being ourselves.

things we like to do:

1. be silly.
2. be cuddly.
3. do things as a family.

so thats what this post is about haha

i caught the girls being lovey the other day and then i tossed miller in there. reese scooted over and then my life was pretty much made. sigh.



then i caught reese being a nut (lol look at miller's face!)


on friday night, we went to the balloon festival in plano. we have been a few times and i swear the kids didnt stop talking about last year's until we went to THIS year's. it was so much fun.

fwiw, a lot of these in the storyboards are SOOC.

on our way!! (no, aidan does not sit there ;) we stopped at the store for snacks and she hopped in the back)


yahoo!!!

highlights of the night ---

1. aidan dancing like a kook.
2. reese OD'ing on muffins.
3. sawyer's amazement of the balloons.
4. being asked if A and S were twins a few times.
5. miller's sweet face.

reese's 2 year old pics. sort of.

oh reesey. i had big plans. BIG PLANS for her.

i bought this dress (sleeping willow) and also the apron and a bonnet. which is not pictured bc reese apparently hated me this day. then i was going to do a cooking themed shoot. nice light, evening, etc.

here are a few problems.  she goes to bed at like 630/7pm so "staying up late" to do the shoot in yummy light was nearly impossible. but i went as late as i could. and i brought sawyer. reese was already a pain so i decided to just get a cupcake and balloons and go for it.

i have a few more sitting in lightroom, but these are my faves for now :)

first off. let me tell you a bit about reese.

height: 34" (57%)
weight: 25.6lbs (33%)
head: 18.5 (37%) <--- which i think is wrong as her head seems so much bigger lol

she talks a lot. lots of babble, like aidan did, but many clear sentences. she seemed to learn the key phrases that she needs in life.

"i want down"
"i sit there"
"where my baba"
"where my 'layly" <---- or 'lankie. which is her blankie.
"i want chi'chin" <---- chicken
"no."

lol and countless other words.

 

she is my stellar sleeper. she sleeps from, oh, 630/7pm til at least 8am. she will randomly wake up in the middle of the night to talk for a few mins, but thats it.

she wants to take a nap usually by 11am. but i can make her last til noon ish. she'll fall asleep in the car or wherever, otherwise. she naps for about 3-4 hours.

when she is tired. she stands at the gate with her blankie and says "nigh nigh!"

she loves to take showers over baths. she loves to play in the cozy coupe in the house and wave bye and run around. she loves to cuddle, but not too long ;) ill take what i can get. she is sassy and funny and has no time for other people's shenanigans. i am pretty sure she thinks she's an only child sometimes. but she does love her sisters. and comes up and gives miller kisses on the face. she also will run and get diapers and wipes whenever i have miller in any sort of  "changing" position. reese makes funny faces pretty much all the time and knows when we think she's being hilarious. she's a jokester. and a trickster. and has no fear. EJ is her best friend - then me. but she is such a daddy's girl.

she is a pain in the butt at dinner, but eats really well the rest of the day. recently we figured out she has a bad milk intolerance so she drinks almond milk now - and sadly, doesnt get her fave dairy snacks like she used to. she still has a bottle for bed. and i bring one with us if we're going to be out at bedtime so she can curl up and relax. she can obvs drink out of sippies and cups, but its comfort for her. and i dont care as long as its water at night.

or lemonade at dinner lol

happy 2nd birthday reese madeline. we love you so much. you add such a light to my life that is different than any other. i cant wait to see what this next year will bring you as you start school, potty train, learn to talk even more than you do.... but dont grow up too fast. i love you at this age so much.

im so blessed to have kids that each add something so amazing to each other and this family.

 

oh and after reese went back to the car to sleep (lol. lazy.) sawyer wanted to play with the balloons. (same time of day. different settings)

erm my bad.

i need to catch up. a lot. i hate when i do this. someone harass me when i go longer than 3 days without an update.

saturday - we put new pics in these frames (4 other of these frames are in other places) and hung them up (cell)


sunday - i had a shoot with an adooorable 1 year old. up on GP soon.

monday - ive been trying to clear my mac off. so these are my DVDs filled with xsi photos from 2010. of just the girls. ::paranoia:: (cell)


tuesday - i went out with my niece and took pics of her and reesey :)




wednesday - aidan and i made cinnamon toast crunch krispies lol


thursday - i turned 19 weeks :)


and i made this delicious thing for dinner. drool. (cell)


friday - i straightened aidan's hair lol (cell)


and reese's face in this made me el oh el. for real (cell)


saturday - we had a great day. in the morning, we took the girls to allen to twisted root




then to the fake little beach. came home for naps.

THEN we did a quick craft where we made treasure boxes :) from shoe boxes. i let them paint and all that shiz.




and then went to the plano balloon festival!! man did they have fun. sawyer was a little scared of the balloon glow, but they all LOVED the fireworks (which is funny aidan, especially, has hated even sparklers before this). sawyer kept saying "i am so happy...." :) swoon.




sunday - pizza picnic on a blanket outside. well sure we could have used the table right there.... ;) (cell)


monday - sawyer tried to fit into this dress. she wore it when she was 10months old at my brother's wedding LOL it wasnt as short then ;) (cell)


tuesday - A and S today :)