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We had a really busy week last week! We just had a lot of random things going on.

On Friday night we celebrated my baby brother's 22nd birthday. He wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings. :) I had never been there. Let's just say it's not the best place to bring a baby. It was SO loud and there were at least 30 gigantic TV's. He was completely overstimulated and it was kind of stressing me out. Once my dad found him a balloon to play with, he was a little happier. We love you Thomas! :)

Last week I decided to have a little photo shoot with Reid in the front yard. I was trying to be artsy, but was pretty unsuccessful! :) I am just not a photographer. I don't know how to edit pictures and all of that fun stuff. I did get one "artsy" picture though!

The rest of them were of him eating things...hehe!

We moved Reid to his big boy car seat on Saturday. Poor thing is just way too big for his infant car seat.

Last time riding in the infant car seat...

He loves his new big boy seat! I think he enjoys actually being able to see out the windows!

new trick

Reid learned to wave this weekend! We've been practicing for a long time. He waves at everything now...family, friends, waiters, and other babies! So cute! This is a picture of him waving at another baby at Black Walnut Cafe. :)

We celebrated my wonderful Daddy's birthday yesterday! We love you so much Popsie!

Reid wore Keds for the first time yesterday and I was kind of obsessed. He usually wears his little white crib shoes (when he wears shoes), but they are getting really snug. These little shoes are a size 4! Big feet run in our family. ;)

Happy Friday!

The weather has been SO nice and we've tried to spend a lot of time outside enjoying it! I love this time of year when it's warm and springy, but not too hot. We met some friends at the park this morning to swing and look at the ducks. I was a little scared of the ducks (they were huge), but I think Reid liked watching his friends feed them. This afternoon we played in the front yard for a while. Playing in the front yard pretty much just means sitting on a blanket and watching the cars drive by. :) Reid also enjoyed ringing his jingle bells and shaking his musical egg for the neighbors! When we came back inside I let him watch a few minutes of a baby DVD to cool off before his nap. I was able to snap a few pictures because he was actually sitting still!

I love this little sweaty baby face! I am thinking he may be getting some curl in his hair, which I would LOVE!

The whole time he was watching the movie I kept noticing him chewing on something. Of course it was impossible to try to look in his mouth. Once I was finally able to, I noticed that he was chewing on a huge leaf! Lovely. :)

I'm looking forward to sitting outside somewhere this evening with my boys and enjoying/scarfing down some Mexican food! ;) Happy Friday!

nursery, kindergarten, same thing...

I have been telling Chris that I would finally take Reid to the church nursery when he was 9 months old. Well, he's 9 months old. The last few times we have gone to church, Reid and I have ended up in the lobby playing and walking around. I decided I would take it slow. I kept him with us while we were singing and then walked him to the nursery. I asked the sweet ladies if I could stay in there for a little while and just see how he did. It was the perfect day to try the nursery because there were only 3 babies and 3 workers. He sat in my lap for a few minutes and looked around and then decided he wanted to play. I let him scoot around by himself and just watched him. He was doing great, so I slipped out. I only stayed gone for about 30 minutes and then came back to get him a little early. I honestly thought I would cry when I left, but I didn't. :) It did feel a little bit like taking him to kindergarten or something. I KNOW I will be a basket case when that day comes.

I thought he looked PRECIOUS in his bubble before church. My mom made this for my brother 21 years ago! While Chris is always sweet and impressed with my mom's talents, he wasn't exactly excited about Reid wearing this. :) I loved it.

He got one of the ladies to let him "walk".

Mommy was so proud of her boy! :)

He must have had a lot of fun because he was worn out! :)

Here is a picture of Chloie for good measure. :) We love our Chloie!

9 months!

Our baby boy has been a part of our lives for 9 months now! We are just so, so in love with him. This month has been really fun! I had a hard time getting pictures this time because there was a lot of this going on...

We started our day off yesterday with a visit to Dr. Torn! Reid's official 9 month stats are...

