Reid's Classroom Birthday Party

Due to the fact that we weren't quite sure when the twin-littles would be gracing us with their presence in this world, I booked Reid's official 2nd birthday party for the weekend after his birthday weekend in order to buy myself a little extra time.  

In hindsight, I'm so glad I did this because as we know now, the babes waited longer than everyone expected.

Fortunately, on his actual birthday I was able to host a small "party" in his classroom at school.  The director and teachers there are so accommodating and easy-going.  They were happy to let me bring in a few goodies for snack time as well as some balloons to put the "party" in high gear.

And that it did!

The kids in his class are so sweet!  As soon as I came to the door with an arm full of colorful balloons, they all started screaming (for joy), chanting & pointing "Reid's mom, Reid's mom, Reid's mom!"  It's so sweet how they will run up to Reid to tell him that his mom is here.  :)

I brought mixed fruit, birthday cupcakes, Elmo juice boxes and of course balloons for everyone.

Reid's favorite was the Lightning McQueen balloon (special for the birthday boy) and the Elmo juice boxes.  Since he's only had juice on a couple of previous occasions, he was SO excited.  In fact, he had two juice boxes (birthday boy privileges).

Take note that in the next three photos, you'll be able to see that Reid ate all his fruit first & then with mommy's help took a couple of bites of his cupcake.  The rest ended up in the trash.  Is it bad that this made me proud?!?!

 LOVING his Elmo juice box!

 Balloon mania

 Cute Brady!

 Baxter is a sweetie!

 So excited about his McQueen balloon

 It was thanks to these lovely ladies (& their amazing mama) that I was able to spend an hour at Reid's school celebrating his birthday.  Thank you Brandy Lee, Ava & Liz!

Here's a little video to give you an idea of all the excitement in the room.  After you've watched the video once (to see sweet Reid's reactions, of course), you must watch it a second time.  

Take note of the two girls (the only two girls in his classroom right now).  Beatrice (red head) and Sawyer (blonde) are so cute!  They are the primary birthday song dancers and singers in this video, and they do a stellar job of serenading the birthday boy!

Two Week Well Visit

On the morning of Reid's birthday, Aunt Amy & I packed the twin-littles up early and headed out to the pediatrician's office for their 2 week well visit with Dr. S.

I'm happy to report that all is well with these cute little guys!

Amy's & Travis' Gender Reveal

Aunt Amy & Uncle Travis (soon to be "mom" and "dad"!) recently had their anatomy sonogram and found out the sex of their little bun in the oven.

The big moment...

My favorite color...it's a BOY!  We can't wait to meet you, William Barrett!

Reid showing his excitement after learning he'll have another BOY cousin soon!

This special day was also our little warrior's 2nd birthday, and Aunt Amy was sweet enough to share her cake with him for some candle blowing fun.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Reid-Reid!!!

iphone ipurge

Whatever did we do before camera phones?!?!  

I'm so grateful for many of the life moments I'm able to capture with my iPhone camera, but often they are a conglomeration of complete randomness {that don't warrant individual blog posts}.  

Thus emerged what will likely become a reoccurring blog post theme - iPhone iPurge.

My little cocoons

 Hunter

Hunter's smile

 Jack

 Jack's tootsies

 Chilling with Mimi

 He picked his shoes on this day.

"Thanks for the cool spiderman boots, Slade!"

Look what JoJo did!  A woman after my own heart!

 Poor, neglected Hudson

 Their big brother had to do tummy time, so they do too!  Although J & H don't seem to mind it as much as Reid did.

Crib yoga...if you've been following this blog since Day 1, you may recall that Reid's been doing yoga since he was in utero as seen on this very first blog post.

Family Photos with Aunt Lanie

You'll quickly notice from these photos that this was somewhat of an impromptu photo session {and not our most glam moment}.  

Aunt Lanie had her "studio" set up in our house for several days, but we just couldn't seem to find the perfect time to get all five of us together.  

We eventually (the day before she left Dallas!) had to go with an evening shoot once daddy was home from work (and certainly exhausted!).  Our little warrior was a bit tired himself.  

Nonetheless, Aunt Lanie was able to capture our family of five just as we were only a few days after the twin-littles were born.  

A beautifully special time in our lives that I never want to forget.

Jack

Hunter

 

Our photog's assistant...we couldn't have done it without her!  Thanks Mimi!

1st Few Days at Home

The twin-littles fierce bodyguard

 1st night at home

"What is this lady doing to me?!" 

 Hanging with grandpa

 Great grandparent introductions

 Naturals!

 Big brother

 

1st visit to see their pediatrician, Dr. S.  Only 3.5 days old, and they already found a pretty girl to be friends with!  We ran into this precious girls' mommy in the parking garage...she's a friend of mine, and we had our munchkins on the very same day!

Meeting Uncle Justin & Aunt Jen