May Voyages

Wow! its hard to believe its already june. The past few weeks have seen our family quite literally all over the place so i'll do my best to update you about each of us today.

Grant: Grant left for Uganda on May 18th. 2 weeks into the trip we've heard from him a few times via email. He is having an amazing time, and is really excited about the ministry opportunities that God is giving to them there. All the while it's clear he is missing Nigel and I, perhaps more than he thought he would. Grant was really hoping to get a chance to go to Northern Uganda (where most of the problems with the LRA and other groups is centered) and God opened doors for his team to get just such an opportunity. He will spend about a week there serving the people at a mostly neglected IDP camp. I am so excited for him and jealous, wish i could be there.

Katie: Since the 17th of May I have been "home" in Colorado. doing much the same things I find myself doing when i am really home. That is burping, feeding, changing, bathing, rocking and everything else that the mother of a 7 week old (tomorrow) baby boy ought to do. And I am loving every moment. I love being Nigels mommy more everyday, we are having so much fun together, and with everyone else too. This long visit has been better than i ever expected, it will be bittersweet to leave in one week. Around Saturday i came down with some sinus infection symptoms (YUCK!!) which are still hanging around today. so ive been pumping myself full of sudafed, vitamin C and lots of fluids. Luckily i havent passed it along to anyone here, so thats good.

Nigel: Nigel is doing great. To everyones visibility he continues to grow like a weed. He is better at holding his head up and smiles all the time. It is getting really fun to talk to him because he makes eye contact more and more and has found new sounds with which to offer his form of a response. He is definitely a celebrity in these parts. Everyone wants to meet Nigel. And he has met pretty much everyone by now. He had fun over labor day weekend hanging out with Uncle Kyle and Aunt Jen, and Dallin and Devin in Utah. Less fun being in the car for 18 hours round trip, but he still did pretty good. Oh! and he is really getting good at taking a pacifier now.

Well I know this update may be a bit unsatisfying. Especially because I have no pictures to offer you, but in my defense the camera is in Uganda. Nigel and i cannot wait to see grant again, just about another week yeahh!!. More later
love, Katie and Nigel

Nigel's first 2 weeks

He's here!!!  8 days early at 9:42 pm on April 15, and after 24 hours of active labor, Nigel Life Davis decided it was just the right time to grace us all with his presence. And grace us he did.  Mom and Dad are so happy with our little man, we find it hard to take our eyes off of him.  We cant believe he is already 2 weeks old!!  Here are some facts about Nigel:

-When he was born he weighed in at 7lbs 3 oz. and was 20 1/4 inches long

- he looks mostly like his dad

- he eats every 3 or 4 hours for usually the whole hour

- he likes being in his swing, but for only 5 minutes intervals at a time

- he doesnt want anything to do with a pacifier

- he almost always can be found with his hands somewhere near his face, a delight we believe began many months ago; as we have the ultrasound photos to prove.  

-he is a very good car traveler

- he spends a little more time awake every day so we can see his big blue eyes

Nigel changes every day, he gets bigger and bigger, looses more hair and demonstrates more of his unique personality to us. We like having him here so much.  He is a really good boy and gives us little to complain about, except maybe we would ask for a little more sleep! God has blessed us so much with our healthy new boy, and since his birth we have only continued to experience his blessings and provisions as he looks out for our little family.  What a good God we serve!!

our subaru lamentation

This morning our family woke up early (8:30 am) to take our car to the subaru dealership, to get some insight into why our car has been perpetually smelling like syrup everytime we drive.  The results were not what we were hoping for; some faulty  head gaskets. A fix which will require more money than what we have coming in our tax return, which we were planning on using to fix the car anyways.  We were advised that driving the car will only cause fruther damage to the engine and a larger price tag.  Alas tonight we find ourselves without the luxury our lovely, dependable shiny green subaru :(. But we do not despair, at least not yet.  Before we walked into the subaru dealership we prayed over our car and thanked God for what a blessing it has been to us for all this time, and mostly we prayed for our hearts that they would be encouraged no matter what happened to the car, and that we would only rejoice in light of the many many many things that we do have right now.  And so far, after day one of geting around town without the help of our subaru, we find our hearts still light, and thankful, especially for the Norman public bus system!!!  Please pray for us as we figure out what to do about our car.  And pray for our hearts as we go on living without the vehichle luxury, that we would not be frustrated but give thanks in all circumstances.