Height: 29 3/4 inches, 94%

Weight: 22 pounds, 85%

Head Circumference: 18 1/2 inches, 94%

We have a big boy on our hands! The doctor said we could move him into his big boy car seat now, but I'm just not sure I'm ready for that yet. That is going to make things trickier because he hates sitting in the shopping cart. I usually just keep him in his car seat when we shop because he's happier in there. Reid wears 12-18 month (mostly 18 month) clothes now and size 4 diapers. He's a pretty good eater! He doesn't eat very much at breakfast or lunch, but he more than makes up for it at dinner! He just eats and eats and eats! :) We are sprinkling in some more finger foods and he's getting better at feeding himself! We usually feed him in the bumbo because it's so much easier to clean than the highchair. I think he's getting a little too big for it though! He's also having fun practicing with his sippy cup!

Reid is still a great sleeper! I laugh at that sentence because 2 months ago it couldn't have been further from the truth! He is taking two decent naps a day. He takes his first nap around 11 and his second one around 3. He goes to bed around 8 and wakes up for the day around 8. Regardless of when he goes to bed, he usually sleeps for 11 or 12 hours! Yay, Reid! :)

Our weeks seem to be getting a little busier these days, which I like. We go to baby bootcamp or walk in the mornings. Reid is a really great sport and is so good at bootcamp. He laughs the whole time. It's so funny! Nothing will boost your self esteem like having your 9 month old laugh at you while you squat! :) We usually go to Target and the park at some point every afternoon. At home, he still loves to look at books. His favorites are definitely Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Snuggle Puppy. He lights up when he sees me get them. He loves to scoot around in his walker, as well. He's getting tired of his jumperoo because it doesn't let him go anywhere! He's getting better and better at the army crawl and uses it more and more. He is perfectly content to just roll around on the living room floor and play with toys by himself for a few minutes at a time which is nice. His new favorite activity is playing with the fan cords while he is on Daddy's shoulders. He is starting to "get" peekaboo, so we are having fun with that. A couple of weeks ago he started fake coughing. It's so random, but so funny. He does it and then starts laughing so hard! He knows we think it's funny! :) He is starting to have some separation issues, but luckily it's not too bad yet. He will bite my shoulder or arm sometimes if I start to pass him to someone else. Bath time is still so much fun. We got him a little inflatable duck tub a few weeks ago to put inside the bathtub. He was getting too big for the little baby tub, but I am too nervous to just put him in the regular tub. We crack up because he props up his feet and lounges in it like he's at the beach. He loves to have Daddy throw him up in the air when he gets out of the tub. They do it over and over and over. He's "talking" a lot this month and laughing so much too! He's just too much fun!

We love you more than you will ever know, sweet Reid! :)

weekend fun

We had a fun weekend! On Friday night we celebrated my beautiful sister's 26th birthday! We went to Lupe Tortilla and then went to her house for a little while.

Reid is kind of tricky at restaurants these days. He hates sitting in a high chair so we took turns entertaining him while we ate dinner. :)

He was much happier once we got to Alli's house and he had a spatula to play with...

Reid had fun hanging out with Alli's boyfriend, John!

We had a three day weekend because Chris had today off. This morning I went and got a massage with my gift certificate from Christmas. It was sooo relaxing! My dad and grandmother (Reid's great-grandmother) came over for a visit this afternoon. We love our visits with Guinny!

I just love this picture because you can see Reid's mouth full of teeth!!

I started to feel bad because I don't take very many pictures of our dogs anymore. They have really been so wonderful with Reid. Annabelle is usually up for photo shoots. Chloie usually isn't. So, here is a picture of Annabelle...I love her underbite! :)

Tagged!

This is my first time to ever be "tagged" in the blog world! Fun times! :)

Rules:
1. Post these rules.
2. You must post 11 random things about yourself.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in her post.
4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
5. Go to the blogs and tell them that you’ve tagged them.
6. You must tag 11 people.

