Watch out, world...we have a walker!! It is absolutely amazing that our little guy has gone from a few steps at a time to full-fledged, stable walking in just a few weeks. (and as a side note, I have no idea why previous videos look so dark...they seem normal until I upload them) At first, Reid would pull up and take a few steps. Then, it turned into halfway across the room. Now? He won't sit down and only crawls unless he's very tired.
This one is from last week. His favorite toys are still the 'non-toys,' so we still have to watch it. And no, the bubbles are not open. Safety seals are good!
And this is from today. A tired mama videoing a very tired boy. You can't tell from this, but he was a BEAR this evening--ate nearly nothing (despite my great effort!) and went to bed way early. But before that, a happy camper with Mommy's keys.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Summa Summa SummaTime
For our last (few!) days of summer, we've crammed in a lot. Who knew shoes could be so much fun? I'm not thrilled about it, but Reid LOVES to play with (and unfortunately, chew on) shoes.
He has thoroughly enjoyed the little house from Aunt Laura and now actually uses it for what it's for.
Laura and the boys came up at the very end of July and all the cousins had a blast. It was so hot that we decided indoor activities or the pool would be best. The little aquarium that just opened in Grapevine turned out to be way too expensive, so we all rearranged car seats, piled into my car, and headed to the mall for some Build-a-Bear fun. Reid was not as entertained as I thought he'd be, but did cooperate enough to pose for a pic. Give him a few years and I'll bet he will beg to come here!
Ben and Alex each chose very unique bears and got adorable little outfits for them, but I think the little house boxes were an even bigger hit than the bears!
Back at home, the cousins all played and had fun.
Reid discovered that he could move their little table all by himself. The boys were not impressed because that meant their meal was harder to eat...
One of Reid's newest favorite toys? Plastic eggs! He takes them apart, throws them, puts them in his mouth...I could go on and on with all the fun he's had with them, and I love that you can chunk 'em in the dishwasher to clean. My personal favorite is when he bites it and the egg looks like a beak on him, but we haven't been able to capture that just yet.
Most excitingly, Reid has begun to walk! He will take up to 10 or so steps at a time before he falls. It's so quick that none of the videos we've taken have really come out well, but this gives you the idea. He loves pushing his walker around, now!
Finally, if you have a spare moment we would sure appreciate prayers for an uneventful first week of school. Yesterday had enough drama in it to last for quite some time. We are looking for a new sitter after she told me, "I need you to start feeding him breakfast before he gets here in the mornings." Really? I'm not forcing my kid to eat before 7 when he normally doesn't eat until 8 or after. This is just the latest in a long line of annoyances and headaches in dealing with her, so we are on the search again...just in time for the beginning of school, which has plenty of drama in itself!
He has thoroughly enjoyed the little house from Aunt Laura and now actually uses it for what it's for.
Laura and the boys came up at the very end of July and all the cousins had a blast. It was so hot that we decided indoor activities or the pool would be best. The little aquarium that just opened in Grapevine turned out to be way too expensive, so we all rearranged car seats, piled into my car, and headed to the mall for some Build-a-Bear fun. Reid was not as entertained as I thought he'd be, but did cooperate enough to pose for a pic. Give him a few years and I'll bet he will beg to come here!
Ben and Alex each chose very unique bears and got adorable little outfits for them, but I think the little house boxes were an even bigger hit than the bears!
Back at home, the cousins all played and had fun.
Reid discovered that he could move their little table all by himself. The boys were not impressed because that meant their meal was harder to eat...
One of Reid's newest favorite toys? Plastic eggs! He takes them apart, throws them, puts them in his mouth...I could go on and on with all the fun he's had with them, and I love that you can chunk 'em in the dishwasher to clean. My personal favorite is when he bites it and the egg looks like a beak on him, but we haven't been able to capture that just yet.
Most excitingly, Reid has begun to walk! He will take up to 10 or so steps at a time before he falls. It's so quick that none of the videos we've taken have really come out well, but this gives you the idea. He loves pushing his walker around, now!
