We are on Day #2 of...

...being LAZY...don't tell my husband!!

Reese has been watching TV all morning...Mommy has been sitting at the computer looking up cars..and such.

Wordless Wednesday

Birthday Party #2

Yesterday we had our immediate families over to celebrate Reese's birthday. We had pizza and cupcakes, opened presents and took tons of pictures. Here are the highlights...

Opening presents...

She got a drum to bang on...


And some Princess costumes to dress up in...

A Cozy Coupe to drive around in...

A tricycle to ride around on...

She blew out her candles this time...

Trying on her shoes...

Being silly...

We had a fun day and Reese got lots of fun, new toys!!! Thank you families for helping us celebrate.

Not as planned

As we know, our days don't always go as we plan them. God is certainly in charge and we only think we get to make the decisions. This morning I went to a Children's Boutique Warehouse Sale thanks to the heads up from this blog. I was so excited about going and getting some cute clothes for the kids. And I did. I bought Reese three outfits and Baby Cupcake one...that was the ratio of girl to boy clothes available, too. Anyways, as I was buying my last outfit I got a call from Lance (after him trying me five times) saying that he and Reese had been in a car accident. As a mommy and wife that call was terrifying. I could hear the commotion in the background of people talking and Lance's shaky voice. I felt so helpless and wanted all information at once. I asked him if they were ok and he said he thought so. All I wanted to hear was yes. Luckily, I had his car for the day and they were in my mom's car (we have been driving it for a couple of weeks because we turned in my lease and were in the process of looking for a new car or buying her car). She has a Grand Cherokee and Lance has a Passat. If they had been in his car things could have been a lot worse!! I immediately left the sale to go home. Lance was headed to help a friend of ours out with some things around his house and was close to their house. They were able to pick Lance and Reese up and take them home. Once I got home I got the full details and gave Reese a hug. She started crying and said, "Fireman scare Reese-y". Lance said the only other time she cried was when he turned around and asked her if she was ok. He probably scared her more than anything. The paramedics checked her out and said she was fine. She only has a little abrasion on her neck from the seat belt which means it did its job. One of our friends is a nurse (the same family Lance was headed out to help) so we took Reese over to her and just had her do a quick run down on Reese to make sure she was ok too. Reese has been her happy jovial self today so we know she is fine! Lance just feels a little sore in his shoulder and hip...I am sure they will both be a little more sore tomrrow. We are so blessed that they are both ok and safe!!

Here is the damage...Lance said he wished it would have knocked the Georgia tag off...

After the excitement of the morning we continued our day as "planned". Reese had a birthday party to attend so we headed over there to help celebrate the birthday girl. Then we went to Babies R Us and bought some things to begin potty training. We will see how that goes soon enough!! Be on the look out for updates. It should be fun!!

Wedding Dance

I am sure a lot of you have seen this already. I don't know how real it is but if it was that is pretty stinking funny. Check out this wedding entrance on You Tube.

Two Year Pictures

Today I took Reese to have her two year old pictures taken. This little two year old was not having it. She did not want her picture taken and did not want to cooperate. Finally the girl figured out that Reese loves to throw the ball so she started playing a game with her and got some smiles. Here are the scanned copies of the pictures so they are not the best quality. I didn't spend enough this year to get the CD...I am sure Daddy is happy about that. Yes, grandparents, sisters, great-grandparents, you will be getting a copy of the pictures.

Playing catch...

Two Year Check up

Yesterday Reese had her two year well visit with Dr. B. She was so good the whole time we were there! And she has grown so much. She is 34 3/4 inches tall and weighs 32.4 lbs. She is definitely my little chunky monkey but she is a sweet chunky monkey. If it is true that you double your two year olds height in inches to figure out how tall she will be when she is fully grown, Reese will be 5' 8". That is taller than me! She got her MMR shot yesterday, too. That was not fun but she has tolerated it well. I really did not want to do that shot but knew I had to at some point so we got it over with. I was keeping Reese's favorite girls yesterday too so they had to go to the doctor with us. They stayed in the waiting room while I took Reese back. The whole time we were back there Reese kept saying, "See Sarah Buggy" (that is two separate girls...she just doesn't use 'and' yet). I think that was the only thing that kept her going while we visited with the doctor. The nurse finally asked me what she was saying so I told her. She was surprised at how well Reese was talking. As soon as her shot was done I told her we were going out to see the girls and she stopped crying immediately. She loves those girls. She got to play with them all day and was in heaven. They played in the playroom, played outside, watched Nemo, and played with Play-doh. What more could she ask for?



