Look at that tiny baby!

I can't believe Reed was once this small. He was about 11 days old in this picture. Nothing fit him, preemie clothes were even big on him! Hats were ridiculous, we either used the sleeve of a sweater or a stretched out sock. This hat had a safety pin in it to make it smaller, not much help there. His features looked SO big because everything else was so small.

Phew, 4 1/2 months later we have a nice solid baby who needs his neck rolls cleaned out daily. ;)

This is his "wide awake" look!

Reed's first trip & more updates

Reed went on his very first trip last weekend. We went all the way to Alpine Lake, WV. Bryan's parents have a cute little log cabin in the Mountains where Deer run free and eat well. Our friends were attending our semi annual trip to Deep Creek Lake, which is 30 min before Alpine Lake so we decided to stop in on our way there and get a glimpse at what life was like before baby. Reed was very entertained by all the faces, noises, and fans at the Deep Creek house, he had a great time. While we were there we also got two really awesome announcements, Jamie & Joe Iskow are expecting their first baby in Nov and Pete & Chris got engaged in front of the lake while we were there! These announcements were SO awesome and I think I was in a state if shock for a bit! So happy for all of them! Wow. Can't wait for Reed to either have a BFF or girlfriend. ;)

We just couldn't resist taking a picture like this.

          Reed thought Stephanie was hilarious. :-) She'll have her very own Niece/Nephew soon enough!!

                   The "girls" enjoyed a super long walk up & down the Mountains. They're BFF's. :-) Or at least that's what Lena thinks. 

                                                                             Relaxing

      Bryan with his mountain man beard trying to get Reed down for a nap and Reed not wanting it at all. Eyes WIDE open!

                                                          Hanging out with Gpa & Gma.

It's also my favorite time of year again! The Organic CSA started in May! This will be out 3rd year participating. Yay for all sorts of delicious greens. We also get Strawberries, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Tomatoes, and much more-whatever's in season. It's a surprise each week. They also combined with a bakery this year too, so we get fresh bread and cookies each week too. 

Quality of pics should be better soon. We had a new camera, but Bryan didn't think it was good enough, here we go again...;) 

And this was a picture from Easter, I just couldn't resist it. Reed hanging out with his Great-Grandma Dorsey. :-)

Did I tell you we have a redhead?!?!

Tummy time

Working on our tummy time. :-) 

I have tons of other videos that I need to post, but some good ones, like the laughing one, is on my video camera. Hopefully I'll hook that up soon!

Tickle tickle makes Reed giggle giggle!

Happy Mother's Day!

Look what Reed made me at Daycare on Friday. Yes, I got teary eyed.... his little 4 month old hands! Sigh. Oh, I just LOVE this, it will be framed for sure. It apparently wasn't done without a fight, but they kept telling him "but Mommy's going to love it! and I did!

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom again-I love you!

12lbs of Belly Laughs

Reed had his 4 month appointment on Tuesday, he now weighs in at 12lbs and 3 ounces. We're finally bigger than Lena! He's in the 10-25th percentile for weight,  and the 50th for height. We're moving in the right direction. He was so happy at his appointment, laughing, smiling and just having a blast till the shots came....it broke my heart! My smiley guy turned into a red faced crying baby, I felt so bad for him.

So Reed is belly laughing now and if that doesn't make you laugh yourself, you need to get yourself checked out, it's hysterical.  Reed had his first giggle somewhere around 7 weeks and didn't really giggle again till a few weeks after that. He had his first belly laugh the Sat before Easter and boy was it adorable! If any of you watch "Parks & Rec", Aziz Ansari is hilarious! One recent episode he explained a few of his sayings for things like "tray-tray" for Entree, "go-go" for Car and most importantly "Chicky par-par" for Chicken Parmesan. I decided I would say this to Reed in a raspy voice and boy was that the ticket! He belly laughed for the next 10 min every time I said it! We even managed to capture it on video, which I hope to post soon! I managed to get more belly laughs out of him this weekend and this time it was the word "ten". You just never know what they'll find hilarious! These laughing fits shake all 12lbs of him. :-)

oh and p.s.-I'm trying to make that picture of Reed on my title smaller, enjoy the very large version for now!