Mistakes in Blogging

Hi everyone,

It appears that I did some errors while saving drafts a while ago and the new posts that I made are actually below a previous post. Apparently if you save the posting has the saved date....so that being said Reese's birthday party posts are actually below the I've been Tagged post.

I am currently getting updated on my posts and will be current very soon! We have had computer problems and so all my pictures had to be put on the external hard drive and then it is too complicated for me to get there to retrieve them and post! Not too computer savvy....actually if anyone has recommendations on how to make my blog have a new background (without picking one of the 6 blogger templates), please, please give me some instructions! Also Kristi, how did you get your feedjit to appear later on your blog...I only seem to have one box that allows HTML codes????

Scarecrows in the Garden

On October 22 we went to visit the Scarecrows in the Garden at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. We went Reese's nana and grampa, her cousin Oliver, and aunt Anne. It was a beautiful day and not too crowded. We went in the Children's Garden first which is a great place (there were plenty of scarecrows in there too!). Every plant in the Children's garden is allowed to be touched by a child-nothing poisonous or fragile in there. They also have cute little play things for them.

We had lunch in the garden and then since the kids were still holding up ended up walking around another part of the garden. That is me with the Delta flight attendant scarecrow too! We also took some cool pictures of downtown from the park.

Reese and Oliver had a fantastic time and it was really cool to have her talking about scarecrows for the next week!

I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged to do the following:

1) Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer

2) Choose the 4th picture

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 other people

This picture was taken in January 2007 and it is the entrance to our building in New York (where we called home at the time!). Our Christmas lights were still up and we had been out at night with Reese in the stroller looking at all the Christmas lights around NYC before our move. It was a beautiful night and boy do I miss those walks!

Saturday Birthday Party

We had originally planned on going to Stone Mountain for Reese's family birthday party, but all the rain on Friday afternoon made the park too much of a mess. We had wanted to stay for the Laser show, but who would want to sit on the soggy cold ground then??? So we had our family come over. Reese's uncle Terry, aunt Anne, cousin Oliver, nana, and grampa were in attendance and of course her mommy and daddy!!! Our friends Mark, Catherine, Jessica, and Ryan came over for the birthday fun as well with their children Caroline, Isabella, and Cameron.

Reese had lots of fun. The kids played outside for a while and then we came in and ate dinner. Reese, Isabella, and Oliver ate on the porch outside. Oliver kept trying to steal Isabella's red chair (he liked it better than his!). We opened her gifts and that is when the real fun began. Nana and Grampa gave Reese the coolest little microwave and play food and the microwave turns on and spins....well that was the hit of the party. All the kids wanted to play with it and of course Reese knew it was hers (mine!!).

As you can see from the pictures Reese was wearing her tutu that we gave her the night before. She just loves to dance. We also gave her ballet slippers and so now she is complete!

I also made the cake and we were glad to say that there was none left over!!! Yeah for me. After all the baking of the past few days the last thing that I needed was to eat more cake.

Birthday Fun!!!

So Reese's 2nd birthday was October 17, (hey I know that I am behind!). On the 16th we went to her class at the daycare with cupcakes and celebrated her birthday with her school friends. She even got to sit on the school bus since the driver happened to be outside when we were leaving...she loved it!

On the 17th we hosted her playgroup friends for her birthday. It was a messy rainy day, but we had a great turnout...her friends Maggie, Liam, Gavin, Giana, Anaka, Isabella, and Allie came over to celebrate. The kids played for a while and then we had some mummy pizzas to eat. They were so cute and you can see how Reese and Isabella couldn't wait for them to come out of the oven. We then sang happy birthday to Reese (quite a few times at the request of her friends) and had some cupcakes. We were lucky that our porch is covered since we planned on eating out there. Reese and her friends had lots of fun!

October

This month started off with the Ga-Tenn game. Rob and I went to the game with my brother Joel and his wife Sharon. Reese stayed with her nana and grampa and her cousins Hudson and Sam. As you can see they were all wearing their Ga gear. Reese totally loved the pom pom.

On Columbus Day my friend Tara came to our house with her daughter Sage and son Nole and we celebrated Reese's birthday early. Tara has her own cake company and made her the beautiful cake in the upper left corner. It says tea for two and she gave her a porcelain tea set (of course Reese can't use it right now, but it is soooo cute). The kids had a lot of fun playing with each other. Even though Tara only lives a little over an hour away we never see each other, but the kids constantly talk about one another. It was a great visit.

The bottom left corner is a picture of Reese at daycare with her friends eating the cupcakes we made for her birthday celebration. I went in for the little party and it was so cute to see all the kids lining up for the cupcakes. Reese's grammy and grandpa in NY were watching the live video cam that the daycare has while we were partying....they said it was like they were there!

Stay tuned for posts about Reese's second birthday party, our visit to see the Scarecrows in the Garden at the Botanical Gardens, friends birthday parties, and our visit to the pumpkin patch!

September!!!

Sorry it has been so long since posting. I have been really bad about uploading my pictures to my computer and so that is the reason for my laziness!!!

This month Reese started her music class. She loves it. My friend Jessica recommended it to us and we can't get enough. Oddly enough the class is held in an office at a local grocery store and so now if we go to that grocery store Reese just wants to go to class! Too funny.

Reese's cousin Oliver came for an afternoon visit this month as well and the two of them had a great time playing chase around the house. After naps we went to the pool and they loved it! Yes, it was still warm enough to go the pool-sad huh???

This month we also went to Sesame Street Live with Reese's friends Isabella and Caroline. It was awesome! Reese just loved it.

In the middle of September Reese's grammy and grandpa from New York came down to visit. We had a great time shopping, going to the playground, and just playing at our house. We also celebrated Reese's 2nd birthday a little bit early with them since they won't be able to make it for her party. She had a blast with them. They gave her the cutest little hula costume that they picked up on their recent trip to Hawaii...one of her favorite dress up items as well as the the seahorse jibbitz they gave her for her crocs!!!! We also gave her a tricycle....an old one at that, but what's better than an oldie to learn on! She had lots of fun with the bike.

At the end of the month we celebrated her best friend's birthday-Isabella. The kids had a blast at the party. They were riding a little roller coaster in the yard, jumping in the jumpee house, and of course we can't forget the cake and pizza!!! Reese had so much fun that day and loved singing happy birthday.

I have also included a picture of Reese sitting at our kitchen table doing one of her all time favorite things....drawing. If this little angel sees a pen then she wants it!!!