Davis Daily Graces: Allie's Big Sister Class

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.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Allie's Big Sister Class

This past weekend Allie got to take part in a Big Sister Class. We have been talking about it for awhile and she was super excited about it. The hospital where I am delivering Sam at has an awesome class for the older siblings to take. They teach them how to hold the baby properly, how to feed the baby, how to change the diaper, but most importantly, they teach them about safety. They taught them not to share their toys with the baby until they got older. They explained that the baby can't eat food like we do. They even explained the difference in the baby drinking from a bottle and drinking milk from the mommy.

They let them get all dressed up and then they had them make their new baby a card to give them on their "Birthday"

Learning to feed the baby

Learning to change diapers. Too Funny!

It was so funny to watch how careful she was trying to be. She was being so serious about this Big Sister thing!

I loved that they let them take a tour of the Labor and Delivery rooms. They spent a lot of time explaining what all of the machines do so that they won't be scared when they come to visit their Mommy.

So I have a picture of me in 1985 that looks almost identical to this one. I will try to find it and add it later.

At the end of the class, they had cookies and sang Happy Birthday to their baby brothers/sisters. Here is our big girl on her sugar high! I can't for her to meet Sam.

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