Happy Friday!

There's been lots of rain down in Georgia, so this shot kept popping into my brain every afternoon. I feel like I've been so busy with work and family, my blogging mentality has suffered. I promise to post more soon. Reese's party, her playroom, my office...one day they'll all get edited. Reese had her weekly (lots of weeks it's twice weekly) Gigi sleepover party last night. They are too cute together! This morning they went to the jumping place (which has become their routine) and partied together! Here's some more pics of our busy girl...
I love this one...even with the messy hair...

This one too...

Her sweetness...

And this was how she walked with the umbrella the whole time...

Close up!

After a few minutes she stripped to her undies in the middle of the street (while a neighbor was over talking to us...) and then had a melt down over why the open umbrella can't enter the house. I had to explain (and Daddy backed me up on this) that we have had enough bad luck in this house...ha!

visits from grandparents

Dallas' parents stayed with us last week and we mostly just hung out, letting Reese control the days destination. We all went to the park where Reese showed them her mad playground skillz. Here's her grandparent pic:

And her favorite guy...

Nothing like him.

Date night tonight...whew hoo!!

imagination.

She brings toys into my bathroom so she can entertain herself while I shower. I love to watch her talk to Doo Doo (aka Dora) and Boots. I can't wait to watch her imagination continue to grow. (Hopefully it relocates from the floor of our bathroom.)

these two...

are inseparable. She was such a mama/gigi/papa/boo/d/donna girl for so long and I worried that she may never be his best friend since he is gone so much. Well, worry no longer. They are bff's. She loves her daddy time. He's watching Dora, boots, playing soccer, driving her car, you name it. It is the sweetest thing I've ever seen. She is really into shoes right now. She tells you "Mama, put on shoes, mama." Here is her Daddy being dressed by her (she picked out his entire outfit hence the red shoes)...

Putting them on...which he actually appreciates (if she was a tad faster) since he can't bend too much...

and the other (talking the entire time nonstop...)

And then....tickle time!!!

She has the best laugh...I can hear it in these pictures.

I sure love my two babies...

A birthday shout out...Happy Birthday Boo & Donna! Love you both!!

Hi...

Hmmm....where to begin with my blogging hiatus?

We celebrated Reese's 2nd birthday and her party was a BLAST!

She got way too many toys...

The inlaws came in town for a few days so we all hung out and played.

They gave Reese a Dora backpack and she was in heaven.

Reese talks like no other. We all laugh now and look at each other like...Does it end?

We take Reese to the park almost every night. Now we get in the car and all we hear is "PARK!!"

The girl can play soccer really good. We promise to film it. We fear that neither of us can teach her anything except kick and don't use your hands...

Reese went with Gigi this weekend to Boo & D's to play and be spoiled while I caught up on work.

Have you seen my business blog??? Lots of fun families....It's been crazy!

Reese and her Daddy are best buds.

Oh, Her Daddy turned 29 last week!! This is good for me, we are only 2 years apart now...TWO!

Reese did really good in church yesterday and her entire Baptist church fan club came to pick her up.

That sums it up. We have been so busy everyday. I'm still hoping to get around to the bday party pics...

See ya'll tomorrow...

ouch.

Hmmm...wonder why Dallas' back was in constant pain.

Could it be the 4 screws the size of Texas in his back???

It's making for a good conversation piece in the basement of our home...

yay...it's Uncle Bam.

The party went great. I'm too busy with work to edit them, so hopefully they're up before Christmas 2009.
These pics I love. Uncle Bam (Dallas' best friend from college) came to stay with us last week. We LOVE Uncle Bam. He makes us laugh every second of his stay. I didn't take a ton of pics but these I'm thankful for capturing. Bam is so good with kids and Reese adored him. They hung out in the playroom for quite some time together. Here they are doing some talking, laughing and etch-a-sketching...


Ans Bam coloring on his own (every adult ends up coloring more than the kids...)

Not sharing landed her in timeout and Uncle Bam had to bury his head in the carpet he was laughing so hard.

