It's official!

I had a doctors appointment today and everything is looking good. I am 50% efaced with no dilation and Dr. Loveless was able to feel little Baby Davis's head! =) (same as last week) I decided I should ask whether or not he induces and before I knew it we had a date scheduled for me to be induced! On Thursday October 9 I head in to St. Francis at 6 AM to be induced and get little Baby Davis here! =) It sounded like it was pretty far away since we're still in Septemeber and the doctor told me he would still see me one more time. So, after all was said and done I headed out to schedule my next appointment in one week. The nurse handed me my card and it is scheduled for October 7...that's when it hit me that this little booger will be here in just over a week! I am so excited and nervous! =)


I had to come back and add this because it was pretty funny...

Last night at dinner Chase was chosen to say the prayers and mom started helping him...here is how it proceeded...well first I need to give a little background story...Yesterday afternoon Chase went out to jump with Sam and some of his friends. He has been having a snotty nose lately and while jumping I guess the snot was bubbling everywhere out of Chase's nose so Sam tried to wipe it and Chase did NOT like the idea and he began crying and came in...anyway, on to the prayer...

Mom: Please help my nose to stop running
Chase: Please help my nose to stop running so that I can be big and jump on the trampoline with my Sammie.
(I giggled to myself and smiled..)
Mom: Please help me to have a fun time at soccer tonight
Chase: Please help me to have a fun time at soccer tonight and run very fast with my Batman belt on.
(at this point I had tears coming to my eyes and could not help but to laugh. What a sweet little boy to add his own two sense into his prayers!)

ZOO TIME!

On Wednesday, we headed out to the Tulsa Zoo for playgroup. It was quite the experience getting out there. Mom has been sick and wasn't able to make it so I had to drive myself out there, which I have never driven that far out here by myself so I was a little nervous! I ended up taking the wrong exit and got myself completely lost BOO! I would have only been a few minutes late, but since I got lost I was nearly 45 minutes late. We finally got to the zoo and Chase and I enjoyed looking at some animals as we tried to catch up with the rest of the crew. We even got to see giant turtles doing the deed...lovely. We finally caught up with the rest of the crew to have some lunch, but some left before the rest of us were done with lunch. Then, we headed down to the carousel and rode that with some friends. While we were waiting for the next train ride around the zoo we decided to go into the gorilla house (one of Chase's requests at the zoo...they are one of his favorite things to see...) The gorillas recently had some babies so there was one baby gorilla that was having a good time playing with the kids. It kept stopping and putting it's face up to the glass to see Chase. I said it was probably because Chase is the one that looks the most like a monkey. The kids LOVED that this gorilla was playing with them and kept egging him on. It was quite cute. I got some cute videos. Sorry for the shakiness of them...I was trying to keep up with that little monkey!

The train came and we rode it with Kristen, Corbin, and Tressa. After the ride, they headed home and only Chase and I were left at the zoo. We backtracked a little to do some things that I promised Chase we would do since we didn't have a chance to do it earlier because we were trying to catch up to everyone else. His three requests were: 1. to see the gorillas 2. see the frogs and 3. feed the birds. They have Featherfest going on until the beginning of October. I figured this would probably be the last time we make it to the zoo before then so the birds was a must for us. We got to the birds, got our seedsticks, and headed in. The last time we went to feed the birds was kind of disappointing because they weren't too interested in our seedsticks, but this time was awesome! Since it is getting cooler out, the birds are wanting to eat more and they haven't had quite as many people coming in there. The instant we walked in with our sticks, we were bombarded by birds! Chase thought that that was totally cool and we had a really fun time because the birds were coming to us left and right...until our seeds ran out. It was definitely worth trekking back up to the bird house! We also stopped in at the Rainforest building which is were the poison dart frogs are that Chase loves to see. I think he loves them so much because of their neon colors and then there are neon green and black ones.

Chase got quite a few birds to surround him.

I, personally, am not a huge bird fan. They kind of gross me out, but it was crazy how the birds just kept coming and landing on us. I had one bird that started to try and eat my thumb once my seeds were gone.

Chase loved it that he actually got to get some birds on his stick this time!

I thought that this picture was pretty cool...

