Slacker

I am such a slacker right now. I have no pictures to post and really nothing too exciting to write about. Sooooo, I will just do a recap of the past couple of days.

I am super excited because my mom just bought an embroidery machine and I was able to take a class on it with her this past Sunday. Watch out people...everything is going to be monogrammed soon! I can't wait to make some cute things for the kids! She also has a pleater (sp?) to do some smocking. That is the next class we will take.

Yesterday Lance had the day off of work so we did all kinds of fun things... In the morning we had our vitals checked for our life insurance. After that we headed to take Lance's car to get the oil changed and then out to breakfast. While Lance got his haircut I took the two little monkeys to Target to grocery shop. See, I told you it was a fun day!

Oh yeah...Sam turned 10 weeks old yesterday!! Wow!

Reese had school this morning. She seriously loves going! I know I say that all of the time but she does and I am so glad! I spent all morning trying to track down Sam's social security card because we still have not received it in the mail. Talk about a pain in the butt! The automated recording for the social security office is HORRIBLE! It actually hangs up on you if all of the operators are busy! After naps we went to the park to enjoy this beautiful day. I got in a great walk and then Reese got to run around and play. Tonight Justin stopped by on his way through Atlanta and ate dinner with us. It was a nice but quick visit.

Today Reese is officially 2.5 years old! Really, wow!

Reese was telling me about school during lunch and she said her friend "Kaden got a haircut just like my friend, Daddy". She always calls family members friends. Too funny!

Babies and More Babies

Right now I know nine girls who are pregnant (that I can think of). Yesterday I celebrated the upcoming arrival of two of the babies.

In the morning I helped host a shower for my friend Amy's second baby boy. It was really simple and sweet. Look at this amazing cake...

I didn't get a whole lot of pictures but I wanted to share a few of the nice touches. We had it at one of the hosts house and she set up this beautiful arrangement on the table.


And made these sweet beautiful butterflies for the glasses.

It was a great shower and Amy got some wonderful and special gifts just for this baby.

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As soon as I was done with the morning shower, I ran home put the family in the car and headed out to my grandparents house. My Aunt Cathy is in town for a visit so the whole family was gathered together. Her daughter, Tricia, is expecting a baby boy in March. Since they live in Florida we are not going to be able to be at any baby showers for her. So we decided to have a "Surprise Grammie Shower" for my aunt.

She, of course, was so excited to receive some fun gifts for her grandson.

We told her that, yes, she has to share these gifts with her daughter!!

Reese was most excited about this...

Where did Reese go??

Oh...there she is...

Reese got to sit in this cute little desk. We also pulled out a VCR so that Reese could watch Beauty and the Beast on VHS!! She loved it and sat like this for a long time. I hope Disney will release the DVD version of it from the vault before Reese is too old!!

Grammy must have been saying something funny here to Sam. He loved being held and talked to as much as Reese loved entertaining everybody!

We had such a dun day visiting with our family!

Out and About

FINALLY!!! It was warm enough for us to go outside today and we took full advantage of it. After naps we headed to the park. It has been months since we have been there for a walk. We got there later than I had planned on so I only did one and a half laps so that Reese could play. Lance wasn't getting home until late so I wanted to spend as much time with her running around as possible. She had a great time! I am so thankful for this "warmer" weather. Hopefully we can do it again tomorrow!

While we were walking a man with crazy hair and a grimace on his face walked by us with his two dogs. I always smile at people as they walk by but this guy was kind of scary...so I smiled anyways...he did not smile back. When he was right beside me Reese and I had this conversation...

Reese: (very loudly) Did you see that man?

Me: Yes, he was walking two dogs. (trying to let him get as far away as possible because I knew it was going to be a bad conversation)

Reese: Yeah, with his crazy hair and mad face!!

I just had to giggle. What could I say to the truth??

Maaa-meeee-a

I was thinking of a post to write about how many times I heard the word "mommy" today. And by mommy I mean "maaa-meeee-a". But then I read this post and decided that I am going to miss this too one day!

Maybe we can just reduce the number of "maaa-meeee-a"'s through out the day??

Wordless Wednesday

My Life...and I Love It!

This is what I looked like at BJ's yesterday. This is the Cadillac of grocery carts!! It was perfect...minus the hard turns and trying not to hit anybody or anything.

