Here He Is....

Thomas Clay Davis

Born Thursday June 23rd at 3:15pm

20in long 8lbs 12oz

Our first day home and Thomas is only one day old. Grandma was there to take our first family picture. I want to thank my mom for being there and helping us with Clare as well as helping me pass time while waiting for Thomas to finally be born 9 days late. We really enjoyed your stay I hope you did too.

Clare just LOVES her sweet little brother. She's so excited to see him every morning and she wants to hold him and play with him all the time. She doesn't like that he sleeps so much.

Dady helping Clare feed Thomas with the bottle she gave him as a birthday gift. Mostly Mommy feeds him and Clare was getting jealous so I let her feed him with a bottle. She really enjoyed this for a couple minutes and then it got old and she was done.

Mama is doing great after the natural delivery. I would add my vote to recovery being faster and easier without an epidural. Of course delivery is 100% harder too. Pick your poision.

The little guy just sleeps everywhere all day and most of the night too. It's so cute. I know Clare did this too, but it was so long ago. I guess we just forgot. Of course it's been more than 3 1/2 years since we've had a new born and there are a couple other things we're having to remember too. Amount of diapers per day, spit up, how hot you get from cuddling with a baby, etc.

Adding the second child to our family is very different than adding the first was. The baby is very much the same but we were expecting more sleepless nights. The biggest difference is that we have a very energetic 3 yr old who needs attention. So instead of sitting on the couch and taking in every moment of his sleep filled day, we put him in bed to sleep and play with Clare.

We have also been in energetic 3 yr old mode where Clare is learning to swim, recognizing letters, just learned how to recognize words that rhyme and has a very extensive imagination. Newborns are quite a bit less interactive. That being said, we all love Tommy more than words can express and we are happy that he's an angelic sleepy newborn which allows us to keep up with Clare.

And of course our love for him crosses over into one of my favorite hobbies, photography. I took this one at the hospital. And I have so many more pictures that we could put up but we didn't want to over do it. We love you Tommy!

PS We chose his name June 22nd. I guess that was what he was waiting for.

Still Waiting.....

We've done a lot waiting for baby. From going to a Braves game after he was a week late to trying to hike through nature. I tried fried pickles and they are great. I also ate spicy kimchi soup, I love it! Then I tried to OD on chocolate by eating 8 truffles. I didn't feel too great after that but it still didn't work. I went on a 2 mile walk just before noon, and came back feeling better than ever and no closer to birth than sitting at home would have gotten me.

As you can tell we are having as much fun as we can waiting inspite of the fact that we're all ready for our baby to be born. Except we still need to give him a name. I guess we'll have to do that next.


So in trying to pass our time Grandma Jani, Clare and I went to the Dunwoody Nature Center. It was fun but we couldn't stay long because Clare disliked being out in nature so much. It was very strange to me because Rick and I love being out of doors, however when I thought about it we've never taken her out into nature with us. I think because she's never been in this setting before the sounds and feeling of it were uncomfortable to her. We'll have to go a lot more!


Clare was very good at knowing where she was. She wanted to go back to the car and we thought we'd be cleaver by taking the long way back on another trail. However when we passed the turn off she stopped at the correct place to turn and started to cry. She knew we weren't headed back to the car if we didn't turn there. Smart kid!

Clare took this one so it's a bit blurry. She doesn't hold as still as she needs to for a clear picture every time. But I think it's framed very well. She loves to take pictures.



While we made a Cake for babys birthday we also let Clare make her own little cake. Here she is dumping sprinkles onto it. She had fun making it and eating it for the next week. I have to admit it was a great tasting cake and the sprinkles only made it better.


Alright I did have this one finished before the due date but I forgot to post it. Clares new dress and it turned out so well. We even made a matching one for her doll. Pictures like this make me really appriciate Mom teaching me to sew.

Day 1 After the "Due Date"

When will baby boy Davis be born? When will baby boy Davis have a name? Both good questions I wish I had a more definative answer to.

Clare has always been so easy that we decided the next child would have to be a little difficult at least. Of course he was supposed to be born yesterday but here I am today still pregnant. Don't make any character judgments too soon though. Rick's schedualed some vacation starting this weekend and his new smart phone arrives today, (we hope). So, I've been informed that I can't have the baby until Rick has his phone so we can take videos of him. And I need to wait until this weekend so this doesn't throw off the vacation schedule. (If you're not laughing it's because you've either never been prengnant or never had a pregnant wife.)

But just for the record he has dropped and we were both pronounced healthy at the Dr. Office today. The Dr. doesn't think we'll make it another week before he's born and I said, "Good!" So it's all about the wait which is much easier with my Mom in town.

So, I guess if he is born between Friday night and Sunday then we can assume that this is really dady's boy. Of course maybe he's just waiting for us to figure out what we'll name him. Clare wanted to name him Thomas the Train yesterday and if I heard that I would be hesitant to be born also. Luckily Clare realy doesn't have a say in what we'll name him.

The Belly Chronicles

Just another photo update on the growth of the baby belly. He's due a week from today on the 14th. Hope he doesn't hang out in there too long.

Clare is already in love with him. She gives him kisses and sings him songs and makes plans to play and swing and swim with him after he's born, it's pretty sweet.

A while ago wwe were out for dinner and Clare came up near the end of the meal, gave my baby belly a loving pat and said, "don't worry baby, you'll get out soon." She was so sweet and sincer, Rick and I couldn't help laughing. We had to stop pretty quick because Clare didn't like being laughed at.

So, this morning Rick asked if I thought we'd have the baby today. I told him no. But before he left I gave him a hug and said to him, "Don't worry Daddy, he'll get out soon." We both smiled.

Of course latley I've been saying it my myself a lot, "Don't worry Chrysi, he'll get out soon." Honestly I'm really tired of being pregnant. I know he'll be harder to care for once he's out than while he's in. I also know that the discomfort doesn't really go away for a couple weeks after he's born it just changes. I just want to get on with it so that in a nother month even though I'm sleep deprived I'll feel a little more phisicaly able.

At least we still have time to think about what to name him. Any suggestions???

Great Weekend

My brother Bretton and his family Natalie and Charlie only live 8 hours away in Mississippi. So, they came over to Georgia and stayed with us for the weekend. It was awesome!

I got a call thursday night from Bretton. He wanted to know what we were up to this weekend because they could come over. I was so excited for the next day I just couldn't wait for them to get here.

The only plan Rick and I had was to see Spamalot at Fox Theature. Rick found some tickets for Bretton and Natalie and they came with us. If you like Monty Python stuff you'll love this musical.

Saturday we all went to the Altlanta Aquarium. It was a lot bigger than I expected. We spent hours walking through and seeing the aquatic life. It was really fun.

Clare loved looking at all the fish and being with her cousin.

Rick and Clare crawled through a tunnel to see the penguins up close.

They had a large tank with 4 whale sharks and many other fish that we could sit and watch while we geared up to see the next half of the exibits.

We were all tired when we got back so we all fell asleep, except Clare. Dinner was Korean and as always if you're eating good Korean food it was great.

Bretton and Natalie and Charlie took off this afternoon after attending some church with us. I hope they have a safe ride home. I can't wait to visit them in Mississippi this summer.