By the time we were done seeing what was promised I was completely exhausted! My legs were so tired from hauling a wagon, Chase, and a big belly around and I was more than ready to come home. The car almost seemed to be too far away. I definitely got some good walking and exercise in though! On the way home, I couldn't quite remember where to go and my mapquest directions confused the HECK out of me, so, yet once again, I GOT LOST! I called mom and broke into tears. I was worn out, about to pee on myself, and Chase was screaming he needed to go poop and I was lost in an unfamiliar place. It's pretty pitiful I know, but I have NO sense of direction AT ALL and it was the first time I ever drove myself out there and if I am not driving I don't pay too much attention to where I am going. Anyway, I found the interstate I needed and mom told me where to get off and Chase and I made it home all in one piece. We even made it to the bathroom in time! =) It was a fun but stressful trip, but it was completely worth it because of the fun memories I was able to make with my little guy.

PS--I think I posted about 5 new posts today to do some catching up so you better read them ALL and comment on ALL of them...=)Thank you.

The Soccer Season has begun!!

Chase and Riley streching.

As I have said before, Chase has started playing soccer. This past Monday was his first soccer practice that he got to go to because he was sick at the very first one. It was pretty amusing to watch the kids attempt to play soccer. Chase is on the team with 3 of his buddies-Tressa, Riley, and Jack. The 4 of them are the only three year olds on the team, the rest of the kids are four. It was so funny to watch the kids as they tried to kick the ball. In the video Chase makes it into the goal no problem. Later, he was doing the same thing and the ball didn't quite make it so he picked the ball up and threw it into the goal! Too bad that that won't work in a real game! They were supposed to have their first game this Saturday, but it has been cancelled because the other team did not have enough players...bummer! On Monday night at practice they did a little mock game and it was quite hilarious to watch. Chase and Riley were off together most of the game either licking, kissing, or throwing grass on eachother. Boys =) The coach said he was going to tie the two boys together with a rope. It was quite interesting to watch. They did go after the ball a few times. Eventually, Riley decided that he didn't need the ball all the other kids were going after so he went to the pile of balls on the sidelines to start his own game! It was fun to see the kids try and play and they looked so cute out there in their shin guards and kleats!

Backyard Bowl!

This past Friday we had one of the biggest football games of the season for our high school. They call it the Backyard Bowl and the two bigger high schools here in Tulsa play against eachother...Jenks vs. Union. We are Jenks fans!! Anyway, this game is so huge that you have to buy your tickets in advance and they are double the price of a regular football game on a Friday night! Last year they played at the TU stadium, but this year it was under construction at the time of the game so they played at Union's stadium. There was 12, 222 people there!!! Can you imagine that for a HIGH SCHOOL football game? There seriously was not an empy seat there and by the time the game was done my feet were quite swollen. =( This game is so huge that they even aire it on TV. Last year we lost...barely, but then both Union and Jenks made it to the state championship game and we won that! This year we lost--again! BOO! We didn't play so hot until the last quarter, then we caught up and tied the game and ended up having to go into overtime, then we got beat by one touchdown! (We got beat in overtime last year too...)Hopefully we will win the state championships this year too! The game started at 7:30 and wasn't done until 11:30! Needless to say, I was glad the game was over. Being 8 1/2 months pregnant and sitting in bleachers for 4 hours (packed bleachers that is) gets quite uncomfortable! It was a fun night though and I am looking forward to the championships!
Gotta love that popcorn!! We didn't eat dinner before because we all had a late lunch so we went out to eat afterwards (yes, at 11:30) and didn't get home close to 1...Chase got into bed at 1:30 that night, poor guy! I expected him to fall asleep somewhere along the line, but NOPE! He was wide awake at 1:3o and probably would have kept going had I let him! (Stinking steroids!)
Chase loves to run out onto the fields after the game. X took him out after the game and I snagged this picture which I think is way cool...future football player right?

Nature Walk and Batman and SpiderMan!

