November 2008...yes, I know it's January

Reed had his first experience with MSU football. Well, he got close. We went to Starkville for the State vs. Arkansas game, but it turned out to be a crazy cold, windy day. Mark, Perry, and some others went to the game, but Reed and I didn't brave the weather. Here's little man hanging out with Uncle Perry.

Since we live so far from our families, we spent Thanksgiving day with our friends here. The Staffords and Hills were so sweet to let us be part of their families for the day. Here's Reed's first Thanksgiving picture.

Since Mark is "Dr. Chicken," he was in charge of carving the bird!

It's pretty overwhelming just how much we have to be thankful for right now.

Here's Reed doing his best to roll over. He had a few days where he would just get stuck halfway there. That bottom arm just kept getting in the way. It's so crazy that this is the same boy that was inside my belly a few short months ago, and now he's rolling over!

So cute of him...too bad my iron was in the background!

We're working on him being smart like his daddy.

Don't know what happened with this whomped up picture arrangement. My family visited us after Thanksgiving! We love having them here! Here's Reed with Grandma, Aunt Brea, and Uncle Tyler.

Stay tuned for more updates...

Where does the time go?

So, it's been awhile. There was once a time when life didn't change much in two months, but when you consider that 2 months is 1/3 of Reed's whole life...well, now you can get really behind in 2 months time.

The last photo post was courtesy of Mark. Those were some of his favorite pictures from Reed's 3 month photos. (I'll add some of my favorites from that session, too.) This catch up post (aren't mine all catch up posts??) will probably be mostly pictures...aren't they worth 1,000 words?

These are a few more of my favorites from Reed's 3 month photos, taken October 16. Traci Massey is the wonderful photographer we used for these. If you live in the Hattiesburg area, I highly recommend her. All these photos were taken at our house using natural light and a few simple props and plain fabric. Her website is www.tracimasseyphotography.com if you're interested.

Moving on...

Well, actually moving up. I think I'm going to "organize" (I use that word loosely!) my catch up posting marathon by month.

3 Month Photoshoot...Yep, 2 months after the fact.

20 days til Christmas

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Trick or Treat!

Reed's first Halloween has came and went, and I'm pretty sure we had more fun than he did! Wednesday night we did Trunk-or-Treat at church. Since Reed was a Tootsie Roll, I felt it absolutely necessary for all of us to have coordinating costumes. The Martha Stewart in me came out, and instead of the quick, "good enough" mom and dad costumes, I got a little carried away. I just pretended like I had absolutely nothing else that I needed to be doing and happily made our costumes. Friday we went to the neighborhood Halloween party for a little while and handed out candy that night.









Reed's seems to change everyday now. He's trying so hard to roll from his back to his stomach. His bottom arm just gets in his way! His feet are really entertaining to him. He grabs one in each hand and is content to stare and talk to them.







For those who care about his every move(my mom!), I've decided that he needs to start transitioning to a 3 1/2 hour schedule and soon to a 4 hour. I probably should have done this already since for the past couple weeks (since the college retreat weekend) he has been waking about an hour earlier than normal and having shorter naps than normal. It's also time for bedtime to move a little earlier which means I'm going to be stuck at home more at night! Oh, well...the things you do for good sleep!


Oh, yeah. We went to the college group retreat a couple weekends ago, and Reed did great! I really debated whether or not to go with him, but I'm so glad I did. I just stuck to his same schedule and did retreat stuff when it worked out. I've got to brag--Mark organized the retreat and did a great job!

Napping at the retreat...

Katelyn & Kelly...my favorite girls!