First Tooth

I can't believe it! Reid (my little man) is getting his first tooth. I can feel it in his mouth. The second one is showing through the gums too! It's amazing how fast he is growing. Just the other day during tummy time, he scooted backwards on the floor. The next day he started moving his legs like he was crawling, but his hands weren't doing much. The day after that, he had his arms and legs moving, but couldn't get any levrage (spelling?), so he didn't go anywhere, but you can see it in his eyes, he wants to get moving. He also rolled over from his tummy to his back. It is sad to see my baby grow up, but at the same time, it is SO MUCH FUN watching him go through these "firsts".

Ok, Raymond's not that bad...

Having a baby makes me want to move closer to my family so Reid can be around his grandparents (he is lucky to have both sets), wonderful cousins, an awesome Uncle, and my good friends Lisa and JD and their boys. But Raymond has it's perks...Rudd and I have made a good life here. We have almost remodeled our home from top to bottom, have put our personal touches to the house, and have great memories here. We even have a small family of deer living in your backyard- ok not right in our backyard, but right behind our fence. They come to our fence and eat fruit and veggies we throw out there. There is a mama deer and two - yes twin- fawns. I love looking out our kitchen window and seeing the bay, green trees and our three deer friends! So maybe Raymond's not that bad. I would like a little more sun and less rain though.

Summer Time

Reid and I had a mini vacaction in Eastern Oregon last week. We spent 10 days at my mom's house in Umatilla. It was a jam-packed week and a half. We visited Rudd's parents a few times so they could spend time with Reid. Papa Skoubo can really get Reid laughing, and I think he enjoys the toys on the Exersaucer as much as Reid does. Reid's cousins, Chelsea, Drew and Alyssa were able to spend time with him too. He LOVES his cousins, and is always looking at Chelsea and smiling. She is so good with him, she even changes his diapers.

We went to the water park with Austin, Chelsea, Drew, Alyssa and Grammie Winters. Reid loved the water! He looked so cute in his hat and swimming trunks.

We also celebrated Chelsea's 11th birthday. I remember when she was a baby- time flies by way too fast, now she will be in 6th grade next year.

Reid met a student of mine from Sandtone Middle School, Sierra. He really liked her. We ate lunch at Pizza Hut, I love that place and Rudd hates it so we hardly ever go to Pizza Hut. When we found out we were having a boy, we celebrated by going to Pizza Hut!

Lisa and I saw the "Sex in the City" movie, and it was as good as I thought it would be, a little on the long side. On our way home from the movie we stopped at Hastings and I bought two CD's- something I haven't done in a really long time.

It was a great visit and I was sad to leave, but excited to come home to Rudd, I know Reid missed his daddy.

Falling in love with life again!

My cousin Erin made me a wonderful scrapbook from the shower her and her mom had for me. She used brown lunch sacks, and put wrapping paper from the gifts on the edges. She is so creative. The scrapbook has pictures and things that the guests wrote to me and Reid. Lisa wrote "You are going to fall in love with life all over again". I have been trying to find the words that describe the feelings of being a new mom. Lisa's words decribe it perfectly. I am falling in love with life... a new life with Reid and Rudd. I can't imagine anything feeling more perfect that what I feel when I look at Reid and see him smile at me, giggling at his daddy, falling asleep in my arms after singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" twenty times, and laying in bed with him and Rudd. It's the little things that make my day brighter.