2 Years Old!

Happy Birthday to the funniest little bundle of energy we know! Ryan Elizabeth Stiff you have made the last two years unforgettable - such a joy you are and we all love you VERY much!

Family Photo

We take plenty of pics of the girls but have yet to take one of the four of us. Well, here you go. Only 14 weeks after Reese's arrival and we're all in one shot together.

PS - somebody's second birthday is Tuesday, my how time flies!!!

"You"

Apparently Ryan's name is "you" --- if you ask her what her name is or show her a picture of herself and ask who it is, that is the response "you". She knows mom is "mamma", dad is "dada", Reese is "Reese" but we have apparently pointed to one too many photos and told her that the smiling face is "you".

Here's a pic of Ryan testing out the toys at her new school. She had an orientation yesterday morning and LOVED it (she starts next week).....the only apprehension (read - temper tantrum) was when we left. She kind of had a serious boyfriend at her old school but apparently she's over him already as she was pretty psyched at all the new, fresh meat. I hope he takes the break-up okay....

Maternity Leave....RIP

It's been fun - 12 weeks of vacation: precious baby, walks, coffee, naps, daytime TV, Netflix, etc.... I suppose all good things must come to an end. Back to reality.

Reese's Pieces

On the eve of mom's return to work (pass the Kleenex), we would just like to take a moment to brag. All parent's claim their kid is a genius, but we really have one. Reese Bentley Stiff, at a mere 12 weeks of age, can read. Shortly after our previous post asking Reese to kick the 2am wake-up call, little Ms. Reese started sleeping through the night. Who knew she was such an avid reader of her own blog?

Thank you Reese!

Bubbalicious

Memorial Day and an automatic bubble maker, it doesn't get much better!

Thank you Ella!

Ella (Grant's mom) came to visit us over Memorial Day --- the girls had such a fun time! Thank you to Ella for all the goodies, we ALL appreciate them! We hope to see you again in August!

We did a poor job of documenting the visit, our attempt to make up for that is below with a smattering of random cute pics...