Celebrating Reid's 5th Birthday!

It's been a busy few days celebrating our FIVE year old!  This year, Reid really wanted a monster truck party.  Our kids had never been bowling, but we thought it seemed like the perfect party activity for him because he's so into games and scores! :)  He had a blast celebrating with some of his best buddies!  

Chris took yesterday off for Reid's real birthday.  He woke up and was so excited to open his presents!

Chris made him a special breakfast of m&m waffles, eggs, and bacon!

Later that morning, we took the big kids to the movies to see Zootopia!  Reid had only been to the movies once and it was a couple of years ago and Georgia Kate had never been.  They did pretty well! We ended up leaving a little early, but they made it through most of the movie (probably thanks to the gigantic bucket of popcorn we got). :) 

Last night, we went to dinner at Alicia's (Reid's choice) with family and then everyone came over to our house for cake and ice cream.  I am very thankful that there are so many people in our kids' lives that love them so much.  

Rhett sat in a high chair for the first time at dinner!  

I'd say it was a pretty good birthday for our big boy!  

Reid is FIVE.

 Reid Preston, our first baby, you are FIVE.  While it's breaking my heart a little bit to see how quickly you are growing up, I absolutely love seeing the person you are becoming.  

During your 5th year, you became a big brother for the second time.  I can't think of anyone better for your little sister and little brother to look up to.  You are patient with Georgia Kate and so protective of her.  You love baby Rhett and are so happy when he looks at you, touches you, smiles, and laughs. :) You are Georgia Kate have become really close this year and I am excited to watch your relationship with Rhett continue to grow.

You give the best eskimo kisses.

You are TERRIFIED of bugs.

You have some pretty awesome dance moves.  You are not typically super silly (it's just not your personality), so I love watching you be silly and dance!

You love "fast cars" (sports cars) and are always looking out for them when we are driving.  I am a little sad that you aren't as fascinated with diggers, firetrucks, and trains as you used to be.

You love games of any kind - board games, card games, outside games, and sports.  I've decided that your love language is quality time, specifically quality time playing games.  Even more specifically quality time playing games really early in the morning. :) You are VERY competitive.  This trait has caught me by surprise because you have always been so laid back in most other ways.  You just wrapped up your first season of T-Ball and really seemed to enjoy it.  We think you are a natural! :)

You love numbers - scores, calendars, and birthdays.  It's amazing to me how your mind works with them.  You have all of your family members' and friends' birthdays memorized.  You love calculating how many days until whatever it is you are looking forward to.  You love keeping track of scores in sports and figuring out who is winning and by how many points.

Just in the last couple of months, you have started to seem so much more grown up to me.  You are becoming more responsible and doing things like putting your shoes in the basket and taking your dishes to the sink without being asked.  You can turn on your own show in the morning and pretty much get ready for school by yourself.  It's a bittersweet thing for a mommy!  I am thankful for the times like when you want to sleep in our bed when there is thunder, that remind me you are still little. :)

 

I did the same birthday "interview" as last year, and here are your 5 year old answers! 

1. What makes you happy?  I got my air patroller and I got to bowl yesterday.
2. What makes you sad? I don't know.
3. What's your favorite animal? elephants and jaguars and hippopotamus 
4. What's your favorite food to eat? chips and queso
5. What do you like to do outside? play soccer and jump on the trampoline
6. What do you like to do inside? play with my air patroller
7. What is your favorite toy? Paw Patrol 
8. What's your favorite book? Don't Get Bit by the Silly Bug, Goodnight Aggieland 
9. What's your favorite show? Paw Patrol
10. What's your favorite song? Dinosaur Stomp
11. What's your favorite game? Paw Patrol Popping Game, Squirrel Game, Uno
12. What's your favorite color? purple
13. Where is your favorite place to go? Tractor Supply (This one made me laugh!)
14. What do you like to do at Mumsie and Popsie's house? play games
15. What do you like to do at Grandma and Grandpa's house? play with my fighter jet
16. Who are your best friends? Ryan, Hudson, Wyatt (school friends), Mason, Pierce and Emery
17. What are you really good at? running
18. What do you like to do with Mommy? cook
19. What do you like to do with Daddy? play games
20. What's your favorite thing to play with Georgia? play Paw Patrol
21. What do you want to be when you grow up?  football player

My big boy at his 5 year old check up:

5 year old stats:

weight - 51 pounds (94%)

height - 46.75 inches (98%)

Reid Preston Sciba, we love you to the moon and back and are SO proud of you!!! Happy Birthday!

