A day in the life....

Ever wonder what it is we do all day????? Wonder no more! School was cancelled for a single drop of water being on the road (sarcastic, yes!). So, Reese and I got to spend some good time together....

We started our morning at 4:30 am. Reese was up and at 'em early today! He layed in bed until about 7 when he decided he was ready for a shower. So, he showered and daddy got him dressed. He soon after met me in the kitchen to get some breakfast!

While I got ready, he decided to bring his oatmeal bar into the living room so he could watch "Beggies".

He quickly got up from his chair to show me that he had eaten all his breakfast and was ready for some more.....ok, baby, you can have some oranges!

After breakfast, we played cars on the hearth together...We had some races and in Reese's opinion, the racing cars were hilarious!

Next we decided to take a trip to the zoo....there was a lot of preperation, but it was so worth it once we got there!

The first thing we did was get on the bus so we could go to the zoo.

They had mice...

Sheep.. ..

Turtles...

A cat...

A bee...yes, daddy, this is a bee and not a butterfly

A catterpillar...this silly catterpillar had my name on it!

A VERY sparkley fish....

And a piggy! It was such a fun trip!

After we got done at the zoo, we decided to head to home so we could play in Reese's room. After all the animals we saw at the zoo, Reese decided to build a bird house with his tools...

Then, it was time to color on the Magna Doodle. I will have ot say this is one of my favorite toys of Reese's....shortly after he drew his snake (that's his favorite thing to draw) he stood on it and broke it...well, not broke it, but like made it permenantly black in spots....

Then it was time for a little baseball. Reese has a newfound love for his glove and refuses to hit without it!

I left the room for a bit and came back to find him in his toybox playing with some blocks....so sweet....

The sweetness was short lived when the next thing he did was empty his toybox on the floor.

LUNCH TIME! I made a grilled cheese that was cut into the shape of two dinosaurs (if you don't have one of these sandwich cutters for kiddos, you need to get one. Any sandwich/toast disappears QUICKLY!) He had a grilled cheese, oranges, "cream" and Chex.

This was his first experience with "cream"(yogurt). I put it on his plate hoping he'd love it. He looked at it, looked at me and made a quizzical face when saying "Cream Momma?" I said "Yes, baby." He grabbed his spoon, dipped it in and tasted it. He LOVED it and told me "MHmmmmmmm Momma, Goo Cream!"

After lunch, it was time to pick up toys, sit on the potty for a bit and take a nap. When he got up from his nap, he immediately wanted to watch Cars...

He had a good long nap and I was rounding up stuff to cook for dinner so he grabbed his sandbox toys and brought them into the laundry room to play the "doomas".....

Daddy came home and suddenly daddy's legs became the "doomas"

I was tapping a serving spoon on the side of my skillet and he thought I was playing the "doomas" myself so he tried to give me his "doomas".

Dinner was served shortly after. We had enchiladas. Reese had chicken, cheese, strawberries and more "cream". Dinner wasn't a hit. It amazes me that somedays he eats like a horse and the very next like a bird...

Thanks for sharing the day with us.....It's been a fun two days "iced" in.

How much fun we've had...

Life with this little boy just gets better and better everyday.....

We were able to enjoy a day of 85 degree weather, so we headed to the park to have some fun!

When we got there, we saw my old friend Charlie. I was trying to show him to go down the slide head first, and he just thought I was silly!

Here is another shot of the black eye. This is almost 2 full weeks after we first noticed it. Yeah, it was pretty bad....

Happy Birthday Daddy! We hope that year #28 is even better than all the rest!

WAOH Buddy? Where'd you get that thing???

*****Update: The black eye is MUCH worse! When I got home yesterday, I could see how much worse it's gotten. I didn't take any more pictures because Reese is tired of us poking and proding him over it. However, the little tike is playing like nothing happened!


When I went to get Reese out of his room this morning, I looked at him as saw this beauty! Between the time he went to bed and the time he woke up, he got his FIRST BLACK EYE! We heard no crying, no whining, no loud bump. Sorry the pictures are no good - I took them on my phone!

No time for Flash Cards

I told you guys a few posts back that Reese and I try to do some sort of craft daily....well, here is where I get a lot of my inspiration... Go here and try some of her stuff out...

That's right....

We are in Hobbs New Mexcio checking out the town, Garrett's possible new place of employment, as well as the people he would be working with. This would be a great career move for him, however, a very hard decision we are making for our family. Prayers are greatly appreciated.....Love to you all!

Melt your heart moments...

After church we headed for some lunch. Reese always gets pretty cranky about 3/4 of the way through our meal because it's past his nap time. It usually ends up with him falling asleep on the way home or getting himself very quiet and still so that he's ready for his nap the minute we walk through the door.

Well, today, he fell asleep about 5 houses away from ours. Now, normally, when we would get him out of the car, it wakes him up, but not today....(he must have played hard in Sunday School). So, Garrett takes him in his room, changed his diaper and put on some comfy clothes to sleep in - AND HE STAYS ASLEEP.

Then, (and now here's the sweet part), Garrett lifted him onto his pillow and he covered him up and he started giggling and said (with eyes still closed) "Ni Ni Sheeshus!"

If that don't melt your heart.......

I'm sad to report...

