-E-O

2008-01-22T09:19:00.000-08:00

So after lunch the other day I went to the Car to get some stuff out. When I got back this is what I found. Leila sitting on the flor devouring an oreo cookie. Hailey had gotten into th pantry for a cookie and was such a nice sister to share with her baby.

notice the face in this next picture. The double armed cramming motion is by far one of my favorites. And please do not fail to notice that she has it all the way down n her little tosies.

Photo shoot

2008-01-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

My fantastic sister-in-law is the best photographer you will ever see. Se so willingly ventured out with me, 7 children and boxes full of OOH-LA-LA inventory to do a photo shoot for my up and comming website. We first went to a laundromat, which yes does seem like an odd place for pictures but let me tell you it was amazing. The pictures are so cute. We then ventured a little further to down town mesa, right next to the rustic hutch ( I think that was the store, but honestly cannot remember), anyways those pictures were amazing as well. My kids did great at the landromat but were pretty spent by the time we made it to our second destination. We of course have to go out again because I forgot capes. Well for any of you dying to see pictures please feel free to venture on over to her blog at www.Jodidavisphotography.blogspot.com this has pictures of our escapade. If you want to look at her galleries and get her info please go to her website at www.jodidavisphotography.com. She really is an amazing photographer.

Bad Luck...Laura

2008-01-20T20:08:00.000-08:00

So I think maybe I might have bad luck. First we were in the car accident and no one was hurt...but me. Then it has taken forever to get a police report done and we have no car. Insurance would give us one but we are not 25 and therefore cannot drive a rental car. Then I fall exiting the shower and have a very purple thigh. and now we forgot to shut our garage last night and we were robbed. That's right some jerk came into our garage and stole our little 50 motorcycle and about $1500.00 worth of paintball crap. and I cut a chunck of hair off while sewing. I may need to have an exorcism preformed. this is just getting silly. And you know what almost all of these things have happened on a sunday...Dang you Satan.
Anyways when I am Having a hard time I like to sew, Takes my mind off of things and I usually have a happy ending. So here are the couple of projects I finished this week. I am very happy with them all and they look adorable on.
This dresses are by far my favorite things that I have made in a long time. The patterns were easy and best of all the fabric was cheep, it cost me about 90 cents to make each of them.

The girls wore these to church today and they are even cuter on my little beauties then on these hangers. I am really pleased with this turnout.

This is a terrible picture I know. But the next one is better it is on Leila, who looks fantastic n purple due to her dark features.

Hailey is awfully cute in it as well. I miss calculated length though. They were supposed to be mini dresses to be worn with leggings but my girls have such long legs that they turned out to be more of a tunic style.
This shirt is really cute on I will post some pictures when I get them. I love the back and how it over locks it looks so cute with a shirt underneath it for winter or a cute little back sticking out in the summer. And I absolutely love the snaps they are bright pink that match with the flowers on the shirt. This is one of my favorite shirt patterns that I have ever done.

If anyone is interested in these for their little ones let me know.

I see London, I see France

2008-01-20T19:56:00.000-08:00

So a couple of weeks ago we started the potty training with Hailey. Well I was pretty scared, but to my suprise she was amazing, a potty training savant really. It took her a total of 5 days to be completely potty trained. We started on monday (the 7th) and by friday she did not have any accidents. I am so proud of her she is truly an amazing little cutie. She has been so excited to wear big girl panties. My mom takes them to buy underwear when they become potty trained, afterwards we went to my sisters house and after bath Miss decided that she was going to put on all 6 pairs of underwear. So yes these are the most adorable pictures ever.

Is she not the cutest little thing you have ever seen? I love this little girl so much, anyone will tell you that she is hillarious and a little jabber mouth. Thank you Hailey for being so dang cute.

Our little puppy

2008-01-13T16:47:00.000-08:00

So for those of you who do not know we have a puppy and her name is Leila Reese. That's right our darling little baby thinks she is a dog, her tongue is always out she even does the little hehehe thing too. I must admit though it is pretty stinking cute. With her crawling it is so funny, she will sit under the kitchen table and wait for the kids to drop her some cereal. she even begs, uuhuuhuuh. Its freaking hilarious.

