Steven Visits Disney World!

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Disney world with Mike's family. It was pretty fun with Steven being there this time. Here's the story of how his trip went...

He gained his first visit pin and spent his time...

Eating here

And here

Sleeping here

And here...

And even here! Both Capri and Steven did so well sleeping in their car seats and strollers...what troopers!

It seemed that everyone feel asleep in random places :)

He went on his first rides such as Haunted Mansion...

Its a pirate's life for me matey!

The Carousel

Another shoot on the Carousel

and the Snow White ride in Fantasy Land

Steven also met some characters like Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Mater and Lightning McQueen

Mike Wazowski and Sully

Buzz and Woody

Buzz again

Cinderella

Prince Charming

Steven meeting Minnie...

Mickey Mouse...

Pluto...

Goofy...

Donald Duck...

And Pluto again!

Let's just say Pluto LOVED Steven! He/She kept coming back to our table and leaning over Steven to look at him and kept blowing him kisses :) It was cute :)

The Green Soldier

Pooh Bear

Eeyore

Piglet

And of course Tigger

Wow that was A LOT of characters!! Then it was Steven's turn to impersonated characters such as Buzz...

Buzz again

Zurg

The Prospector

And Tigger

Steven also experienced a lot of firsts this trip such as...first time swimming (he loved it!)

First fireworks...he was fascinated with them when he was awake...and they didn't wake him at all when he was asleep!

Meeting his Reese cousins for the first time

The picture explains its self

And his first Christmas lights!

But mostly he was still his happy amazing self...don't know how we got so lucky!

Still happy even though this is where he and Capri mainly spent their time...the rest of the pictures are random and just fun ones I wanted to share, hope you enjoy!

We had a little too much fun with the Epcot ball if you can't tell.

And again...

Once more...

It was just too much fun for all!

Quick family shot with the Epcot ball

More fun as a family in front of the Epcot Ball

Ryan is such a happy boy! You just had to look at him and he'd smile! Loved it so much :)

Dinner with the Kevin Reese Family

Eating dinner with Parker

A family shot in front of a Christmas tree.

Steven and Capri...they're only seven weeks apart but Capri is so much lighter! It was amazing picking her up after holding Steven...my arms didn't hurt! :) She's such a cutie and was good to let us do a photo shoot of her and Steven. I hope that they're as good of friends as my oldest niece and nephew are.

Steven unwrapping his presents from Aunt Stephanie

He got a Buzz Lightyear outfit...

And a Tigger outfit!

Thanks again Aunt Stephanie!

Mike's brother Ryan had him for Christmas and gave him some running accessories and a cool super hero cake pan set that we're planning on putting to good use :) Sadly we didn't get any pictures of Kate's gift to me which was a sewing project kit that I'm very excited to use!

Steven just chilling...love my little hunk

This is the gift that I gave Parker. This kid is obsessed with basketballs and so I gave him a bath set with a hoop that suctions to the tub and some basketballs. Parker didn't wait to break it in at bath time...he took it with him and would get it out, set it up, and shoot hoops while us grownups went on rides :) Such a cutie

The street of lights sported by Angela and Ryan

They had people drawing these all over...its just plain water, but I think its so cool!

First little Capri decided she wanted to topple...

Then Steven

Finally one were they're all upright (notice how Steven is the chubbiest?...big boy)

And then Steven wanted to share a secret with Ryan!

Yay! My birthday cupcake :)

The fam waiting to see the Lights, Motor, Action car show which was AMAZING!

Angela and me trying out our Indiana Jones skills :)

Now its Mike's and Steven's turn in the Indy hats

This gingerbread house was made from real ginger bread! It smelt really good

Aah...how sweet :) Still deeply in love with this guy :)

Yep, its official...we're goofy!

Put 'em up!

Kevin, Mike, and Ryan at Downtown Disney where they had these amazing things made out of legos (there's one behind them)

Steven and the castle...love his smile :)

The boys just chillin'...Steven's first time meeting his cousins Parker and Ryan

Haha, this was before our trip but I love it and just threw it on the post randomly...hope you enjoyed all the pictures! We sure had fun and loved being with family! Thanks everyone for making it another memorable experience!

Steven's Blessing...and he's two months!!

Steven is officially two months old as of the 9th! My little boy is getting so big and old! We had his doctor appointment and he is now 15.5 lbs which is in the 99% and he is 25 inches long which is in the 98%...at least he's proportional right? :) The doctor says I'm not feeding him too much and that he is a healthy little big guy which I'm very happy for. The only down side to the appointment were the shots :( He cried so hard which is pretty uncommon for him...it broke my heart! After that every time I changed his diaper and pulled his pants back up he'd cry :( They totally wiped him out and he slept so much and then cried a lot when he was awake, and the night was pretty rough as well. But he is doing A LOT better today thank goodness. He gave me a pretty good cooing and smiling session this morning and then again with Mike this afternoon so I think he's forgiven us :) Just for records I'm going to record his stats from the previous appts because I haven't recorded them yet.

6 days old: Weight-9.4 lbs (85%), height- 22.5 in. (99%)
12 days old: Weight-9.6 lbs (80%), height-23 in. (99%)
6 weeks old: weight- 13.8 lbs (99%)
8 weeks old(AKA 2 months): Weight- 15.3 lbs (99%), height-25 in. (98%)

This past weekend we were able to bless Steven and get him on the church record. It was an amazing experience and one that I enjoyed very much for many reasons. I mean family, babies, the spirit, what more can you ask for? Steven was such a trooper through the whole weekend as he had many people love him. He preformed so well too and showed off his new skills of smiling and talking. Everyone loved it and just ate it up of course :) Enjoy the pictures from the weekend!

Don't you just love those cheeks? :) He's so chubby and I love it!

So precious don't ya think? :) I absolutely love his smiles...they melt my heart completely!

I have to thank my parents for Steven's blessing blanket...it came special from Israel which my parents just got back from the Thursday before his blessing. It was such a neat experience for them and I loved hearing their stories...Mike and I decided we need to go sometime :)

I love that he's talking more too now! Love it so much!

Our lives will never be the same again but we couldn't be happier!

Daddy and Son :)

Love him so much!

Love, love, love him!

Sweet boy :)

Steven's namesake- Papa Steve :)

My parents-They were sweet enough to let us stay with them and of course they loved on Steven and spoiled him completely :) Thank you so much Mom and Dad for everything!

The grandparents :)

I loved this picture :)

Mike's parents flew in and then drove up with Mike's brother Ryan, we're so glad they were able to make it!

Ryan was able to come up from Provo...its always fun to have him around, thanks for coming Ryan!

They guys in the circle...back row (Nick, Dan, Dad Robert, Steven and Mike, Dad Steve, Ryan, Tyson) And in the front row (Trent, Paul, Moe)

We were lucky enough to have our good friends come down for the blessing! Its been so fun being near these guys and it made the day that much more special to have them there. (from left to right is Lindsay, Koen, Nick, Steven and Mike, Me, Ashely, Chloe, Dan). We loved seeing family and having time for them to get to be around Steven more...it was so fun to see them interact with Steven! I loved seeing them love him :) I never get tired of hearing other people tell me how good and sweet and cute and perfect Steven is, because I totally agree! :) Not a proud Mamma at all here...hope you enjoyed the pics!

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!! :)