Not so Wordless Wednesday

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately, but we've been busy! We spent several days in Chattanooga last week while Lindsay and Whit were in town, and this week we've been getting our house ready to sell. Yep, that's right. We're moving. Michael is transferring with his company to Chattanooga by the middle of July. While we're sad we'll be leaving a lot of family, friends and our church, we're also very excited about the new opportunities to come! So we've been busy painting and cleaning and house hunting and packing, and well, the list goes on and on.

Oh, and for Mother's Day Reed got me a new camera! So get ready for a bunch of new photos, whenever I get time to learn to use it! Reed is changing so much lately! Just in the last week he has started sitting himself up on his own (he's been sitting up unsupported for a while, but now he can get there all by himself), and pulling up to standing. On everything. The crib. The furniture. Laundry baskets. In the pack and play. You name it, he pulls up on it. If I were to baby proof my house, I think the only way to do it would be to pull everything out of it completely. Ha! I guess for now I'll just settle on watching him closely.

Lindsay took some great photos while she was in, and you can check them all out here. Here's just a few ...


Reed's first driving lesson with Papa T.
After a few encounters, Reed and Harley decided that they like each other. While Harley licked Reed's toes, Reed giggled/screamed so loud he attracted a couple of curious neighbors!
Every time I see this picture, I want to sing, "Do the Co-oo-ool Whip, do the cool whip!"

Reed even let Auntie K and Auntie L play dress up with him.

Reed really enjoyed the boat, and Auntie L and Uncle Whit while they were here!

Reed's new friend

For the Moms ...

So this is just so awesome I have to share. Because I would love for one of my friends to win something! Over on my favorite blog, Design Mom, they are having a week of mother's day giveaways. With about four giveaways each day. And each thing is awesome. All you have to do is make a comment on the blog for each giveaway, and check back to see who won. You could win anything from this popcorn basket or two darling bags from Sea Cloth. Or a lot more, if you get over there and take a look!

Wordless Monday

(Okay - a few words. Since I can't remember on Wednesday, and I don't have much to say, Wordless Monday.)

Play Days

Sorry for the lack of blogging this week. We've been busy enjoying the wonderful weather! Rather than a lot of talk, I'll just post a lot of photos of our fun!

Reed and his cousin Lane swinging. Lane is such a doll, and is turning 3 soon! He had a lot of fun swinging and laughing with Reed.

Reed gets his stunning good looks from his 86-year-old great-grandfather, G-Daddy. He really enjoys bouncing with him!

Today we had a picnic at Corneice's work, and Reed enjoyed the inflatable bouncer! The photos don't really show it, but he really liked bouncing! Should of done a video =)

The cousins also enjoyed the inflatables. I rounded them up for a brief second to snap a photo. Behind those smiles are, "Now that we got our picture with Baby Reed, can we go play on the big slide?!!"

And lastly, now that Reed is very mobile, everything has become more challenging. Including bath time. He wants to crawl/swim in the tub. And he loves it.

six-month checkup

We had Reed's six-month checkup today. He was such a good boy the entire time! He wowed the nurse and doctor with all his new skills, and flashed his smile to everybody there. He did so much better with his shots than he did at his four-month checkup. He didn't even cry until the second shot, and even then it was only for about ten seconds. He was a little nervous about his shots (okay, I was) when we heard the boy in on the other side of the office (that sounded like next door) was screaming, and I mean SCREAMING at the nurse, "GET OFF ME, NOOOWWW! DON'T TOOUUCCCHHHH MEEEE! GEEEETTTT AWAAAY FROM MEEE!" I told Reed when he gets bigger he better not act like, and he told me he wouldn't =).

He is still growing like a weed, at 27 1/4 inches tall and 16 lbs. 14 ozs. The doctor said he was above average in all his developmental milestones and said that Reed would be walking by his nine-month appointment. And he told us to start giving Reed a sippy cup. I can't believe he is old enough for this! And graham crackers, too, to chew on. Our little boy is growing up so fast!


I don't think he gets the hang of it just yet. The doctor said, "Leave the spill valve out of it at first so he understands the concept of it." I guess he's not going to come over and clean my floor for me.

A marathon kind of day

Yesterday was a long day. We got up at 4:30 am to get to the race. Bill stayed with us and he still had to pick up his race packet. It rained the whole way there, and continued to rain as Bill, Michael and Chris jumped out. Corneice, Reed and I decided not brave the rain just yet, so after we parked near the finish line we headed to Shoney's for some breakfast as the race started and the rain subsided. I mean, we didn't need to get Reed out in the yucky weather! We made it to the finish line with plenty of time to catch all three of them finish the 1/2 marathon. Reed even took a nap amid all the cow bells and screaming. He didn't seem to mind.

We headed home in time to shower and then head out again to a wedding that was 100 miles away. Granna and Papa T gladly drove up to babysit Reed while we were gone. I'm pretty sure they had a great time! Reed showed off his crawling skills for them. We finished up the day with some pizza, HGTV, and skyping with Uncle Whit and Auntie L. We can't wait to see them in a week and a half!

Needless to say, we haven't done very much today!