Riley is 6 months!

Riley is 6 months old! I can hardly believe that 6 months has

gone by and our little guy is half way to 1 year.

The time has truly flown with him and he is such a happy baby now!

He is all smiles all the time and just so much fun to play with.

He has a contagious smile and a precious little laugh!

We love you sweet Riley!

Happy 6 months!

I had to work hard to keep him sitting upright!

This boy loves being on his tummy now!

You wouldn't have thought that a few weeks ago

when he cried everytime he turned over!

I was going to wait till I saw his pediatrician to start baby food,

but I thought, what the heck! I've done this before!

I can do it again... Oh, and I found my notes about

how to start baby foods. My mom brain is WAY worse than

I ever thought it would be!

First taste of carrots... not too impressed. :/

All gone! Guess they weren't that bad!

Old Macdonald had a Farm

The other day we were home hanging out and Reid decided to sing me his favorite song. I can never get him to sing when I want him to, but he heard me listening to another friend's little girl sing on the computer and decided he would give it a try. Here you go! My sweet Reid's rendition of Old Macdonald had a farm.....

Snow again??

We got a little bit of snow yesterday.

This is a record for the DFW area! Twice in 2 years!

It wasn't a ton of snow, but just enough that we were

able to make some snowballs and Rod & Reid

evening managed to make a tiny snowman!

We took Riley outside just long enough to get a cute pic

and then quickly got him back inside. It was FRIGID!

Making the mini snowman!

(Notice the rain boots... we borrowed them from a neighbor who

is about 7 years old. We don't have any snow boots! I wonder why??)

Reid was SO proud of this little guy!

He even got a hug before we came back inside. :)
What a sweet boy he is!

Riding the tractor with Grandpa

Reid got to have his real FIRST ride on the tractor with

his Grandpa the day after Christmas this year. His tractor has not been up & running for quite a while now and of course Reid is always wanting to take a ride on it.

Before the holidays, my sweet father-in-law got all the parts

he needed and repaired the tractor so that it would be up & running

just for Reid in time for Christmas! So precious. I love this man. He is such a good father and an amazing grandfather. Reid has an absolute obsession with tractors and everything to do with farms and the equipment, so this was a true joy

for him! I could have taken 50 pictures just of this moment!

Thank you Grandpa! Reid loved every minute!

Santa came to our house too!

When we got home from the farm, we realized

Santa came to visit our house too!

Reid had a train table and a workbench waiting upstairs for him!

Guess Santa couldn't carry that big stuff all the way up to

Ivanhoe in his sleigh. The reindeer probably couldn't make it.

I'm sure Rudolph would have been too pooped! :)

The new workbench complete with a drill, circular saw,

and vice. What a boy toy this is! He LOVES it!

The new train table. This face says it all!!

Merry Christmas Reid!! We love you!

Apparently you were a really good boy this year!

Christmas with Mimi & Papa

We had Christmas Eve & Day with Rod's parents,

so we had to wait till the Wednesday after Christmas

to do presents with my parents.

Reid opening his first grocery cart.

The new crane Mimi & Papa got him.
He loves this thing, but is not quite
interested in it at the time!


Papa's new Rangers hat.

The new shopping cart. We grocery shop quite frequently at

our house now. If only he would be this efficient when we are

really grocery shopping at Kroger!

Christmas 2010

I am finally getting around to blogging about Christmas this year.

Having 2 children is such a blessing, but it has definitely

thrown me for a loop trying to fit everything back into my life

in the neat little package it was all wrapped up in!

Here are some pics of Christmas...

A little out of order b/c we just got a new computer and I can't

figure out how to cut & paste the pics in the order I want them in.

Oh well. Here they are.... at least they're up!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Aunt Suzie, Riley, and Nana

Reid & Mary-McKinley.
They had an absolute BALL playing together this Christmas!
It was so fun to watch them together. M-M would happily
play with Reid & all his new trucks and followed him around all weekend long.
Or should I say, Reid followed her around ALL weekend long!


All the grandkids after opening presents.
Merry Christmas!




Madison, Riley, & Nana.

Reid anxiously waiting to open all of his presents!

His new lamborghini. The only one he will EVER

have in his lifetime unless he becomes a pro sports player

or something!




Opening the stockings. Riley's getting in on the action too!

Reading the Nativity story on Christmas Eve.