They all decided to be dogs in this last picture.

Well, she is definitely the cutest dog I have ever seen. she loves to stick that tongue out, all the time, therefore she is very slobbery as well. we love her anyways.

Wedding

2008-01-13T16:39:00.000-08:00

Well, the wedding is over now...a week ago actuallu but it has taken me forever to recoup from it. It was a beautiful wedding, alot of work though. Our two "waiters" never showed up so heath and I along with my sister and her husband and my cousin and his wife, cleared all dishes...twice, filled champagne glasses (with apple cider of course) and took care of all the food issues. It was so much work that we all were sore the next day. It was well worth it though. The dresses turned out amazing, the wedding dress fit her like a glove and turned out just stunning. I had some issues fitting the bridesmaids to their dresses, it was a hard one to do you will see why when I get some pics up. The flower girls were so adorable I can't even tell you. The skirts for us sisters were really cute too. the kids had so much fun, they partied harder then anyone else, they were jamming on the dance floor. it was so cute...fun times. I was so busy that I didn't get any pictures so if anyone has any please email them to me, laurawdavis@hotmail.com, thanks so much.

Poor, Poor, Car

2007-12-21T22:16:00.001-08:00

Well I had a lvely drive this morning to Florence, That's right an hour from my house, to look at my poor car. When we got there I was suprised that there wasn't a bigger bash in my car. Here are the pictures. The guy there said that is may not look bad but that there is major structural damage to the frame of the car. It is pretty much totalled. I believe he said "there ain't no way in hell to fix the damned thing" he was a charming man by the way.

I LOVED this vehicle and am so sad to see it like this. Funny story, I got in a little fight with ister towman. apparently the girl who hit us told him that she had a green arrow and that the accident was our fault and I was trying to explain to him that no it was her fault and I don't know if he was to dumb to understand what I was saying or if he just really liked the other girl but he was totally like "it was your fault". I finally just said, "I don't care what she told you, but the officer has called me twice to say it was her fault, he has 5 witnesses that agree." that shut him up. Crazy old bastard, By the way he straight up had a DONKEY tied up in the yard...I wanted to take a picture but I didn't want to be rude.

Dress update

2007-12-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

So my sisters wedding is January 5th. My mother and I have literally been working around the clock to finish 5 bridesmaid dresses, 8 flower girl dresses, two dresses for my sister and I who are not "IN" the wedding, and lastly 1 Fantastic wedding dress. Thus far we are almost done on everything. I must say that my mother is AMAZING!!! she is doing majority of the sewing, I am cutting and pattern making/altering. anyways we have got the wedding dress pattern finished, the dress cut out and peices sewn together. this is how far we are.

by the way this dress is gorgeous. It is out of Dupioni silk (a raw silk).
There will be ruching on the dress, which is what that little tuck is we just wanted to see what it would look like.

This has been my first ever wedding dress, pattern and so in turn my first train. I had no idea what I was doing and so I lengthened the skirt and widened the bottom and then maped out what I wanted the train to look like and cut it after it was sewn together and it has worked wonderfully.

So all we have left to do is to
1. finish train and hem bottom.
2. embroider the bodice.
3. rouche the dress and train.
4. add boning to the lining.
5. add built in bra to lining.
6. attach the dress to the lining.
7. put a zipper in.
8. put buttons all the way down the back of the dress.

I know it seems a bit overwhelming but I am so honored to be able to help with the making of such a beautiful, special dress for my sister, it truly has been made with love. I must say I love to sew for people, I get such joy out of creating such beauty for others. I hope this dress is everything she dreamed of. I will post more pictures when we are done with it.

Please let me know what you think of the dress or if you have any suggestions...I love constructive criticism.

