Halloween!

We went to our ward Halloween party last night and it was so much fun! We had a chili cook off-I made white chili that didn't turn out as good as I remember it being but oh well. Mike had a great idea to have Steven be the red angry bird from the game Angry Birds, so we got one of the stuff animals and I made it into a hat for him. We matched him by being the green pigs that he blows up in the game. No one knew what we were unless we had Steven with us, and even then a lot of people didn't know but oh well! It was fun for me to make the costumes and I feel like they turned out great no matter what. Enjoy the pictures!

Mike and his little buddy Koen.

The Schenks went as Sheldon and Amy from the Big Bang Theory and Koen went as Link from the video game Zelda.

The Tophams went as Mr. and Mrs. Potato head and Chloe went as a chicken. She had a really cute hat that she wore as well, but she didn't have it on at this time.

The ultimate winner of the costume contest was Koen. Lindsay did an awesome job making his outfit and it was well earned...such a stud! Happy Halloween every one!

Steven's 6 Weeks!!

Steven is just over 6 weeks old!! I still can't believe how fast the time has gone by...my little man is growing so much! I took him in about a week ago to the doc to find out that has reflux, but we've started him on medicine that I think is helping thank goodness. Anyways...they weighed him and he was 13 lbs 13 oz...CRAZY!! However, Mike took him over to our neighbor's house last night and weighed him again and guess how much he weighs now? Almost 15 lbs! I can't believe it! He is pretty chunky, but I think he's way long also. He's already easily in 3-6 month clothing, barely fitting in some 0-3 month clothes and in some brands he's already wearing 6-9 month clothes! Stop growing!! He's very alert now, getting his hair back, has eyelashes and eyebrows finally, and still sleeping great at night and so has a very thankful mommy :) He's a pretty good mix of Mike and I, but I think he looks more like me. However, be the judge yourself. Below is a pic of Steven at 6 weeks followed by my 6 week photo. Just a hint...I'm the one in the dress :)

Steven Michael Reese :)

Me :)

And little Steven again. Hope you enjoyed!! :)

Visiting home and videos of Steven!

Man my little guy is growing so fast!! I need him to stop, but at the same time I'm loving it and all the changes. He's becoming more and more alert and is following us with his eyes. Just today I gave him to Mike to hold and then I started walking out of the room to get his burp cloth...Steven was hungry and he turned his eyes and whole body towards me and watched me walk away. So cute :) Anyways, here's some pictures and videos of him following us and smiling-another of my favorite things he's doing. There's also pictures of him meeting most of the rest of my family in Jerome. It was a really fun trip and I loved it!

Here's Steven in an outfit with a cute hat. Mike thinks the outfit makes him look like he just got out of jail but I think its adorable.

And Steven with Uncle Trent.

Cousin Clairee with Steven

Cousin Megan

Aunt Valerie

Aunt Jeanine

Cousin Sophie (I think its precious how she's being so gentle with him)

Aunt Heidi

Sophie again

Cousin Michael...Mikie was so excited to meet Steven, he came running out of the house and went straight to the back of the car to see him :)

Cousin Nicole

Cousin David

Cousin Rachel

Cousin Scottie

Cousin Ashley

When we got home we had an FHE with some friends and carved pumpkins so here's some pics with Steven helping his Daddy

The gang- on the left are the Tophams (Ashley and Dan), then the Schenks (Nick and Lindsay), wonderful Michael, then the Barnes (silly Jacob and Kendra holding Steven for us)

Starting the carving process

Us with the finished product. Steven was asleep with Kendra so unfortunately he's not in the picture. We were going to get another one later, but it didn't end up happening and now our pumpkin had reached the stroke of midnight and wilted.

Lite up!

Haha...okay so Steven has started balding on top and looks like an old man now. I was giving Mike a haircut and we decided to just cut the top at first and take a picture with their similar hair. Ha! I got a good laugh :)

We caught a smile on camera!! :)

Koen is 11 months old, Steven is 1 month old...Steven now weighs 12.8 pounds, Koen weighs 16 pounds. Just had to take a comparison picture :)

Love this boy so much!! Below are the videos I was talking about at the beginning of him smiling and then of him following Mike around...enjoy!

