Thing 2 turns 8

The week leading up to her birthday she got 2 birthday lunches, a birthday dinner, and a birthday shopping trip. Then the day before her birthday we had her Sports Themed party... yes my little princess wanted a sports party! Mike was super happy about it ;)

Our Family of 5 celebrated our favorite girls birthday this weekend!

Jenna and her best girlfriends 

Everyone signed Jenna's Football, 

so she could always remember who came. 

And Everyone got a sports shaped water bottle!

We had a yummy Cookie Cake!

She was spoiled rotten with presents! 

Then had presents for all of her friends :)

Daddy's little football buddy

We played basketball with Jenna's new arcade style hoops, pin the football in the goal, and had a baseball pinata!  

During the party there was baby hang out time 

in the living room :)

For lunch we did concession style food! 

After the party we had a FROZEN family movie night, 

and a sleepover with Jenna's BFF!

Then on her actual birthday she was spoiled some more! 

She started the morning with her a wish

 and her favorite breakfast 

 (ham and cheese omelet and PB pancakes)

After Jenna's Friends went home

 we had lunch at her favorite restaurant Big Als

with Grandma Sue and Auntie Mandi. 

Then we spent the rest of the afternoon

 at the park just letting the kids run free!

It was such a wonderful weekend for this mama to celebrate 

the little girl that changed my whole world for the best 8 years ago! 

Thing 3 loves his big brother and sister

All my things :)

James is seriously such a happy baby he is always smiling and talking! 

Jenna loves reading to her brother! It is now part of our nightly routine before bed!

 Jenna can't wait for James to be able to talk to her, so she spends lots of time just talking to him :)

I love how protective she already is of him... the second he cries she is by his side!

These pictures were taking at 4 1/2 weeks old, and my strong boy is already holding his head up! 

 I wasn't sure how Kade would be once the baby is born, but it has been wonderful!

He is so enamored with him, and when he is here staring at his brother is his favorite thing to do!

My adorable boys make me so happy! I can not wait to see how close they are as they grow!

Kade says his favorite thing to do his hold his brother, and that he is going to coach his football team someday!

4 Years before Thing 3

 Every little girl dreams of what she will be when she grows up.
 All I ever wanted to be was a wife, a mommy, and I wanted a big poofy white dress wedding!! 

On September 25th 2010 I got that dream come true! 

I was already a mommy and Michael's bride when we renewed our vows with all of our family and friends in my white dress with my beautiful wedding party...so all my dreams had come true!

Look how tiny Things 1 and 2 were back then!! 

From our 1st look early that morning to our reception that night it was everything I wanted!

 I am so thankful for everyone who was a part of this perfect day, and still a part of our lives today!

 Now 4 years later while I can hear the sweet breathing of our brand new baby this big day is just a happy memory of one of many dreams that my husband has gone out of his way to make my reality! 

Happy 4 Year Part 2 Anniversary Michael James Reece!

3 Things go to the Airshow

Things 1, 2, and 3 got to spend their Saturday at Daddy's work watching The Gunfighter Skies Airshow!

 Things 1 and 2 went exploring while mommy nursed Thing 3!

Watching the show with dad! 

 

Walking the Flightline with mom!

Thing 2 sitting with her daddy!

My Crazy kids cuddled up on this Queen sized blanket watching the show

Thing 3 hanging out in his stroller people watching when he and mommy left the flightline to go shopping with Grandma for the planes that were too loud for his baby ears!

Thing 3 is 1 month old!

I am continually in awe of how fast time passes. 

Tomorrow our little man will be 1 month old! 

Height/Weight: Our Happy baby Boy is growing to fast :( 

At his 1 month pediatric appointment this week he was weighing in at 9lbs 8 oz, and is 24 inches long. 

Routine: We started "baby steps" on making a schedule this week. Seeing I am home with James during the day, but still enjoy sleep we started with the evenings. Between 5-6pm I cuddle up and feed him, so he is awake and happy while we have dinner and go about our evening. Then when he starts nodding off (usually about 7-8pm) we give him a bath (we are still only sponge bathing), change him, and play with him. This gives us another 30 mins to an hour of awake time. Then I feed him again and put him to bed. 

The rest of the day I let him eat and sleep on demand which is working great :)

Sleeping: James loves his sleep! He sleeps from his last feeding for about 5-6 hours. Then again till I wake him up to feed him in the morning. During the day his favorite place to sleep is on mommy or daddy's chest which we are all to happy to allow most of the time. Otherwise he loves his Rock'n'play Sleepers that his uncle Bobby and Aunt Stevie gave him. To transition him from sleeping with me to the sleeper in our room I just started putting the shirt I wore each day next to him and he passes out! 

Eating/Feeding: Other than the long stretch at night he eats about every 2-3 hours for about 30 mins. He is so great about eating! He will nurse with or without a shield, with or without a cover, and will take a bottle no problem! I am still the only one who feeds him, and I don't see being willing to give that up for awhile. 

Sizes: Like I said he is growing! He is in 0-3 month clothes now, but still in NB diapers. 

Milestones: He is developing so many habits and cute little personality traits already! 

Like when he nurses... If he is wide awake he will stare at me and have his hand wide open on me, but when he is falling asleep / almost done he grabs his ear :)

He is learning to hold his head up and likes looking around, so unless he is nursing he doesn't like to be held like he would be eating. He likes to have his head up :)

He has also developed the best "grumpy face" for when he doesn't want to be awake, but is doing it for mommy anyways ;)

Better than his grumpy face is his "Tickle face"!

Here is a picture of all 3 of my beautiful babies

I am one blessed Mama!