Accident

2007-12-17T22:26:00.000-08:00

Heath, Leila, and I were in a car accident sunday night. We are all okay. We were going straight through the light, that was green, and a girl turned left right in front of us. Heath slammed on the brakes and swerved out of the way, but she kept comming and ran right into us. She hit the front of the car on the drivers side. Luckily leila was and is fine she doesn't have a bump, bruise or anything. Heath has a little bruise on his chest, from the airbag, but nothing major. I was hit pretty hard by my airbag and then slammed into the door. My eye was cut on something and I looked like quasymoto last night (I know that's not how you spell it) my arm and shoulder are bruised and killing me, my head has a bunp and I have some war wounds but I couldn't have asked for a better outcome...my baby and husband are okay, that's really all that matters. The car is pretty much totalled, which is so sad it was a great car, the other girls car is really bad too. We are just counting our blessings that everyone walked away okay, minus the cars. Thank you to all who helped us that night you guys are fantastic.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR BUCKLES...ESSPECIALLY KIDS, THE CAR SEAT SAVED LEILA.

Mobile

2007-12-12T19:59:00.001-08:00

Leila Reese Davis is officially a crawler and I'lltell you it is about time. She has been wanting to crawl for weeks. Shes started this morning, I went to my sisters house to load up my hidden chrusstmas presents and I put Leila on the floor while closing the trunk i hear her usual screaming "get back here and pick me up you blasted woman. wawawa". walk in the door and she is crawling across the room as she is yelling her head off. it was pretty darn cute if you ask me. And now that she can crawl she is going all over the place. I am so happy for her she wanted it so bad. I will post a video of her crawling tomorrow mine is a little ...crappy.

O Christmas Tree

2007-12-11T22:08:00.000-08:00

We went and got a christmas tree and I must say my house smells GREAT!!! No offense but I don't understand you posers with your fake trees...this is way better. Anyways we went and got a tree and it was so much fun, The kids had a great time. I know this is kind of alot of pictures but they are so cute.
I know this picture isn't the greatest but you get the general idea of the splendor.

Mo just had to put the star on top, yes I know we have not put on our kick-ass ornaments but the best is yet to come, okay I forgot to buy hooks.

Is this not the cutest face ever? Leila loves the tree. she is so enthralled by it, she will sit and touch the branches for literally minutes at a time, awesome a couple of minutes minus baby.

My cute little family, I love them even though they look a little disheveled, well this is what we look like at night.

I love this picture Leila was helping Heath put the lights on the tree.

And she didn't want to let go of it. It took like 5 minutes before she would let go of the lights it was really cute. She then cried when we pried them out of her little grabby fingers.

Yes, she has NO pants on. For some reason she thinks that pants do not apply to her therefore she always looks like this at home.

And lastly I was worried about the uneveness of our beautiful tree. So worried that I had to sit in deep thought as to how we could fix the situation...alas an empty DVD box does the trick and I am once again happy and fullfilled. Well once we do get some decor on the tree you will be AMAZED my friends.

My Girls

2007-12-07T19:49:00.000-08:00

I LOVE tuesday mornings. The girls and I have a kindemusik class on tuesdays and it is so nice, it is a time that we get to go have some girl time. we sing and dance (which is our true love) and just have so much fun being girls. I have music with Mo on friday. I recomend taking a class with your kids it is a great way to bond individually with your kids. It is so funny I look at this picture and people are right Hailey looks nothing like me, and she is so disheveled from rolling around on the floor, I promise her hair looked fantastic that morning.

I am completely aware that my mouth looks weird in this photo but what are you gonna do. It's my first real photo in like 4 years, take that suckas.

I love how concentrated they are in this picture. Leila loves books, she will sit and read books for hours, it's adorable.

Is this not the cutest face ever...I like to say she looks like me even though I myself am not drop dead gorgeous as she is. How pretty are her black eyes? I love them, you seriously just get lost in them, she is one of those babies who stares into your eyes and breaks your heart. I love it.

I like how Leila's mouth is open in like every picture I have of her. I gues it's her concentrated face.

Can you freain believe Hailey's fantastic hair, I hate to say it but I am totally jealous of my 2 year olds hair...yes I am that shallow (and okay with the fact that I am).

