Swimming Playgroup

On Monday Reese and I hosted one of our first few swimming parties in the new pool. We had some of our Strollerfit friends over to play and swim and it was fun.

Sorry this is not the best picture but these two girls are some of my favorite toddlers! Reese and Landry hiding from the camera:)


Reese loves to swim and loves having friends to swim with. I was proud of her for actually sharing her toys and swimming gear with relatively little fit throwing.


All the little kiddos loved the hot tub (don't worry it wasn't hot).
Lauren and Andrew and there Momma's in the hot tub...


Reese finally got to take someone her own size in her new Barbie house and they were pretty happy in there.



This is one of Reese's favorite friends Landry. They are so sweet and always hug when they see each other. Although not depicted in this photo Reese actually shared the SACRED pink phone with her little friend....now that's love:)

We had a great time and look forward to much more swimming fun!

Wordless Wednesday..even Nike gets phone calls!!

Father's Day 2009

Look at what Reese made for Daddy for Father's Day this year..





This is what Reese and I both gave to Daddy..



We have been having some grill issues lately (I'll spare you the gory detail but I can I just say FLAMES)!! Anyhow we wanted Daddy to get to pick out his own new grill so he has been shopping around.

I am so happy that Reese has such a wonderful Daddy. Seriously she is so lucky.

Bob..Reese and I both adore you. Happy Father's Day!
Love,
Reesey and Mommy:)

Monkey See Monkey Do

Hostages in the Barbie House:)

Reese's new favorite thing is to drag Mommy, Daddy, Nike and Lady into the house! Daddy is the most willing to just go and hang out in there:) He's a good Daddy! The dogs hate it and only stay in for a brief moment so I haven't been able to get any pics of them in there. Reese LOVES this house! It provides hours of outdoor entertainment. When we pull in and out of the driveway Reese's says "hi house" and "bye bye house"! Ha! Thanks again to our sweet neighbors for giving it to us.

Nanny and Poppy

While we were on our trip my folks came to watch Reese. It was so nice to have them staying at the house so I didn't have to worry about the dogs, mail, kiddo etc. They were very helpful.

On Thursday Reese had her first art class. My Mom is a wonderful artist..she can paint, sew, draw, etc.. so I thought it was cool for her to go with Reese.


They made these cute name tags. How cute is she?!



She also did a lot of swimming with Poppy..




and playing in the Barbie house..


They all three had a great time together. My Mom said that Reese said "Mommy at?" and "Daddy at?" a lot while we were gone. We thought it was funny and boy she was SO happy to see us when we got back. My parents went home on Monday and all week I have been hearing "Nanny at?" "Poppy at?" She is a funny girl:)

OH OH Mexico!

Last Thursday Bob and I left for our first vacation since Reese joined the family. We talked about taking her but given her young age and need for naps and early bedtime we decided it was in every one's best interest if she stayed home. So my folks came to town to babysit while we were gone. It was absolutely the best decision..we had a wonderful time relaxing and enjoying some adult time.

Here is a look at the view from our room...



We are really very lazy vacationers. Pretty much the entire trip was spa, beach, eat, drink, beach, eat, drink and repeat:) We did go running twice to help offset the extra eating!

Sadly this is the only picture we took together. I think we were heading to the beach either after lunch or breakfast..


We rented this little villa which was awesome. After a short time Bob had to move inside to avoid sunburn. He is a porcelain God..ha!



One night we took a cab to the "party zone" and we quickly realized we are too old and tired for this lifestyle. We were back in our room by 10pm and we made the decision that Reese will never go to Mexico without us..even if she us 40! Ha!



A dear friend of mine told me right before Reese was born that the best gift I could give my kids is to stay happily married to their father. I think this is so true and I was happy we took the chance to get away together. However by Saturday night I was missing Reese and I was happy we were heading home on Sunday.