Nora Beth Marie Davy

Born Tuesday, February 9th, ridiculously early in the morning.

A Beautiful Baby Girl.

A happy houseful (minus Addie and Chango of course).

A big sister being "gentle."

A Smart Perrito

What can we say - He knows the good spots. . .

A few (very late) Christmas pictures

After traveling for several weeks (Christmas vacation and a funeral), Jay and I are finally back in Lincoln and settling back into a healthy routine. I just realized today that I hadn't uploaded any pictures from our travels and I thought now would be a good time to share them.

I started off Christmas break by traveling to Michigan to see my sister sing in the Detroit Lions game. Since she has banned us from posting videos of her performance these few measly

pictures will have to do the trick. (Laura, the singer, is in the green sweater).

After Jay flew in, it was time for Christmas with the Cookes.

Miles' favorite spot during present time.

Family pic.

Then we went to Nebraska. The drive a bit scary at times, but we made it without major incident.

Our "Christmas" morning.

Chango sneaked onto my lap while we were opening presents and he sat very still as if we wouldn't notice him.

Taylor family pic.

What a lot of our driving looked like.

And to finish off the post appropriately: Chango's Christmas portrait.

Death Storm '09

Jay and I have been home for two days as schools have been closed for a continuous Winter Storm Warning/Blizzard Watch. It has been a lovely couple of days full of coffee, games, reading, and, last night, some friends who were willing to brave the weather to come and spend some time with us.

When I woke up this morning I decided to capture the crazy amounts of snow with my camera.

(Notice in this one that the snow drift to the left of Chango is as tall as he is.)

Eight hour party, Baking and Bonding, and a little Christmas

Alright, this is a little bit of a catching up post.

We will begin with a few weeks ago. Jay and I invited a few friends over for a Husker game. It turned into an 8 hour party with football, junk food, Munchkin Booty, and we finished the night with a little Ice Age.

Just this past weekend, we had a full time filled with family and friends. Friday a night we went to "Behold the Lamb" Christmas concert. Saturday we fulfilled my family's Christmas tradition of Baking and Bonding. It was the biggest Baking and Bonding ever, and the cookie collection got so big we had to start cooling them outside and on Ben and Crystal's bed.

The Baking.

The Bonding.

The Creative cooling techniques.

And as a bonus, we are going to play a little "I spy". See if you can spy the chronic texter.

And finally, Jay and I set a night aside to decorate our apartment. It turns out we overestimated the time it would take to put up all of our decorations, so we have a few hours to spare. (We own a little 3 ft. tree, an Advent) I think the apartment is beautiful.

Happy Halloween!

Here are a few pictures from the party we went to last night. Enjoy.

And just for the record, Jay and I are not really pregnant. He was a redneck and I was his barefoot and pregnant wife.

Fall Break in Michigan

This past week was my fall break from my job. A couple of months ago I found a fabulous deal on a plane ticket to go home and see my family. Jay had to stay in Lincoln and work. Here are some shots from my trip.

Mr. Miles.

The group.

Four generations of men.

Siblings.

Sisters.