I love having my girls I grew up with sisters and hope that my girls can be as close as we are, what's life without a sister. I am so proud of my little ones and i love getting to watch them grow up and have the priviledge of being their mom it's great, and I love that they are so girly and such Mama's girls. Thanks Cuties for picking me.

Ornaments

2007-12-02T20:42:00.001-08:00

I pretty much buy new ornaments every year, I don't like to store stuff and I like a "new" christmas every year...we do keep made ornaments. Well this year Mo wanted to make all the the tree decor so we did and let me tell you he did a great job. 2 ornaments later Hailey was bored and left to play make-up. about 5 ornaments later Leila got bored and started screaming her head off so Mo and I deided to postpone until tomorrow. We haven't gotten a tree yet but we are going to make popcorn garlands this week too, I think on wednesday if anyone wants to come and make one too, the more the merrier.

He was so proud of this...thing. Whatever it ishe loves it and so do I. He is so sweet he made it for me to "keep me safe, because it has pokeys on it."

How cute are they? Hailey did all the pink ones, of course.

ICE CREAM...CONE

2007-12-02T09:18:00.001-08:00

So we were all eating ice cream and Leila pitched a fit, how dare we eat without her so we gave her the cone with a little excess ice cream and she was in heaven. she kept putting the cone in her mouth and letting go. He is so stinking cute.

New Blog

2007-12-01T10:37:00.000-08:00

Hey all I have created a special blog just for my OOH-LA-LA Boutique items. Please view it so you can see all the wonderful stuff we have. It all makes for really great christmas presents to pretty much anyone in the family.

Just click on the OOH-LA-LA Blog link.

Black Friday

2007-11-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

Okay who doesn't love black friday? I was up at 3:00 waiting in line at Toys R us. We had the weirdest guy standing in line behind us, the kind of guy who keeps talking to you even though you clearly are not interested in what his girlfriend and mom are fighting about this time. Well anyways we made our way in and spent like $200 on fantastic chrstmas toys. We then headed over to Target and waited in their line to go into the most unholy of messes I have ever been to. Yes there was shoving and pushing...and I am not proud to admit but there may have even been some taudry words that were said. I was not very impressed with Target.

My in laws are not fans of Black Friday but if you ask me it is one of the best days of the year. Le's face it, it's the only day of the year that you can truly be rediculously malicious and get away with it. yes I did push and shove and grab...out of other people's hands but hey its the game right? my neice went with me this year and it was fantastic because NONE of my lazy sisters got out of bed to come with me and my mom...we were lone rangers on the hunt. I am so dumb.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING!!!

2007-11-26T13:56:00.000-08:00

So to make christmas shopping easy I have posted some of my stuff. We have on here Tutu's, Capes, bibsters, burp rags, Valise's (suitcase), Binky Buddy's, and hair bows. This is not all of it but just a peek. If you see anything you like give me en email at laurawdavis@hotmail.com or you can visit my etsy store through my OOH-LA-LA BY LAURA link. now the shop is not even close to full so if you want something custome or from this blog let me know.

Tutu's are fabulous for little girls. I can make them in any color and I also do ribbon accents if you want. they are so precious on little girls.

theses are the bibsters they are perfect gifts for babies.

My kids absolutely love their Valise's they take them everywhere.

the capes have got to be one of my favorites. I give them to all my nieces and nefew's. I can make them say anything and pretty much be able to put any character or sign you want.

hair bows are always a must and make really cute gift toppers.

this is one of my car seat covers they are made of upholstery fabric, padded for comfort and can fit pretty much any car seat. by the way with my cover you can still use your seat belt clips on the side, many covers go over them so you can't use it anymore.

Binky buddy's are a great gift for babies and new mom's. we can also match bibsters to a binky buddy if you want.