Weekend Review

It's been a while since I documented a weekend in our life, so here we go!  

On Friday morning, the kids and I kicked off the weekend by going to the park, having a picnic lunch, and feeding the ducks!

My parents invited Georgia Kate over for a sleepover on Friday night.  She was SO excited about it all day.  When they came to pick her up, she actually squealed and ran to their car!  It was PRECIOUS.  They went to eat at Fudruckers and then she stayed up really late because she was having so much fun!    My mom said she didn't stop talking the whole time.  She also got a special pink donut for breakfast. :)

Chris, Reid, Rhett and I went to eat dinner and then we played some games with Reid once Rhett went to bed.  We also told him he could sleep in our bed since Georgia wasn't home and he loved that!  

Saturday morning, Reid had Tball.  He had all four grandparents, as well as Alli, John, and Thomas there to watch!

Love this picture of Emery and Georgia Kate reading books while the boys played. 

After the game, Chris and the big kids went to Rudy's for lunch with my family, while Rhett and I went home so he could take a nap.  That afternoon, my parents watched Rhett, while Chris and I each took the big kids to birthday parties.  

This morning, we ended up skipping church because Georgia Kate had a super runny nose and everyone was exhausted from yesterday.  Chris and the big kids went to the grocery store and then we did some cleaning up around the house.  This afternoon I took Reid to ANOTHER birthday party!  

To keep it real, our evening ended with a gigantic meltdown from the oldest and everyone went to bed early.  Overall, it was a busy and fun weekend! :)

Rub a dub dub

Three babies in a tub!  A couple of weeks ago we let all three kids take a bath together!  Georgia Kate thought it was so fun and Reid thought it was too crowded. :) We don't do it every night, but it's nice to take care of all three baths at once when we can! 

Rhett is 6 months!

Rhett Michael is 6 months old!!! It has flown by, but it also feels like he's been part of our family forever.  This is when I really want to hit the pause button.  This is my favorite baby age!  

I love seeing Rhett's personality come through.  He's easy going in some ways and not at all in others.  He can be SO happy or SO mad.  He's very sensitive, but also already a little bit silly!  He's so uniquely him and we just love him to pieces!  

Rhett has a new "cheesy" smile (see below) and he also has a tiny and sweet "shy" smile.  I love his little baby gurgles.  He has really discovered his voice and loves to scream just to hear what he sounds like. :) Georgia Kate and Daddy seem to be his favorite people at the moment.  He lights up when he sees Chris and nobody can make him laugh quite like his sister!  He is grabbing everything and putting everything in his mouth.  While he's not sitting on his own quite yet, he has started doing push ups when he's on his tummy.  He is really strong!  We put him in the swing in the backyard this month and he seems to love it!  

Rhett usually takes three 45 minute naps a day and occasionally four naps depending on how much we are in the car.  He loves his carseat and if he's fussy before we need to go somewhere, I will often put him in his carseat early and he will hang out in it happily for a while before we leave.  He's still working on soothing himself to sleep at nap time, but it's getting better.  He wakes up every 2-3 hours throughout the night (and often it's more like every hour and a half), but I'm really getting used to it.  He needs me and I know it won't be like this forever.  We started some baby food around 5 1/2 months.  I try to give him something most days around dinner time, but we skip some days.  So far he's had oatmeal, prunes, peas, pears and today we celebrated his 6 month birthday with avocado!  He seems to like pears the best so far.  Rhett is a BIG growing boy!  He wears size 3 diapers and is squeezing into 9-12 month clothes.  

The last six months have been such a joy!  We love you SO much, baby Rhett!

6 month stats:

Weight - 20 lbs, 12 oz (94%)

Height - 28.75 in (99%)

Head Circumference - 18 in (97%)