Meeting family, and Mike's Marathon!

This last weekend we had the opportunity to go down to St. George for Mike's marathon. Along the way we stopped by Tremonton so that Angela's kids and Moe could meet little Steven. Here are the pics of that :)

Moe with the little guy

And Naomi...

Micah with his new cousin

And Kenya with Steven. Steven did so good on the trip! He really didn't cry at all and only had to stop twice on our way down and then once on our way back. How did we get so lucky to have such an awesome kid?

We had some friends from Rexburg who graduated a year ago that live down in St. George. They were sweet enough to let us stay with them and feed us delicious food and of course gave us great company when we were at their house. We weren't able to spend a lot of time, but what we did was way too much fun. We miss these guys and it was fun to see them! Above is a picture of Mike with Jeff on his scooter, Sebastian. I thought we had gotten a picture of Karissa, but sadly we didn't :( She's so cute and pregnant right now-due in November. They were both really sweet with Steven and I know that they're going to be awesome parents.

This was Steven's first time meeting a lot of Mike's family. His two brothers, Kevin and Rob, and his sister Stephanie ran the marathon as well and his parents came up to watch everyone race. Above is his first time with Grandma.

And here is Uncle Kevin

And Uncle Rob. We got pictures of his first time with Aunt Stephanie and Papa as well, but it wasn't on our camera so I'll have to post those when we get them.

Saturday came and so did the marathon. It was extremely hot-record highs! Steven did so well! I couldn't believe it, especially since he was sweating and so hot! I kept him in the shade and would get the corner of his blanket wet and rub him down and then blow on him to try and keep him cool and comfortable. Above is a picture of him chilling while waiting for everyone to come in.

This wasn't the first time Papa held him, but at least one of the times...you can kind of see it in this picture, but I wanted to point out that Steven does indeed have a hint of red in his hair when he gets in the sun. Mike won't admit it, but its true. Not too much, but you can tell there's some red there.

Here is Mike running in! I am so proud of him! He twisted his ankle on mile 10, but was determined to finish and so he had to hobble run/walk the rest of the way. He was pretty disappointed that happened because he had been feeling really good and knew he could have done better, but he finished anyways! His ankle is pretty bruised and a little swollen, but thankfully I don't think too much damaged was done by his stubbornness to not give up. Above is a picture of a family friend, Elaine, his sister Stephanie, and his brother Rob running the last little bit with him in. Stephanie has a ace wrap on her leg because she split open her stitches while running and actually had to be told to stop when it was getting too swollen. I don't know what it is about these stubborn Reeses and their drive to finish despite everything, but I'm glad Stephanie and Mike are okay. It was a hard marathon for everyone with the heat and what not...I'm in awe of them all for being able to do it! I don't think I could ever do it myself.

Here he comes!! :)

Running into the finish

Right after finishing

Coming in to get a drink and some food.

Showing off his metal-It was a really cool sandstone for the metal.

Our family-So proud of you honey!

We stopped by Mike's Mom's parent's graves and took some pictures-Steven was with them not too long ago

This was my first time going here as well...it was a really special experience to be there and to hear Mike's memories after stopping by.

The boys by their grandparent's graves

We went to the Pizza Factory afterwards for lunch and Steven was able to chill in Grandma's arms and take a much needed nap.

A closer view of them

I just love this boy so much! :)

Talking with Papa

Meeting Uncle Ryan for the first time. We were really lucky to have the one time we needed to stop be in Murray and soon after the Priesthood Session. Mike's little brother, Ryan, had gone to the session and met us after to see Steven and have some ice cream. Over all it was a really fun trip and I'm so glad that we were able to go and cheer on Mike for his first marathon and have a lot of Mike's family meet Steven for the first time. Fun, fun, fun! :)