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We celebrated Shaun's grandma Charlotte's 70th birthday this weekend. We went to his aunt's house, who has an acre. The kids had a blast playing outside. And they made one of my favorite things to eat: STEAK! :)
I can't wait until it starts cooling off. I am so sick of being HOT. And I'm sick of $350 electric bills!! We are going to Heber this weekend to get a break from the heat.

Spencer makes this funny face alot.


Emma posing outside of 5 and Diner.

Hanging out...

There still isn't too much going on in The Reed household. We spend our days lazing around the house and playing. In our new house we have a huge room devoted entirely to toys and playing. This is where we spend most of our time.

Naked Emma pushing Spencer in her dolly stroller.

Spencer, happy to be her "dolly".

They really enjoy this little house Emma got for her birthday.
Emma is my little perfectionist. She lines up and organizes EVERYTHING. She has all of her shoes lined up in perfect pairs in her closet.

Silly Spencer

Neither one of my kids ever took to pacifier. This is what Spencer decided to do with it instead.

I swear he is part dog. He puts stuff in his mouth and crawls around. It is too funny. He it growing too fast. Today he said Emma! She just walked into the room and he got all excited and said, "Emma!" I love how much they love each other!
Emma has taken up sucking on her hair. Which I also used to do when I was little. It totally grosses me out! The ends of her hair are always either wet or crispy from her saliva. Does anyone know how to break her of this habit!?

She is so dang smart with puzzles. Just today she did a puzzle with 24 pieces. Maybe it's just because I'm her mom, but I thought that was pretty smart for a 2-year-old.

Biscuit

Last night I gave Spencer his very first baby biter biscuit. As you can tell he LOVED it.
The first time I gave Emma one, it took her close to an hour to dissolve it. It Spencer about 10 minutes at the most! I thought it would keep him busy for a long time, boy was I wrong...

Here is baby Emma after eating her first biscuit. Sometimes I miss my baby Emma. :(

Twenty Five!!!!!

Today is my 25th birthday. It has been a pretty eventful year. I had a baby, which was also my first surgery, bought our first house, had our 4 year wedding anniversary, my baby girl turned 2, etc...

Last night Shaun and I went to dinner and a movie to celebrate my birthday. We had a good time, just the two of us. And as I type, he is making me dinner. Carne asada burritos enchilada style. YUMMY!! Many more years to come. (I hate putting up pictures of myself)

Meanwhile, my kids are growing too. Emma talks more and more everyday. And is starting to get more interested in potty training. I thought she would be so easy, but that is not the case. She is also a master at doing puzzles. And not just the puzzles with shapes, I mean the ones with actual pieces.

Spencer moves around so well. He crawls all over and pulls himself up to stand on anything and everything. He is cutting his two top teeth. Poor guy, his gums looked like they were going to explode. At 7 1/2 months he weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz.

Here is Spencer lovin on a picture of Jesus. (we still need to hang it up)

Not much has been going on lately. Shaun still goes out of town during the week. And I'm just hanging out with the kids. Just a simple life.

It's been a long time.....

A lot has happened since my last post.
We finally moved into our house a few weeks ago. It was a lovely 114 degrees outside. What were we thinking!!! It was miserable, but worth it. We are unpacked, but there is still lots of

work to do. But, it takes time and money.

This is our living room before....

And this is after...

We still need to decorate and decide on more painting, but it is a huge improvement.

We did something we never thought we would do....Bought a mini-van.

It's a 2005 Toyota Sienna. We LOVE it. There is so much room. And it so much more practical than my Corolla. I do miss my Corolla, but the Sienna suits our family much better.

I'm really late, but Spencer had his 6 month check up. He was 16 lbs 7 oz and 28 1/4 inches long. The doctor said he looked good. But, we decided to have a kidney ultrasound done on him to make sure he doesn't have any kidney issues. He was born with tiny holes on his ears, which can sometimes be associated with some sort of kidney problem. There are not any symptoms this early in life, so we wanted to check and see. The doctor said most of the time they are perfectly fine. We went on Friday and are waiting for the results.

He was so good. He helped hold the cord. He is just growing too fast. He is sitting and crawling. And he has two tiny teeth.

Emma has had fun swimming this summer. Here she is at Grandma Jeanne's house. She talks so much now. And she is so funny.

We attempted a family picture. It sure is hard to get everyone looking good.

Just some random pictures

A New Trick

Shaun and some family members have been working away at our new house to get it ready for us to move in. They removed popcorn ceilings and textured them. Gotten walls ready to paint, removed tile...... I can't wait to move in. This small place is making me crazy!!

Spencer has learned a new trick... (excuse my blurry pictures, my camera has been acting strange)

He is starting to sit by himself and also has his first tooth poking through. He is growing up so fast.

A couple weeks ago I put the kids down for their naps and got in the shower, like I do everyday. I enjoy this time very much. It is the only time that I get be ALONE. I get to relax in a nice, hot shower. Anyways, I was enjoying my shower. I had my eyes closed and I opened them to see the door to the shower opening. I almost had a heart attack!! I thought I was being attacked. My kids are sleeping, Shaun is at work, why is this door opening??? Emma climbed out of the crib, for the first time, and decided to come join me in the shower.

Here are just some random pics...

Emma put her glasses on Spencer

Poor Emma

Emma is not having the best month. She has been feeling better this week, getting over a stomach virus. Yesterday she got hurt. We were at Aunt Karen's house and all of the kids were playing on a big water slide. If you have never seen one, it is full of air and the kids slide down into a little pool of water. Emma had just gone down and was still playing in the water at the bottom. Another kid decided to come down the slide. And when I say come down, I mean fly down, fast, with legs straight out. And what happens...Emma gets kicked, hard, in the jaw. I felt so sick, I just saw the blood pooling and pouring out of her mouth. Shaun ran to grab her and I threw Spencer at someone. I was just imagining her tongue hanging there or a black eye, anything horrible, it went through my head. I just grabbed her and hugged her. For the second time this month I was terrified that my baby was hurt. But, after the bleeding stopped and I looked her over, the only damage was a good sized hole in her tongue. After 10-15 minutes she was playing again. Being a mother can be so scary sometimes. I am always worried about her and want her to be safe and healthy. But, she's fine and I am so thankful that all she got was a hole in her tongue. Sorry, no pictures. I almost had a heart attack.

Oh, we got the keys to our house!! Yay! We are official home owners. We are painting, carpeting and removing popcorn before we move in, so we are still in our rental. We can't wait until we are actually living in the house.