Gangster Beanie

I think Reese looks like a little gangster in this picture.


Reese loves to eat cheerios out of his SnackTrap.
It does well with keeping snacks inside as he vigorously shakes it around.
Some do escape...but Dog "vacuums" them up for me.

9 Months

As a 9 month old, Reese is getting more curious than ever.
He's learned how to open cabinets
and to my surprise, climb into them as well!

Reese had his 9 month checkup last week.
Here are his stats:
Length - 28" (50th percentile)
Weight - 18 lbs 5 oz (20th percentile)

Lookin' Sharp

I found this great 4 piece church outfit for Reese at JC Penny.
I only paid $4.99 (I had a $10 off coupon)!
It has black pants, white button up shirt,
green clip on tie, and matching green vest.
I put him in the shirt and tie today.

DOESN'T HE LOOK SOOO HANDSOME?!

The Box

My sister-in-law, Amy, captured these pictures.

We were over to celebrate her son's 5th birthday.

Alexa and Reese enjoyed helping to unwrap his gifts.

I like the title she put above these pics on her blog,

"These pictures tell their own story."

Christmas Tree

We bought a Christmas tree this year!
I went into the store planning to "pre-buy" a floor model
for 70% off (I was supposed to wait to pick it up until
after Christmas), but then they let us just take it now. YEAH!

This may look like big 10 ft tree...


but really it's a 7 1/2 ft tree that's been "baby proofed"!

Happy Helper

Reese was soooo helpful while we were tiling downstairs.
He helped us with all kinds of things we didn't know we needed help with:

* chew on all the tile spacers *
* sit on the tile mom/dad is trying to glue down *
* sand the tile *
* chisel the dog *
* smear tile adhesive all over his hands and face *
* splash in the dirty grout water *
* lick the hammers *

Here he is sanding the floor. Such a good little helper!

Phoenix Zoo

I went to the Phoenix Zoo with 2 sister-in-laws (and Wade). It was great weather and was nice to get out. We bought season passes so hopefully we can continue going all winter long. I don't think Reese looked at the animals much, but he loves getting out so he still had fun.