Happy Birthday Justin

Today is Justin's 31st birthday; we pretty much celebrated a week ago with some friends. March is always very busy for us since our Wedding Anniversary is always a week before Justin's birthday and my birthday is 4 days after Justin's. So we just kind of lump everything together and do a celebration. This year we are going to the beach for our anniversary and birthdays. We are leaving Thursday. The only draw back to this celebration is we are leaving Reid at home with Justin's parents. I have complete faith in them that they can take care of him and I know he will be fine, but I am feeling very selfish about it. I have never left him overnight and to leave him for the first time for three nights is going to be very hard on me.

I have kicked myself a few times for even suggesting that we would go to the beach without Reid. I planned this many months ago and I thought by now I would be ready to leave him, but now that the time is here; I find myself really struggling with leaving him. The good thing is we are only 1 1/2 hours away from him. So it won't take long to get home to see him. I don't sleep very well most nights so I asked Justin last week if he would be upset if we left Sunday morning around 5 so I would be at home when Reid woke up so I could see him. Of course Justin didn't mind. We have been known to leave at like 3 in the morning when we are heading out of town; so Justin knows I really might say lets go. Some people have said why don't we just take Reid with us and I have thought about that, but I think its still going to be too cool for Reid. We will take Reid to the beach the week of Memorial.

So any of you that read my blog please pray that I make it ok leaving Reid. Justin keeps saying we need this and you know Reid is going to be ok. That's why I know it's just me being completely selfish because Reid won't struggle with me being gone but I know I will struggle. I will let you know how it goes when we get back.


Anyway, back to Justin's birthday. Can I say I am the luckiest girl alive. Justin is the BEST husband and an even BETTER Father. I am so thankful God brought Justin into my life. We knew right away that we would be together forever. Everyone kept telling me what a wonderful father Justin would be and I just didn't have any idea until we had Reid. Justin has been very involved from the beginning. He loves Reid so much and takes such good care of him. If Justin isn't taking care of Reid he is taking care of me. You can tell daily how much Justin loves us. He shows us everyday with the wonderful ways he takes care of us. Even though he works all day when he comes home he still makes Reid and myself a priority. He tells me daily that he not only loves me, but that he is in love with me. Justin is very loyal and a very patient man and I love his patients because that is something that I don't have alot of. We are a very good balance for each other and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him.

We love you and I hope this was a wonderful and special birthday for you!!!

Birthday Celebration/ 7 months

We had a very busy weekend. Reid turned 7 months on the 11th and he continues to be the best baby. I think from 6 months to 7 months have been about the same as far as any new motor skills he might have learned. The only thing that he is really doing different is sitting better. I spend alot of time each day with him sitting on the floor, but he continues to fall over alot so I put his boppy around him and that has really helped his balance. I put his toys in front of him and he has the best time playing with them. When we grocery shop he now sits up in the buggy and I always have my grocery list in my phone and he constantly reaches for it. He has also discovered the remote control to the tv. He wants to get his hands on it so bad. He is really chewing on his fingers more and more (which makes me wonder if he is teething).

He has a terrible habit of putting his whole fist in his mouth and gags himself. That drives me nuts. I will call out his name (firmly) and he will yank his hand out of his mouth. Almost like he knows he is in trouble ha. A few times he has gagged so bad that he has spit up.

Here are a few pictures of Reid sitting up in the floor playing.


Can you tell he is serious about playing with his toys



Friday night we had a birthday celebration for Justin and myself. Justin's birthday is 4 days before mine, plus our anniversary is Monday, March 15. March is a very busy month for us, but I wouldn't want it any other way.

I purchased Justin a fire pit for our anniversary/birthday/father's day and he was so excited. He has always said he wanted one and I thought how fun that would be next year when Reid is older to sit out there and roast hot dogs and marshmallows.

We had 5 couples over Friday night to celebrate our birthday, we had great food and fellowship. The men decided to go out and light up the fire pit so I got out the marshmallows and we had a good time standing out by the fire and roasting marshmallows. Of course Reid missed out on all the fun; since he was already in bed. We had a great time.


