mommy moment

I had my first "I am going to give in right now so my baby will not make a scene in the store" moment today. I will admit that before I had a baby of my own, I was probably a little judgmental of some things I saw other moms doing. I've quickly realized how silly that was. Most moms are doing the best they can and what's best for one mom/child may be different than what's best for another mom/child. What was best for me/Reid today was giving in. :) Anyway, today Reid and I were at Hobby Lobby and he started fussing pretty much as soon as I put him in the cart. He's really doesn't like riding in the cart for some reason. I tried to distract him by showing him a little wind up chick in the Easter isle. Well, as soon as I took it to put back on the shelf he freaked out. I decided that in order to avoid a full blown meltdown I would just let him play with the chick while I was shopping and then go put it back before we left. Well, by the time I was finished shopping, the tag on Mr. Chick was ripped off and chewed up. Luckily the cashier wasn't totally grossed out when I handed her the slobbery remains to ring up. I don't want to make this a habit, but $3.99 saved me from being "that mom" in the Lob today.

This is just a picture of Reid doing his new trick. He's kind of proud if you can't tell. ;)

spring weekend

We had a great weekend! Friday evening we had family night with precious friends from our small group. It's always so fun to have all of the kids together. I just love that we get to watch them grow up together.

Here we have "Small Group, Class of '29". (We were missing one.)

We could also say "Texas A&M, Class of '33". There might be one little Red Raider in there! ;)

This is the newest member of our group, beautiful Lily Marie!

We spent a lot of time outside this weekend. The weather has been so nice! My aunt and uncle gave us their baby bike trailer to use! Mumsie and Popsie came over to play with Reid while Chris and I took our bikes in to get fixed up. I wasn't sure if Reid would like the bike ride, but I think he did! We also went on some walks, swung at the park, played in the front yard, and enjoyed a yummy dinner outside at El Jarito (our fave).

Reid also went to the nursery at church for the second time. He did great and was worn out!

Not sure what was going on with my hair here. :)

We met up with Grandma and Grandpa for a quick dinner on Sunday night.

The biggest event of the weekend is that Reid is officially pulling up and walking along furniture! He pulled up once in January and hadn't done it since then. Well, this weekend it is all he has wanted to do! He pulls up on the couch because he wants to get Chloie. He walks back and forth along the couch watching her. He loves her!

These pictures make me laugh. Annabelle loves to greet Reid when he wakes up! He sticks his hand out of the crib and she gives him kisses.

She gets a little jealous when Chris is playing with Reid and not her.

and a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush

Reid has favorite pages in each of his favorite books. His favorite page in Brown Bear, Brown Bear is the goldfish page. He lights up when he sees it.

His favorite page in Snuggle Puppy is this one. He starts giggling when I "sing" it. :)

We've started reading Goodnight Moon right after he wakes up in the morning. We can't read before bed because he is too hungry and tired. Goodnight Moon is on his nightstand and he always reaches for it when we are rocking in his chair after he wakes up. Kind of a funny book to read in the morning! :) Anyway, his favorite page is "and a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush". When we get to that page he turns around to look at me with a big smile on his face, every single time. It's so random and funny to me that he loves it so much! Nothing about the picture is exciting. There aren't characters or animals and it's not colorful. Sometimes I just wish I knew what he was thinking! (I have no idea why this is blue and underlined. I am so technologically challenged.)

This afternoon we went to the park to play with Reid's best friend Clara Beth. They were so cute together! They had fun swinging and playing on the blanket!

I love Spring!

Sometimes I can't think of a title...

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!