Reece's 2nd Birthday Party!

Reece celebrated her 2nd birthday on July 16th. We didn't have a big party because we had a contract on our house and were supposed to move that same week. The buyer couldn't get financing so we didn't move after all. Thankfully my sweet friend Elizabeth helped by making cupcakes for Reece's party. She is also the one who did them for Reece's 1st birthday. I swear she could go into business! We only had a few people over and my family was nice enough to drive in from Austin. Reece had a blast with her cousins! Thanks to everyone for helping us celebrate last minute!!!

Reece's 1st Birthday!

I realized I never posted pics of Reece's 1st birthday and since we just celebrated her 2nd on July 16th I thought it would be nice to see how she has changed! She was not feeling well on her 1st birthday as you can tell by the pics. We realized why when the next day 4 of her upper teeth decided to make an appearance. Poor little girl!

Reece Being Reece!

Vacation Time!

We've been planning a family vacation and it finally came! Some of our friends invited us back to Sonoma to enjoy a relaxing time! We decided to make a pit stop in ABQ and drive to Sante Fe! Then off to CA we went! I'm really bad about taking pictures so this is about all you get! Sorry!

Reece's Swim Lessons!

We decided to enroll Reece in swim lessons. It's not your typical parent/child swim lessons. It was an infant/child swim survival course. Since we have a pool, we thought this was the best way to go. Unfortunately I don't know how to upload videos from my phone to the computer, so you aren't really able to see the full effect of these classes. It was 30 minutes a day for 5 days. Reece only went 4 days because she had an ear infection. The 1st day she was dunked under water but by day 4 she was able to jump in and flip to her back and float. By the end of the lesson, the instructor was able to toss her in and Reece would manage to float to the top, turn over, and kick her way to the side of the pool. She still had a hard time reaching for the side of the pool but she did and worked real hard to hold on. It's pretty impressive!

Isn't She Cute!

Where Did My Sweet Daughter Go?

Today had to be one of the most trying days so far with Reece! It started off pretty good considering I had to hold her down and pry open her eyes to put her pink eye drops in. (which I had to do 2 more times during the day) We made it to the dry cleaners and then to the grocery store without a bump in the road! Then the day spiraled down hill pretty abruptly. While I was unloading the groceries, I thought Reece was quietly coloring at her kiddie table. Well to my surprise she had colored white all over our hardwood floors and red on the wall. It didn't stop there either. Later in the day while I was trying to prepare dinner she stamped little duckies on the same wall. WOW! Then after her 20 minute nap all Hell broke loose. It was a late nap to begin with and then she couldn't stop coughing. So out of her room she came. Let me tell you..girl needs her sleep and her Mommy needs the hour to decompress and get a few things done! So anyway I took her to the backyard and did bubbles. After that she played in the pool for a bit longer. Then it was time for dinner. That didn't go too bad until she started throwing her fruit on the floor and getting upset that it was on the floor. BTW did I mention that she has boycotted milk all together since being weaned. So I was on a mission to get her to drink some much needed vitamin D. I bought chocolate milk and strawberry milk to see if it would help. Well after sampling all the flavors she was still asking for milk. Well we know where that led! That's right! To my boo boos. After she took a look, she wanted a band aid on her boo boo which was on her knee and healed about 2 weeks ago. She then started saying boo boo and pointing to her knee in the most pitiful way but what really had me doubling over was how she started to walk with a limp. It was like all of a sudden she was really hurt! That girl is quite a character! No acting lessons needed! So if this all sounds like a bunch of gibberish it's because I'm exhausted and had a battle getting Reece to bed! There's got to be another way to wind her down at night because let me tell you a bath, music, and books doesn't work on her! Any other recommendations? Something other than crying it out? If so let me know!