ArtFest

2007-11-08T08:25:00.000-08:00

The Artfest is comming to town and yours truly is in attendance. I could not get the flier to download (computer retard) so This is gonna be it. It is on November 17th and 18th from I believe 9am-5pm. The Fest is being held at the Scottsdale Civic Center, for the address and directions go to www.888artfest.com. There is also a survey you can fill out to possibly win $500 artbucks, AWESOME!!! There is food, music, jewelry, fine art of the best kind, They even have a childrens booth for all of you with kids. Your children can make a craft and take it home, it's really cool. Plus my awesome booth will be there, so I really hope you guys come...and bring some friends.

Finally!!

2007-10-30T12:29:00.000-07:00

So my last boutique was so much fun. And I finally sold a bunch. The first couple to be honest were flops but this one was fantastic.

Here is me with my table, yes I am aware that I look like crap. But my table is cute.

Here it is without me. It was a cute set up I was very happy with it. I am so excited for The Festival I will post the flier soon.

TAG!

2007-10-26T15:00:00.000-07:00

Well I have been tagged and so here it is My Heath!

What is his name?Heath Hammon Davis, AKA Hef or Hefa
How long have you been together? Dated for 2 yrs and Married for almost 5
Who eats more? Lets just say heath for the sake of my own vanity.
Who said I love you first? Heath did and boy did I kind of flip.
Who is taller? JHeath by like 7 inches
Who sings better? Heath He really does a mean version of popcorn popping on the apricot tree.
Who is smarter? neither we are both dumb
Who does the laundry? Mo pretty much has that one covered, but I help a little.
Who does the dishes? I do I don't think heath would know where to put them all.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? laying down I do.
Who pays the bills? Heath does.
Who mows the lawn? Heath of course, you would not catch me in a million years doing yard work. It hurts my hands.
Who cooks dinner? I do but I'm not too happy about it.
Who drives when you are together? Hef...i don't think he trusts me.
Who is more stubborn? I would say he is
Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Me ...Hef is never wrong.
Whose parents do you see the most? hands down my family. and I don't care if it's too often.
Who kissed who first? Hef kissed me at Kyle carters house with all his friends spying from the side gate...perverts.
Who proposed? Heath
Who is more sensitive? Me...and I'd like to stay that way, thank you.
Who has more friends? I don't know. Heath has more long term friends but I get to know new people.
Who has more siblings? Heath
Who wears the pants in the family? Heath wears the pants but I have the belt to keep them up.
I tag.....
Alisse and Kathy

Happy day!!!

2007-10-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

I forget to mention that my fabulouse sister Melissa is ENGAGED!!! That's right and she has decided to tie the knot this January 5th. So congrats to her and that's another reason you may not hear fro me as much. We will be getting ready for a wedding. So much to sew I can't wait to get started.

Poor Laura

2007-10-18T08:44:00.000-07:00

Okay someone feel bad for me. I have no digital camera (mine broke), no laptop (Miss decided to take it for a spin and now it doesn't work), and the hideous spiderman picture has been up since september 27, poor me. So should I suck it up and go and purchase a camera? I have not decided yet, I am kind of waiting for a miracle so mine will be raised from the dead, it could totally happen. Well anyways you might be hearing from me a lot less until I figure somethings out. Later all.

HOTTIE

2007-09-27T23:17:00.000-07:00

I was going through pictures and I realised that there are a total of 10 pictures of me from 2004 to now. They are all HIDEOUS let me tell you. most of them are right ofter giving birth in the hospital so I don't really count those. So here it is guys the one picture I have of me where I haven't just given birth. I got to tell I am a little pissed off at this new finding. And apperently I am Venom...jump back.

How sad is it that in the only picture I have of myself I am a boy with bad posture? My how I have come since high school. Heath is a lucky, LUCKY man!

What an animal

2007-09-21T23:45:00.000-07:00

This is Mo at about 10 months old. I can't believe how big he is now. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Cory McClaws took this while we were visiting Cali a few years back. Mo was such an intertainer, he would preform on a dime I tell you. But how stinkin cute is he ?...really. He was such a young speaker it amazes me, he spoke so clear and so well...CRAZY.

Mucha mucha moostache.

