Reid Dancing

This video pretty much sums up who Reid is...

Reid is 9 Months!

What a fun age! Reid is growing so much and is becoming more and more playful. He is so energetic and happy and loves to be with people and be engaged. He continues to be a pretty easy-going guy overall and adds so much sweetness to our family. Some milestones from this month:
- He has three more teeth, making the total count six!
- He weighs 23 pounds and wears 12-18 month clothes.
- He LOVES swimming! As long as the pool is heated, he is all smiles and giggles in the water. :)
- He is saying Bubba and Dada on a regular basis to the boys and Randy. Still working on Mama!
- He is eating mostly finger foods. He loves puffs! He really likes turkey, chicken and yogurt. He tolerates strawberries, bananas, rice, beans, watermelon, carrots and a few other things.
- He loves rolling the ball to me and gets so excited anytime he sees his ball. It is so fun to see him interact and get so much joy out of such a simple little game!
- He likes to be sung to. His latest favorite song is "Where is thumbkin?" He also likes "Wheels on the Bus."
- He LOVES to swing!!! Jack likes to push him really high which makes me nervous but Reid just laughs and laughs.
- He is starting to get a tiny bit clingy to me. Sometimes he will fuss when I leave the room and he has cried a couple of times lately when I dropped him off at the nursery at church. That is unusual for him so I'm hoping it's a quick phase!
- He spent the night away from us for the first time! He stayed at BB and Grandad's and did great!
- He got hand foot and mouth disease this month. It was awful but the sweet guy handled it well overall. We had one really bad night.
- He can crawl amazingly fast now and he is walking really well along the furniture. He didn't walk at 8 months like G but I think he will be walking fairly soon, maybe next month?

Love our Sweetie Reidy!!

4th of July

We had a wonderful 4th! Although Reid had been very ill the past week, he was feeling better just in time. We are so glad he is himself again and that everyone was able to enjoy the holiday. We started our celebration on the 3rd with our second annual night before the 4th fireworks show in Yukon with the Robertis! This year we brought the Plangmans along with us which made for quite a crew of kids! We left Reid at my parents' house so there were 8 kids this year, including Ingrid's nephew who is visiting from Mexico. They all had a blast blowing bubbles, playing ladders, running up the big hill, playing with glow necklaces, eating snacks, etc. while waiting for the big show at 10pm. Graham was pretty amazed by the fireworks, I couldn't tell that he remembered them from last year. Jack, the chatterbox, talked the entire time explaining to us how fireworks work, etc. He is such a know it all but in a cute way! Unfortunately, Reid was not sleeping well at my parents' so afterward, we had to run by and pick him up. However, he fell asleep in the car and so did the big boys. It was quite a sight! We carried all three in to bed at midnight and they slept in their clothes. :)

Then today we spent the day with family swimming and eating! Papo made his famous homemade ice cream which was a huge hit with the boys. After last night, they all crashed right at bedtime tonight so hopefully we can recover from the excitement by tomorrow!

Sweetie Reidy

Oh, how we love our Reid. He is the sweetest little thing I have ever seen and honestly brings us so much joy we cannot even explain it. All of our kids are awesome in different ways. Reid is just the epitome of the word sweet. He is a good baby. He is happy. He loves everyone. He loves to laugh. Sigh. I love him.

Father's Day

Father's day was fun and relaxing this year! Although we were not able to be with most of our family on the actual day, the boys were happy to spoil Randy with gifts and homemade cards etc. and we were able to take my dad out to lunch after church and spend time at his house swimming. I think all the boys had a great time. :)

Super Summer

The boys attended their first day of Super Summer today!! They all had a blast but are exhausted. :) On my day off, I cleaned the house. Not too exciting but it was nice to get something done!

He Lost It!!

Well, Jack lost his first tooth. And I missed it by about 10 minutes!!! :( It has been very loose for awhile but yesterday it was clearly looser than before. I just knew it was going to come out any minute, but I had to take him to his Gigi and Papa's house for the weekend. And wouldn't you know, the kid lost the tooth about ten minutes after I handed him off! I'm sad I missed it but SO excited for him. To Jack, this was kind of a big deal. :)

Oh, also, I think my kid may be the only kid to ever request that the tooth fairy please not take his tooth. She obliged and STILL left him a dollar. Hmmm...