Too Cute for Words

Elmo...

Elmo is our new best friend around here. This weekend he was on our TV all day, every day. Since I was trying to rest and recuperate I just let Reese be entertained by the red monster. And she loved it. This morning around 5 I woke up and my mouth was hurting so I took some more of the sleepy medicine thinking I still had another three hours of sleep. Reese decided to wake up just after 7 and I just couldn't get going. So we came downstairs, turned on Elmo, and I fell back asleep on the couch while Elmo babysat. She just sat snuggly in my lap and let me sleep. After that quick nap I was refreshed and ready to start the day. She has been so great this weekend!

I made it...

Yesterday I had my wisdom teeth out. It was no fun at all. I feel good today but am waiting for the pain to start now...I read days 3-4 are the worst. Hopefully it can't be any worse than having a baby and recovering from that! We shall see.

Pictures at Centennial Park

On a gorgeous day...with too many babies to get still...we were able to snap this shot...it was the best we could do.


Reese was only interested in this...pushing the stroller


I wanted her to do this...

and this...(the coolest slide ever)

and this...

Finally...

this "historical" election is over. We can move on now. Accept what is in front of us. Support our new leader. And pray for this country and the people who run it. I am at peace with our country's decision because I know ultimately God is in control.

All Class


Romans 13:1

Georgia Voter

Today I took Reese with me to vote. I had planned on only doing a drive by of my voting location at 11:45 today because I was worried there would be a lunch rush. Turns out there wasn't so we went in to vote. I was in and out (with a child in tow) in ten minutes! I am SO happy I waited to vote until today instead of early voting and waiting 3+ hours.

Here is Reese after the primaries in February.


And here she was today...what a change...sweet baby above...tempermental toddler below.

And just for fun...here is Reese looking stylish on Sunday.

After Halloween Party

Today we went to a Halloween Party with the mommies and babies that we get together with occasionally. We call all of the parties "Baby Daddy (insert whatever the event is)"...today's party was the "Baby Daddy Halloween Party". This is so the baby's daddies can all meet and hang out. We try to do this once a month. Unfortunately, Lance has only been to one party...the first one. Each party he has had other plans. Today he was cheering on the jackets while Reese was busy being a cute bumblebee.

She ALWAYS wants to play with the baby toys...even though she was never interested in them at our house.


Here we are at the party. I am glad we got to use her costume one more time. Today we went with out the turtle neck because it was a nice day.


Here we are with Amy and Tuck-Tuck.

Thanks Amy for sharing these pictures.

Halloween Fun

Last night was interesting. We dressed Reese up as a bumblebee and she looked adorable. I am not sure what she thought of being dressed like that though. I don't think she thought much of it.




But then the doorbell started to ring and she got nervous. At first we thought she might have thought we were leaving. But then we realized it was the costumes. Particularly the kids that had masks on their faces. She did not like that at all. She started crying and was so nervous about it.



So we didn't go to the door with her for a little while. Later our friends from the neighborhood came over to visit for a few minutes. We sat outside with them and Reese started to warm up to the idea of seeing all of the kids. She was still terrified of the ones with masks so I would just turn her away as they were walking up.



Emma was a little monster...so cute!!


After the girls were settled for a little while and having fun we decided to take them to a couple of the neighbors houses that we know. They had fun walking to the doors and getting candy in their halloween buckets. It was a good thing we only went to three houses because that took about twenty minutes. They were slow pokes walking to and from the houses. They weren't quite sure what was going on.







After we said good night to them, Reese came inside to check out her goodies.

Now Lance and I get to eat her goodies!!

Check it out...

The pictures are up on the 519 blog.

The Dress

Today some friends (Meredith and Amy) and I took our little ones to have their pictures made by 519 Photography. I saw on her blog the other day that she was running a halloween special where there was no sitting fee for a 15 minute session. So we took her up on it and can't wait to see the pictures. I put Reese in her cute little pumpkin dress and here it is...

I can't take credit for the design of the dress because I saw it on Etsy for sale and thought we could make the same thing for much cheaper than it was being sold for...so we did...with a couple of changes.

Jackets and Pumpkins

We had a fun and busy weekend. Friday our friend Justin and his girlfriend Erica came in town to visit. This is the last time we are going to see them both for over a year because they are both being deployed next month. We soaked up a lot of fun and time with them. As soon as they got here Friday, Reese was in Erica's lap having her read books.


Saturday we cheered on the Jackets.


Reese in her gameday attire. I can't get her to smile or pose for pictures anymore!!


The boys.


Sunday after they left we (Lance) carved our pumpkin.


Here it is in the dark.

We had a great weekend with our friends. Please pray for them to stay safe and we can't wait to see them again next year. We were talking about the changes in Reese by the time they get back. She will be 2.5 years old, will be talking a ton, and will probably have much longer hair. She will be a completely different kid by then.

Our little helper

These pictures were taken a while ago...maybe a month or so...we were at my dad's office to get adjusted.


Reese wasn't quite sure what to think.