2007-09-21T23:02:00.000-07:00

Check out this sweet moostache on my sisters boyfriend Aaron. She made him get rid of it, DAMN HER!!!

I don't know who's kid that is, she doesn't know I stole this picture off her camera (which she was loaning me out of the goodness of her heart, that'll teach her for being nice).

FINALLY!!!

2007-09-21T22:45:00.000-07:00

So for the last two weeks I have been sewing seat covers like my life depended on it. I made 480 seat covers in exactly dos weeks, for an active retirement community. It was alot of work let me tell you. I am pretty proud of myself. Now on to prepararions for a boutique the first weekend in october. I will post the info when I get it. I love getting something Giant accomplished.

Costumes

2007-09-13T21:04:00.000-07:00

This would be the optimus prime costume that Mo wants for me to make him for halloween. Normally whenever he wants a costume I whip out the needle and get to work but this is extreme, I may be skilled with the needle but the master has been trumpped with this baby. It, by the way, is fully transformable. That's right pic on right guy is sitting, pic on left he stands up and transforms. some geeks in Japan just burnned dear old mommy and she is not happy...anyone have any spare cardboard I need to get to work ASAP. Anyone have any ideas?

A happy cast off

2007-09-11T22:13:00.001-07:00

So i have finally downloaded the pictures of Miss' cast. The first one is her getting it on. And the next few glorious pics are of the removal. they actually use a saw. Hailey wasn't scared but she did keep saying, "don't cut my leg off lady or i'll be really really angry." That's right angry, and yes she learned that word from me.

When they took the cast off we straight up found a leaf, a twig, and a small handfull of dirt. Her toes, despite all my wiping were so skanky.

And best of all her foot looked like when you let glue dry on your skin, peely but not like dead skin, and oh was it dirrty. She walked funny for a couple of days but she is doing so much better now. She still runs really funny but, hey it gives us a good laugh. We are just so thankful the spiral fracture on her tibia didn't reach her growth plate, or we would have been in trouble. I swear of all my children i am glad it was her who did it, she was so good with the cast. She is such a trooper I mean she hardly complained if any. She is my little girl who just goes with everything she is so easy and boy am i glad because she is right inbetween mr.High maintenence and a new baby. She is such a sweet loving girl. I am glad she can put this whole nasty casty behind her. Every now and then when she wants to be carried she will pull the I have a broken leg card and expect it too have credit. God bless her.

Time flies

2007-09-10T20:34:00.000-07:00

This was one of Leila's very first pictures. She was 8lbs and 20 inches, my smallest baby yet. She was so good in the hospital. She hardly cried at all. She was so cute she has been the only one of my babies who would fully open her eyes this young. She is so stinkin cute.

This is Leila at two months she suprisingly did not change all that much from birth to two months. She was such a big mama's girl at this age. She would not let anyone hold her except me, and daddy...sometimes, she was totally a mom's girl. I love her dark, dark eyes and black hair they are so striking. She does look a bit retarded in this pic though, she is just concentrating so hard.

And here she is now at 5 months I can hardly believe it has been so long. She is still such a good baby. She sits and takes all the "love" that her Brother and sister give her, and by love I mean smushing, pinching, smothering, tickling, and extremely high pitched baby talk, and she smiles and loves evey minute of it. She now has been sitting up for a couple of weeks. She has got the best fine motor skills I have ever seen. She can straight up pull her brothers hair. She is such a happy baby and loves having her siblings and every other child right in her face playing with her. She is still a big Mama's girl, but she is a big time Daddy's girl too. The minute Heath gets home she wants him and not me, it's the only time she'll cry when I have her. She wants so badly to eat but she is still too little, she loves to have water though it makes her feel like a big girl. I think that she looks like me but gorgeous, I can't believe how dark her hair and eyes are and, yes she inherited my dopey ears that stick out a little, hopefully she will grow into them, I'm still trying to. Anyways I can't believe how time flies I feel like just yesterday I was bringing Mo home from the hospital. I am so glad that we decided to have another baby because Leila truly makes our family that much more...It's crazy how you can't imagine yourself without these little guys and they've only been around for 4 years or less.