After they placed kitchen, Bam climbed into her house and put on a Pooh/Elmo puppet show that only Bam could pull off...

Reese tried to help Elmo and Pooh attacked her while doing so...

"Cheese, Uncle Bam & Friends!!" (this picture will be backed up to my hard drive for Bam's future wife...

He never can stay long enough! We love him! I post about him every once in a while. Yes, ladies, he is still single. He is currently residing in Charleston, SC where he is the baseball coach at College of Charleston. He enjoys music, working out and long walks on the beach. Please send all applications to reesiepieciepoo.

What does one say....

Oh, what to say. Ever have those moments in life where you wonder what is going on in someone else's brain? Or wanted to just bluntly ask..."What the crap happened?" I have these more than most people should, I hate to admit.

Yesterday, Dallas and I drove to the bakery to pick up Reese's birthday cake. This bakery is awesome. They are priced reasonably, the cakes taste unbelievable and (until yesterday) they wow you with their ability to make modern, creative children's cakes.

I asked for a Minnie Mouse cake. I wanted it simple, really. Plain mouse ears with a bow (NO FACE...I kept picturing a Wal-Mart drawing of a mouse with shaky fingers) and Happy Birthday Reese. She opened it up and showed us the cake. Hmmmm......Dallas and I paused. He walked off. I said..."Ok. Ok. (I repeat things when I get uncomfortable to say what I am really feeling). "Yes. Ok. And the other cake???"

The other cake was my own little cake of perfection in my mind.

Why did I not bring a picture?

Why did I dream of the cuteness of this cake for a week?

The anticipation.

Before you see it, you need to know, I wanted a little cake just for Reese that looked like a Reese's peanut butter cup. Get it? Reese's. I wanted it to be a cake on the inside but the outside to look just like a peanut butter cup with a big "2" on the outside.

They told me they could easily do that. I trusted them, they've made some unreal cakes, right?

Here is what lie before Dallas and I at the bakery.
Aerial view...(it actually had this without the writing on it at first.)

And the sides. Those look Just.Like.A.Reese's.Peanut.Butter.Cup, right?

"Hmmmm......Ok.,Ok.,Ok.,Ok." Dallas stares, tries to make eye contact with me, then just exits the store.

I am still saying OK.

Fear of getting really ***chy over a cake (I know, it's just a CAKE) I said, "This is supposed to be a Reese's peanut Butter Cup." The lady said, "It is. I think it looks like one, don't you?"

This is one of those moments in life where you want to present yourself as a Christian, you want to treat her like you would want your mom to be treated, I had to think about my clients, what if they hated my work??? but....she DID ask....

"Uhm, No. It doesn't." (with a smile) I almost added in a "Bless your Heart" after that but I thought it to be a tad rude.

We both sat in silence and stared at it as if it would change right before us into something we both agreed to like. Sadly, for me, it did not.

I said, "Where's the 2?" At this point it just had an upside down Reese's peanut cup in the middle. What was that? Dallas was VERY concerned as to why it was up-side-down. Was someone drinking at the bakery???

She replied, "Oops, I can add a two. Do you want me to?" Yes, please, a big two.

She came back with the word "2nd" in small letters written on it. Did you see it up there in the picture?

That was it for me.

I just ask if I could pay. I think she gave me a discount because the total was much cheaper that it was supposed to be.

I got in the car and showed Dallas. He said "Why does it say 2nd? Why did you do that?"

"I didn't!!"

My question is..."Who won 1st?!?!"

We had a good laugh. A really good laugh.

Needlessly to say our "3rd" won't come from them.

Here's to hoping it tastes better than it looks...

all the girls...& a Papa birthday

On Wednesday night we all celebrated July birthdays at California Dreaming (yum) and just had a fun girls night. Reese was a maniac entertaining the girls after dinner at 9p.m. (way past her bedtime) skipping in the parking lot. Here's all the chicks:

(Camera phone pics) Her and Papa rode the train, went to the Disney Store, had a blast. My Daddy is awesome with her. Then, he took her to his house for a few hours to play. We love you Daddy! You are the absolute best Daddy & Papa a girl could have! We are so blessed! Happy Birthday today!!Reese and I drove up to Daddy's so we could all go to the Mall of Georgia together, then Daddy could keep Reese while I was at dinner late. They are best buds. She loves her Papa! I walked out of Pottery Barn and this is what I saw...

happy birthday Papa!

reese, being...reese.

