A Fireless Fourth

Some how during the craziness of the day, Elye got totally left out of all the pictures. So I dressed her up today in the same outfit to try to get a picture. Unfortunately, this was not a good day for Elye. Today proved that she is definitely allergic to dairy, which means no more dairy for me:(. I am not sure how long I will last! Her rash is back as well as lots of slimy poop. I think I changed 15 poopy diapers today. Of course, she's in a bad mood. Wouldn't you be fussy if you pooped 15 times today!

This is a little blurry, but I love this face. This comes right before a big cry.
The hat made her really mad.

Almost a smile

Reesi added the head band. She has her own sense of style.

Granny and Papa Snoddy

Meemaw and Papa Van

Reesi, Courtney, Ella, and Riley

The big water slide the Griffins rented

Reesi told me she found a new friend, Landon. They played on the trampoline for quite a while.

Amy's feet flying in the air

That little brown head is Bryce. They went down together and he got wiped out!

As you can tell by Jude's face, it was pretty cold at this point in the day.

Jonathan tried to go down head first. This is him recovering. Apparently, its pretty hard on the spine.

Jason and the dangerous sparklers

Our grand finale!

Mimi, Papoo, and Elye Kate keeping away from the smoke.

Reesi likes fireworks better from a distance where it is nice and safe. Safety First!!

Our fourth began Friday night at Jenny and Eric's for a grill out. To our surprise and delight, their law-breaking neighbors set off fireworks in their backyard. Reesi was amazed and couldn't stop laughing. I couldn't wait for her to see the big fireworks the next night, which would not be in the cards for us; more on that later.

On the actual fourth, Larry had games to coach that night so his fourth was pretty much ruined. I decided not to let it ruin our fourth because we had a big day planned. We started with ribs and all the fixings at Granny and Papa Snoddy's with Karen and Van. It was delicious and I was stuffed. Unfortunately, the meal ended up costing us $70 since Larry lost his wallet as he was leaving. Possibly left on top of a car?

After a wonderful lunch, Reesi, Elye Kate, and I headed to White House to celebrate with some friends. Reesi swam, played, jumped, and water slided while Elye stayed in her wrap, of course. We enjoyed dinner there before the storms began.

The plan was to head over to Julie and Jason's to watch the fireworks with them and my parents. A tornadoic storm decided to hit right at the time that I was planning on leaving. The girls and I made a dash for it only to get a phone call from Julie saying they set the fireworks off early to escape the rain. Reesi started crying immediately and we made a u-turn and headed back to the Griffins hoping to see the White House fireworks. After watching the news for a while and realizing that the fireworks may never come due to the rain we left for Julie's again.

Luckily, Julie and Mom invested a while $12 in fireworks for Reesi to set off. Jason tried the sparklers first, but Reesi ran inside yelling, "Too dangerous!" She is my safety first girl! We then set off three amazing "ha" fireworks and called it a night. It was a pretty fun day, but we did miss Larry. Poor guy had to spend his fourth on the baseball field waiting for them to call the game due to rain! Maybe we will see real fireworks next year!

Reesi

Reesi

-still loves to sing in the car, making up her own songs

-hates water in her eyes. She still won't go underwater and when she gets splashed in the face she rubs her eyes screaming, "I'm blind. I'm blind!"

-is such a girly, girly. She started a club with the girls at Larry's baseball games and calls it the "Pink Panthers." She loves to walk around in my heels and be "fancy."

-is still really good at playing by herself. She will go up in her room and I love to sit and listen to her talking and pretending. Recently, she came down to tell me she just had tenlets. That's having ten babies on the same day!

-has started sleeping in our bed. I know its bad. We can put her to bed in her bed upstairs, but at some point in the middle of the night she will come downstairs and climb in our bed.

-can't wait for kindergarten, but was not happy to learn that her tennis shoes have to be white. That's just not girly enough for her!

