Swim lessons, Springfield, and new friends!

Wowza..

Dont worry we are still alive over here,

and haven't had another tornado scare since. 

Our week actually started out hectic.

I was super excited for Kruz' swim lessons, 

but about an hour before his swim teacher called,

and said that she wasn't feeling to good 

so we had to reschedule for Friday.

So instead I did some much needed cleaning,

Fielding needed me to bring something out to the jobsite,

and then I ended up getting a car wash because

Fielding got it all dirty.

Kruz got bored during all my cleaning,

so I made this cute little sensory idea.

I had some left over balloons from 

Fieldings birthday in March.

I filled the balloons with water, powdered sugar,

sugar, and rice.

It was a hit, and he still plays with them 

when I am cooking.

 (He wasn't too happy with mom taking so many pictures.)

After that,

we painted a few things for grandmas

for mothers day. 

It was great,

and Kruz had a lot of fun,

if you can't tell. ;) 

 

 Monday night we went to hobby lobby,

and got this cool chalkboard for Kruz' room

Its been fun to color on every day.

I actually have painted the wood on the chalkboard red now,

so it looks pretty spiffy in his room. :)

So, I won my first giveaway

EVER! 

and I got this baby in the mail Tuesday.

I was seriously so excited.

So, its some samples of some oil blends and a empty spray bottle.

I think I was more excited for the spray bottle,

and then this happened.

During my excitment Kruz decided to drop my spraybottle,

and yeah... that was the end of my excitment.

But, hey.. spray bottles are replaceable,

my sons not.. Right? 

So I quickly cleaned up and went on with our day.

So, I posted about our new car,

and we signed a consignment

on Fieldings truck..

So, they agreed to put it on their corner,

and sell it for us. 

All we asked for was our payoff,

and they asked for like $4000 more dollars.

So, I am jealous of their profit, 

but.. 

They put it out Wednesday late afternoon,

and by Friday morning it was sold. 

:)

It's so nice to know that we can now bank that car payment, 

and Fielding still has a truck so dont feel sorry for him.

haha.

He has his trusty ol chevy dome truck,

but he doesn't like chevy's very much..

So, he would rather just walk. 

haha.

On Wednesday, 

our new neighbor invited us to go to a park near by.

She has a precious little 18 month old girl,

and Kruz just adores her. 

We went to the park, 

and then walked around this pond thing.

It was so funny,

they were running next to eachother, and

would stop and give each other high fives..

Oh and don't forget all the breaks they just stopped and sat

on the walking path.

So stinking cute! I didn't get any pictures though, 

because I left everything out in the car so I wouldn't loose it.

I am pretty bummed about it actually.

So we had Kruz' swim lesson Friday,

like I said got rescheduled above

and Fielding was able to come since he only had to work until 3, 

thats when we found out about Fieldings trusty truck selling.

So we were finally able to get some pictures! 

YAY!

Kruz did amazing,

and actually very well for his second week.

The first week I put him under water just once,

and he didn't like that very much.

This last time I put him under 4 times, and he didn't really cry.

He was in shock, but just coughed a couple times and was over it.

He also knows how to scoop swim now, 

but I am still working with him on kicking his legs. :)

His favorite thing is to monkey walk on the side of the pool 

and knock over these styrofoam turtles,

and probably of course the slide they get to go down a couple times after..

There is also a little 18 month old boy in swim lessons with us, 

that Kruz likes splashing.

and they have some fun!

We got a video of me dunking Kruz, 

but Fielding has it on his phone, 

and happens to be at stinky work right now. 

Saturday morning we went to ihop for breakfast. 

Fielding has breakfast on Saturdays,

and I usually do a breakfast on Sunday.

Well of course,

the last couple Saturdays we have just gone to ihop.

haha. 

He looks around in the fridge like he is going to make something, 

and then turns around and says,

Welp, get ready, looks like its ihop.

haha. 

Sadly, I dont have that option on Sundays.

;)

Then after ihop we came home,

and cleaned out Fieldings tool box, 

and our flatbed trailer

so we can sell both.

and hopefully get to an enclosed trailer. 

That way I can finally have food storage.

WOOT WOOT! :) 

After all that, we did a little playground right by our apartment building. 

Kruz loved going down the slide with his daddy,

and then were off to Springfield.

Springfield,MO is about an hour away.

One of Fieldings friends that he grew up with lives there,

and his cute little family.

We went to Springfield and went to bass pro shops,

the mall, and then a cute little park by the mall.

After we played at the park for like an hour,

we went out to dinner with Fieldings friend Kirk and his family.

It was our first time having Panera bread,

and it was pretty good, :) 

and it was great seeing some familiar faces.

and they have stinking two adorable kids,

that Kruz got to run around with.

 (Kruz loved the bears, he would "ROAR" really loud all around the store. haha.)

Yesterday was a relaxing type of day,

which was great.

