My Beautiful Wife by Brian

I just wanted to let my wife know how much I love and appreciate her. I couldn't ask for a better wife and Davis has the most loving and patient mom in the world. I think that the patience will be a plus for him in the future I am starting to realize. She works all night and takes care of Davis all day just because she wants her husband to be able to eat at Wendy's whenever he wants. She is the lowest maintenance girl I have ever met. We live in a dirt hole compared to some of our friends, but she never complains (well, maybe a little). She has a pure and never doubting faith in her Savior. I have always admired that. She does things because she knows they are the right things to do and for no other reason. She can always make me laugh with the things that she says especially when she isn't even trying. She also has some great hair. Davis and I love you Rachy!

Hocking Hills

Brian didn't have to go to school yesterday so we decided to take a little day trip down to Hocking hills national forest. It is about an hour southeast of Columbus and it's a pretty cool place. It was raining so we didn't hike around to much but we saw a lot of prettiness. It is so green and peaceful there. We're thinking about going back when my parents come and visit and maybe stay in a little cabin or cottage. There's so many cool little places to stay and eat at.

Pretty picture

Davis and me just holding our umbrella's

Davis running in the parking lot

The happy family

We're standing in a big open cave.
It is called Old Man's Cave
I know you really can't see us but we
wanted to capture the scene behind us.

I thought that this was so cute!!
Where's Brian's head?

Davis had to hold the umbrella so I had to stand

behind him to hold it up.

eating chicken nuggets on the way home. Yummy!

Not a whole lot going on around here

I don't really have a lot to post because we really haven't done anything besides watch movies and sleep for the past month. Brian has been studying a lot and will be finished with this quarter in one month. I'm so excited for him to finish because that means my parents will be coming out to visit. They're coming out June 4th and I'm trying to plan a little trip to go on once they get here. Brian wants to do something fun before he has his surgery June 10th. After my parents leave Brian's parents will be coming out. June is going to be fun for me but not so much fun for Brian. I can't wait to have some help with Davis. Bless his little heart I love him to pieces but I can't wait to have a break from him. We just can't get babysitters out here very often so we have to take him with us on dates and everywhere we go.


These are just some pics I took of Davis Today. I kept telling him to say cheese. He kept smile after I would take the pictures. I did get some cute smiles though.

Obsessed with watching movies

Since I have been working the night shift I needed a way to distract Davis during the mornings that I get off work. Up until about 3 weeks ago Davis was not interested in watching movies. Well, now he is so addicted we don't know what to do. He wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes around 2 or 3 and wants to go downstairs to watch a movie. One night Brian took him downstairs, turned a movie on and went back to bed. He was planning on getting Davis in 20 min (so he said) but 3 hours later woke up and realized he left him downstairs. No worries Davis was asleep on the couch.
Davis loves Nemo, Cars and Incredibles (those are the only disney ones we have). I made Brian pick a couple movies up from the library the other day so he could have a few more to watch. Davis doesn't really care about any other ones. I know that it probably isn't the best thing for him to do but It saves my life so I can lay on the couch and sleep. Someday we will have to break him of this obsession.

Davis has to have all of his movies sitting right next to him while he watches

Sometimes he likes to sit right below the tv and watch. I hate when he does that.

The Zoo

My Friend Amanda called me the other day to go to the zoo. I really had to force myself to go. It's not that I didn't want to go I just want to sleep any chance I get. Working the 3rd shift makes you very sleepy (I love my job at Target! Not really but it is easy and no stress.) Anyway, I knew that Davis would love the zoo and would love to see his little pal Braxton. We had fun and I'm so glad Amanda invited me to go. I was actually very excited to take some pictures to update the blog.

In line for the Merry-Go-Round.

The stingray at the aquarium

Going on a boat ride

Davis posing with the Orangutan. I think that is what it was, who knows there are a million different kinds of these monkey like animals, can't keep them straight.

Hair Cut Time

Davis has unfortunate hair. Yes, he has Brian's hair line! We are hoping that his little cul-de-sacs fill in someday.

Does it look OK?

Davis really needed a hair cut

Just an update

Davis cleaning out his toe jam. Gross!

We went in for Brian's pre-surgery doctor's appointment yesterday and the doctor came in with some bad news. He said he looked at the MRI again and decided the surgery was going to be much more extensive than he previously thought, so doing it during this one week break wouldn't work. So now Brian has to limp around for another 3 months until June! Then he has to get the ACL repaired and have meniscus implants and microfractures in his cartilage (whatever that means) and won't be able to walk for several months. Thanks for all the good luck comments and they can carry over to June. The good news is that I got a new job at Target. It will be during the night so Brian can be home with Davis and we can keep in state tuition.