.:Josh's bday:.

Josh ended up having a nice birthday! He got home from work to his gift from Reece and me - a massage! I think he was happy about it, and he didn't even get mad at me for spending money on it! :) I hope he makes time to go use it; he definitely deserves it. We got ready, and then his dad, sister, and brother came over to watch Reece so we could go out. We didn't end up at Red Lobster, but just grabbed some food quick on our way to the movies. We saw Taken - very good! After we got home, we played Boggle - and yes, I lost once again - and just hung out for the rest of the evening. It was nice to be able to spend some time alone together and re-connect! I think sometimes we both get so caught up in what we have going on that we don't make as much time for us alone as we should. So, a great nite! Thanks to everyone who called or texted him happy birthday! And thanks to Gary, Em, and Michael for babysitting!

When we got home that nite, they told us that they had heard a really loud sound from our freezer, and had thought that maybe it was ice. They said it sounded like a gun shot, and we were thinking, how could that be ice. Well......Josh had put a bottled water - in a GLASS bottle - in the freezer, and forgotten about it! So now our freezer is covered in ice and glass pieces. It is a mess, and we haven't had time to get it cleaned up yet! Sooo smart!

And just to show my love of popcorn... when we got home that nite, I unzipped my sweatshirt to start getting ready for bed, and what falls out of it? Two pieces of popcorn! Does that say anything about how fast I must have been shoveling it in my mouth to not even realize it wasn't all making it in? I love popcorn!

Reece is cute as ever. I'm not sure if she is teething, messed up from the time change, or has an ear infection or what! But she has been so soooo fussy this week. Just whiny, and generally not my happy girl. I don't really know what is going on, but I hope we figure it out soon! She is rolling all over the place, and her new thing is rolling around in her crib! It's disrupting her sleep a little bit, but that's to be expected. I was woken up at four in the morning the other nite because she was talking to herself. I look on the monitor, and she has completely flipped herself around - so her feet where where her head was when I had put her down for the nite. Not only that, she had untied the crib bumper, had the ribbon wrapped around her arm, and her cute little head was in between the crib and the crib bumper! I went in to fix it and she was just looking around, happy as can be. She's such a funny girl! It is so much fun every day to see her trying to make sense of her world. I love how she 'senses' everything with her hands and mouth. I love being a mommy!

.:Happy Birthday Josh:.

Today is Josh's birthday! We don't have any real plans right now. We had thought about going to see Taken and eating at Red Lobster, but we're just not sure we can get anyone to watch Reece that late (especially now that today is here!) So it may end up being a quiet evening at home together that will probably involve me losing to him at Boggle. We celebrated this past weekend with his family. Maybe we'll be able to go out this weekend or something. He's going to be mad that I spent money on his gift, but he deserves it!

I'm so grateful for him and how hard he works for our family. He works two jobs, close to 60 hours, every week, just so that I can stay home with our daughter! I think that's an incredible sacrifice to make, and I'm so thankful that he's willing to do that for us. He's so smart, and such a great dad. Reece just lights up with a huge smile whenever he gets home from work each day. He's so supportive of me and us, and I'm just so lucky to be married to my best friend!

I love you Josh!

.:Shake It:.

This is Reece's newest thing. It just makes Josh and I laugh. She's got moves!

.:This Week:.

Things I am looking forward to this week:

- Date nite with Josh for his birthday (it's on Wednesday!)
- Watching Millie
- Taking Reece to the dermatologist (odd, but I like going to the doctor to have my mommy fears reassured - I'm a worrier!)
- Maybe seeing Britney and Luke
- Working on some crafts!
- Updating Reece's scrapbook
- Making bon bons for young women's activity tomorrow nite
- Seeing Jim, Jules, and Empress for Em's bday party!
- Going to Sarah's to make all things girly on Saturday
- Tara's pampered chef party
- Reading, reading, and more reading!
- Watching Reece roll all over the place
- Season premiere of Dancing With the Stars (especially now that Melissa is in it!)

.:Evolution of the Mohawk:.

September

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November

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January

February

March

I didn't really realize how much Reece's mohawk has grown since she's been born! Now her hair is so long, that it doesn't really stick up that much, and just kind of flops over. She also has a little bit of curl in it, too. She's the cutest!

.:Book Swap:.

I just have to say thank you to all of my friends that did the book swap with me! I just keep getting more and more books in the mail for Reece every day! It is so great! You can never have enough books! (Spoken like a true teacher, right?)

So thank you, thank you! I hope you all get returned as well as I have!

.:This Week:.

I'm a day late on this post because our laptop died on Sunday! Thanks to our friend Adam, we are back in business again.

Here is what I'm looking forward to this week:
- watching Reece roll around - she won't stay on her back for longer than a second now!
- watching Reece in her exersaucer
- working out at least 4 times
- seeing some teacher friends and former students at my old school
- hanging out with Britney
- having my cousin Nat come to stay with us!
- doing our taxes
- watching the Bachelor finale (I already watched it but I would have written this yesterday if I could have!)
- having Josh's family over to celebrate his birthday early