*I am typically a rule follower, but I am going to break number 5/6. I think it's fun to learn random things about people though, so please do it! :)

11 Random Things About Myself:

1. I am really, really, REALLY scared of lizards. I would 100% rather have a spider or even a snake within 5 feet of me than a lizard. I am also scared of birds.
2. I got an overhead projector for Christmas in 4th grade.
3. Texas A&M was the only college I applied to.
4. I hate warm seats of any kind. They gross me out.
5. The sweet girl that works at Chick-fil-a (Christie) knows my voice when I order my Diet Coke(s) every day and we always have a mini conversation through the speaker.
6. I am not a music person. I never know what the "cool" songs are or who sings them.
7. I am technologically challenged. Chris had to help me do the link to Amanda's blog below.

8. I have a fear of having "Happy Birthday" sung to me. I really don't like it at all. I also get nervous for other people when they are being sung to.
9. Commas kind of stress me out. I know I was a teacher, but sometimes I can't figure out where they are supposed to go!

10. I've only owned 3 hair brushes since 6th grade. That's such a weird piece of information to remember.

11. My mom picked out my clothes and fixed my hair for me every day until sixth grade.

My answers to Amanda's questions:

1. If you had to have any one song play to announce your arrival whenever you walk into a room, which song would it be? This is easy. I would NEVER EVER want a song to play when I entered a room. I would be mortified! (See #8 above.)

2. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I'm going to go with the chicken.

3. What one thing is guaranteed to make you cry? I am guaranteed to cry if I see a stray dog or watch one of those horribly sad animal commercials.

4. What do you do for a living? Did you grow up wanting to do this? I used to be a teacher and wanted to be a teacher my whole life. (See #2 above.) Now I'm a mommy and couldn't imagine doing anything else right now.

5. If you had to name your next (or first) child after a pet you’ve had during your life, which name would you pick? Well, I equally adored our sweet Raisin and Lacie, but I will go with Lacie for obvious reasons. :)

6. What’s your favorite sport to play? And to watch? I've never actually played a sport unless you count picking flowers in the outfield in junior high as a sport. I love watching college football!

7. What’s your pet peeve of the moment (because if you’re like me, they change from day to day)? The term "date night" really annoys me for some reason. I probably just hurt somebody's feelings by saying that. My other one right now is something I am totally guilty of doing myself, but once I realized it bothered me I stopped! You know when someone says hi to a newborn baby and the mommy replies by saying to the baby, "Can you say hi?" That's my pet peeve. Of course the baby can't say hi! :)

8. If you had to eat one thing for breakfast every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? I love sweet things for breakfast. If calories were not an issue, I would want some kind of yummy pastry, such as a cinnamon roll.

9. How many glasses of water do you drink, on average, per day? Are you proud of this number? I try to drink between 48 and 64 oz of water per day. I should probably drink more than that.

10.What was your favorite grade in school growing up and why? I loved 3rd grade because of my teacher. When I got my first teaching job, I tracked her down (she lives in Illinois now) and we exchanged a few letters. She was the best teacher!

11. How many pairs of shoes (estimate) do you own? I just cleaned out my shoes, so I currently probably have around 10 pairs. I tend to stick with simple shoes that go with a lot.

My questions for you:

1. If you could take your family and friends with you and move anywhere in the United States, where would you move?

2. If you could have any talent, what would it be?

3. What was your AIM screen name?

4. Other than your wedding or the birth of a child, what event in your life would you like to relive if you were given the chance?

5. What has been the biggest surprise in your life? (This doesn't have to be deep. Just a fun surprise!)

6. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

7. What is the last book you read?

8. What is your favorite room in your house and why?

9. If you could do it again, what is something you would change about your wedding?

10. What is your favorite non-reality show?

11. What is your favorite vacation spot (a place you've already been before) and why?

I hope someone answers my questions! :)