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Last night Davin took a little tumble off of his bed. He woke us up at about 1:30 am with his cries, and I stumbled into the dark room to find him on the floor. He cried for about 45 minutes while Chris and I tried to get him to settle down. Finally he drifted off to sleep, but he woke up every couple of hours or so and started crying again. We are staying at Chris's grandparents' house in Austin, TX, so we thought that maybe he was scared of the new surroundings or that he was just having a hard time sleeping because of our long day of travel. In the morning as we were getting ready for church, I noticed that when I picked him up he would start to cry. We started poking and prodding him to see if something was wrong and determined that he needed to see a doctor. After several phone calls (these things always happen on Sunday when you are out of town and no one wants to take your lame student insurance), we finally concluded that we would take him to the emergency room. Despite...

After much agony, we finally found a place to live this summer. Our new temporary home has three bedrooms, is newly remodeled , and is fully furnished. The house is on a .5 acre lot less than five miles from Chris's new office. I am really looking forward to a break from apartment-style living and I plan on making use of the luxury of taking Davin out to play in the yard. We will probably move in on May 19 th as Chris starts his internship on May 21st.

Living with Davin really makes me appreciate the every day epiphanies and simple delights of an almost two-year-old. One of Davin's favorite activities is to go to the bridge at a local park and throw rocks off of the bridge into the creek below. The bridge links two sides of a mile-long walking trail through the park, and at the base of either side of the bridge are piles of rocks perfect for little fingers. He runs to the pile of rocks with a giddy little fashion, finds a perfect rock to throw, and then dashes back to the middle of the bridge where he watches the rock plop into the water below. Occasionally he will miss his target and the rock will clang against the rusty metal bridge supports. Chris finds this an excellent occasion to have man-to-son time, teaching Davin the art of skipping rocks. Other simple pleasures include sitting with Chris on the side of the hill throwing leaves and grass. A new box of crayons is the most priceless gift. He loves getting into my flowers ...

Progress Energy wants Chris to work for them this summer and we have decided it sounds like a pretty good deal. Progress is located in Raleigh, NC, which is less than two hours east of where we are now. Now that the big question is answered, we are faced with a long list of sundry items that need to be taken care of, such as where we are going to live and what our favorite pizza place in Raleigh will be (because we are so into pizza, or as Davin fondly calls it, "za"). Although we won't be able to do much traveling this summer because Chris won't really have vacation time, feel free to visit us and check out the lovely NC sites. We are only a couple of hours from the beach and I'm always up for any excuse to go. http://www.visitraleigh.com/index.html

After our busy and fun Saturday, I'll admit that I didn't put in the preparation that I should have for a more spiritual Easter Sunday. However, I'm so grateful for our ward and the opportunity to attend church. The meetings helped me to refocus and to remember what we were celebrating. Although we missed spending time with family this Easter, we enjoyed having dinner with friends this evening and getting to know some of our ward family better. We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Davin woke up on Saturday morning to discover Cadbury Mini Eggs outside his door in a neat little path that led through the living room and to the hall closet. Our Easter Bunny was very clever to leave a trail of "bunny poops" to Davin's Easter basket. However, it took Davin a little while to pick up on the subtlety of the trail. Instead he went straight for the candy, shoving two in his mouth at a time. Eventually we helped him to pick up the candy and put it in the basket (a skill that would help him later in the day at the Primary Easter egg hunt). At last he found the hidden basket; in it he quickly lost interest in the candy (thank heavens!) and moved on to the little golf set and an automatic bubble blower. Unfortunately, with a tummy full of chocolate, he wasn't interested in breakfast. Later that morning we headed to the church for a brisk Easter egg hunt. After decorating foam eggs in the Primary room and singing songs in the gym, it was time for the main eve...

It was rather traumatic to have our Fumaca (aka Rees Easter Bunny) develop an ear infection a week before Easter but I am happy to report that he is on the path to a full recovery. He came through on Friday night and Davin was excited to discover his Easter basket on Saturday morning (see Easter post). He has to take antibiotics for the next two weeks still (which I think does not excite either Fu or me); however, we are happy that he is feeling better.