-instead of saying also she says alsoly

Two Months

(ignore the post-trip laundry in the back ground waiting to be put away)

Two months already! We took Elye Kate to her two month visit this week and, unfortunately, she got her first set of shots. She cried big tears and turned beat red immediately. As soon as she was safely in her car seat she fell fast asleep. The rest of the night she was in a baaaad mood. I ended up swinging on the front porch until she passed out in my arms.

At two months Elye loves to sleep in her swing and the Moby wrap. She will sleep in her crib too, but she doesn't want to every time. We are currently working on that. Still not sleeping through the night! She eats at around 8:00, 2:00 or 3:00, and then 5:00 or 6:00. Elye has begun playing on her own, which is basically laying on her back watching her toys hanging above her while kicking her feet and flailing her arms. She hates tummy time, but I try to make her suffer through it anyway. She is smiling much more. Mornings are the times for Elye's biggest smiles, but we are now lucky enough to see them throughout the day too. Although, she has lots of smiles now she still has her serious look the rest of the time.

Reesi continues to be a great big sister, except when she decides to scream in her face to scare her or shake her little bobble head. Reesi does share her love for Andy. Well, not the real Andy, but Andy's baby. Occasionally, when I go in and check on Elye sleeping I find baby Andy laying right next to her. I think Reesi wants her to have her own little Andy to love.

Two Month Stats

Weight: 9 lbs. 6 oz. (8 percentile)

Height: 21.5 inches (10 percentile)

Head Circumfrance: I lost her sheet and I can't remeber what it was! I do remember it was around the 10th percentile. Hopefully, I will find the paper and come back to edit.

I Made You Breftist

That what I woke up to this morning. I little face in my face whispering, "I made you breftist." She says it just like her daddy used to say it.

She then proceeds to tell me, "I had a little trouble." The cereal is on the top shelf of the pantry. She likes to try to climb the shelves to get what she wants. On this trip the Frosted Flakes came crashing down.

"Are you mad? I tried to clean it up, but maybe we could clean it up as a team."

How can I be mad at that?

I did enjoy my Frosted Flakes before I cleaned it up. I am just glad she didn't attempt to add milk.

I love this little girl!

Gatlinburg- Finally Done with Pictures!

While in Gatlinburg Reesi discovered Gem Mining. She did it at Dollywood and on the last day she wanted to do it again. I had planned on taking her to the Aquarium so we asked her which one she would rather do and without question she wanted to mine again. At the last place we mined they had a jewelry store inside and would turn your gems into rings. I thought it was a great idea, but Reesi wasn't interested. She just wanted a rock collection. She has had so much fun playing, sorting, and counting them. This one is her favorite!

This is her big bucket to mine.

Larry really got into it. He would help Reesi match the rocks up to the ones on her card to identify them.

Larry's cool new shades for $10. We bought them at first to be funny, but I think they grew on him and he actually likes them now.

One morning Larry took Reesi to see the mountains while I stayed home with Elye for a nap. I didn't even think about it being cold up there and Reesi was freezing. She wasn't really into the hiking part of Gatlinburg, maybe next time.

The Alamo

This is the group picture that is missing Parker. It is to the right of me holding Elye. How can you cut out a whole person?

I'm not sure what this sad face was about, but its pretty sad:(

This is where Elye spent most of her vacation, in the Moby Wrap. As soon as I would put her in she would go fast asleep. It was a lifesaver!

Reesi is showing off her pictures she did.

While we were in Gatlinburg Granny and Papa Snoddy took us all out to eat at the Alamo. It was amazing food. After dinner we tried to get some family pictures. We even asked this nice lady to take our photo so that everyone would be in it. It wasn't until the next day as I was looking through the pictures I noticed that she totally cut Parker, who was holding Elye, out of the picture. We never did get everyone together again for the picture. Bummer!!

Andy's Adventures

Reesi is always telling stories about Andy. Recently, after visiting some snakes at The Aquatic Critter Reesi let us know that about Andy's experiences with snakes. She tells the stories like they actually happened. Here is her most recent story.



One time Andy killed a spotted little baby snake. Then her mommy came and she bit Andy.
Andy runned away and found me. I put a bandage on her.