Maybe we are whitetrash?

2007-09-05T17:51:00.000-07:00

So my Brother in law Neil has decided to embark on a little business venture. So calling all BBQ lovers. Looky, looky...

That's right my friends this is a giant meat smoker. It holds something like 200 chilckens, I don't know maybe even more. So like I said I may have to take back that comment about us being whitetrash, 'cause if the beater fits, right? It may be big and it may cook hundreds of pounds of meat but I will tell you the food is amazing. So anyone interested in having anything catered please visit www.westernbarbq.com. The food is so spectacular we don't even mind if it's a little whitetrash.

By the way don't pay attention to the stickers these are the first pictures taken...we didn't have time to change the stickers yet.

Unfair!!!

2007-09-05T17:39:00.000-07:00

It is totally unfair that my two year old's hair looks way better than my own. This picture is after bath, notice the thickness and flipping of the hair, how is this possible. I work for an hour to get my hair to look like this. I am so glad she got the good hair gene.

how sweet is unkle Daniel? He is such a good brother.
He always plays with my kids and he even babysits, i know great huh? Miss absolutely loves Daniel, and he is Mo's favorite too.
I am so glad to have such a good little brother he is pretty good looking too, not that you can tell from his box head. But back to the hair...is anyone else as jealous as I am of a two year olds beautiful, natural hair? She is so LUCKY!!!

A Fabulous day

2007-09-04T23:07:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had a day where you were like, "that couldn't have gone better" ? Today was that day, and what is crazy is last night I was up till 4am with Leila and she and I both are still sick today. Hailey and Mo let me have an hour nap this morning, they were awesome when we ran to the store for meds and milk, and then we cleaned their rooms and played together without any fights. I thought I was in heaven, it was a perfect day. Then after dinner Heath left to go to his Bro's house for some Fantasy football fun, yes I married a dork but a freaking hot dork so it's okay. Well I thout it would be a rough night but they all went to bed fast and without a fight and have not woken up since and it's 11. On top of it all I did 3 loads of laundry, dishes, and swept and mopped the floors and made cookies, I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow I will have nothing to do that never happens to me. All I gotta say is that was a much needed perfect day! thank you to my great children, I am so lucky they really are awesome, I guess I'll keep them.

I think this picture is adorable of them. Yes, that is a pink floyd T-shirt my son is wearing. They obviously dressed themselves, don't they look so cute? I think so.

CRAP!!!

2007-09-02T17:29:00.000-07:00

That's right crap. That is what everyone at the Davis house feels like. We are all stinkin sick and it sucks. The sneezing, stuffy noses, coughing, and headaches are plentiful, not to mention all the whining and crying. poor Leila is even sick. she has been crying all day today, just miserable. Mo is on the upswing of it, Hailey is doing a little better, but Leile has it bad, and i'm not too great either. Heath says he's not feeling to hot now either, GREAT. I hate being sick.

Fun Times

2007-08-31T21:52:00.001-07:00

Despite what you all may think after these pictures we are not whitetrash...we just like guns.

we like them so much we fall over laughing while we clap.

I love how the boys will shoot guns for hours. yep that's Mo and his Red Ryder he got for his B-day. Neil had to get out his gun and they shot the whole box of clay pigeons.

What fun boys have.

Sleep walking?

2007-08-28T22:50:00.000-07:00

I know it is so late but I had to Blog that Heath and I watched a movie tonight, yeah for us, when I went to brush my teeth I found Miss Hailey. Hailey was sleeping on the ground in front of Morgin's room right next to the bathroom. I am so mad that I do not have a camera so as to document this little excursion of hers. We find her all the time sleeping in the most odd of places, after we have put her to bed in her room. What is really funny is that she didn't just come into the room that we were in, which is right by her room. I think that maybe she might be sleep walking. My sister Amy was a sleep walker so I guess it could be possible...right?

Sleep walking?

2007-08-28T22:49:00.000-07:00