Update on the past 3 months...

I didn't realize I was SOOO behind. So I will summarize:)


January

We had visits from Erik's parents and my grandmother. It was very nice to see everyone of course!! It is always nice to add people to the mix. Of course I worked during the weekend, but we all met at Carabbas for dinner and it was nice for us to be with family. Also in January Reid had his first haircut. We had to do it quickly or he would soon have a mullet!! He did pretty well with it. The place where we went was like the Disney of haircutting places. Quite a sensory experience. Reid wasn't so sure about it but did fairly okay and looked super cute when he was done:) Reid used the rest of January to continue to refine his walking skills.



February

February had three notable events. The first was our trip to Pine Mountain, GA with my dad, step-mom and brothers David and Bruce. We had a fantastic time!! Reid truly enjoyed having such a long time to spend with his uncles. They always greatly entertain him. The trip was complete with a tour of FDR's little white house, the Wild Animal Safari (you rent a minivan and drive through on a safari like journey where you can feed deer, bison, zebras, ostriches, pigs, ox, llamas etc.- really good time), camp fires, smores, and hiking (thank god for my sling!!). We had a really nice time. The second and third events were on the same day. Erik turned 33! We had a calm dinner with my parents at the Cheesecake Factory- YUM!! Reid's first trip to the zoo also happened that day. We had such a good time we bought a membership and have been many times since. Reid really enjoyed it and especially petting the goats in the petting zoo.

Here is the mouth of some large beast we fed little green pellets too!!!

Below is Reid enjoying the pygmy goats at the zoo:)

March

March was pretty status quo. Reid enjoyed an easter egg hunt with some friends. Erik said he had lots of fun!! We ordered his tux for Carolyn's wedding and of course I almost passed out with the cuteness. You guys will have to wait for the main event:) Also in March, Reid got his first shiner:) He didn't realize that even though the cushions on the couch are soft, the back is not:(




Reid is working on running, dancing, and climbing now that he has mastered walking. He is also developing his vocabulary and we now have quite a number of words.


Here is the list so far:

-Dada (he always whispers this for some reason)
-Mama
-Shoe
-Sock
-Diaper
-Go
-Turtle
-Stinker
-Booger- Booogah is what it sounds like
-Car
-Tickle, tickle
-Ding Dong (when the door bell rings)
-Down Town (from that song)
-Toot (when he passes gas)
-Cold or cool
-Soft (he says this when he is petting his stuffed animals)
-Soccer- sounds like secor
-Bye Bye


Here are the signs he uses:

-Doggy
-Eat
-More
-Nurse
-Bye Bye
-Flower
-Hat
-Bath
-Light
-Again
-Book

He can also point to his body parts and finally points to his nose after messing with us for months by pointing to his Ear when we said nose then laughing:)


Erik and I are doing very well. I think I can safely say that we are quite happy and grateful for everything we have!! Erik's job is going very well. He is starting a class/CPA test regimen this month. We finally decided that a real class was the way to go as we just always find things to do during the week that make self-study harder to accomplish. Erik will take a class for each section then take the corresponding test. He should be done in September.


I am also doing very well despite turning 29 on Monday the 16th (oh my last year as a 20 something- so sad). I picked up my guitar again and am surprised by how much I remember. It took a week for me to be able to play longer than 5 minutes since my fingers are weak, but now I can play for longer periods. I have always enjoyed music as has Erik, and we hope to bring that into Reid's life too. I am still enjoying my job immensly and learning everyday. Right now I am training so that I can be a nurse in the operating room (the circulator). This job basically involves me being everyones gofor and doing a lot of paper work. It is a skill I will need though so I am happy to learn it. We have had lots of c-sections so I have been managing to get the training, something I was worried about with working on weekends since we have less scheduled c-sections. Sadly though we are having lots!!


We are SOO ecstatic about the new house. We are trying despite some administrative glitches to get our back porch screened in. It should be done in the next couple of months. Also we just had to resod almost our entire front lawn. It appears that chinch bugs got to it last year when no one was looking and it was terrible. We even got a letter from our community association telling us to clean up our act;) Thanks guys, we liked having a crappy lawn. Anyway it looks wonderful now and you can barely tell it is sod thanks to the great job of our new lawn guy!! Other than these two things the house is great!! My friend Jen put her talents to use and made me curtains that are beautiful and make such a difference. We still have not gotten our dining room where I want it, but I finally got the third bedroom cleaned out (the room where we had all of out miscellaneous stuff), and our office is cleaned up now. Once the dining room is done I will be on top of the world. It is just a matter of hanging things and doing some rearranging.


If you are still reading I thank you:) We hope you all are doing very well!!



Love,


Jenny, Erik, and Reid