I'm sad to report the craft my son and I completed today to work on his name has been destroyed by one little boy who also dumped out all his blocks, put all his puzzle pieces on the floor, who has chased and hit the dogs relentlessly today, as well as peed in his tent after an unsuccessful 8 minutes on his potty.

Better luck next time....

*******This little boy's father would like you to also know that now his drawers are empty of thier clothes as well as all the wipees being in the floor with all the diapers too. It's not like we had anything better to do tonight?!********

Make sure you scroll down to read all the updates from this weekend!

I mean, come on y'all....

Is this not the cutest picture you've ever seen? This is my dear, sweet cousin Katie or "Kaayyie" in our house. She loves Reese as if he was her own and he adores her as does her fiance Keal. Reese loves boots, wait, Reese LLOOVVEESS boots and his sweet Kaayyie let him put hers on and help him walk around for a bit. I got to snap this picture and I love it....maybe because Reese never smiles and in this one he is, or maybe it's because it really captures the relationship between these two.

We can't wait to be in your wedding this summer Kaayyie....We all 3 are very honored to be part of your special day!

Ok, so next....I try to do some sort of learning activity/craft with Reese at least 3 times a week. Sometimes we make that many, sometimes more, sometimes less. Either way, he loves to "pay" (paint) and "coor" (color). We did some really cute, cool things during Christmas that would've been great to post, but remember I was doing all the hanging out and not posting.....



Well, today Garrett and I were both painting some stuff around the house and so Reese felt like he needed to help out. So, we made this name banner for his room.



I drew each of the letters and he colored every page. I then cut them out while he helped me punch holes in the top. We then strung them and hung them from his top bunk. (Please excuse the unmade bed filled with his no less than 91223877473929290 blankets he has to have). We rarely let him get on his top bunk, but thought this was a good time to let him play up there for a bit.....



When we moved into this house, the kids room had these awesome shelves that will one day be so neat to display some of his stuff, for now, he's just a little boy and so they aren't all filled. Reese's room has 2 shelves and I haven't really gotten in any big hurry to fill the one above the bunk bed because it's harder to see. Anyways, for now, it will be a sitting spot for some of his bigger craft projects and some of his daddy's old sports balls....



Anyways, I get a lot of my ideas from No Time for Flashcards . Such a great site for moms of little ones..... Enjoy what Reese did today...

Some of the pictures turned out blurry - don't know why!?

Can you believe it?

Can you believe it? Two posts in two days! I know, I know...calm down, and don't expect this to become a regular occurance. However, my sweet Reeser had so much fun this Christmas. We had Christmas Eve with my sister and her family and my mom. Reese got this super cute little 4-wheeler from my mom that he couldn't wait to get on! He was trying to run the baby over while it was still in the box! He LOVED it! The next morning, Santa brought him a tool bench. I sadly don't have too many pictures - I was holding the video camera while Garrett had the camera and he is sooooo not interested in taking pictures. Anyways, I sat on the couch and Reese came through the living room - running and he made it about 3/4 of the way through and realized there were toys everywhere! It was so cute to watch him stop dead in his tracks and go straight for his toys. He couldn't decide to open or play and so we had a long morning of opening Santa's loot!

It was a great Christmas, we are extremely blessed and so lucky....

Hey Y'all! It's me, Tiffany!

I'm sure you've been wondering where I've been...somedays, I have too! The fact is, school's out, my husband took off the WHOLE Christmas vacation to spend with me and Reeser, and I've been taking advantage of having us all together as a family for this long! I could definately handle being independently wealthy so we could all stay home all day, everyday together!

Which, leads me to my next point....it's my 100th post! What a monumental occasion...well, not really, but kind of cool nonetheless!

I don't have any insightful words of wisdom, any great tips or advice, no great lessons learned over the holidays, but I do have some looking back to do over 2008. Take a stroll with me, if you will.....

February saw the First Birthday of our precious son, Kenny Reese. What a milestone! I look back at pictures from that time, and I see a kid about the same size (honestly guys, we've been hovering around the 20 pound mark since 9 months old! He currently weighs 22.), but, I see a kid who has grown and learned so much in just 8 short months. Reese knows his colors, some of his numbers, a few ABC's, and in just this last month started putting phrases and sentences together. It's amazing to see all he soaks up. He's such a studious little boy, taking in everything, really studying things, and always asking "arsh mamma?" (Reesey speak for 'what mamma?')

April gave Reese his first cousin, a precious little boy named Kenny Joe or at our house "JoJo". This bald headed little boy just melted my heart from the moment go. I was so very privilaged to be in the delivery room as he made his debut. My sister asked me to be there since she knew I would never get to experience childbirth of my own - so she gave me the next best thing - the birth of my nephew. I look at that little boy and I see the little sister I picked on for years...and just the other day I got to witness my son dragging JoJo by his feet, just like his mamma used to do to her sister!

Summer saw Reese's first two weekends away from mom and dad - he is such a big boy. Absolutely no tears, no whining, and always being a perfect gentleman. He's such a big boy! It also saw a trip to Sea World, swimming lessons, and lazy days with mom.

The start of this school year has been good - I can't believe I looked up and it was December. I have a great group of kids whom I adore and I told Garrett tonight I was excited to see them Tuesday!

I can only hope God blesses our family as much as He has in 2008.....