Davis Family

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Nathan!

We have a new nephew and cousin to welcome to the family.

Nathan Kelly
Born August 17, 2009
@ 3:31 pm
8 pounds 11 ounces & 20 inches long

Congratulations to Chris, Mellany and Carly!

Thank you all for your prayers for Mellany and Nathan. Mellany and Nathan are doing great and are being showered with lots of love from all the family down south. The Davis' look forward to meeting him real soon.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Alex

Today I took Alex to the Dr. because of a runny nose that he has had for two weeks and a cough that developed in the last couple of days. Due to Alex's history of ear infections they got us in at 10am. Thankfully, his ears were clear but the PA heard wheezing. She wanted Alex to do an oxygen check and an Albuterol breathing treatment in the office. Alex did great and the treatment helped the wheezing. But he had to do a second treatment in the office because his oxygen levels were not high enough. So, Alex did it a second time and did great. Two hours later we headed to pick up his prescription and the nebulizer was delivered to our home earlier this evening. Here are pictures of Alex doing his first treatment at home. We got a cute little penguin nebulizer and it came with an adorable elephant face mask. Alex wanted no part of that elephant. He got upset and would only do the treatment with the mouth piece. We need to continue this every 4 hours as needed. We go back on Tuesday for a recheck. We are very thankful that Alex has been handling all of this so well.

"Pedro" the Penguin and Alex

Monday, August 3, 2009

Busch Gardens

Gabby & Greg

Earlier this month we all went to Busch Gardens in Tampa. We were celebrating our successful completion of the first year of Homeschooling. This was Gabby & Mommy's reward for a job well done. Gabby chose the theme park and we all had a great time. Gabby experienced her first roller coaster ride with her Daddy. She had a blast! The boys enjoyed the more appropriate kiddie rides and seeing the animals. We wanted to share some of our moments with all of you. Enjoy!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Zoo Day!

Today we headed to the Jacksonville Zoo with several families from church. The heat was bearable and the kids had a fabulous time. I think their favorite part was the splash park. Thanks to Dana for capturing Gabby and Matthew at the splash park. I was to busy running around after Alex that I forgot to pull out my camera. Here are a lot of pictures from our time at the zoo.

My Precious Monkeys!

Arden, Gabby, Grace, Alex & Matthew

The 2 week old baby Giraffe

Matthew and the Python

The Lions were actually awake and moving about!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Marquez Family Photo July 2009

We were in Cape Coral last weekend for my sister Mellany's baby shower (which I will post about later). When we are all together we try to get a family photo and we had a great opportunity right after the shower. Here is the Marquez-Padula-Davis-Kelly Family photo!

Double Take!

Gabby and I just had our first Mother/Daughter sleep over on Friday night. We celebrated with our new friends from our homeschool co-op. Gabby was the youngest daughter there. We both had a great time! I had to bring a picture of myself when I was Gabby's age. So, while we were back in Cape Coral last weekend I was able to bring back some of my childhood pictures. We found a perfect picture of me at age six, actually it was July of 1983. You will notice that I am missing my two front teeth also. It's Mini ME!

Gabby 6 years old

Allison 6 years old

Friday, July 3, 2009

Bonjour!

Normandy, D-Day beaches

Notre-Dame Cathedral

"A final reminder. Wherever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on a last strand of daylight fading quietly, like a sigh."

Paris

Kate Simon

1967

This picture of the backside of Notre-Dame Cathedral was taken as we were on an evening boat tour on the Seine.

Well, here are some pictures from our time in Paris. It was wonderful and I wish I could post all 540 pictures but it would take a long time. So, I have chosen the highlights of our trip. I don't even know where to begin. My personal tour guide (Greg) had our trip planned out and it went perfectly. We saw so much in eight days. Everything from the Eiffel Tower to Normandy. The museums where amazing and Notre Dame was even more beautiful in the evening all lit up. The culture, history and ambiance were all captivating. So, Viola! Here are the highlights from our time in France.

"Every Spring I fall in love with the same woman, and it happens that same way every time. After work at the typewriter, I take a walk in the sun, and there she is, as striking as ever, and there I am, struck dumb as Dante seeing Beatrice.

So Thackeray's hero fell in love at the Louvre with a woman standing there, silent and majestic, her hair light and her eyes gray, looking thirty-two but born 2000 years ago. Her name was Venus de Milo.

For me it is Paris."

The People of Paris

Joseph Barry

1966