Davis Daily Graces: Happy 1st Birthday Sam

John is my best friend, our family's leader, and the man God chose for me to spend the rest of my life with. I can say that with 100% confidence that God made us for each other, because only He could have brought us together! You see, John and I had known each other for more than 2 years before God alowed us to see each other through His eyes. We had mutual friends who were constantly trying to fix us up, yet neither one of us were the least bit interested. God arranged for us to be on a cruise in January 2006 together and to say that He moved mountains to bring us together is a gross understatement. It really was like I looked at him one moment and thought, Wow! I think my life is about to change forever! I am so blessed to have such an amazing man to share my life with. He has a servant's heart and is the calm, reassuring voice in my crazy high-strung life. He is an awesome daddy as well. I never met John's dad, he died one year earlier, to the date, that John and I shared our first kiss. However, I'd like to say that with each passing day, I get a small glimpse of what Sunny Davis must have been like as a dad, because his son is the best dad I could have ever dreamed of my children having.

I am extremely Type A and a tad bit high-strung, however, I love my family and they bring me to my calm, resting place each day. My favorite thing to do is to hang out with my family in our P.J.s and just spend time with one another. I am extremely close to my mom and would say that she is my best friend. I love children and would like to have a house full of them someday, if the Lord wills it so. I have always been told that I had an older soul. I can remember in high school waiting patiently for the day that I could have a family of my own. I feel like my life is complete with my family, however, I don't feel that my family is complete. We have struggled with infertility for the past 2 years and have suffered the loss of a baby at 12 weeks gestation. My heart aches for more children, yet I am learning to trust God and to be content with what He has blessed me with. I have lots of ambitions, but try to mold my activities according to the mission I feel God has called me to. I am in the process of starting an American Heritage Girls troop and want my life to be spent winning over young girls for the Kingdom of God.

Allie Cameron Davis came into my life on March 19th, 2008 at 1:36 a.m. After 24 weeks of "all-day" sickness, a contantly dislocating pelvis, and then a broken and dislocated tailbone at 33 weeks, I never thought that precious child would ever arrive. She did arrive, and 3 weeks early, weighing a moderate 8lbs 9oz at 21inches long! I am affraid of what she would have weighed had she cooked for another 3 weeks! She has brought us joy through so many trials in her short little life. When Allie was 9 months old, I lost my dad to cancer. She was Papa's Angel while he was alive and now she is my mom's (Mimi) angel bringing her through the sadness. Allie has the funniest personality. She is a cobination of my Meme (her Super Meme) and John's mom. She never meets a stranger and is always keeping us on our toes! I pray that she would come to know Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a young age and that she would be influential in her school and community. I love this girl more than she could ever know. Next to being a great wife, being a good mommy to her is one of my biggest goals in life.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Happy 1st Birthday Sam

So, if you have been around me very long, you know that my motto in life is "Go Big or Go Home!" Especially when it comes to party planning.... I tend to go a bit over-board. Sam's 1st Birthday was not exception. I started working on this party months ago. I knew that I wanted to do a John Deere theme, but I also wanted to incorporate the farm as well. I should have know, Sandra would come through again with a precious cake and smash cake. I love them!

I also painted a door canvas to welcome our guests........Yeah, about that...... The day before Sam's party, I picked him up from my mom's and his eye was running pretty bad. Now, with Sam, this does not usually bother us because since birth, he has had a blocked tear duct or allergy eye. But this time, it was a little different. His whole eye was really red and it wasn't clear tears draining from his eye. My mom hesitantly suggested that it might be pink-eye. "No!" "Not Happening!" But after I got over myself, I decided to call a friend with years of Pediatric experience and described what was going on. She quickly suggested that I call and cancel his party. WHAT?! The party that I have been planning for months?! Yep..... Cancelled!

So what do you do when you have a cake? You party by yourselves! And that we did!

Oh, and did I mention that I searched for his birthday present all over the globe? I had found one in Australia.....and seriously considered it.....but then I found one.....in Arkansas! It was in Batesville. So I drug John (and Sam) all the way to Batesville to buy this wagon. That's called devotion people, not crazy!

Oh, and what self-respecting country boy doesn't need a John Deere Gator?

I love this boy and all the craziness he has brought to our lives. Our new phrase is "That's just life with Sam." Crazy, Unpredictable, Perfection!

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