Halloween Fun!

A little taste of Halloween and what is to come. We went trick or treating downtown so I quickly snapped a few pictures!

4 Years Old

Here are a few picture of Reid at his friend party. We had a "water" themed party in our backyard. It was a huge hit!

Althea giving the birthday boy a little tickle!

This was Reid's actual birthday. We spent it in the UP at the Gwinn camp.

The Lake's gift to Reid!

This is where the love of.....Pokemon began, there might be a little love for his sister here too :)

Playing bean bags!

Gifts, gifts and more gifts, he sure is lucky!

His Star Wars Cake!

Sorting and listing and checking off, total Reid :)

Before I recap the summer I need to focus on one very very important thing that happened this summer. Reid turned 4! 4. Yes 4. Four years ago on July 12th we welcomed him into our quiet, close, tight, little world. He came in slowly but has never stopped since. I never knew that I could feel so much love for a little being, but felt it immediately.
Reid finished up preschool and is now on to 4K. He rides the bus every day, he seems to love it. He is a lover of learning. Facts are his thing. He loves books and I hope will forever love the art of language. He is starting to understand and do simple math. He LOVES Pokemon and spends a lot of his free time reading the cards and writing about them.  He loves lists, reading lists, making lists and catagorizing everything. He can count to 100, and now doesn't skip 13 and 14 :) We've recently discovered that he is starting to know how to spell. Yes it is pretty neat to see a little brain figure out things like that! He is in gymnastics right now and really likes it, and hockey will start at the end of October! Very exciting. His little sister can get the best of him, especially now that she wants all of his things and wants to be around him all the time! He loves to play with his friends and his cousins. The love and admiration for his cousins runs pretty deep. He likes to tell stories about all the fun times they have together!
We love you Reid Thomas. The last 4 years have been a wonderful adventure full of wild rides!

11 months

Althea is 11 months old! Why oh why did the time fly? This is so her right now. She tucks her bottom lip and says, "Hohoho." We also think she is saying, "Ball." She walks in her walker outside and can now walk behind her little cart.

So happy she might just jump!

Wide grins!

Brother helping by getting some giggles.

She loves to clap!

Little cutie pie. I know the flower on her head may be over kill :)

Tucked lip again, she always does this when she laughs.

Check out those beautiful dark eyes.

Belly laughs!

The photo shoot quickly turned into Darth Vader's day in the spotlight.

With a snap to the face and Darth's portrait we all called it a wrap.

All except for Darth.

10 months

...3 weeks late. Here we go! This little girl is SO amazing! See you in a week for the 11 month photos! Plus maybe just maybe someday I will do a summer recap since I've been absent on the blog for so long! Maybe, just maybe. Or maybe someone could do it for me? That would be AWESOME.

Ha ha, I'm hilar. Yes Hilar.

Where is your tongue? Where are you toes? Where is your belly button? All of these things she knows...so smart!

And it begins!...I want that camera!

Seriously, she loves food. She can out eat Reid in a heartbeat. Her feet look huge in this picture, but they aren't she still wears her 3 month Robeez and they have room in them. We shall call her Little Foot.

Loves to climb steps, it is her Everest. When she gets to the top she is so proud of herself.

So confident :)

 

 

9 months

Our little peanut is 9 months old! Even though this is late, she is still only 9 months old :)

She has two teeth and really can move and groove. She loves to stand and pulls herself up everywhere.

She really like to eat. She eats anything, even rocks and dirt. We are constantly taking things out of her mouth or asking her what she has in her mouth. ....ugh.

She is a sweetheart. I could just squeeze her constantly.

And guess what? She wants the camera...and it begins. I LOVE you Thea Bea. And yes, Reid turned 4 before she turned 9 months....I will get through the pictures I will I will I will. I love you Reid, my big 4 year old and I'll never forget your special day.

Althea Catch Up

So I just wanted to hop on here and post a few things that I wanted to keep track of!
Althea cut her first tooth around July 9th, she crawls around like crazy, she sat up by herself from the crawling position this past weekend while we were in the UP to celebrate Grandma Neuman's 90th birthday! How did she grow up so fast. Time is sure slipping by quickly. I will post more so I can remember more and so I can pass all this information on to Reid and Thea. I will I will I will!
Soon, a little post about a certain big 4 year old!!!

8 months old!

My little girl is 8 months old! This has been a great summer, super busy but full of fun!

Althea waves "hi," she is moving and grooving like crazy. She grazes on whatever she finds on her travels, be it fuzz, or dirt or her favorite...shoes.

Sometimes I think she purposely goes for Reid's things that she knows he doesn't want her to have/eat.

Today we moved her crib mattress down because she was pulling herself up on the crib rail. We are in trouble!

She is a sweetheart, who has a really big spot in her heart for her brother. No one can make her laugh like Reid can.  Although right now he is more concerned with protecting all of his stuff :)

This tiny little being has an enormous personality.

This is her funny face she makes. She tucks her bottom lip up over her top one and sucks in her cheeks. It's super funny.   She is beautiful, she is fun, she is smart, and I just love her to pieces. Sometimes (actually all the time) I have to bite my bottom lip to prevent myself from squeezing her too hard, because she is just so cute. Is that weird?

Oh and by the way, these are the knees of a summer crawler!