Sitting Up

Reed has started sitting up on his own.  (Well when we place him sitting up)  It is his favorite position to be in now, besides standing.  (Standing just started on Monday)

Here are a few shots of Reed sitting up playing and Camryn playing as well!

Reed is FIVE months old!

Reed turned FIVE months old on January 19th!  As if Camryn turning two wasn't hard enough - now Reed is five months!  The time needs to slow down.  Reed is becoming so much fun!  He giggles and talks!  He is working on sitting up!  He has mastered rolling over from tummy to back, and today for the first time Reed rolled over twice from back to belly!  He dislikes being on his belly, so I don't think he will use that maneuver very often.  We are working on sitting up.  He loves chewing on toys, and lately he has really liked "buddy" the dinosaur that we took from TOTY's house!  He doesn't have any teeth yet, but you can see his two bottom teeth, so I suspect by 6 months they will be here!  

He is one chill man!

Just relaxing. . . 

Starting to LOVE his feet!

Camryn turns TWO!

I don't know where the time has gone, but I cannot believe my baby girls is TWO years old!  She is absolutely the sweetest, sassiest, and smartest two year old.  I am so thankful every day (even the bad days) that God has blessed me with her.  

Friday night- we went down to the Shepherd Center and celebrated Papa's & Camryn's Birthday with my Mom.  My dad (Papa) and Camryn share the same birthday!  We had pizza, cake, & presents!  It was amazing to be able to celebrate with my mom!  The Shepherd Center is amazing too & allowed us to use their conference room so we had our own private "party" room!

She is absolutely in love with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so that was the theme to her party this year.  Her party was a little thrown together, because I didn't have a lot of time to focus on it.  We are SO blessed by the people in my life that love my little girl and accept her for her strengths (literally) and her weaknesses.  She is an aggressive lover so sometimes she doesn't understand her own strength when she is trying to love on little ones.  

Ella and Zoey stopped by to visit us on their way to Florida!  We love these sweet girls!!

Trying to get a family photo. . . 

Semi smile from Camryn!

Camryn's new "happy" face!

Posing with Mickey!

Drink station

Food table

Food Table take 2

Favors!

Amazing cupcakes by my sweet friend, Cynthia!

Camryn's best buds!

Baby Grayson!

Camryn isn't a HUGE fan of being sung too!  In fact- she cries every time!

Avery helping blow out Camryn's candle because she was too upset!

Christmas

Christmas was a little different then what we had expected this year.  Christmas Eve - Jennifer and I pulled off Christmas Even dinner with help from my wonderful mother-in-law!  We attended Christmas Eve service at our awesome church,  Cedarcrest.  Jennifer and Avery spent the night with us on Christmas Eve, so that my dad could come over and watch all of the kids at once celebrate and open presents.  We missed our mom, but the BEST part of Christmas Day 2013 was getting to take the kids to visit my mom for the first time since her stroke.  

My sweet girl all ready for Christmas Eve  church!

One of my ALL time favorite pictures of the three of them!  Avery is BEAUTIFUL, Camryn is actually looking and smiling, and Reed is looking at Camryn like how can I get that apple?!

Christmas Eve

Nonni with Camryn & Reed

Camryn kissing Baby Grayon

Santa Came!

Camryn playing with her mickey figurines!  I was with my mom when she bought these.  I tried talking her out of it & she insisted!  Of course they were and still are Camryn's favorites!

Reed's first Christmas!

Papa & Mimi with Camryn & Reed!

Love my family!

Hello ladies!

Tummy time!

Handsome Man!

4 Months Old

Reed turned FOUR months old on December 19th!  He had his four month check up on December 29th!  Reed is my little BIG man!  He is an extremely happy baby, and so easy going.  Here are his stats:

Weight:  19.5lbs - 97%
Height:  27in - 97%
Head Cicumference 46cm

Talking away

Happy Man

Rice Cereal

 Reed had his first attempt at rice cereal back in December.  It didn't go over very well.  I quickly moved to oatmeal, and unfortunately he hates that too!!  So far his eating habits are completely different from Camryn's because that girl LOVED oatmeal!  

The end of 2013 & a new beginning in 2014

I am so sorry it has been so long since I have blogged about my babies!  So much has happened in the last six weeks - its hard to even know where to begin!

On Friday December 13th around 11:00am- I was in the Auxillary gym at North Paulding High School and I received a call from my Dad's Cell.  I answered immediately because Dad never calls me at work, and it was then that he told me my mom has suffered a stroke and I needed to come get the kids.  In sheer panic- I sprinted out of the gym to the main office and told them I needed to leave.  I rushed to my parents house so that my dad could get to my mom in the ER.  Its funny how quickly your whole life can be turned upside down.  My sister met me at my parents house, and we waited there until Adam arrived to take Camryn and Reed.  Jennifer and I arrived at Kennestone Hospital to see our mother.  She was unable to speak, paralyzed on the right side, and didn't really know what was going on.  She stayed at Kennestone Hospital until December 23rd when she was transferred to the Shepherd Spinal Center.  Her expectant discharge date from the Shepherd Center is February 5th.  She has made some significant improvements, but still is unable to walk or move her right arm.  Her speech has definitely made improvements, but she is still affected significantly by aphasia.  The stroke happened in her basal ganglia.  It was a brain bleed, not a clot so the damage is more severe.

My family is speechless over the outpouring amounts of love, care, prayers, and positive thoughts that people are sending to us and our mother.  Please continue to pray for her recovery.  We know through our Lord's healing hands that she is capable of so much more than the doctors expect!