Isabel loving on Claire.. Claire looks a little scared. Isabel loves her cousin Claire

Some of the food I prepared for the party
Lance and Victoria gave Justin a MSU mug and his most favorite candy in the would. Reeses peanut butter cups. I think Justin loves Lance can you tell by the picture. ha ha

True mama here.. Look at Victoria roasting marshmallows with a burp cloth on her shoulder.





Saturday night our Sunday School class was going out to eat at a restaurant I love. There were 27 of us. We left Reid asleep at Lance and Victoria's house where Victoria's niece was gonna watch him and Claire. I figured at the most Reid would wake up and whine a little and she would just need to give him his pacifier and he would fall back to sleep. Since there were about 27 of us at this restaurant it was taking awhile. So after about an hour Victoria called to check on the babies and her niece said they were fine Reid had not even woke up (I was relieved). As most of you know Reid never cries, he might whine but crying is just not his thing. Well about 30 minutes later Victoria's phone rings and Reid is screaming... he is so upset; I can hear him crying so I told her to give him some gas drops and if that doesn't stop the crying to call me back. I told Justin I just wanted to get our food to go and go and get him. Everyone was saying well she didn't call back I am sure he went back to sleep and I figured he had, but it is still so hard for me to be away from him. So we got our food to go and we went and picked him up and of course he was good and asleep, but I felt better going and getting him.

Sunday morning we woke up and Justin's sinuses were all out of whack. He has little swollen pockets under his eyes. I guess leaving the windows open is making his allergies flare up. So we missed church for the first time in awhile. I was sad to miss. I pray Reid does not get Justin's allergies.

Monday is our anniversary; not sure if we will do much since Reid goes to bed at 5. Maybe I will cook us a nice dinner; which will be fine by me. That seems to be my new passion. I love cooking and I love reading recipe books.


I think someone is ready for the beach. Are those the most beautiful eyes you have ever seen??

Didn't Do Much

We didn't do much this past week or weekend. The weather was beautiful and we could hear the birds chirping. I am so ready for Spring; I love to open the back door to our Florida room and let the fresh air and sunshine pour in. I think we might have ruined Reid if that is possible. We have let him watch Barney and Yo Gaba Gaba and I think because there is so much music, dancing and colors that when he tries to watch Baby Einstein or Mickey Mouse Playhouse he is just bored to death. It will not keep his attention like Barney and Yo Gaba Gaba, but a mama can only take so much of Barney and DJ Lance Rock. We must find him some new videos to watch.

Saturday Justin and I took Reid's swing outside and while we grilled hot dogs we let Reid enjoy some sunshine. Once we got the sun out of Reid's eyes he seemed to really love being outside.


Justin and I said on more than one occasion this weekend it sure would be nice to go and play some golf. Well once you have a baby I guess you don't get to do things like that anymore. I can't wait for Reid to get older and take him out on the golf course.


One thing that is worrying me today is Reid's baby dedication. He will be dedicated three days shy of being 9 months old. We will dedicate him with our best friends Lance and Victoria with their baby girl Claire. Reid seems so scared of things right now and the choir and the music can be quite loud on Sunday's so I am trying to figure out what I am going to do to keep Reid from crying. I am hoping that when he is 9 months he won't be so afraid of things and the noises. Also that is his nap time so each Sunday in the nursery has been pretty awful for him. As soon as he goes to sleep a baby cries and it wakes him up. He just cries and cries at church because he is so tired. I am thinking for the 4 weeks prior to his dedication we will bring him out in church with us in the balcony to let him look around and hopefully get use to all of the loud music.


Anyway not much going on, but loving this spring type weather. Justin really wanted to uncover the pool this weekend, but we really need to wait about 4 more weeks.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Here is some video we took of Reid this weekend.

He tried applesauce for the first time this weekend and you can tell from the video he wasn't quite sure about it. He makes some awful faces, but in the end he ended up eating the whole thing.