 (His favorite seat in the house)

Fielding woke up with a head cold,

so Kruz and I went to church,

and then came home and while Kruz napped,

I took a nap and it was so awesome.

:) 

Then we just laid around in our jammies,

and facetimed with family.

But, Kruz discovered this little screw cover on our fridge,

and randomly tries to eat it..

Anyways, I hope that you all have a great week,

and thanks for reading! 

:)

TORNADO!

Right after I posted the last post, 

about a couple hours later,

we sat down to have a miraculous Sunday dinner. 

While eating our lights flickered a few times, 

so Fielding and I took a look outside and it was a 80 degree day,

not much wind, and no rain.. 

It was sunny, with only a few clouds. 

So, we thought nothing of it, and I started cleaning off Kruz

while Fielding was cleaning up leftovers when all of the sudden

Tornado sirens were roaring!

I was freaking out,

didn't think anything through, picked up Kruz and just ran for my life..

I ran to the closest tornado shelter,

and along the way I just remember Fielding yelling, 

"Karissa, hand me Kruz!"

"Karissa, go grab your shoes!"

"Karissa, grab a jacket!"

and I thought, 

"are you stupid? I am not stopping, there is a dang tornado right there!"

I saw it.. 

it was a funnel cloud,

it slowly made its way to the ground, and then went back up within 20 seconds.. 

I was running and thinking this whole time

how much this little boy in my arms really means to me..

What would seriously happen if this tornado gained time on me..

I finally got into the tornado shelter to find that I was the first one in there..

After a few seconds Fielding made it in,

and slowly people started trickling in..

For a tornado being in this town in 2011,

you'd think people would be smart enough to not just 

stand outside admiring the murderer right in front of them.

Fielding was one of those..

He was video recording standing outside.

On the video you can actually hear me say 

"Fielding, please come inside!"

"OH MY GOSH!"

"Fielding, SERIOUSLY come inside!"

I sat on a bench inside the tornado shelter that is made out of wood.

while I sat and tried to comfort Kruz,

and not show panic.

The tornado kept going up into the funnel cloud,

and then back down..

a new tornado was starting to form from the same funnel cloud,

and then within minutes,

the funnel clouds disappeared.

There were little kids crying,

people praying,

 and people with plain fear on their face..

I didn't even know what to do with my emotions.

Luckily, 

It didn't get too close to us.

But the tornado we were watching 

(because of how clear the weather was..)

looked like it was about 1 mile away.

Comes to find out,

it was actually 10 miles away

in Oklahoma.

We had 3 tornados all around us.

Since we are on the border of 4 states 

(Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri)

One that we saw in Oklahoma,

one that is in Kansas about 15 miles away,

and one that hit Arkansas

about 45 miles away.

and there are 16 deaths and are still counting.

We were definitely being blessed,

and watched over.

It actually surprised me how some of the locals

 were walking around like nothing was going on.

It bothers me that people could play that close to death,

and just not care..

It was probably the scariest moment of being a mom,

running towards a tornado shelter with a baby in your arms..

After the tornado passed and everyone was walking back to their houses,

it started hailing about quarter sized hail.

then a little rain,

and within about 10 minutes,

the weather was back to sunny,

and hot. 

I actually saw this old lady trying to make her way back into her apartment, 

but she had a walker. 

I told Fielding I was going to go back out and try to help her and to stay with Kruz.

I went out and helped this old lady back to her apartment, 

and helped her get all settled,

and made my way back to my apartment.

Its so incredibly scary that you never know when a tornado might come. 

Yeah we had warnings,

but with a day like yesterday I would of never guessed 

it would of turned so fast.

This morning I went into our apartment office, 

and filled out new forms for our new car being parked here.

She then said 

" I am not trying to freak you out, but you definitely 

will be using the shelters about 10 more times,

in the next few months.."

are you kidding?

I dont want to have to do this again and again..

It was so super scary.

I am super scared to have Kruz sleep in his room,

I am super scared to take a shower..

I am super scared to even leave my house.

I am super scared of everything today.

Fielding actually told me he forgot a lunch, 

and wanted me to pick something up for him..

So, I went to walmart and found something, 

and found a cute swimming suit cover,

and went to go try it on..

While in the dressing room,

the lights started to flicker,

and I can't tell you how freaking fast I was out of walmart after that..

I am a scaredy pants now,

but I guess that you might not fully understand until

you have personally feared for your safety when seeing one coming your way.

I am praying in thankfulness that we are safe,

and always blessing all of those people 

that have lost absolutely everything,

in the tornadoes yesterday.

I am blessing all of those families that have to 

get used to living without a loved one,

and blessing all of those search and rescuers that they

can find everything they are searching for!

So when you get the chance, 

please take a minute to pray for everyone involved.

A busy couple weeks!

Well, 

there goes my goal of updating every week. 

We actually got a phone call a couple days after I updated,

and told us we were moving to....

are you ready.? 