Today Reese has been really sweet. We did a make-up gymnastics class today since we missed last week and then we went to the grocery store. After we got home Reese went in to the playroom and said, "Reese make mess", and I told her OK. She opened the toy box and made a huge mess. I am pretty sure she has never made a mess this big before! I think she had fun doing it!

Booty Snacks...

Reese's ghetto Aunt Becky taught her the song, "Apple Bottom Jeans". This video cracks me up everytime I watch it. If you know the words to the song, it is even funnier. Enjoy!

Birthday Party

Today we had Reese's 2nd birthday party for a few of her close friends. We had a beach themed party where the kids played outside in their bathing suits in the kid pool, played with the sand and water table, and played on the slide. The weather was amazing today. I am pretty sure it was 20 degrees hotter last year on Reese's birthday. Here are a few pics from the day...

This morning I made Reese some muffins and Lance and I sang "Happy Birthday" to her. I gave her some candles to practice blowing out before her party. She did great blowing these out.


This is the cake we had for her party. A girl we go to church with makes some of the most amazing cakes and she didn't disappoint with Reese's birthday cake!!


Here are some of the kids in the pool.

Reese is trying to blow out her candle here. She couldn't do it this time so Mommy gave her a little help...she was starting to spit all over the cake.

Weeeeee...

Happy Birthday, Sweet Girl!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Reese!!

Two years ago today our sweet baby girl was born. I can't believe it has already been two years. What a special gift she has been. We love her so much and can't imagine a day without her!!

On her Birth day.

One year old..she still gets this messy when she eats.


Two years old..can you believe how much her hair grew in a year?? It is actually really long but because it is so curly it looks like it falls on her shoulders.

Destin Highlights

We are back from our beach vacation to Destin. The weather was beautiful most of the time and we were able to enjoy the beach everyday. The ocean was a little rough most days but we were able to take Reese out in the water a couple of times. One day it was so calm that she wanted to flex her independence and float on her own...with her floaties of course. It took Reese a day or so to really get comfortable with the ocean but she eventually had a blast. However, I think she would have been just as happy if we had stayed at the pool all day, every day. After about 30 minutes (max) at the beach she would go up to one of us and say, "Reese go pool". She would eventually wear someone down enough to take her.

Here are some highlights from our trip.

Playing in the water.


Monday night we went to Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin for dinner and shopping. Reese fed the fish in the lake.


A Big Chair


More and more comfortable

Thursday night we went to Pampano Joe's for dinner. It was so crowded and we had to wait about 45 minutes to eat but well worth it.

Leah, me and Becca

Throughout the week there were moments like these...


and these...


but sweet moments like these made up for them.

Overall we had a nice time at the beach. We just have to figure out how to get Reese to sleep in her own bed and take naps when we are out of town. After a long drive home today, we were so worried about Reese going to bed tonight. When I was about to lay her down she asked me to sing her some songs (that is how I would get her to go to sleep at night and try to get her to nap). I sang her one song. Because I knew we could be there all night I offered to turn on one of her CDs while she layed in bed and she went to bed with out a fuss!! I am sure she is pooped from the week and I hope that getting back in to our normal routine is as easy as bedtime was tonight.

Baby Cupcake Update

Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment. First of all I have to say how good Reese was while we were there. I usually have her in her stroller and give her a snack but yesterday I forgot to take her stroller out of Lance's car. So she had to be a big girl and sit in the chair...and she was perfect. No one would have even known she was there. Back to the appointment. It was a quick and easy one...listen to the heartbeat and measure my tummy. The doctor put the doppler (don't know if that is the right term) on my belly to find the heartbeat. With Reese it was always found quickly and with this one so far it has been the same. But yesterday it took FOREVER to find the heartbeat. If I hadn't been feeling little Cupcake running around in there I would have freaked out! But he was moving so much that you could actually see my belly move, you could hear his swishing around, and the doctor could not find his heartbeat. After several minutes he finally tracked the little guy down and got the heartbeat. As soon as he found it Baby Cupcake kicked right where the doppler was. He was not in the mood to be poked yesterday!!

Last night he was moving around quite a bit so I tried to let Lance feel him because he hasn't been able to so far. When Reese saw Lance put his hand on my belly she started crying and said, "No, Mommy's Cupcake!" It was so funny. She apparently doesn't want Mommy to share Baby Cupcake with anyone.

Lastly, I think the name is done...Lance called Baby Cupcake the name I wanted last night...so I think he has settled on my name...we shall see.