Happy 6 month birthday to Reese!

We couldn't love this bundle of joy any more than we do already...she's just AWESOME.

Girls Night Out

Saturday night Gretchen and Kori came back to visit from Arkansas and I had a fun girls night out with Callie, Nicole, Haylee, Nathalie and our Bentonville friends. We had dinner at Artins Grill and then saw "The Vow". Despite terrible reviews, I thought it was pretty good for a cheesy romantic movie. Like every movie (including Disney), it made me cry. So I guess I got my money's worth! : ) Love these girls...

In separate news, we leave for Spring Break in less than 2 weeks. Can't wait for 7 days in Ft. Lauderdale! We're so excited to introduce Reese to the pool, the sand, the ocean, etc. Fun times ahead...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Will you be my Valentine? : )

Our budding artist

Reese has just recently started creating art. We get so excited when they send home her "masterpieces" from school. It's just hard to imagine how a baby who doesn't even roll over can somehow finger paint! She also likes coloring on daddy's ipad.

Oh Peanut, how I love you so...

Reese used to be faithful to Sophie, her plastic giraffe. But now her new love seems to be Peanut, a stuffed doll that was a sweet gift from Peaches. Her face lights up with joy whenever Peanut makes an appearance.

Our little fashionista

Reese has so many sweet Spring clothes that she won't get to wear out of the house because the seasons are off, but a few are so adorable that I couldn't not see her wear them. So this weekend we did a Spring clothes fashion show and changed her about 5 times a day. I think dressing Reese up has become my new hobby. The best part is that I'm really not spending any money on it since we've been blessed with wonderful hand-me-downs!

What's been going on lately....

Hillary and Jenny came down from Chicago to meet Reese this past weekend. It was so wonderful having them around.


We had brunch with some current co-workers and Frito alums, and then Sara and James also drove up from Austin and brought their 5 week old girl (Emmeline) to meet everyone. Emmeline or "Emme" (pronounced Emmy) is the cutest thing! I just love little babies so much now. I wanted to keep her here with us!

Angie (another Wash U Kappa) and Kevin now live just one street over from us, so we had a progressive dinner (first starting at their house for appetizers and grilling out, followed by a walk to our house for chocolate molten cake and game night). It was quite a fun crowd.

Last week Dana and I went up to Michigan for recruiting at Ann Arbor. While we were interviewing candidates, we were able to leave Reese with Christine's sister's family. Our nieces, Skylar and Larkin, just love having a baby around.


Larkin took her to show-and-tell at school, and they both took turns dressing and feeding her. Reese loved all of the attention!
This week we're working on weaning her off her pacifier. It's not fun... lots of tears. But I'm already appreciating better sleep (she was previously waking up every hour to find her paci) and I know we'll all be happier once we get through a rough week or so.

Dana's parents left a couple weeks ago, so we're now officially on our own. It was so fantastic having them here, but thankfully daycare is going pretty smoothly so far. Her teachers at Carpe Diem seem fantastic, loving and knowledgeable.

Reese turns 5 months old

Reese turned 5 months old. It seems like she's growing up so fast!

She's still not rolling over often, but she can sit up pretty well by herself. She is such a sweet baby!

We feel so blessed to have her as our daughter. Her smiles and giggles are two of my favorite things in the world.

Simply Irresistable

Too cute for words...

Time to go to School

Grandpa Ron & Grandma Judy have sadly headed back home to California after 7 weeks or so of taking care of Reese. So Reese heads off to her first day of daycare tomorrow. Wish her luck!