Summer Fun

This summer in Buffalo has been soooo much hotter than last summer was, so we have been loving it!! Well, it's been an adjustment getting used to not having air conditioning in our apartment, but THANKFULLY one of our friends from church gave us a window unit for our bedroom, which cools Reese's room also. We wouldn't have made it without that at night. We have been trying to take advantage of all this glorious warm weather before the ground is once again covered with snow for several months! We have been taking many walks in our neighborhood just about every weekend, trips to the zoo, and trips to the park.

Wes did the 5K run with the group from Restoration Church like he did last year, and Reese and I went to cheer them on.

Here are some random pictures I've taken over the last few weeks while hanging out at home.

Don't these eyes just kill you?!

Reese and her daddy having a moment:

And Reese and Boston having a moment! It's a showdown for the ball!

She LOVES jumping and playing in her jumparoo.

At the beginning of August Wes got to lead worship at Kingdom Bound, which is a huge Christian music festival that happens every year in Buffalo. They did a great job of course!

The sweetest thing in the world is how Reese watches Wes when he plays and sings.

She kept doing this (getting really happy and excited) while she was watching him sing. So cute!!

On one of the many gorgeous days we've had recently we took a little family trip to the zoo. This was not the first time Reese has been to the zoo, but it was the first time she actually seemed to be looking at some of the animals!

But sometimes she would just rather look at her daddy.

Here's me and my little love bug:

And me and my other love bug :)

Wes and I have started a babysitting swap thing with Dan and Gina (the pastor of Restoration), and we are trying to do every Friday night where we either go on a date while they keep Reese or they go on a date while we keep their boys. Sam and Nick are 11 year old twins, and they love Reese a lot. She is starting to love them too I think.

She is in mid-spit in the picture above. She's started doing that and it is so funny! She is growing so fast of course, but she is so much fun and it's just getting better. We are super excited to go on our annual family beach vacation next week! We hope and pray Reese loves the beach as much as we do!!

Long time no blog!

So I've been wanting to blog again for so long now, but life gets a bit busier when you have a baby around! I want to keep doing this because it will be so great to have a journal of our lives to look back on, and also hopefully our families will still enjoy keeping up with what is going on with us. There is no way to write about everything that has happened in the last 4 months, but I will hit some of the highlights! Life is a bit crazier now, but we are loving Reese so much and she is a lot of fun. I absolutely cannot believe she is almost 5 months old! It is ridiculous how fast time flies by and we are trying to enjoy every moment.

We got to go to a Buffalo Bisons (minor league baseball) game and I was so excited. A friend from church was playing in a band before the game and he got us free tickets. It was fun and Reese enjoyed her first baseball game!

We have been loving all the warm weather we have had so far, and we love to sit out on our balcony.

Reese is really starting to love her jumparoo! (Thanks to Jennifer and Alex for lending it to us!)

In June we had Reese's dedication at Restoration Church. It was a really special time where we committed ourselves to raising Reese well and to teach her and show her Jesus in our lives, and the church family committed to praying for us and supporting us in that.

As you can see she screamed during the entire prayer... bless her little heart, she was sick that day, had a fever, and didn't feel well at all. She never cries during church and they always say she is perfect in the nursery, so of all mornings to have her dedication this was probably not the best one! She actually projectile vomited in the car on the way to church ALL OVER her dress and I (first time parent) did not bring a back up - yikes. So when we got there, I stripped her down and my great friend Gina (Pastor Dan's wife) took her dress to the bathroom and washed it out in the sink and dried it under the hand dryer! It all worked out in the end, but it was a bit of a stressful morning!

Here is our little fam after church:

On Wes's first Father's Day he just wanted the three of us to go to dinner, so we walked down to a restaurant at the end of our street and ate at their outside tables because it was a great evening.

Bathtime is so much fun with all her hair to play with!

June 26th was our 10 year dating anniversary! So we decided to go spend the day in Erie, PA so we could eat at Chick-fil-a! We had a fun day walking around the mall and then a delicious supper at Chick-fil-a. Wes surprised me with flowers he had ordered and had delivered there - it was so sweet!!

Reese wore her Auburn outfit in honor of where it all began 10 years ago!

Wes has been playing a good bit recently, and Reese and I are his groupies. Here he is playing at a really cute coffee place outside on July 3rd.

We walked to Delaware Park one beautiful day recently and enjoyed sitting by the lake for a while.

Reese had her first pigtails at 4.5 months old! Can you even believe it?! It's the cutest thing ever.

And I will leave you with a picture of the most beautiful little baby girl in the world.

Finally...

Well, finally ONE MONTH LATER, I am getting a chance to announce on the blog that Reese is here! Of course, I'm sure if you're reading this you already knew that. Anyway, after 30 hours of labor and an unplanned C-section, Reese Karley Walters was born on February 20, 2010! And she weighed 8 pounds 12.5 ounces - much bigger than we expected!

Here we are in the hospital, still pretty early in the day on the 19th:

And here she is, just moments after she was born, holding her daddy's finger:

I can't believe I'm putting this on here, but here is our first family photo shortly after the C-section (my husband did not tell me I still had the lovely cap on my head):

Just born in Buffalo:

All dressed and ready to go home in the pretty dress and bracelet from Gram:

First time in the car seat:

Napping with Daddy. So sweet.

Me with my mom, sister, niece Rylie, and of course Reese:

Just after her first bath. Can't you tell she loved it?!

Reese with her cousins Rylie and Bailey:

Looking at Daddy:

I cannot believe she is now one month old!! Hopefully I will be able to update more often now. We are taking so many pictures and she is already changing a lot, so I will try my best!