The Christmas Stocking

I have always wanted to make my kids Christmas stockings since I was a little girl.  My mom made ours and I always loved and cherished that she spent so much time to make them for all of us.  I am a novice when it comes to the sewing department so when we decided to start trying to have a baby I thought that I would get a jump on things and start the stocking before I got pregnant.  Well, I started on it but didn't get much done until after Reid was born.  I wanted him to have it for this Christmas so I jumped it into gear and got serious.  It took up my entire dining room table for a whole month.  I was afraid that if I put it away every time I was finished for the day that I wouldn't get it back out again so there it stayed. I worked on it during every nap time and when Reid would go down for the night.  All my hard work paid off because I actually finished it! I'm so happy with it and I hope that he likes it as he gets older.  It is definitely not perfect but it is made with love and he is pretty much the only person I would do this much work for!

The finished product

What it's suppose to look like...pretty close!

Reid Meets his Great Great Grandma

About a week ago Granny came down to visit for the weekend and since she had never met Reid we made it a point to go and see her while she was here.  Wes was off hunting so he missed her visit but Reid made up for it.  Granny is Reid's Great Great Grandma.  She is so amazing and I was so happy that we could see her.  She just loved Reid and he just sat on her lap and stared at her for a good while.  She should be coming down next month for Katie's wedding so we should be seeing her again soon!

Reid is 4 Months

Today my little boy is 4 months old! With every month that goes by I am amazed by how fast the time has gone by.  Reid is so amazing and such a great joy for us.  This month has been so fun.  We have seen him grow even more and he is not my lttle newborn anymore.  He is getting so big and is a little bit more than 14 1/2 pounds.  He is smiling so much and recognizes us as soon as we walk in the room.  My favorite time of the day is when I go and get him in the morning.  When he sees me he gets the biggest smile on his face and he just goes crazy.  He had his first laugh during this month and it just melted my heart.  He is continuing to roll over from tummy to back but hasn't quite mastered the back to tummy rolilng yet.  He is so aware of everything that is going on around him and wants to be apart of it. I can't talk anymore when I am nursing him because he just wants to play and be apart of what is going on.  Reid is starting to be able to grab things and put them in his mouth.  He wants to grab everything that he can get his hands on.  Sometimes he will grab my face and tries to bite me! I like to think of it like he is giving me kisses.  He is the best little boy and gets more and more fun everyday.

Such a smiley boy!

He's so big he can even hold his own bottle

He is getting so much better at tummy time

He has found his thumb! He loves his thumb and fingers and likes to suck on them to put himself to sleep

Wes turns 27

On September 22nd Wes turned 27. I decided to do something with just the two of us so we had my mom and dad watch Reid and we got out and had some fun.  His birthday fell on a Wednesday so it was perfect because he had the day off.  We decided to go see a movie and chose, The Town which turned out to be awesome.  Then we went out to dinner at Wes' favorite place, Red Robin.  We ate tons and then went and picked Reid up.  We came home and had some cake that I made for him.  It was a great birthday and it's always crazy to me how the years go by so fast.  The next day we celebrated with his family.  He got lots of soda and food to go camping.  That weekend he went camping with his friends and went off roading.  He is one lucky boy!

Wes and Reid have to dress the same. It's too cute!

He got lots of stuff for his camping trip

First Camping Trip to Carpinteria

As you probably already know we love Carpinteria State beach. We seem to go there every month because it's only an hour away and we love everything about it.  It has a great beach, great camping and a great town walking distance from the campsite.  It has everything that we need so we just load up the trailer whenever my mom can get a spot and head up there.  I decided that it was time to try spending the night since Reid has been sleeping through the night for about 2 months now.  It worked out great because the last night that my mom had the spot my sister and her adorable twins had to go home. We went up and spent the day with them but then they had to go home for school the next day so they couldn't spend the night.  I wanted to try and stay over without any kids there to see how Reid would do.  I was afraid that he would wake up in the middle of the night and wake the kids up if they were there.  Well, I don't think I need to worry about that. He did great! He slept so good and we had so much fun.  We are planning another trip up there in a couple weeks and we are going to try sleeping with everyone in the trailer. Hopefully it goes just as good!

All smiles after a great night

Worn out from so much fun!

So is this the cutest picture ever?! Bridget and Ethan had a friend come up and they were so happy. Bella came to play with them and they just loved her.  They were all holding hands and playing in the water.

Ethan is such a stud already!