As I have mentioned before, Chase would sit in front of the TV all day long if I would let him and so I try and do little things here and there to give him somethig else to do. Last week, we went on a nature walk to find some fun things to make a nature collage with. I remember doing this in Utah with my Grandma and cousins when I was younger and I always really enjoyed it. So, we began our little walk around the neighborhood. We found lots of rocks, flowers, grass, leaves, bugs, acorns, and dried up worms! Chase was quite fascinated with the dried up worms.Chase is looking at a cicada (sp?) or katydid bug in this picture. Mom found a shell that they climb out of and leave behind and we put it in Chase's bag to add to his collage, but when it came time to glue it on he freaked out. He is quite a wuss when it comes to bugs and touching them. He is fascianted by them at a distance, but up close is no good! Below, is the best smile I could get from that little stinker! =) Nearly all the pictures I TRY to get him to smile for end up this way, but oh well!! Here he is with his collage completed! =) I got quite stressed while making it because Chase wanted to pour the whole bottle of glue in one spot, but, alas, we finished it all in one piece! ;) And, we also enjoyed a fun walk together in nature and being a little crafty!

Another day we made a Batman and Spiderman craft. I found these templates somewhere online after I googled for some superhero crafts. I cut out the body pieces and then Chase and I colored them together and we glued the pieces onto toilet paper rolls. He thought these were pretty cool. He played with them and did all his little superhero stunts with them. Slowly, he began ripping them apart and I was frustrated! I worked hard on those dang things! Mom reminded me that he enjoyed them and that that is just what he does! So true...Chase is the ultimate picker, ripper, tearer! He loves to pick things apart! We had a good (sort of stressful) time making them! ;) It was all worth it in the end because he was able to use them and his imagination to have some TV-less fun!! =)

*I must also note that during these two crafts Chase was completely pumped up on 3 different steroids due to his asthma and sinus infection! Whenever he has to take these stinking medicines he turns into the ultimate stinker! He is ancy, wiggly, irritable, and hyper! Thank goodness we're done with them!

Labor Day

Abby!

I am so sad to think that summer is really over, but I am really enjoying the nice 75ish degree weather we have been having lately...so much better than 109 degrees! For Labor Day we went to Big Splash Waterpark for the last day of the season. It was fun, but crowded! We had some free meal coupons that we used to get lunch with. We waited in the line for FOREVER and a year and then they were out of fries and chicken so we got hamburgers, which weren't as good as the first time...but hey it was FREE and that's all that counts right?

Nuna!

Chase was pretty hesitant with swimming pools and what not at the beginning of the summer and all he wanted to do was play in the baby pool when we would head out to Big Splash. But, by the end of the summer he was LOVING swimming and I couldn't keep him out of the pool. He has started swimming without a lifevest and loves the wavepool, lazy river, and the BIG slides (which he HAS to wear a lifevest on). He even got so brave and went down headfirst on his belly on the big slides at big splash! One time he threw quite the tantrum because he couldn't ride on the tube slides since his bum isn't big enough.

Chase!

WAHOOOO!!

Thanks to Carly, I won a DARLING onesie on seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com from Appledonia! I am super excited about it because I NEVER win anything! Anyway, here is a darling picture of the onesie for little Baby Davis! =) I have now officially started my 1 week appointments! Today I have exactly ONE month till my due date! It's getting close!

Let me put his foot in MY mouth now...

Today Chase had a doctor's appointment at his allergy/asthma doctor. Her name is Dr. Laudy Naimeh...she, obviously, is from another country. She is an awesome doctor but she does, indeed, have an accent and sometimes it is hard to understand her. I think she is Indian...I'm not 100 percent sure though. Anyway, today we were in the room talking with her about Chase and out of the blue Chase hollers out "YOU TALK FUNNY!" I just kind of went red and hoped that she didn't hear because I wasn't sure if she would take it as rude or offensive (allbeit he is only 3...). She, obviously, heard him (I don't know who wouldn't have...) and she just giggled and asked him, "Is it a good funny or a bad funny?" Chase said, "Bad." OH DEAR! I thought to myself, what else could you possibly say to embarrass me Chase!? But again, she just laughed it off and told us that her kids make fun of her accent all the time. Thank goodness! I couldn't help but laugh, but I told her "Sorry!" and she said it was no big deal. Kids truely do speak what is on their mind, especially Chase since his mouth NEVER EVER stops running! He always has something that he has to say or wants or needs. When Dr. Naimeh was checking his ears she made a comment about him not having much of anything in one of his ears and Chase said ,"I have ears!!" He was quite distraught because he thought the doctor said he didn't have any ears when he knew that he had 2 of them! Silly boy!

