January/February Catch Up

January and February are usually low key months for us, but for some reason they were crazy this year!  I can't believe it's already March.  Here is a hodge podge of some of what we have been up to!  

We've celebrated lots of family birthdays, including this guy's 36th!  

Our precious nephew Luke got baptized.

We had a fun mother/daughter dinner with Maryanne (in from Austin!), Allison, and Amanda.  It was a treat to all be together!  

We celebrated Valentine's Day with class parties and a night at the Katy Rodeo! 

Reid's favorite friends in his class - Case, Oscar, Alejandro

Aubrey and Georgia

Rhett was crying about his socks bothering his toes, Reid was annoyed that we were taking a picture, and GK was posing. :)

My Valentine!

Reid had a great basketball season with the Bears!  It was a great team with wonderful coaches and families.

Reid had crazy hair day at school and shockingly he wanted to participate.  He is typically not a fan of themes. :)

Wolman did a "glow run" fundraiser, which Reid was very excited about!  

I got to go with Reid's class on a field trip to the Sugar Land Children's Discovery Center.  He was excited about his first ride on a school bus! 

Rhett and I visited Reid's "Reading Restaurant".  It was a cute morning!

Chris and Reid had "Daybreak with Dad" before school one morning.  

Georgia Kate is still enjoying dance.  I love this little dancer so much!

GK and I had fun building her community project at school together.  

100 days of kindergarten!

This girl has been working so hard on her reading and was very proud to earn the reading medal!

Rhett is now paci-free!  I honestly didn't know when this day would come.  We lost our last one and I was terrified that he would never sleep again. ;)  Thankfully, it was much less painful than I was anticipating!

Rhett started back at weekly swim lessons in January!  

These two have been busy living their best lives in the monkey class.  :)

And a few more random pictures...

We are ready for SPRING!

Closing out 2018 at the ranch...

We are ready for 2019!

Christmas 2018 wrap-up

Our Christmas celebrations started on the 23rd with a gathering at my Aunt Pam's house.  We hadn't all gotten together for Christmas in years, so it was fun seeing my aunt and some cousins!

 cousins Carynn, Jeni, and Melanie

 Carynn made slime and reindeer food with the kids and they loved it!

Grandma and Grandpa decided to stop by that evening to give the kids their gifts a little early so that they wouldn't have to bring them to Gonzales on Christmas Day.  I'm so glad I have this picture of Reid opening a gift because unfortunately he was brought down by what we think may have been some type of flu later that night.

Reid was throwing up all night, so we made the tough decision for him to stay home with Chris for most of the day on Christmas Eve while Georgia, Rhett, and I went to Mumsie and Popsie's house for our Christmas celebration. 

We had lunch, decorated Christmas cookies...

and then went to church!  This girl loves her cousins.

Reid still didn't feel well at all, but he hadn't thrown up all day, so he and Chris came over to Mumsie and Popsie's after church.  We gave him some Motrin and he was able to decorate a gingerbread house (which he had been so excited about) and open some presents.  

We loved being back at Mumsie and Popsie's house for Christmas Eve this year!  After all of the presents had been opened (we were way too spoiled!), we came back home to get ready for Santa!  We set out cookies and milk, put our reindeer food in the front yard, and got the kids set up in our room.  It's tradition that they get to sleep in our room in their sleeping bags on Christmas Eve and this was Rhett's first year to get to participate!  Reid fell asleep almost instantly because he felt so awful and Rhett surprisingly fell asleep pretty quickly too.  Georgia was so excited that she couldn't stand it and ended up in our bed, which isn't that different from most nights with her. :)

Santa came! 

Her facial expression doesn't show it, but this girl was sooo happy that Santa brought her a Wellie Wisher doll! :)

Santa knew that Rhett had been riding Reid's old big wheel that was literally falling apart.  He was SO happy with this surprise and rode it around the house allllll day.  

We were supposed to head to Gonzales later that morning with Grandma and Grandpa to see Sue, Christie, Seth, and baby Tucker, but we had to change the plan because Reid was still feeling miserable.  Of course we missed seeing everyone, but it was also kind of nice to just be home.  We rested, played lots of games, played with the kids' new toys, read books, and just hung out.  I was so sad for Reid that he didn't feel well for Christmas, but it was still a special few days spent together!