Too hot

It has been beyond hot outside so the main request in this house...POPSICLES!

1st Day of School

Ashton had his first day at his new school this week and he was super excited to go. We went to meet the teacher last weekend and then we had to wait until Thursday rolled around to finally get to go. Well it came, and I cried, but he didn't so that is a successful day in the least! Casey told me I will probably cry each year from here on out until he is a grown man. (I couldn't argue) I was super anxious to pick him up that afternoon and he said he had a great day. Only downfall, he ate his apples and string cheese but decided to forgo all his other lunch/snacks. Oh well! Hope this is a great year ahead!

PS: On Monday he managed to slip and fall outside on the concrete and gave himself a nice cut on his eye....I guess it made him look tougher on his first day!

Happy 14 Month Birthday sweet girl! This month you went from a baby to a full blown toddler who is into everything. You still have a sweet misdemeanour but there is definetely a mischevious side to you too! You love to undo stuff...folded laundry, toys that have been put away, open drawers and empty them. It is always pretty easy to see where you have been, hurrican Irene has nothing on you! You are doing better as a whole with your sleep, yet lately you like to have a 1 am call that tends to wake up your brother as well which can make for a rough night for mommy and daddy. You have also started to become a bit picky on eating. You still like fruit (bananas, strawberries, canteloupe, watermelon, grapes and apple) but depending on the day you won't necessarily eat any of those. Veggies you are becoming a bit picky on as well, you will eat peas but tend to turn your nose up to most of the others now. When it comes to mobility you are a walker by choice now. Occassionally you will drop to your knees but you are doing awesome with walking, which leads to your newest hobby....climbing. On the fireplace, on chairs, on the stool but your favorite place....your brother's bed! You are so proud of yourself each time you do it that you sit there with a huge grin on your face. And lastly, you still love one person more than anyone else, YOURSELF! You will sit forever looking at pictures and will flip until you find yourself and then smile that huge grin. Oh Reese, we love you to pieces!

To celebrate your 14 month Birthday you got some new boots, and you loved wearing them around! Now if we could just get some cooler weather so you can wear them out.

What's for dinner?

Spaghetti for dinner and some extra smiles to add to the mix. I LOVE these two more everyday....

The Newest Addition

If the title of this post made you think baby, think again. We have talked for a while about adding onto our house and our options were pretty limited. Up was about the only way we could go, so we decided to go up over the garage. A few months back we had an architect draw up some plans for the addition and then about 4 weeks ago we started the project. I am hopeful that we are half way there because there are a few things I am ready to get rid of...hence the Portapotty on my driveway.

Before:


Phase One: Good Bye Roof


Phase Two: In comes large dumpster and lovely outdoor bathroom facility

Upstairs after insulation

Just in case you needed a reference:

Before Sheet Rock....

Outside Shot..

Once we get this done I will post more. Thankfully the dumpster went away this past week, but the toilet remains....

This is the view from inside the garage, the far back doorway will be a bathroom

13 Months

Happy 13 Months Ms. Reese! You are turning into a little spitfire on the move! You have officially started taking multiple steps and are on the cusp of walking as your main mode of transportation. If you put your mind to it you can walk everywhere you want to go, but still prefer to crawl to get there faster. You have developed a major love for fruit these days and constantly want to share with mommy....strawberries, honeydew, cherries (pit removed of course!) and cantelope are your favorites right now. You also are starting to like broccoli which I LOVE! And just this week we seem to be finding a better sleep schedule, I know, it only took a year. We will take what we can get around here. And last but not least, you love pictures...mainly of yourself. I know I mentioned this before but I can't describe how excited you get when you see yourself in a photo. You point and just light up. We love you to pieces Ms. Reese and those blue eyes just melt everyone's heart!

Pull Over Now

Warning: This is gross, but that is part of parenting, so if you don't want to read then stop here.


Saturday my sister called and said she was going to head to the outlet malls and wanted to know if I wanted to join. I mentioned it to the hubs and he was game so we loaded up the kids and were on our way. I was driving and Casey and I were talking while the kids were laughing in the back. Next thing I know we hear Reese make a lovely grunting sound and I smiled to Casey and said, I guess I will be changing her when we get there. It wasn't a minute later when Ashton said "Eww, nasty Reesey!" Casey turned his head around and then sternly said, "Pull Over Now!" Needless to say Reese had stuck her hand in her diaper and pulled out a handleful of, well I am sure you guessed it, poop. I pulled into a church parking lot and Casey began to wipe off what we could while I changed her diaper. At this point it was evident that this wasn't a keep on going on with our day kinda thing, but instead a total detour was need. I turned around and we headed home. Thankfully we got a good laugh to say the least.

Now look at this face, kinda hard not to love it....