Chase has been sick the past couple of days with a fever, cough, nasty snotty nose, and he has just layed around and not eaten too much. On Sunday we didn't go to church and that evening he fell asleep on Nuna. He woke up a little bit later and we drugged him up, gave him a breathing treatment, and put him to bed. After laying him down he decided that he wasn't tired and didn't want to go to bed. He was pretty sick, but he had albuterol (which is a steriod in him and that usually makes him jittery), ibuprofen, and some robutussin in him so he was feeling pretty good. After I finally got my homework done for the evening (nearly 11 at night) I headed to bed and found Chase awake playing with the sewing bobbins...OH DEAR I thought!! He had strings out EVERYWHERE and they were tangled every which way. When he saw me he said "What? I just fishin!" I just giggled and balled all the thread up, it was beyond saving, and put him back to bed for the 100th time that night. Luckily, this time he stayed in bed and fell asleep!

Lastly, Chase was cuddlng with me on the couch the other night and he curled his little hands around and laid his head on my belly. He then said "I love you and beebee Dabis (baby Davis) sooo much mom!" Hopefully he will stay say that after "beebee Dabis" is here. He has informed me that he is willing to share EVERYTHING (even his kinky and paci) with "beebee Dabis" when he gets here and that the only things he will NOT share are his mommy and Nuna....oh dear! =)

Rubber Blubber and Slime!

It seems that all Chase ever wants to do when we are at home is watch TV, TV, and more TV! Often times, when we are in the car driving he will ask to go home to watch his movie! He is my little couch potato!! Lately, I have been trying to come up with different things to do besides just letting him sit around and watch TV. A few days ago, I gave it a go at making "Rubber Blubber" and "Slime." It took me quite a bunch of coercing to get Chase away from the TV, but once he saw what we were actually making, he thought it was way too much fun! I found both of the "recipes" online at http://www.familyfun.com/ (a site and magazine that I LOVE). Both use really simple ingredients--water, borax, and white glue.
The rubber blubber was fun, it takes a lot of working after you mix it all together, but once it's ready you form it into a ball and it will bounce on hard floor. For the rubber blubber you will need: a quart of water, borax, food coloring, white glue, large jar (I just used a bowl.) First you combine the water and 1 tbsp. of borax in the large jar. Stir it well, and then let the mixture stand for a few minutes. Second, fill a disposable (I just used a regular) cup 3/4 of the way full with the borax mixture. Add the food coloring now. Then, you will add the white glue in a continuous stream until you have a large stringy mass around the spoon (like Chase in the picture above!) Next, take the mass off the spoon and plop it into a container of cold water for a minute or two. Pull the rubber blubber out and with dry hands squeeze the blubber and work with it until it's workable and you can form it into a ball and see how high it will bounce! Like I said, it takes it a little bit of working it before it's ready so don't get frustrated that it doesn't form right away!The slime is acutally a lot the same, but I, for some reason, like it better. It was easier to work. For it you will need 2 mixing bowls, measuring cups and spoons, glue, borax, food coloring, and water. First, mix together 3/4 cup warm water, 1 cup glue, and the food coloring in your first bowl. In the second bowl, you will mix together 4 teaspoons borax and 1 1/3 cups warm water. Pour the contents of the first bowl into the second, but don't stir it. Let it sit for about a minute. Then, life the congealed slime out of the bowl! This one is fun to work after you take it out, because it gets pockets of water caught in it, and when they bust it oozes everywhere. =) This made quite a bit but it was loads of fun to play with. It's been about a week since we have made it and it is still "playable" (if that's a word...?). Just store both of these in plastic baggies when you are done and they should last ya! Chase has had tons of fun with this stuff! It's not like play doh...it's had more of a rubbery substance to it. And of course, both of ours ended up being GREEN since that is Chase's FAVORITE color!And, wouldn't ya know that it would get smushed into something! Luckily, this stuff doesn't stain or stick too bad. After we got the big glob off of mom's shirt, she just washed it and it washed right out no problem. Chase has also dropped a few (well, acutally, a lot) on the carpet and I will find it a little while later, and amazingly it comes right off. If it gets smushed into the carpet, just scratch at it and it will come up no problem!