Monday, November 11, 2013

Outtakes

Two posts in one day....stop the madness!

It was about 70 degrees Saturday....we took advantage and attempted to grab some Christmas card photos with the ladies.  A few outtakes for you:
Grant seems to forget that Emerson and hair are inseparable....she can't resist.  Poor Reese.
 I thought, how cute if all three could hold hands and look like they were walking together...Grant set it up and then quickly tried to get out of the shot...
 Ryan and Emerson cooperated but my little stinkpot Reese dropped her hand within .3 seconds and down went baby....
 Tire swing fun...

 Practicing with lighting....my vampires are always good for letting me know when we need to move the shot.


 And the grand finale....drum roll please..  No photo should would be complete without a little crack.
 We shall see what the final product turns out like....

10 months


A lover of jokes, being outside, eating, playing with her sisters, pulling hair, cruising around furniture, pulling things off tables, breaking one of mom's cute ceramic pumpkins, racing you to the bathroom and trying to get to the toilet first before you put the seat down, baths, playing in (yes, in) the dishwasher, and climbing stairs at breakneck speed and giving mom a heart attack.  Not a lover of sleeping (still!!!!) or allowing her front two upper teeth to come in (the girl is sporting some awesome fangs....she can pull it off though).




But despite the lack of sleep, she is still one of the happiest little nuggets you ever did meet.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

iPhone recap

Who would think keeping an on-line baby book (aka - a blog) up to date would be so hard?  But, alas, it has been awhile with no posts.  Here is the randomness that has been life the last few weeks.
We got the Reesers school pics back - or shall I say the proof card.  This cheapo mom never orders any actual photos, I just crop and blow up the proofs.  How cute is she?  
 Ryan had fire safety week awhile back at school and she came home with some goodies.  She also then got out her notebook and quizzed me on the safety exits and smoke detectors in our home.   There is a lot of my father in that girl.
 Ryan, Emerson and I took a nice long walk up to the Farmer's Market.....before leaving the house, Ryan asked me if I would pick out something 'festive' for her to wear.
 This little sh*t (said lovingly) won't take a real bottle, but throw a little watered down OJ in there and the girl showed us what a little scammer she is.
 Nothing more sad than a sick babe.....Reese was out of commission last week for a day with a fever...or "feber" if you ask her.
 She's turning into quite the jokester....always playing around
 Laughing at Reese...
 We have hit that lovely window of time where Ryan and Reese are old enough to be good while out to eat in a restaurant and Emerson is just young enough to sit through a meal as well.   I know the clock is ticking though, so we enjoy it while we can.....
 Reese is used to napping, this is what happens when she doesn't...
 Sunday morning outing with dad....
 Grandma should buy stock in Goodwill.....she is a professional shopper there and always finds the cutest things for the ladies....monkey costume was no exception.
 Ryan is my little artist....she chalked up our entire porch last week
 I'm on a healthy eating mission....I'll save that for another 'fun' post someday but seriously after watching my mom battle cancer, reading the books below (and then some) and watching a handful of documentaries on Netflix, I can never, ever go back to buying factory farmed meat in the supermarket, crap processed foods, or drive my kids through McDonalds (or the like) ever again.
My point above is that I reached out to a friend-of-a-friend whom I know has completely overhauled her family's eating (brought about by cancer scares) and now has a helluva garden, complete with chickens --- so while the Stiff's aren't going all Old-MacDonald on you, I do want to start my own vegetable garden next spring.  Reese, Emerson and I got a nice little tour and some great tips yesterday.
 And while I save my big PSA for another post (cue the eye-rolling from some members of my family), I beg of my 4 followers to do a little research of their own and either omit or drastically cut down on meat and dairy and really, really rev up your vegetable intake for the sake of all the precious little babes like these two.....let alone yourselves.
Okay, I'll step down off my soap box now.  That's what you get when I don't post for awhile, all sorts of opinions.....

Friday, October 11, 2013

9 months!

Loves:  laughing, joking, her sisters, eating, rough housing, being outside, playing in the basement (seriously her legs start doing the happy dance when I start walking down the basement stairs),  taking baths, crawling, hair pulling, climbing up on furniture and long walks in the stroller.
Doesn't love:  napping or sleeping through the night consistently.




 Nothing like an ode to the baby without at least one pouty face....




 Hair pulling in action:

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Happy Saturday!

This pic kills me, she looks like she's 30 and calling a meeting to order.  
"Get me somebody, anybody.  And get me somebody while I'm waiting!" 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Life

On mornings that we walk Ryan to school, Reese will hang out on Ryan's school playground after we say goodbye....she usually holds court with the boys, this time she just wanted me to take random pictures of her while she posed.
My adorable, self sufficient, eater....in the cases below I should say 'snacker' - a girl after my own heart....snacking her way through the day.  

 Ryan asks for a dog about 1,345 times per day.  The answer is always the same.  Starts with a "N", ends with a "O".  So when her buddy Amelia had a visitor one afternoon, the girls were in heaven and while her parents and I were talking we turned around only to see Ryan, Amelia and the dog running into our house to play.  Ryan got her wish for about 3 minutes.
We did some closet cleaning the other day, found some gems.....

 My coffee/bagel dates:
 Ahhhhhhhh, my heart explodes:
 Reese went over to play with Timmy and Amelia and got a sweet escort home when they were all done..
 Killing time while waiting to pick up Ryan from school...
 We tested out my timer app on my phone at the park.....Reese was less than cooperative to say the least.
 When this lady wakes up from sleeping just happily playing away it makes my day.
 Nothing like a good stomach zerbert.....and as my sister so sweetly pointed out, yes that is Reese working on her underwear in the background.
 This basically sums up Reese...
 The other day Ryan came home from school asking if we could go to the bookstore to buy some books.  Never mind the thousands of books in their room.  I told her we could go to the library instead.  She said no, bookstore.  I asked her if she had any money.....that's when she suggested that I give her a chore list so she could earn money.  Ok.  We dusted off the ole chore chart and she got to work.
Imagine my surprise when the girl seriously went to town, I told her to start by cleaning her room and making their beds (which, PS, look who got bunked!)....
 Then, without telling her, I see her wiping down my stairs (hell, I rarely do that) - she's hired.
 Next up, she vacuumed...
 I got a pretty damn clean house for a whopping 4 quarters.  Score one for mom.
Dad surprised Ryan at school and joined her for lunch last week!   Good dad.  Happy Ryan.
 We had a little parade last weekend here in Kirkwood so we took the crew...
 The girls loved watching the cute high-school cheerleaders.  So did Grant.
That's it.  People are starting to stir and I need another cup of coffee..... I'm out.