Thursday, June 28, 2012

big boy!

Reid seems to have changed so much in just the last week!  The biggest change is that I think we can officially call him a walker!  He has been taking steps for a month or so, but it was mostly prompted by us and he usually would only walk between two people or between someone and the couch.  Well, on Tuesday he decided to just take off!  He was in the living room and I went to get something from the study, and when I turned around, there he was, just walking into the study behind me!  He was so sweet to cooperate and do it again so I could get pictures. :) Ever since then, he's just been toddling around!  Does that mean I'm supposed to call him a toddler?? I don't think I'm going to quite yet. ;)

He is so proud and has the BIGGEST smile on his face and giggles when he is done walking.  
Overall, I just feel like he is so much more coordinated now.  It's so fun to see him figure things out and understand more and more each day.  My new favorite thing that he understands is, "Give mommy a kiss!"  He thinks giving a kiss is biting my face, but I still love it. :) Eventually I will straighten that out though because I definitely don't want him to be a biter!  Something silly that he's doing that I don't want to forget is when he "hides" he only covers one ear!  He has these plastic bowls that he loves to play with and I'll say, "Where's Reid?" and he covers up his ear instead of his face.  Silly boy!  I'm also pretty sure he said "mama" this week!  It's so hard to know whether it's intentional or not! :)

Monday, June 25, 2012

Port Aransas Trip!

We had a great weekend in Port Aransas with Grandma, Grandpa, Sue, and Christie!  Reid is officially becoming a little beach bum! :) 

We arrived around 10 pm on Thursday night and Reid perked right up when we got there!
 Grandma, Grandpa, and Reid went down to check out the beach on Friday morning, but first he wanted to stop and play with the chairs at the pool.  
 His  new thing is dancing by the couch!  We say, "Reid, dance, dance!" and he starts shaking his cute little booty!  It's so funny!

 We went down to the beach in pajamas early Saturday morning.  
Daddy, Reid, and Christie
Reid and Grandpa
 Reid liked chasing the seagulls!
 Playing in the sand...

 He was content sitting in this chair most of the time.  


 Reid had fun playing in the water with Christie!  
 The splash pad was more fun for the big kids than Reid, but he was a good sport.  
He loved his popsicle!
Silly boys...
We enjoyed lunch together before it was time to go!

We had a fun weekend!  Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa! :) 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Florida Trip!

We had a great trip to Florida last week!  I was really excited for Reid to experience the beach!  

 This was Reid's first time leaving Texas!  We were crossing into Louisiana in this picture.  He looks so excited! :)  He did SO WELL in the car.  The "see and say" toy in this picture was what did the trick!  He loved it and played with it almost the whole time!   


                                   This was Reid's first time in a hotel. :)  We stopped in Baton Rouge.  

 He took a few naps in the car on day 2!

Here are lots of pictures from our time in Florida...

We are ready for our first day on the beach!

 The weather looked kind of iffy at the beginning of the week, but luckily we were still able to spend a lot of time outside!  There was a great breeze and it felt wonderful out there!  

Reid didn't really like touching the sand at first.

He loved playing with toys on the beach blanket!



He didn't seem to mind the sand on his feet though! 


The waves were really rough the first couple of days.  They weren't allowing anyone in the water.  Alli and I got scolded by the police that were driving up and down the beach for having our toes in the water.  

Reid had fun walking around the restaurant while we waited for our food.

We brought a little baby pool to set up by the porch!  I think he thought it was a bath tub.  



Daddy and Reid are looking at the water since we still weren't allowed to get in.  

More fun on the blanket! 


Just having some goldfish on the porch...

Walking around Rosemary Beach...

I was so excited about his little monogrammed swim trunks! :) 

Silly face!

Serious face...

Reid is starting to get interested in climbing.  He climbed onto the chair by himself and was really proud!


Walking in the sand...

Happy boy!

Alli and John pushed Reid around Seaside! 

Mom and Dad

Family picture in Seaside

Love him. :)

Later in the week we were finally able to get in the water!  Reid LOVED it.  We took him to the first sandbar and he was laughing so hard when the waves came towards him!  We had so much fun with him out there!! :) 






Posing in Daddy's sunglasses...


More sweet faces...


Little beach bum :) 

John gave Reid his first taste of popsicle!  I am thinking I need to get him some!

Reid loves his Auntie Alli! 

He also loves his Uncle Thomas!  

We carried him around the condo in this bag and he thought it was the greatest thing!

Family...


 We had a photo shoot with Reid on our last night.  I couldn't narrow down the pictures! :) 














We drove all the way back in one day.  11.5 hours in the car and he was still smiling when we crossed into Houston! :) 

We had a wonderful trip and made lots of memories!  Thank you Mumsie and Popsie for a great vacation!  Also, a big thank you to Mumsie for making Reid so many cute summer outfits! :)