Slow down little man!

Life suddenly got very busy this last week. Reed went from being fairly stationary to being extrememly mobile. He's been rolling for awhile now, but we could leave the room to throw something away and he'd be in pretty much the same spot when we came back. Now he's army crawling everywhere. Gone are the days we can have him on our bed with pillows around him or leave things on the floor where he can get to them - where are we supposed to put our shoes?!

Anyway, he's also done being swaddled. He rolls over and that's not safe. But now he also doesn't stay put and fall asleep when we put him down for the night. He flips right over and crawls to the egde closest to the door and cries and cries. Fun. So this week I've been babyproofing, taking the bassinet out of the portable crib, lowering his matress and getting very little sleep. We've also started feeding Reed in the highchair. So many changes I can't keep up! He's turned into a little man that plays with toys, crawls around and eats in a highchair practically overnight!

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Thanks for all you've done and continue to do!

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother". -Abraham Lincoln

A tooth!

A tooth broke through about 3 weeks ago, but there's always so much slobber in the way it's been hard to get a good picture of it. Plus, when ever you try to get a good look at it by pulling his lip away, his tongue goes crazy and forget it...

Happy Spring!

So, we've been taking advantage of the gorgeous spring weather and spending lots of time outside in our yard. Between the time Brent was hired at etrade and the time he actually started I put him to work planting a hedge along the back fence (to start hiding the apartment parking lot behind us as soon as possible!), getting our garden area ready for planting, landscaping our front flower beds, digging out new flower beds by the sidewalk and taking out a lamp post! He worked hard and we got so much done. We now have the foundation of our landscaping in place and can sit back and enjoy it for years. Here our some pics of our little man watching us work.




He rolled and scooted himself from the center of the entryway over to a corner and sat there watching me plant in the containers on the front porch. He can get himself in the crawling position, but has only figured out how to go backwards. In this case it got him a better view of what i was doing, but it's quite frustrating for him when he means to go for a toy and just gets farther and farther away from it. he's getting so big...

Norma Jean Larson

My Grandma Larson passed away Sunday, April 19th. I will miss her immensely and am so sad that my children will never get to know her. She gave our family lots to remember her by though. All over the house are little reminds of her and her incredible talents - quilts, tatting, crocheted things, paintings... She was an amazing seamstress/crafter and instilled in a me a love and appreciation for handmade things. She taught me practically everything I know about sewing. She was always patient and encouraging and could even teach things backwards to her left-handed granddaughter! She made sewing fun and was very giving of her time and talents.

Reed and I went to back home for the funeral. Last time we were in California Reed was sick with a cold and not a very fun baby. This time he was a big flirt and it was great to have a smiley , happy baby around. He got to meet EVERYONE in the family and it was therapeutic to have Reed there...
Reed and his great grandpa. Everytime grandpa got near him, Reed would grab for his fingers!
All smiles.
Literally, the center of attention!
My cousin Scott can do this crazy thing with his bottom lip. It fascinated Reed.
Opa blowing on Reed's neck.
Oma and Reed

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this past weekend with my family in Sparks, Nevada. Not only wa it was nice to spend time with family for the holiday, but as an added bonus we got to attend my cousins homecoming and my parents had a car load of things to pass on to us! So we made the drive across the Nevada desert - twice - and still managed to have a great weekend. I see my aunt and her family rarely and haven't gotten to know my six cousins very well. We really enjoyed spending time with them and seeing how much fun they have together. They are a sweet, happy family. It made me look forward to many sweet times I'll have with my own family in the years to come.

 

My Auny Amy and her family gave us this adorable Easter bucket full of goodies and a duckie for Reed. Plus, my parents brought a fun basket for us - so we were sufficiently sugared up for the car ride home!

Best Baby

 

Reed is such a good baby when it comes to having his nails cut. I had nail cutting anxieties when he was fisrt born - they are so TINY, but now he just sits there and watches me trim his nails. Very cute. His toenails are a different story, we have found a ticklish spot...