It's Official: Reesi's a Big Girl!

Today Reesi ran out of the bathroom, bare from the waist down, yelling, "Look Mommy! I did it." I look up and she has toilet paper neatly folded in her hand. I always fold it for her, but today she did it herself. As she goes back into the bathroom to finish her business she states excitedly, "I'm a big girl now!" Whether I like it or not she is officially a big girl.

Early Thanksgiving

This is out of order, but the weekend of the 9th we had early Thanksgiving with Larry's family. Jeff, the brother-in-law, is getting sent to Iraq right after Thanksgiving and this was his only chance to come to town before leaving. Therefore, we had Thanksgiving early with Jeff, Leslie, the boys and Larry's family. We had the traditional one with Karen, Van, and the Snoddy's and the nontraditional one at Las Palmas with Gary and Cat. Personally, I like the Mexican Thanksgiving meal(this has nothing to do with your cooking Karen). I forgot my camera at Las Palmas, but if Jeff emails them to me I'll post those too. Happy Thanksgiving!

Reesi the Farmer

We don't know what goes on in Reesi's room after she goes to bed, but this last time she left the evidence on her bed. We went to check on her before we went to bed and she had put every stuffed animal she had in bed with her. She has a toddler bed and there was hardly any room for her. She told me the next day that she was a farmer and just taking care of her animals. What a hard worker!

Gatlinburg!

We had a quick getaway this weekend to Gatlingburg. We stayed with Granny and Papa Snoddy at a resort in Gatlinburg. We spent most of Saturday at Dollywood. Larry and I had gone to Gatlinburg by ourselves several years ago and we were not impressed, but we have learned that it is much better with a child. The rides aren't impressive for us, but Reesi loved them. Her favorite were Dumbo and the old timey cars that she got to drive! We saw three Christmas shows, which were all pretty good. Karen met us that night for Babes in Toyland. We finished up the weekend at a wholesale show Karen was working. If you are looking for purses, jewelry, or bags this was the place to be. Somehow I walked out with only a jacket. Now that I look back I feel like I should have got some jewelry because it was such a bargain. The worst part of the weekend is that Reesi keep opening her DVD player on the trip and touching the inside where it says "Never Touch." After telling her to stop I turned around and the next thing I know it is broken. I was so mad. The best news of the weekend is that metro is off this whole week! It is so nice to come home from vacation and not have to work the next day. Oh, to be a stay at home mom!

Bye, Bye, Bye!

As I am writing this I am keeping my fingers crossed so that this blog doesn't jinx us. Figuratively, not literately, because that would be pretty hard to do. We got a contract on our house! It's not what we had hoped for in the beginning, but at this point we were hoping for anything. Even better is that they want to close on Nov. 30, which saves us a mortgage payment. Everything looks like it is going to work out, but I still won't believe it until it closes. We are emptying out all the leftover stuff into storage on Wednesday. We also need to move the swing set from he- - , but I am not sure when that is going to happen. Larry would probably just leave it if it was up to him, but I want it! This all hasn't worked out as we planned, but I guess God has better plans and the timing is pretty good since our lease on this apartment is up on January 6. House hunting finally begins!

October 31, 2007

We spent Halloween night with cousins Grace and Lyla. Reesi refused to wear her witch costume again and picked out this ballerina outfit from her dress up clothes. We started out trick or treating at Franklin City Hall where, by the way, they give out the good candy. Luckily, I managed to get one picture of the girls there because the picture session after trick or treating later that night did not turn out to well. Too much candy! Reesi loved it!

Reesi also had a Halloween party at school. Unfortunetly, I couldn't come. Sometimes working full time really isn't fun! Thankfully, my wonderful mom came down to Nashville for Halloween and went to the party with Reesi. Mrs. JaNet even emailed me pictures from the party. This is the only one without other students in it. Somehow Mrs. JaNet gets the best pictures of Reesi.

Ghouls at Grassmere!

The Good Witch! The Bad Witch!

Our computer has been in the shop for the past 2 weeks so I am a little behind on my blogging. I have that the longer I wait to write about something, the less I have to say. Anyway, our first Halloween celebration began at the Grassmere zoo with the Griffin's and the McConnell's. The kids had a blast running around like crazy!

Lofton and Reesi (Batman and the witch)

Reesi and I on the hayride with Captain Morgan. He was really Captain Hook, but due to the number of times he bit the dust that night we finally decided he was Captain Morgan and he had been drinking too much.

Larry gets magical kisses from the witch and Tinkerbell.