Finally, if you have a spare moment we would sure appreciate prayers for an uneventful first week of school. Yesterday had enough drama in it to last for quite some time. We are looking for a new sitter after she told me, "I need you to start feeding him breakfast before he gets here in the mornings." Really? I'm not forcing my kid to eat before 7 when he normally doesn't eat until 8 or after. This is just the latest in a long line of annoyances and headaches in dealing with her, so we are on the search again...just in time for the beginning of school, which has plenty of drama in itself!
Monday, August 1, 2011
July 2011
July has flown by...I didn't even realize it'd been so long since I'd updated the blog. It's been so enjoyable (up until last week, when I worked all week and dropped Reid off at the sitter...leaving to "Mamaaaaa!!!!!" every day) Earlier this month, we took a little trip down to Katy to see Aunt Laura's new house. I learned the hard way that 13 months is NOT a fun age to travel and will not be doing a 6 hour trip by myself until Reid is older!! But it was fun once we were there and got to see everyone. I'm pretty sure Reid drove everyone crazy (including me, lol--he was into EVERYthing and I couldn't relax until he was in bed at night) and his cousins were sweet about it but weren't exactly sure why baby Reid got into everything.
The highlight of the trip? Ben's naked bike riding! We'd just gotten back from the pool (their neighborhood has a GREAT pool) and stripped everyone down. I had a really hard time taking the pictures because I was giggling so hard, but they came out pretty good. Ah, the innocence of kids!
Reid wanted to try, too, but he's a little small yet.
He played some sort of game involving the door and Alex. We adults weren't too sure of the rules, but the boys sure liked it!
I realized I don't have nearly enough sleeping pictures or nudie pictures of Reid (and he's getting to be more "little boy" and less "baby" each day, so don't want to miss out!). Jason caught me about a month ago...I just have to go in his room and check on him one more time at night. This picture was nap time, but how sweet are they when they sleep??
Last week/end, Daddy was gone for a bachelor party, came back for a day, then was gone for a fishing trip to New Orleans. I thought I would lose my mind with no adult interaction during that time (and Reid was ALL over the place 99% of the time)--glad Jason got to go have fun man time, but it was extremely difficult here on the home front!!! So Reid and I thought of everything we could do to play. He followed me into the garage one day and had a ball! I didn't think it'd be too bad, but he immediately went for the car tires. And then since he was already dirty, I figured what the heck--I might as well let him explore (highly supervised, of course). He was so ADHD that it was really hard to get a good picture that showed exactly how filthy he was, so this was about as good as it got.
So we had a nice little rinse in the sink before I disinfected it. He also enjoyed that.
He was already wet and still semi dirty, so I figured it was as good a day as any to explore in the yard before we headed to the pool to wash the rest of the filth off. I used to be really allergic to grass (and apparently still am--it makes me itch up a storm) so I was wary about him just running around in it, but he did just fine.
And after the day's adventures were over, he escaped (for the first of many times, I'm sure) after his bath. When I caught up to him, he was dumping the contents of my bathroom drawers out, but did pose for this. Muscle man! I still don't understand how someone who wears SPF 50 can get a tan line better than mine!
He has been fascinated with blinds, so they've all been pulled up out of reach, which has created a new play place...window sills! He is now the perfect height to see out of most of them. I thought he wanted to see outside (which he does do sometimes), but he'd rather bring an object to hit/bounce around on it.
Everyone is always asking us where his shoes are (and really, he doesn't need any yet since he's not walking, but I didn't want him to look unkempt), so before church I wrestled Reid into these cute shoes that Ben and/or Alex wore. They looked adorable, but he didn't like them so much. Good thing he was the only one in his room of the nursery that day!
Reid has loved all of his birthday presents (not liked...LOVED!). He plays with the ball popper every day (thanks Aunt Laura and Taunt!), the trike every day (thanks Mamere and Papa!)-- even when it's too hot to go outside he pushes it around in the house, and we'd planned on getting him a wagon. But since he's still kind of little, I thought the Pottery Barn Kids everywhere chair (a quintessential kid must these days) would be even better for now. So thanks to Grammy, Grumpy, and Grandma Penny! Right now he enjoys climbing on it, but someday he'll enjoy sitting in it, too.
