Happy Father's Day!

9 months ago an amazing hunk of a stud was able to welcome in a spunky baby boy...

As he held his little boy for the first time, he realized his life would never be the same again

I'm the lucky gal who gets to call this incredible man mine. I can't believe how lucky Steven and I are to have such a man like Mike in our lives. Steven is the luckiest baby...he doesn't even know! I love to see them interact together and the friendship and bond that they already have. Its the cutest thing ever!

Right from the get go Mike has take to being a Daddy like a fish to water. I never was worried, but it still was such a fun experience to see my husband become a Daddy...and such a good one! Mike has loved Steven unconditionally and I still remember how when Steven and I were in the hospital, Mike couldn't sleep so he came back up, just to hold Steven and be by me. I woke up to him sitting in the chair holding our son. How glad and lucky am I that Mike loves being a Dad?

Its hard to remember Steven ever being really tiny, but he was! Even though it scared him at first...Mike loved holding Steven as a newborn and has commented on how he misses how he would just lay and snuggle there. Luckily Steven has started a snuggle phase again and Mike is eating it up again! And boy does he get the snuggles! You can tell Steven loves his Daddy :)

Our Family wouldn't be complete without you Mike!

I have loved seeing Mike be such a good daddy to our son. He has gotten to stay at home and spend a lot of one-on-one time with Steven, and I have often thought he does a better job than I ever could! He gets down and crawls with him and tickles him, and...shoot I'm crying! And I love how every night when I'm off from work Mike says, "Let's go look at our son while he's sleeping...he's just so cute!" But I really remember one night when he told me, "I go in and look at him every night before I go to sleep...I just love looking at him!" I can tell Mike loves our boy so much and he is SUCH a good Daddy!

So Mike remember...YOU are my Prince Charming...

And YOU are our Super Hero Dad

And YOU make our family complete.

Happy Father's Day Honey! 

Sure do love and appreciate all you do!

P.S. Steven told me this morning that you're his favorite Uncle, Aunt...YOU are his favorite everything but most of all his favorite friend and Daddy :) 

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO AMAZING BABE!

He's 9 months old...HOLY COW!!

Really? Was it only 9 months ago that we were welcoming our little bundle of joy into our lives? I still can't believe it...its gone by so fast and I just love this little munchkin SOOO much! We had his nine month appointment on Friday and he weighs 21 lbs (50-75%) and is 29 1/2 inches tall (75-90%). I haven't been putting his head, but that was 48 inches (95+%). Crazy big munchkin :) So Steven has always been a kinda snotty baby (literally, not in his attitude). When I asked the doc about it he said that Steven wasn't sick, he just was teething and has allergies. So we now have Steven on zyrtec, we'll see if that helps...fingers crossed! Steven has started doing lots of things...he can now clap his hands (and will do so whenever we say, "yay!") he laughs all the time, has two bottom teeth and get this....FOUR of his top teeth are coming in. One has actually broken and another is pretty close. The funny thing is I didn't even know it was four till I felt the one had broken through! This kid is way too happy and good for his own good :) He has started climbing up onto things (like the baker's rack and the fireplace self), will pull himself up and walk around or walk pushing things around. He's learned a lot from Capri who is only a month older so that's fun. He loves peek-a-boo and LOVES to eat! He's getting so big!

We've given him one hair cut so far, but his hair is getting long again. The above two pictures are when we'd been outside in the rain for a bit, so his hair was damp, and then while nursing I usually play with his hair...this was the end result. So you can kinda see how long it is and yep, it has some wave and curl to it! I'm kinda curious how it'll go if we let it grow a little bit longer. Haven't decided if we'll cut it or keep growing it out. Mike wants to grow it out and have him be Thor for Halloween...yeah we'll see.

I love this little series of pictures...it made me fee good :) So here Steven sees me...

Decides he wants me (at least that's what I tell myself, not that he wants the camera)

"I'm coming mommy!"

Almost there...

 Yay! I made it!!

Honestly, this kid is crawling faster all the time! I love to watch him explore

LOVE YOU STEVEN!! So glad we have this little bundle of joy in our lives...can't imagine life without him and can't believe how fast they grow! Enjoy the pics below of him crawling...sorry it took me so long to get some up.

Grandpa's Crib

 My Dad made all of my sisters cribs when they got pregnant with their first kids. Since he'd had his stroke before I was even married, I didn't think that was going to happen for me...but low and behold my sweet Mother found a way! She asked my Grandma if we could use the crib my Dad had made for her. So a little used, but still nice and something my Dad had made. My Dad loved wood work and every item I have that he made is very near and dear to me. Growing up I remember working with my Dad as he taught me how to make a wood vase and at work how the shop always smelled like wood chips. To this day when I smell wood, or even weeds burning, it brings back memories of times with my Pops. So...here's some pictures of Steven in the crib...I went a little camera happy if you can't tell. Thank you Mom and Dad for the good time, memories, and for not stopping after Marjorie but continuing on so I could be a part of this amazing family.

I love how he sleeps with his little bum in the air  :) So cute! :)

 He's pulling himself up now and this is often how I find him when I get him out of bed now :)

 Yummy! :)

Love my sweet boy...Love my family...Love the life that I have been given :) 

Steven's first 5k

 An elementary school was putting on a 5k and so the Reese clan signed up and ran it! Luckily we have a running stroller so Steven was able to come along with us :) He loves going outside and is so good when I taking him running with me.

Ryan and Marlie

JT and Stu (Justin had surgery on his knee so he's going around on crutches or the wheelchair for the next few weeks)

Dad and Mom Reese

 The back of our shirts. Steve had them made for all of us. Fun huh?

The Kevin Reese family also ran with their kids...Parker

And Angela pushed Ryan and Emily

 Kate stayed back with Marlie, Justin, and Tyler

Getting ready...

 The guys afterwards (Stu left before I was able to get the picture)-Kevin, Rob, Ryan, Steve, Mike

The girls who ran-Lola, Me, Angela, Tamar, and Tamar's Mom who was in town for the weekend...it was fun to have her run with us!

 Capri fell asleep sweet girl.

Rob, Lola and Ry all placed first in their age groups! Good job Reeses!!

Steven in Texas

 Steven has started crawling!! Its so cute and fun to see him explore the world now :) The first step he took in this process was moving backwards. I left the room for a minute and came back to find this. And yes, my child is playing with a diaper from the garbage. Gross!  :)

Steven LOVES his cousins! Ryan is only 5 months older than him and gets so excited when he sees Steven and likes to give him hugs, its kind of cute :) I think Steven caught on and does the same thing when he sees Tyler who is only two months old...he gets super excited and pats him on the head and tries to hug and kiss him. I think he likes seeing someone smaller than him. I don't have pictures of Steven and Tyler, but here are some of Ryan and Steven hugging.

 Too much love? :) Capri and Steven have loved learning new things together. Being only a month apart its kind of fun to see Capri do things and then watch as Steven learns after or from her. They both started crawling not too far apart and when we watched Capri, they were crawling all over each other :) I have a video that I need to put up...coming soon no worries!!

My little boy is growing up so much! He now loves his green beans! Not as much as fruit of course, but still well enough. He makes a huge mess when eating them though...this is his first time eating them on his own. Enjoy the pics!

Heidi, I think that this one looks a lot like Mikie, what do you think? :)

 Can you say messy?  :)

 Mike's little brother left this week on his mission, sniffle sniffle. It was fun being able to spend some time with him before he left. Mike and his brothers went golfing, and this is what Mike and Ryan wore...hahaha, such dorks :) Notice how the stripes line up exactly? Kinda funny. So anyways, there's a quick update...more to come!