Is he or is he not a little Jedito?

So the big question is whether Rix is a mini-Jed. Cyndi says yes, Jed isn't sure and Ella doesn't understand the question. The picture on the left is Jed at the same age as Rix only in a much cooler denim get-up.

Our cute kiddies.


Ella sure loves Rix.

Sometimes, she loves him a little too much.

Other times, she's just right.

Baby Rix

The story of baby Rix, a great beginning to a great life ahead.


It all started with the splits. Not really. We just wanted to see if I could still do them 9 months pregnant. Two days later, my water broke after eating a brownie sundae. There must be something about brownies and child birth for Cyndi, my water broke with brownies for Ella's labor too.

6 hours later...

Sorry if this is too graphic. Jed is cutting the cord.

Getting cleaned up and weighed.
We were right. He was a BIG boy. 9lbs 1.6oz. and 22 inches long. The doctor and nurses just kept saying Wow.

Our sweet baby Rix had arrived. Healthy and perfect with reddish hair.
Now it was time to bond with our big little guy.

Dad and baby-Mom and baby
Favorite Newborn pictures of Rix:




Meeting big sister Ella. The hospital has a policy during flu season about no one under 18 years old being allowed on the nursery level of the hospital and we couldn't take Rix to the hospital lobby, so Ella didn't meet Rix until we came home.

She was all smiles and love.

Ella and Rix exchanged new sibling gifts.

She really does love her new baby.

Grandma Davis, aka Grandma Angel, took care of little E.

Rix and Grandma.

This was Ella's favorite baby toy and now she's sharing it with Rix. We're already working on the "only kiss the head" precaution. Then we had some firsts...

First Bath

First basketball shot. Jed says he already has a great natural follow-through.

The big event of blessing Rix brought out Grandpa Davis and Neal's family. It made all the difference to share this first big spiritual step with loved ones. The priesthood circle included Jed, Grandpa Davis, Neal Davis and Bishop Nelson. Rix was officially named Rix Carlson Nordfelt and was given a beautiful blessing by his dad. It spoke a lot about his capacity to love as the Savior and we can already feel that in our home. He truly has a big, strong spirit. When you hold him you just feel a pure love.

Hampton and Aunt Kerrie holding Rix after the blessing.

The whole Neal and Kerrie Davis clan. This is a neat family!

Grandma and Grandpa Davis. We think the reddish hair comes from Grandpa Davis' father. So Rix is named after both grandmothers using their maiden names Ricks (Rix) and Carlson. Then there's the physical resemblances of both grandfather's. Rix has quite a heritage and a lot of love surrounding him.

Here's our happy family. We're so excited to add this little boy to our crew. Life just keeps getting better.

Thanksgiving Visit to Ann Arbor

For the past 3 years, we've been visiting Neal and Kerrie and family for Thanksgiving. This year was just as fun and memorable.
We started by going to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Children Museum. They had a special Bob-the-Builder exhibit that was so cute.

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Ella's favorite part was definitely the water exploration section.

Same with Gretta and the twinners.
Jed loved the bubble section and

Cyndi got to test her flexibility despite being 8 months pregnant.

Other favorites were the ambulance,

and Kenton and Merrill's foam fort.

They decided to demolish it together on 3, blocks flew everywhere.

We also did a turkey trot Thanksgiving morning. It was a great way to start the day.

All the kids ran, well, Ella rode.

And here is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Brothers, Kenton and Merrill ran the whole race side by side and decided to tie to first place. What neat kids! And they ran the mile in 5:47!


The rest of Thanksgiving day was eating and juggling. Jed learned to juggle and even the twins got the hang of it, sort of.

The next day was shopping and lights...

The Wayne County Lightfest of 4 miles and over 2 million LED lights.

The arches were the best and Santa loosing his reindeer's heads was a little funny.
Lastly was the tree farm and family pictures.

The best part at the tree farm were the carts.

All the kids got to ride and pull over the hills of Christmas trees.
After MUCH deliberation a tree was decided on and everyone helped to cut it down.

The afternoon ended with fresh apples and genuine hayrides through the firs.



The family Christmas card photo shoot was hilarious. We did get a good one,

But these were my favorites...

Merrill always so stoic, and Hampton...

well he's just a character!

In between the activities were the usual game playing and

Eating of yummy treats!!!


We love this awesome family...

I don't know if we'll make it through Thanksgiving next year since they're moving to Utah. All I know is that the memories from these last 3 Thanksgivings have best so far. We'll miss you crazy 8 Davis'.