Mother's Day

We spent Mother's Day with our families relaxing and eating! Reese is so blessed to have so many motherly influences in his life! As his mommy there are so many values that I want to instill in him - most importantly I just want Reese to be a good person who grows up to have compassion for people, love his family, serve God, and enjoy life. The best present I received on this Mother's Day was of course being Reese's mommy - Reese and his daddy also gave me a very special gift that I will have forever! John and Reese made me a concrete block for our flower beds with Reese's hand prints and foot prints - on the side it is engraved to say Happy Mother's Day, Love John and Reese! I think that is right up there with one of the best gifts I have ever received!

7 Months Old - Say What?

Mommy didn't realize she used a ink pad that didn't wash off to do your hand print so your hand stayed green for a few days!

I feel like this could be a really long post because you have done so many new things in the past month! It felt like every other day you were doing something new! Here are some of the highlights:

-You learned to say dadadadada and say it pretty much all the time - sometimes you will get real loud and say it, sometimes you will whisper it, sometimes you will look at Buster or Boone and say it, and then there are a few times when you look at your daddy and say it!

-You have said mommamomma a couple of times - we will keep working on that one!

-You have become quite the head banger - you are obsessed with bopping your head back and forth and you love to hit your head on stuff. You take the remote, our phones, toys, or whatever is near you and hit your head. You also love to squirm your way on our bed and hit your head on the headboard over and over. Your daddy called me this morning and told me he woke up to you banging your head on the headboard!

-You are getting so close to crawling - you haven't yet mastered this but you are hilarious to watch. You get up on your knees and dig your head into the floor. You haven't figured out to use your arms yet.

-You pulled yourself up all on your own the other night and held yourself there - you were so excited and stood there and looked all around!

-You don't want to sit anymore - you want to roll over and try to crawl or stand up - getting you to sit down is becoming a task!

-You still blow bubbles constantly and drool a ton!

-You laugh out loud a lot now especially when we play peek a boo with you or when we tickle your belly by blowing on you.

-You have figured out how to get out of your bumbo and have fallen out once and hit your head - you didn't cry too long!

-You absolutely do not like to be left alone whatsoever and know when we leave the room - I sat you down the other night just so I could go to the bathroom and you absolutely lost it. You screamed bloody murder so much so that you held your breath and then turned blue! I yanked you up which scared you to death so you caught your breath! I believe I have heard quite a few stories about your daddy holding his breath when he was little because he didn't get his way! I hope and pray this isn't the start of that because it scared the life out of me and I cried for a good 30 minutes! It was not fun to see you turn blue!!

-Your favorite toys are the remote and my cell phone - I can generally give you my phone if you get fussy and you will be content! You also LOVE to play in my jewelry! It's funny how when you get fussy now we can hand you any toy and you will be over your crying!

-I have read and heard that at 7 months old the baby really knows their momma - it is so funny how the books are exactly right! Sometimes I have to hide if someone wants to hold you because if you see me or hear my voice you will want me. You go through your clingy times too when you just want me to hold you - that's okay with me!

-I don't think we have met a person yet that hasn't commented on your big blue eyes or a person that hasn't said you look exactly like your daddy!! I like it when somebody says you look a little like me but that doesn't happen very often!

-You love to be outside - we could spend hours out there and you will stay happy the entire time!

-We haven't given you a food yet that you don't like - you are a very very good eater and get a little inpatient between each bite of fruit or vegetable!

-You love to clap your hands and when you get excited you bop up and down and clap your little hands!

-Ever since Easter you have been sleeping ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! There have only been a couple of nights when you have woken up once and that is just to nurse a minute and then go back to sleep! You usually go to sleep anywhere between 8 and 9 and sleep until 7 the next morning!

I'm sure there are more things and I should probably write everything down each month to remember what all you have done. There aren't enough words that could explain how much we love you and that love grows more and more everyday! It is amazing to see things through your eyes and how the smallest little things make you so happy! I love to see how much you are learning even though sometimes it makes me cry to think how fast the time is going! As much as I want you to grow and learn and do I also want you to stay this little bitty baby who just needs his mommy and daddy!

My Wagon!

Big Daddy came by tonight to take me on a few rides in my wagon!! I love being outside and I love my new outside toy!! I have an extra seat but no one would join me for the ride! We just went through the yard and I babbled dadadadada, smiled and clapped my hands! Momma will blog about me saying dadadada all the time on another post later - she keeps telling me to say mommamommamomma but that is too hard for me!!!

Red Neck Baby!

John got Nick's 4-Wheeler out to ride everyone around on - I am scared to death of that thing but when I saw that John's nana rode it like a champ I had to take a ride too! Reese just got his picture made on it, no riding for him- not sure what is more funny in this picture - the fact that John's nana just took a ride on the 4-wheeler or how red neck we looked riding around the back yard and then getting our babies picture taken on it with no shirt on!

Atlanta!

After the play!









Picking rosemary out of the garden with Faux for dinner!




We spent the weekend in Atlanta visiting Angie - John couldn't go because of a fishing tournament so it was just me, Nonna, Reese, and Buster. We have had this trip scheduled for months and months now because Reese's cousin was the lead star in the play Peter Pan at his high school!!! The drama club at his high school was like nothing I have ever seen. This play was 2.5 hours long with an intermission! It was awesome - Andrew (Reese's cousin) was Captain Hook! The play started at 7:30 which is usually the time Reese starts winding down for bedtime - he was already asleep when we arrived so I carried him in and he slept on me for about the first 10 minutes of the play. He woke up and started looking around and finally turned around to see the stage - after that he could not take his eyes off of the stage! He was amazed with the lights, the singing, the cast - everything! He would clap his hands, blow his bubbles, look around and smile! He was having so much fun!! There were only a few minutes that he got a little fussy and he was over it in no time! I can't believe that at not even 7 months old he has already sat through his first play and loved it!
While in Atlanta we also did a little shopping and hung out at Angie's in the backyard blowing bubbles and playing with toys with Reese! It was such a fun weekend - everything is fun with Reese!!

Watching the Royal Wedding!

We have to of course put this down in the baby books! We went to Atlanta Friday to visit Angie and when we got there we had to watch the wedding coverage and to do that we all wore hats and talked in a British accent the whole weekend! Here is Reese and Mummy watching the wedding!!

Friday Fun Day!

We went to Bookworms and the park again on Friday with Navy and Jack. It is fun to go to the library and sing songs with Reese and listen to books being read - hopefully doing this will make him a little bookworm! While we were there Aunt Amanda stopped by to see Reese before she headed to Charleston!