July 4th

Happy Fourth of July!  We spent yesterday at Mumsie and Popsie's house!  After a yummy lunch and some good pool time, we headed over to our friend's house for a fun get together!  

This was Reid last year! :) 

 sweet babies :) 

I wish every Wednesday was a holiday!  It sure was nice to have a little break in the middle of the week! :) 

Spaghetti Night

We decided to introduce the fork tonight.  

 He thought it was too much trouble!  Hands are easier!  

 "Do I have something on my face?"  

 We wheeled him into the bathroom for a bath!  

 So happy!  

lazy weekend

We have been out of town for the last few weekends, so we were really excited to have a relaxed weekend at home!  It's been cloudy and rainy, which makes for the perfect lazy weekend!  

On Friday night we went to El Jarrito!  It had been a few weeks and we'd been missing it! :) 

Most of Saturday was spent converting our dining room into a playroom!  Our dining room has remained incomplete and unfinished since we moved in 6 years ago, so we figured we might as well make good use of the space for now!  We had an extra couch that was being stored in a spare bedroom, so we moved that into the dining room and bought a rug.  Reid's Popsie built him a great shelf for his toys!  I want to add a few things to the walls soon and get some cute pillows for the couch.  It isn't very colorful and childish looking, but it's also the first room people see when the come in our house.  I think it would be fun to have a house with a gameroom someday that we can make really happy and bright!  I am glad to have most of the toys out of our living room!  

 On Saturday night the three of us went to Red Lobster.  We found a gift card that Chris got from work in 2008 and figured we should use it!  We ended up being there for 2 hours.  It was SO SLOW. Reid was such a good boy and didn't even make a peep (mainly because he was being fed a million cheerios and yogurt bites).  

 To pass the time, we decided to let him try using crayons!  He liked coloring when he wasn't snacking on them! 

 His first piece of artwork! :) 

My little curly boy loves his bath!

We started brushing his teeth with baby toothpaste a couple of nights ago.  Right now we just do it in the tub! :) 

This morning we went to church and Reid went to the nursery for a little while.  He did much better this time than the last time we tried it.

 Reid enjoyed playing in his new playroom after church!  

 This afternoon Mumsie, Popsie, Auntie Alli, and Uncle Thomas stopped by to play!  Alli got Reid this super fun water table for his birthday, so we finally let him try it out!  He had so much fun!  I know this will provide us a lot of entertainment this summer!  

 Reid went on a little wagon ride with Popsie!  

 We love lazy weekends! :) 

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! :)

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! :)