We went to visit my dear high school friend, Tyler, for an afternoon of yummy food and visiting. Reid loved her dog Sadie! It was hilarious!
And back at home yesterday, Reid was obsessed when Jason was mowing the yard. I finally found something fun to distract him (I didn't like us being outside with the mower, just in case) and even Dixie joined in on the fun, which is very rare these days. She usually just holds her ground and hisses when Reid comes near.
The highlight of the trip? Ben's naked bike riding! We'd just gotten back from the pool (their neighborhood has a GREAT pool) and stripped everyone down. I had a really hard time taking the pictures because I was giggling so hard, but they came out pretty good. Ah, the innocence of kids!
Reid wanted to try, too, but he's a little small yet.
He played some sort of game involving the door and Alex. We adults weren't too sure of the rules, but the boys sure liked it!
I realized I don't have nearly enough sleeping pictures or nudie pictures of Reid (and he's getting to be more "little boy" and less "baby" each day, so don't want to miss out!). Jason caught me about a month ago...I just have to go in his room and check on him one more time at night. This picture was nap time, but how sweet are they when they sleep??
Last week/end, Daddy was gone for a bachelor party, came back for a day, then was gone for a fishing trip to New Orleans. I thought I would lose my mind with no adult interaction during that time (and Reid was ALL over the place 99% of the time)--glad Jason got to go have fun man time, but it was extremely difficult here on the home front!!! So Reid and I thought of everything we could do to play. He followed me into the garage one day and had a ball! I didn't think it'd be too bad, but he immediately went for the car tires. And then since he was already dirty, I figured what the heck--I might as well let him explore (highly supervised, of course). He was so ADHD that it was really hard to get a good picture that showed exactly how filthy he was, so this was about as good as it got.
So we had a nice little rinse in the sink before I disinfected it. He also enjoyed that.
He was already wet and still semi dirty, so I figured it was as good a day as any to explore in the yard before we headed to the pool to wash the rest of the filth off. I used to be really allergic to grass (and apparently still am--it makes me itch up a storm) so I was wary about him just running around in it, but he did just fine.
How cute is this pic??
And after the day's adventures were over, he escaped (for the first of many times, I'm sure) after his bath. When I caught up to him, he was dumping the contents of my bathroom drawers out, but did pose for this. Muscle man! I still don't understand how someone who wears SPF 50 can get a tan line better than mine!
He has been fascinated with blinds, so they've all been pulled up out of reach, which has created a new play place...window sills! He is now the perfect height to see out of most of them. I thought he wanted to see outside (which he does do sometimes), but he'd rather bring an object to hit/bounce around on it.
Everyone is always asking us where his shoes are (and really, he doesn't need any yet since he's not walking, but I didn't want him to look unkempt), so before church I wrestled Reid into these cute shoes that Ben and/or Alex wore. They looked adorable, but he didn't like them so much. Good thing he was the only one in his room of the nursery that day!
Reid has loved all of his birthday presents (not liked...LOVED!). He plays with the ball popper every day (thanks Aunt Laura and Taunt!), the trike every day (thanks Mamere and Papa!)-- even when it's too hot to go outside he pushes it around in the house, and we'd planned on getting him a wagon. But since he's still kind of little, I thought the Pottery Barn Kids everywhere chair (a quintessential kid must these days) would be even better for now. So thanks to Grammy, Grumpy, and Grandma Penny! Right now he enjoys climbing on it, but someday he'll enjoy sitting in it, too.
We went to visit my dear high school friend, Tyler, for an afternoon of yummy food and visiting. Reid loved her dog Sadie! It was hilarious!
And back at home yesterday, Reid was obsessed when Jason was mowing the yard. I finally found something fun to distract him (I didn't like us being outside with the mower, just in case) and even Dixie joined in on the fun, which is very rare these days. She usually just holds her ground and hisses when Reid comes near.
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