Is anyone still reading my blog?

Since I last blogged a lot has happened. The biggest event was giving birth to Davis Steven Palmer. He was born on Saturday, November 20th and he weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz. He came out screaming (louder than my other boys), but he's been a fairly quiet baby. The feeling of meeting him for the first time can't compare to anything else. It's an indescribable joy! He was scheduled to arrive Monday, but when I woke up Saturday, my water broke, so he decided it was time. I can't believe that was over 2 months ago. Some of the pictures are sideways, but I don't have the time or energy to figure out how to fix them. :)

Meeting Davis for the first time.

Daddy and Davis

The 2 big brothers with their little brother. They have been so sweet to him at home. Neither of them can get enough of him. I quickly implimented the "do not touch the baby while I'm nursing" rule.

Mommy and Davis in recovery.

Davis sleeping in the hospital.


This past weekend we traveled to Ocala to attend my sister-in-laws shower for her baby boy, scheduled to arrive in mid-March. Kate is in the middle. My mom and I are on the right, and Kate's mom and sister are on the left. Kate's sister just gave birth to her 3rd girl about a month ago. I'm looking foward to my new nephew. I have a nephew on the other side of the family, also. We like having boys if you can't tell. :)

Here's my mom holding Davis at the shower with my friend Heather's mom on the left and my best friend from elementary school on the right. Mandy is pregnant with her 3rd girl. What's with all the people having the same gender? (I can't complain, though. I love my boys!)

This past week Reba McIntyre, George Strait, and Leann Womack came to Tallahassee. We went to the concert (with Davis) and had a great time. We were in a box and I sat in the hallway most of the time though, because it was REALLY loud. But, I could see the screen well and enjoyed listening to the music. Andy and I switched off a few times so that I could go watch. I wasn't sure who I'd enjoy the most since I love them all, but I do think Reba came out on top.

Here we are at the concert.

Here's a picture of all of my boys (except for Rex, our dog).

The beginning of January we went to the Inaguaral Parade for our new Governor Rick Scott. It lasted almost 2 hours, and was one of the best parades I've gone to here in Tallahassee. There were a lot of fun things to see, and a bunch of great bands. It was during Knox's nap time, but I figured he would be okay. We NEVER miss nap time. That is sacred time in our day.

Here's Knox when the parade was starting.

Here is my friend Tara and I. She brought her 2 kids to meet us.

The elephants were one of the first things we saw. Great start to a parade!

Here is the reason for our parade....our new Governor.

This picture is for my mom. My mom and dad live close to the Villages, a retirement community south of Ocala. They always talk about how they would love to live there (one day, or now if they were old enough). These are the Village Cheerleaders. How cute are they? They even had a "coach" riding in the back of a truck in front of them, giving them directions.

Knox didn't make it. This was him most of the parade.

Here we are at our friend's wedding this past month. Davis has gotten to go to a lot of fun events since he was born. The joys of breastfeeding. :)

Here are a few more pictures of Davis. I hope you enjoyed catching up with us. Sorry it's been so long. It's been going really well being a mom of 3 boys, but blogging has been WAY down on the to do list.

Another field trip...

Last month we went on our 2nd field trip with our homeschool group. This was was in Thomasville, Georgia (about 45 minutes North of us). It was at the Bread Wagon, which is a bakery run by Mennonites. It was sooooo much fun! The boys loved it, and I can't believe how much the lady did with us. She does this on one of the days that the store is closed, so that we have the place to ourselves. It was really nice. There was even fresh water and lemonade that you could help yourself to.

Here are the boys before heading inside.We started in the main room where there was a table set up for her to show us all different types of seeds. Then the kids had a chance to try and peel, pick, or feel the different items she brought in. It was very hands on.

Here's Drew picking seeds out of cotton.

Then we headed to the back room to begin our "projects". Here are the boys at their work bench.

They first started off by making dough.

Then they were preparing their dough to make their baked goods. Knox is being held up by one of the other moms I didn't even know. I had gone to get water and when I came back she was helping Knox. Everyone was sooo nice!

