Reed's first birthday

Thank you to everyone that made this day so special for Reed! And thank you Rustin for putting such a great video together of the occasion. Enjoy :)

Updates

I have fallen off the bloggy bandwagon! I was tagged by my lovely cuz Biddy. I had to ask what a tag was. Sad, I know.

1. Pick up the nearest book ( of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people. & post a comment here once you post it to your blog, so I can come see.

1. A book I just finished, Lamb by Chris Moore

2. Done

3. "Well, so far, it seems to be moist." Side note: I really hate the word "moist".

4. "Moist?"

"Yeah, but I can't say it's always that way, just in my experience. Maybe we should ask a harlot?"

"Better yet," Joshua said, looking around, "I'll ask Titus. He's older, and he looks as if he's sinned a lot."

5. Instead of tagging anyone since I'm not sure how that works anyway, I think I should explain #3 and #4. Lamb is a fictional account about Jesus's (or Joshua) adventures during the time of his life that is not mentioned in the bible (around age 12-30). The story is told by Joshua's childhood friend, Biff. On this particular page, Biff is experimenting "for Joshua" as Joshua has been told by the angel that he can never be with a woman.

Anyhow, the book is hilarious if you can get past the slightly sacrilegious tone of it all.

Now, for updates.

In the past 2 weeks, Reed has been to 4 Dr. visits. As it turns out, he had the flu and double ear infections all last week. This morning we saw the ENT and he will have tubes put in next Friday.

A depiction of the result of me trying to work from home and let Reed "entertain himself"

Rustin got strep throat and pink eye this week.

Thade and I are both well, thank goodness.

I was just informed that Reed is the bully of his class at school. Apparently, if he wants something, he will climb on top another child and pull his/her hair/head back to get them away from the toy he wants. I laughed. I know I should be more concerned but he's 11 months old! He laughs when I say no, he laughs when I slap his hand, he doesn't know any better right now. I'd like to think he's a go-getter!

This weekend will be a fun, yet very busy weekend. Thade will be baptized on Sunday. We are all very proud of him. I am also having Reeds 1st birthday party on Sunday. We are expecting around 40 people in my 2000 square foot home. Wow. I also plan to make a Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake. Seeing as I am not Betty Crocker and I don't generally bake, this should be interesting.

Lastly, I really can't have 2 more months left can I??

Here is a picture 2 weeks from delivering Reed:

Here is a picture taken today, 9 weeks from my due date!

I am huge. Looks like I'm having a WNBA all-star. Or a Rosie O'Donnell. I should go ahead and schedule my lipo.

New Toy

Check out Reed's new $2000 toy. He spent 20 minutes watching the wash cycle on the first load I put in! I am especially excited that I no longer have to dry a load of clothes for 6 hours at a time.

We are on our 2nd ear infection this month. Poor kid. It's so sad when he's sick. Especially at 3am.

Oblivious

Unfortunately, along with my good looks and uncanny ability to eat anything and everything, Thade has inherited my oblivious and non-observant nature. Now, Rustin will always take time to point out things such as a beautiful full moon, the changing leaves in the fall, or that I need a wax. I, however, only noticed yesterday that Thade only has 6 teeth to chew with, thus putting him about even with Reed.

The other day Rustin and I were having a conversation about one of Thade's friends in our car. Specifically, this friend has their house for sale, and as we also have our house for sale, I pumped him for information on his realtor, showings, etc. As I am sharing my findings, Rustin asks me if I really thought Thade would be able to accurately answer all these questions (assuming the kid was probably just making things up). I reply that most kids are more observant than our oldest boy. Thade pops in, "Mom, I'm offended". I ask Thade why he is offended. Thade pouts, "because you said that most kids are, um, err well, something...."

My point exactly.