Random Reeseness makes me smile. These pics serve no purpose, really. She's sitting on our kitchen counter and in my office with a ridiculously slicked back pony tail rockin some hot pink lip smack....none the less, this little stinker makes my day...
I told her to look into my camera. She gets her sarcasm from me, I'm afraid...

Her stinker face is from Daddy...

Sweetness face...

This is her, "what mama, I looked at the camera, what else could you possible need?" face...

Oh, geez, what now people??? face...

And my absolute favorite, her chubby cheek, cracking up, smiley face...

And this shot is in honor of her latest saying. She left the kitchen the other day and waved (this tight little hand wave she does that in itself is side stitching) and said "peace out mama."
Is it bad that my child knows hip hop farewells? Eh, we live in Atlanta, I think we're in the clear.

Peace out, bloggers...

celebration saturday

Reese and I had a super fun Saturday. It started by heading up to Luxlee's first birthday party (which should have been a 1 and 15 minute drive) that between our Chick-fil-A stop, getting gas and me going up 85 North instead of 75 (it's habit) took us over 2 hours. We were not so fashionably late...the good news? Lux could have cared less. She was just glad to be in the pool and chillin with friends. This is so funny. While we were there, I recognized several girls /kids from their blogs. Then, each of them walked up with the famous blogging line..."I promise I am not a stalker but I feel like I know you!" HA! Is that not how we all feel? Do you walk up and mention their latest post? Do you hug them b/c your in their life everyday anyway? What is blogging etiquette? My answer? Sure you do! I think it's amazing. What a gift God has given us. An open book into the good, bad, cute, funny and everyday occurances of our lives. It gives us friends we may have never known. It was so great seeing everyone (in person) and hanging out. We had so much fun! Here's the birthday gal...

So cute!! She even lest Reese open some of her gifts (I'm sure this will not go over as well next year...)

more lux...

We had so much fun playing with everyone. It was awesome to see Amanda & Kylie too! She is so grown!! (Reese and her share the same chunky legs). Here's Reese and Lux cracking up on the swing together...

And Reese giving her a hug after Lux got upset (they took the doggy away and Lux loves her some dogs!)

Thanks girls for a fun Saturday in the Georgia heat!!We are blessed to have you in our lives!
When we got home we picked up Dallas and headed out to Mexican. While in the restaurant, Reese danced in the middle of the floor (while eating her quesadilla) to the karaoke music. Dallas had never had the pleasure of witnessing her solo routine. He about fell out of the booth...His words were..."that, she does NOT get from my side of the family..." (Thank goodness we squeezed some of my side in) Then, we headed to the park. Reese goes with her Gigi at least two nights a week, usually with her girlfriend and her granddaughter which is fun for all!! Dallas freaked at how high she goes by herself. Here's her going up...

Walking across...

And coming down the slide (it is really high). Daddy is not a big fan of her up that high by herself. Good luck telling Reese that...

Dallas and I were talking and watching her, when we look and she is hanging from this bar and swinging. We looked at each other like "Is that safe? Where did she learn that?" She yelled, "I hanging." We're still unsure where she learned this one...

Fun family weekend for sure! Hope yours was too!

aunt boo.

I'm not into bragging but Reese has the best Aunt ever! My sista rocks in the aunt department. She comes to visit all the time and when she's here she plays non stop with her favorite little one.
See how fun she is?

Not sure what Boo did that was so funny...

Just two girls, hanging out, talking boys, school, DORA, the usual stuff...

The Boo/Reesie stare down...No one laugh....

Not laughing doesn't last long around here...

My two favorite gals!!

Love you Boo!