Meeting Barney

Reid became fascinated with Barney a few months ago after seeing him on a commercial after Sesame Street one day. After that, it was off to find Barney videos for him to watch!

He is our new friend on tv and Reid LOVES watching him! I prefer watching Barney over Elmo any day, but that's just me! ;)

Barney was at Stonebriar Mall yesterday, so of course I
had to take him to meet the big purple dinasour!

Getting ready to meet Barney!
He was so excited!

His first encounter with the big purple dinasour!

One day he'll probably hate me for these
pictures, but for now, it's adorable!
I think I loved seeing him about as much
as Reid did! Oh the new joys that await
you when you become a parent!

Sharing

Reid decided the other day that it would be fun
to take some stickers he had in a coloring book
and share them with Riley.
What a sweet big bro.

I think he kinda liked it... Oh, and the hummer too!
I left the stickers on him for a while because it
was just too cute, but then Riley started getting
stickers stuck to his hands and I could
see that ending badly. ;)
Only a few more years till Reid can play with
his little brother! Until then, Riley gets to hold
toys he may not care to have!

Winter hats in August?

Reid went to his sweet friend Abby's house for a play date last week and as her mom & I were sitting there talking in the living room, out came Abby & Reid with these adorable winter hats on! We started laughing hysterically which made them get giddy and extremely silly! Thank goodness I just happened to have my camera with me that day!!

Brothers

Reid is becoming such a sweet big brother these days.

Reid started mother's day out last month and the first day the teacher read a book to him called the Dinasour Train. For some reason he is not a huge fan of this book. I have no idea why. I had the teacher show it to me and it's not in the least bit scary! As Reid was finishing his breakfast this morning, he informed me he needed to talk to Baby Riley. I didn't realize how precious this would be! He got down on his hands knees and leaned over Riley who was in his papasan and said in the sweetest little toddler voice, "Baby Riley, Dinasour Train is a good book. It's not scary. Don't worry." I just about melted and wished I had had time to get the video camera out and document it! Of course we were already running late to leave for his school as usual. Oh these days and stages are forever priceless!! I am so proud of Reid and the boy he is. I see Riley & Reid more as brothers these days and it just warms my heart as a mother! I can't wait to see them continue to grow and play together some day! For now, here are some pictures to document what they can do together at the moment.

Sleep

Little Riley slept through the night last Thursday night and I thought, "Wow! He's only 7 weeks old and he's already doing it! Reid didn't sleep through the night till 9 weeks and that was because we decided to let him 'cry it out.' Alas, the blissful sleep only lasted 1 night. However, last night he decided to do it again! Maybe it's a sign of things to come! We are loving this little guy and he just gets sweeter everyday. Thank you Lord for this precious baby!

My favorite jammies.
Unfortunately, he's outgrowing them. :(

First Day of school

First Day of MDO 2009

Almost 2 years old


First Day of MDO 2010
Almost 3 years old

Such a BIG boy this year!

Reid started his little pre-school (mother's day out)
on Tuesday of this week. Wow! What a difference
a year makes! He looks like such a little boy now compared
to how he looked last year. My how he's grown!
My little man! :)

He did GREAT going into his new classroom with
new friends and ALL new teachers!
He loved his teachers last year and I'm sure he will
love these new ladies. They seem great!
However, he was a little hesitant going into
school today and kept saying on the way there this morning,
"Mommy don't walk out the door at school. Mommy
stay and play with you today." My heart just broke
and I wanted so badly to take him home and let him
play with me! I know this is good for him & he needs to
have some independent time away from mommy, but
it is just as hard for me as it is for him.
I miss him, but I know he will be in the swing of things
before you know it! I have a new little man I'm at
home caring for now and it is fun to have snuggle time
with just Riley while Reid is at school learning
and playing!


Just for fun,
here are a few cute pics from our little Riley man
in the last few days!

Changes...

I can't believe 6 weeks has already gone by with our new little Riley man! He is growing & getting bigger everyday and we are just eating him up! He started smiling and already holds is head up so well for a little newborn guy! So amazing! The fussy baby has finally ended when mommy figured out that he wasn't getting the "hind" milk. Aha mommy moment!
Praise the Lord!

These next 3 pictures were taken at 1 month.

This picture looks just like me when I was a baby!

He's bigger than the teddy bear!

Sweet smiles from our little Riley!

This pic and the next one were taken just 6 days ago.
Amazing how much they change so quickly when
they are so little! Take a look at the next 2
and see the comparison!






These last 2 pictures were taken today.
Happy 6 weeks sweet Riley!
We love you!