Found: Pincer Grasp

Reid's been perfecting his puffs-eating abilities lately, and Hudson's been perfecting his puffs-catching abilities.

Boo!

This is not a very late Halloween post; but if you like watching two people do and say the same thing over and over again, then this video is for you. Apologies for the poor quality.

A Growing Love

You probably expect this to be a mushy write up about how much love and affection Jeff and I have for this little boy named Reid.  Although I could write a novel about that, lucky for you, I won't {at least not today}.

It's actually Reid who has a growing love...for tummy time!  All those months of forcing our sweet baby boy to do tummy time {thanks Aunt Jamye!} have definitely paid off. Unless he's hungry, dirty or sleepy, he's a tummy time warrior now.  He's gotten really good at scooting around, but there's still no sign of crawling yet.  I have a feeling we're on the verge though.  More on that later.
Dad's version of tummy time

Reid's 1st Sippy Cup

Sippy cup in action

Happy New Year!

Reid attended his first New Year's Day party at our friends' house, Andy & Jennifer.


Reid is ready and waiting to make his first 2012 appearance

 One guess what R's looking at

 First family picture of 2012

 A friendly couple was kind enough to make silly faces to get R's attention.  He thought they were very funny (and apparently so did mom)!

 Reid made a new friend in 2012 already.  Colin is five months old, and he and his parents are members at First Church.  Isn't he adorable!

Happy New Year!  May each of you have a joyous & prosperous 2012!

New Year's Eve

Justin and Jen were in town for the holidays, so they stopped by for one more visit before the end of 2011.  

Jen & Reid

 Justin & Reid

 Starting our new year's eve celebration one night early {notice anything peculiar in this picture?}

 The next day: Justin & Reid are poised and ready for all the action of the new year's eve bowl games.  And yes, as in the photo above, Justin is sporting one of his most special Christmas presents - the Forever Lazy. How cute are these two???

Carrots, Anyone?

It's official.  We found the first food that Reid dislikes.  Actually, you can decide for yourself after watching the video.  He doesn't really seem to dislike them as much as he seems to want to play with them.  Daddy thinks it may have something to do with the different texture.  Hence the brief coughing episode.

PS - In case you weren't aware, you can click on the four little arrows on the bottom, right hand corner of the screen shot below for a full screen version of the video.

The Celebration Continues

On the day after Christmas, we all met at Aunt Jenn's to visit with Big Bobby & Jo. They gave Gabriel a cool remote control car for Christmas, and we quickly found out that Reid loves watching fast cars cruise around the room.  He kicked and laughed the whole time the adults were learning to use the remote.

 We uncovered the secret to nap time success...especially at loud restaurants.  Jeff, my mom, Jenn, Andrew, Reid & I went to lunch at Water Street after our visit with Big Bobby & Jo.  We discovered that as long as Reid's eyes are covered {see below}, he will sleep like a baby.  Reid and Andrew both slept for two hours while the big people enjoyed a leisurely lunch together.  Afterward, mom took Grandpa Gary one of his favorite foods for lunch - shrimp po' boy.

The weekend we discovered that Reid had hand, foot and mouth disease, we had just given him his first taste of organic puffs from Central Market.  Needless to say our first thought {mom's fear} when we saw the rash was that he was allergic to one of the ingredients in the puffs.  Ugh!  Fortunately, less than 24 hours later the pediatrician confirmed that it was HFMD.  Thank goodness the boy's not allergic to puffs.  In just two weeks he has fine-tuned the art of picking them up and putting them in his mouth.   There's another "trick" he's learned recently.  Video TBP (to be posted) soon.