Football Fun

Reese went to his first high school tailgate tonight. We do several tailgates each year at the different high schools that our students come from. Tonight we were at Easley High School for the Easley/Pickens game. Reese had a GREAT time! By the way, he did have pants on, but he got hot so we took them off.

More pictures to come. (Man dial up is slow!)

Halloween is Coming

We are working on an awesome Halloween costume for Reese. (I won't spoil the surprise!) Just in case it doesn't work out, we got a back up costume this weekend. I must say Reese is the cutest monkey ever!

New Boots!

Last week we bought Reese some rain boots. Every little guy needs a cool pair of rain boots. These are a little big, but that just means he can wear them longer. Check them out!

Reese's Favorite Baseball Player

Reese got the opportunity to watch his favorite baseball player sign his MLB contract on Monday. It was an exciting day! Congratulations Cousin Brooks!

Brooks with his agent and a rep from the Brewers

Reese and his favorite Brewer!

Reese and his buddy cousin Lawson

Lawson taking Reese for a ride. Reese had to check it out and make sure Lawson had everything under control.

Cool Surprise

It has been a while. Sorry! Things have been a little crazy for us. Since I last posted we spent a week in Memphis, spent the next week dealing with Chicken Pox, and now things are calming down a little. I have plenty to share over the next couple of days.

Reese has an Aunt Linda and a Great Aunt Linda. To make it easy, I will refer to them as Reese's Aunt Linda (Bryan's sister) and Bryan's Aunt Linda (Nana's sister). Bryan's Aunt Linda lives just outside of Hershey, PA. Yesterday Reese got some really cool surprises from her. The stuff was so cool that I have to share.

Yes, we spell his name with an s just like the candy. Maybe people will get it right if we keep the t-shirt on him all the time.

Making Progress

We took Reese to the Gastroenterologist today for his year check up. I was excited to hear him say we can add soy to his diet and if all goes well at 18 months we can try real dairy products. My poor baby needs cheese and ice cream!

Little Rascal

Reese has been learning lots of new things lately. He has been demonstrating his new climbing skills for me quite a bit. One of his favorite new toys is his slide. We brought the slide home on a Sunday evening and tried to show him how to climb the two steps. He would have no part of the climbing, but loved for us to sit him on the top and let him slide.

To my surprise on Monday morning I turned around to find him climbing the steps and sitting himself on top of the slide. He loves it!

On an even more dangerous note, he has discovered that he can remove the covers from the electrical outlets. Last week I put a baby gate in front of the outlet that he targets. He quickly decided that he doesn't mind climbing behind the gate or just turning it over to get to the outlet.

Yesterday I put painters tape over the outlet and covers, but he proceeded to pull the tape off and sling it around the house. My next course of action was to move his toy shelf in front of the outlet. A few times he tried to squeeze behind the shelf, but eventually gave up. This morning he had a better idea... why not use those new climbing skills. This is how I caught him...

Oh my little rascal!