Summer Fun

Travis is being such a big brother. Reese started crying and he found her pasifior to give to her. We are not giving it to her except for every now and then, but you can't just tell him not to give it to her when he is just trying to help.

This past week we have done several fun things. We went to the pool. Last time James took Travis to the pool he hated it. James said he wouldn't let go of him. Last Thursday, I took him to a friend's pool, and he absolutely loved it. He swam all around the pool all by himself. I don't know what the difference was, but he loved it. He wanted to spend most of his time in the 5ft end which made me a little nervous. But we all survived.

You can really tell this from the pictures.

We also went to the beach. I didn't take very many pictures, but next time we go to the beach there will be tons of pictures. Travis played in the water and sand with James. James buried him in the sand, and then they buried one of friends in the sand. (James dug the hole and Travis filled it in) Travis got new sand toys and a beach chair. Both kids got new sunglasses. Reese had fun laying in her tent under the umbrella.

As you can tell we had a blast, and Travis was extremely tuckered out. He slept really well that night. This picture was on the way home from the beach.

Our First Bath/ Watching Trains

Reese's cord finally feel off on July 2nd. She loved her first bath. Well she liked everything but when I washed her hair. She didn't like me messing with her head. Travis is the same way. I don't know why they are like that but they are.

Travis has fell in love with trains and cars. We watch the movie Cars at least once a week. He would watch it all day everyday if we let him. We finally bought him some Thomas the Train movies. We started out with one, but I got tired of hearing the same movie everyday. So, now he has two and that is what he watches everyday basically. Eventually we will get him the rest of them since he loves them so much. This is a picture of him laying on his bed watching his TV.

On another note... You can see he is wearing big boy undies. Potty Training has started going very well. If you take him to the bathroom, he will go potty. The only problem is he will not stop playing to go, so we are having to watch the time and remind him to go every now and then.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!! We had a wonderful cookout. A bunch of people that work with James came over. James' family came up. It was really fun!! After everyone left we sat on James' truck outside our house and watched the city fireworks.
Here are some pictures:

The food:

Family Picture:

Reese in her 4th of July Outfit:

Waiting on the fireworks:

Look there they are:

Where did they go: (They had paused for a moment)

Yay! There back:

1 Month Old!!

Well we made it through 1 whole month! YAY!!! We went to the doctor Friday July 3, 2009 for the one month check up. Reese is now up to 8 lbs 9 oz. She has gained almost 2 pounds this month. However, we are still wearing our newborn/preemie clothes. I have changed her formula to try and find one that will suit her stomach. Right now we are trying the Enfamil AR. This is the same formula Travis had because of his acid reflux, so we will see how it goes.

We went to the park also on Friday after her check up. This was her first outing to the park, and you can tell by the pictures the park just relaxed her so much. Travis had a blast as he always does playing outside. Here are some of the pictures from the park:

Beautiful Expressions

I decided that it would be cheaper for me to make Reese hairbows than to buy them. These are a few that I have made. She has several others, but she can't fit in the clothes they match yet. I can't wait for her to get out of her newborn/premie clothes and fit into most of her wordrobe.

Reese has started making the cutest faces. She has become very alert the past few days. She smile and laughes. It is so cute! I have captured a couple of her faces. I hope you enjoy!

One other accomplishment we have is that she has been holding her head up for extended amounts of time this past week. She started holding her head up as soon as she was born, but has recently been holding it up for a long amount of time.

On the downside, she still is not sleeping all night. I know that it is normal, but I am just not used to it since Travis slept all night pretty much as soon as he came home from the hospital. When she sleeps during the day, she wakes up about every thirty minutes and crys for no reason and then goes back to sleep. The only time she doesn't cry is when you are holding her. If anyone has any suggestions please tell me!

3 Weeks Old

Not too much new has gone on this past week. Reese has gotten a tiny bit bigger, but still not big enough to be out of her newborn/premie clothes. Her headbands came in yesterday. I can actually put a bow on her head now so she doesn't look like a boy. For some strange reason people think she is a boy because her carseat is chocolate and aqua.

Anyway, here are her three week old baby pictures:
(she kinda looks like the chiquita banana lady)

We had pictures taken of Travis in our hands, so we had to do the same with Reese. It took FOREVER!! James was ready to kill me because I'm a little OCD. Travis did not want to cooperate, so we had to get help holding Travis' hand in the picture. The pictures turned out pretty well considering the hassle we went through to get them.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!!! Yes, I know that Father's Day was yesterday but I was a little busy. Here are a few pictures that I took last night before bedtime.