This is Knox with his cinnamon roll.

Here's Drew with his pretzel.

After your form your baked goods you put them in this machine so that they can rise before baking.

After all of this she had an 8" cake for every child to decorate. She let each of them have a bowl of icing and choose the color they wanted to use to mix up their icing. Of course Drew chose blue, but then everyone started sharing so they got to add more colors.

Knox's cake

It really was a great day. We were there for several hours. Before heading home I bought some fresh bread, apple butter, and chocolate pretzels. It was all delicious! And now that I have a van it's great because the boys were able to watch a show on the way home and didn't fall asleep, so we all got a good nap when we got home. :)

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

A few weeks ago we took the boys to see the Mickey Mouse show at the Civic Center. The boys had a great time, and Knox is still talking about it. It was a very entertaining show. I wasn't sure what Knox would think since he seems to be terrified of dressed up characters (ex. Chick-fil-a cow), but since they were on stage he seemed to feel safe. Here are a few pictures from the show. Knox loves finding his pockets and hanging out like this. This was the ending with all the confetti. Drew is the one in the white shirt.

First "Official" Field Trip

Today we went to a local fire department with a group of homeschoolers. We joined a group called TEACH (Tallahassee Evangelical Association of Christian Homeschoolers). At the first meeting there were schedules of some upcoming field trips that we could sign up for. I knew Drew and Knox would enjoy the field trips, but I also thought it was important to let them "hang out" with some other homeschool kids. As soon as we got there Drew went right up front with the other kids so that he could see. I love to see that he is coming out of his shell. He used to hang back and be very shy. Knox was "scared" so I got to hold him about 75% of the time. It was okay, except I'm getting so big that it's hard to carry him around, and one time when I switched him to the other side something pulled in my back, so I have had a heating pad on my back off and on since we got home. I don't know when to ice or heat, but so far the heat has felt good and the boys have enjoyed playing with it when I'm not using it. Anyway, back to the fire department, they told us when we left that if you go to any fire department between 9-7 and ask to see fire engines they will happily show them to you. I thought that was neat that the firemen are so open to visitors.

Here are my attempts at getting a picture of the boys on the fire truck. The first take was the best for sure!

Here is Knox in the fire truck. Drew had gone through with all of the other kids before I could take a picture.

I think Knox was attempting to "slide" down the pole.

Drew (in the blue shirt) was listening with some of the other kids. He "LOVES" to learn about new things. He's fun to teach. I wonder what it will be like with my other boys if they aren't as into learning.

There was an actual emergency call while we were there, so we got to watch the trucks leave. They then returned about 2 minutes later, telling us it was a broken down car on the side of the road. I didn't hear what had happened, so when I asked Drew, he just told me it was a false alarm. :)

Here they are watching a fireman get dressed in all of his gear. This was not Knox's favorite part. He seems to get scared of anything "dressed up". (ex. the chic-fil-e cow terrified him) I'm wondering what will happen when we finally make it to Disney.

Here is a picture of the boys "reuniting" about half way through the tour. I can already tell that this will be a favorite picture of mine in the future!

Sorry about the lack of blogs. I just don't seem to be very motivated to anything beyond what's necessary. The pregnancy is going well. I'm 29 weeks and everything has been looking good. The small concern that was noted earlier, seems to have taken care of itself, so as far as we know our little baby boy is healthy!

It's a....

...boy! We found out this week what we are expecting. I think we were both surprised because we had no feeling either way. But, as you can see from the picture it was pretty obvious. Everything looked really good. There is one concern, but we'll be seeing a specialist shortly and should gather more information at that time. I'm thrilled to think of being a mommy of 3 boys. I know we would have been just as thrilled about a girl, but it's nice to know we have all the toys, clothes, etc. Now we just have to start figuring out other things like bunk beds for the boys and a new car! We've been kind of dragging our feet, but we need to start moving it a little since we're half way to the finish line. :)Here are the boys in the waiting room after we found out.