Well Visits

Reese had her 2.5 year well visit today with the pediatrician. She did so well considering she received two shots. I had only planned on her getting one but there was one that hadn't been available for a while and they finally had it. She obviously wasn't happy about these shots but she was excited to get a toy out of the treasure chest! She chose bubbles. Today she weighed 33.4 lbs (91%) and is 36 1/4" tall (71%). Since Reese turned two she has gained one pound and grown 2.5 inches. She is reaching (more like exceeding) all of her milestones. The doctor said, "By the time she is three you should be able to understand 75% of what she is saying and she should be putting 3 and 4 word sentences together." I just giggled when she said that! She obviously isn't around Reese much! LOL! As we were leaving, Reese was telling me something and the lady behind the desk said, "I bet she is a chatterbox!" All I said after a laugh was, "Always!" The girl doesn't stop talking...ever!

Sam had his 2 month well visit today. And boy is he still a growing machine!! He weighs 12.13 lbs (75%) and is 23 1/4" long (62%). That's right people...he has gained three pounds in one month...and five pounds since he was born. Poor guy still has a tiny head though! However, it is slowly but surely gaining size and percentages. Today it measured 15 1/4" (21%). He did not receive any vaccinations. I am doing the same revised schedule with him that I did with Reese so he will not get any shots until his 4 month well visit. He was such a sweet and happy baby today (until Reese was crying after her shots). He is smiling and interacting a good bit now. I just love when he gets excited about something.

Reese is still loving being a big sister. She occasionally has her moments but overall is a very good and helpful big sister.

This is what happens when you leave Daddy alone with the kids...

TWO MONTHS!

Yesterday Sam turned two months old!! Crazy! He has his well visit tomorrow. I can't wait to see what his stats are!!

Let It Snow!

It snowed this afternoon...and yes, we were excited! Reese was napping during most of the snow falling so I was afraid she was going to miss it. When she woke up from her nap another snow fall started up again so I took her out to play in it! She had a lot of fun for about 20 minutes and it was a fight to bring her back inside.

This chair had fallen over so it had snow on the back. Reese had fun drawing on it.

Not a great picture of little bit but I thought it was neat how a big flake fell right as I was snapping her picture...check out the big white circle at the bottom.


All decked out in her warm gear!

And this is what Sam did while Reese and I played outside. He stayed cozy and warm!!

I have some video I took with our new Kodak video camera (the Kodak version on the Flip). However, my computer is a piece of junk and freezes up when I try to use the USB port in the front. Since I can't reach the ports in the back I will have to load them on Lance's computer later! Check back soon!

Picture Day

Right now the hubs is watching GT football and they are losing...I will sit here and give you a post of pictures because the alternative is not fun!

Bling-Bling


This is the life!

Brrr...it's cold out!!

What??

Such a ham!

Monday Fun Day!

This morning we had a bunch of mommies and kids over. It has been several weeks since we all got together because of the holidays and we missed everyone so much!! It was loud, tons of conversation, eating, and just what this soul needed. I didn't take one single picture and I wish I had. The kids all seemed to have a blast seeing each other again too.

I am so glad to be getting back in to a routine after having Reese out of school for two weeks. She goes back tomorrow and she is very excited. I am going to try to catch up on laundry tomorrow. Some how the laundry just builds and builds. I think Lance hides his laundry somewhere during the week and then dumps it all in the basket at once. And I feel like I do laundry everyday. I have two loads (one clothes and one sheets) that still need to be folded from last week. I never let that happen but somehow it has. We will see how it goes...

This Past Year

In pictures...

It is amazing the transformation Reese has made, the fun things we have done, and the excitement we have had over the past year.

Reese's hair alone has changed the most.

Her fun personality has really started to shine.

She found out she was going to be a big sister...happy, huh?

She went to a Tech game with Daddy.

Her imagination really started to take off.

And she turned TWO!

Reese started preschool.

Made some new friends and enjoyed the old!

She is a riot!

Wanted to be a cowgirl.

Became a big sister!

And fell in love!

What an amazing year! Hair growing, teeth coming in, potty training, big girl bed, big sister, baby brother...LOVE! What a great 2009! We can't wait to see what happens in 2010!