JOPLIN, MISSOURI

 

I was actually really excited, 

and then.. I realized..

its in the heart of 

tornado alley.

I am not going to lie,

I might have had a little small tiney winey tear

in my eye.. 

Who would want to live in tornado alley?

Well, actually I guess a lot of people..

because people really live here.

haha.

(Kruz actually did very well on the drive.)

So, we had to hurry and pack up,

(story of my life.. haha.) 

and were on the road. 

We got here on a Friday night, 

and I was looking forward to actually having 

Fieldings help to unpack, and get everything homey.

Boy was I wrong, which made me even more bummed.

We got there, and our new apartment had an overly yucky smell.

But, we held our heads up high and I told myself I would just use a lot of scentsys.. 

Then, about 10 minutes into carrying everything in, 

Kruz started getting a runny nose and coughing.

He wasn't sick at all during the move, so of course I was like 

WHAT THE HECK! 

 

Anyways, turns out.. 

He was way allergic to that place.

Which we are guessing that place is covered in mold because

thats what the overwhelming smell smelt like, and that 

is one of the only things Kruz is allergic to 

other than some type of tree in the south..

So, of course we were out of there right when

Kruz started throwing up mucous..

Which put our butts in a hotel until I could find another apartment..

FAR away from that one. haha.

So, my car was still loaded so Kruz and I sat in a hotel,

and it was BORING!

I was super excited to get the keys to a new place.

Our new place has tornado shelters, 

So hopefully we will be protected during this tornado season.

 We had to wait a couple days for our furniture, but after that we were set..

Oh and Kruz has a queen bed now.

Ever since we moved here,

he has actually slept like a DREAM! 

And, I was finally able to get my dream bedding for his bedroom.

Dont you love it?

I love the pirate theme! 

We have actually been in Joplin for 3 weeks now,

but have been living here for about 2 weeks now. :) 

I actually like it here a lot. 

The Saturday after we moved in was Easter weekend. 

It was actually our first Easter without family and friends.

it was actually a little depressing.

but, I tried to make it a good Easter for my boys.. 

We hit up an easter egg hunt at our new church,

which Kruz absolutely loved!

On Sunday, 

of course the easter bunny came, 

  

We went to church, and then came home and 

I made a nice easter dinner, 

made my first ham ever, made my first twice baked potatoes, corn,

jello, and rolls, 

and was supposed to make peach cobbler but after all that food

we were about to EXPLODE!

After Easter, 

Monday we had a storm and Fielding couldn't work in it, 

So we decided that would be a great day to start Kruz' swim lessons.

Oh my heck, 

so its a mommy and me class so of course this lovely body has to be in a swim suit..

Which is probably the smelliest thing about it, 

but hey, 

Kruz had fun.. 

He didn't want to do some of the activities they wanted him to do,

but I am hoping that after awhile we will see big improvements.

 He had fun, and it was awesome that Fielding got to come and experience it with us.

But he "forgot" to take pictures, so I will be hopefully taking some tomorrow.

On Tuesday,

I brought Kruz to the public library here to do a movers and shakers class..

Wow, was that a nightmare. Little kids (about 50 of them, and parents)

were running around SCREAMING, KICKING, AND HITTING.

and of course the parents were all just sitting there watching it, while laughing..

So, we only lasted about 3 minutes, and I was running out of there FAST!

So, we definitely wont be doing that..

So I am in the process of finding something for Kruz to do that will keep him busy. 

Right now we just go on LOTS of walks.

and we play on the balcony QUITE A BIT.. haha

even in our jammies at 7 am.

Yesterday, we decided to just go on a drive and try to find an SUV 

that had a third row seat and 4WD, 

and of course Fielding had to have leather (black) and a sunroof. 

Because Fielding has a company truck, 

and its impossible to try to move with 3 cars.. 

Well, we found a couple,

and they actually were really nice..

But they all had pinstripes, and well..

I HATE PINSTRIPES ON CARS! 

I felt like vomiting and was about to order one in when I saw this.. 

It had black leather seats,

sunroof,

dvd player,

4WD,

3rd row seats,

has a new car smell...

and its a HONDA. 

So, we are the proud new owners of a 2014 Honda Pilot.

I definitely have to get used to the color, but Fielding really likes it,

so hey.. Whatever.

I actually love it even more everytime I drive it. 

It can definitely stay in the Davis family for awhile. :) 

Also, of course at the Honda dealership they had some honda motorcycles,

and used Harley Davidsons..

So of course Fielding had his eyeballs ALL over them. 

and Kruz' hands were all over them, if you couldn't guess.

I dont really know what else to update you on, 

So we will leave it at this..

But hopefully this next week wont be so crazy and I can sit down and share everything.

I dont know how moms can blog all the time..

I feel super exhausted every night that if I blogged it would just be a mess. 

So, enjoy. :)