"So long, farewell..."

Well, it's not technically "goodbye"... just "see you later" as I had to think to myself as we said bye to our wonderful Gram'a who was in town for several days, thanks to Erin & Jeremy for going to pick her up in Big Spring on Saturday.

Here is a fun picture from last night... our wonderful Gram'a (Reece & Livi's great-Gram'a) and the babies and the moms. It was quite a fun time having her in town.

Also, Livi is growing up fast so she's awake for longer periods of time now. Reece has lots of fun playing with her... well, looking at her and seeing if he can touch her!

Here he is practically grabbing Livi's arm! haha :)

Now you have to laugh, or at least smile at this one. It gets me every time... too cute. Reece is a great baby. He loves people. He really likes to laugh. He has fun wherever he is. Here he is on our bed, with his perfect-sized puppy that he takes with him everywhere. (Well, okay- it's obvious that I have to pack the puppy dog with us, but he sure enjoys having it there to hold or chew on!)

And I thought he looked like a little man... or as some would say, "a little Garrett!" Here he was sitting on the sofa, waiting on Gram'a, Aunt Erin, Uncle Jeremy, and cousin Livi to come over for dinner!

And just from this morning, Reece was sitting in his chair waiting on me while I brushed my teeth. He was content for a long time in his chair. He gave me some precious smiles and I had to catch one for the camera!

Farewell for now. I'm sure there will be more to post. There's lots I've been thinking about so I may post that later today or tomorrow.

Much love to all,

f & g & r

"All by myself"

Reece has been doing things totally on his own, recently! For instance, today at lunch- he was chewing on his pacifier and keeping it very close to his mouth (for a long time) all by himself! He has become very responsible of his hands and he enjoys using them to get things in and out of his mouth!

Here is a close-up of Liviya Leigh from Wednesday night. She was getting her diaper changed in the nursery at church. Look at that precious face! And I'm quite sure she was hungry at this point... notice those fists! Now here's the little poser. It almost looks like he took this picture himself! He was enjoying the bouncy chair in the nursery Wednesday night!
He was trying hard to reach the camera in this one:

And here are a few of his playmates... Alyssa and Ean Jernigan. They were having fun with him Wednesday night!
And look what else he can do all by himself... hold his bottle... well, almost! And I thought this was a priceless picture because he was looking directly at me while I took the picture.What a joy it is to train a son in the admonition of the Lord. What fun it is too! All of the stages just melt our hearts! We love being parents.