Oops.

Wednesday went by, and I didn't post WIWW. That's because I'm taking a break. Yes, I know I didn't last long, but that wasn't the point. I am now getting out of my pajamas and getting motivated to get more done. If I start slacking, I may start it back up for a bit.

On to the more exciting things in my life...

We had Reese's 6 month pictures taken yesterday, and I CANNOT wait to get them back. Chelsea Sloneker took them, and we worked for almost 2 hours to get that girl to smile. I kept reminding myself that it was the end of a long day, she had shots that morning, she's teething, AND she is kind of a tough audience in the first place. Reese will smile and laugh all day with me, but when new people and new settings are introduced, she gets a bit shy. Her personality is really developing. However, the timing of the photo shoot wasn't too great on my part. Reese went to sleep as soon as we got home. Chelsea, next time you come, it may be at 7:30 in the morning. I'll make some coffee. :)

These next two days are filled with laundry and packing. I do have a lunch date today with a very dear friend who was my mentor teaching when I was going through the MAT program, so that will be a nice break from washing, drying, and folding. When the reason for the laundry and packing is a trip to the beach, however, it's not so bad. I'm packing the cutest little bitty swimsuits (for Reese--NOT me. Ha!), sweet little cover-ups, springy dresses, and lots of toys to keep sweet girl busy and happy. Some of our good friends from Little Rock are going with us, and it's sure to be a fun-filled, memorable trip. (If you think about it--pray for our drive on Saturday.) I'll try to post some pictures from the beach next week!!

In preparation for Reese's photo shoot yesterday, I got out my camera to capture the usual happenings of an afternoon around here. She really doesn't need the Boppy any longer, but I prop it up when I'm not able to watch her at every minute.

SB 2011

Some of our dear church friends loaded up on Thursday afternoon and headed to Lake of the Ozarks in the middle of Missouri for the weekend. It's the fourth year this crew has taken the trip (our third), and it's quite fabulous. It gets better each year. This is so probably because my friendships with these folks have grown, and of course we have some fun new little people added to the mix. (However, we SEVERELY missed the Lutz family.) I vowed to take more pictures this year as I only took one last year (and it was at Bob Evans on our way home), but I'll have to promise myself to actually take pictures of us girls in the future. For some reason, the boys and the kids are the only ones photographed this year. Oh well. I made progress. Instead of describing everything about the weekend, I'll just list the major moments:

1. Four hour car ride with an 11 month old and a 6 month old=incredibly impressed. These two girls were rock stars.

2. I did some MAJOR damage at the J.Crew outlet. MAJOR. Therefore, instead of continuing my shopping spree, I played "stylist" for the other girls the rest of the day on Friday. I had so much fun just sitting in the fitting rooms discussing sizing, fit, and style. Loved it.

3. Daniel masterminded two amazing dinners on Friday and Saturday nights. Grilled chicken, burgers, veggies, and beans on Friday. Chicken fajitas on Saturday. Yum.

4. Hot tub. It was unusually cold (as it always is on our SB trips), and the clean hot tub was the perfect place to relax each day/night.

5. Oh yeah...Daniel also prepared breakfast, and it was delicious. French toast, eggs, and sausage one morning. Biscuits and gravy the next.

6. The rest of the weekend included lots of basketball watching, great conversation, and playing with three really cute baby girls.

[Please disregard the mauve carpets and early 90s decor. The owners of the house must have a love for pastels and southwestern US.]

Reese and Sarah just playing around.

Reese in her little bunny onesie and doing what she does best--jumping.

Sarah and Blair with Becca. Sweet girls.

Wes and Sarah playing a little Wii golf.

Utz cheese balls are a staple. I had my first taste this year, and I won't be adding them to my grocery list.

The girls. Blair, Reese, and Sarah. Don't worry, mom--Reese had a cardigan and leggings on with her dress, but this was right after a diaper change, and I thought we better snap the pics while we could.

Yeah, we put her warmer clothes on right after this. :)

One of my favorite things about the weekend? I LOVED really getting to see R's personality. Being with two other kiddos, certain characteristics really stood out for each girl. Reese=content, quiet, "takes it all in", and she needs some alone time. She would just smile and laugh when we brought her in our room, and she laughed the entire drive home. This was one of those alone moments. LOVE her.

A good picture of the weekend for the boys. Baby monitors, dominoes, and drinks.

Oh, look. Wes took a pic of his girls on Friday morning with my phone. See? I actually was there. And that owl hat is getting a bit snug. Look back at pictures from October to see how much that cute noggin has grown.

WIWW Vol. 4

I did it! I did much better this week and actually remembered to take pictures every day. Workout clothes still occupied much of my week's wardrobe, but I workout. It may be later in the day before I can get to it, so I may spend the entire day in those clothes. I'm not sure how long I'll keep this up because I'm sure it won't be a forever thing, but it has been an incredible motivator. Here's WIWW Vol. 4:

Why did I pose like this? It totally didn't show that this was actually (in my mind) a pretty cute outfit. Anyways, this was a day filled with helping high school cheerleading tryouts. Fun, fun!

Jacket- Gap

Blouse- Old Navy

Jeans- Ann Taylor Loft

Sandals- Ugg (Dillard's)

You will be seeing these A LOT this spring and summer. They are so incredibly comfortable (Ugg knows how to make a comfy shoe), and I think they couldn't be cuter.

Lunch with a friend and errands day.

Jacket- The North Face

Tank- Old Navy

Pants- Gap Body

Shoes- New Balance

Watch- Polar (You can't see it, but my green heart rate monitor has been quite the staple for a few years now if I'm in somewhat workout clothes)

Lunch date and errands day.

Necklace- Banana Republic

Jacket- Under Armour

Shirt- Old Navy

Pants- Gap Body (yeah, I wore them two days in a row...they were washed in between though)

Hanging with Walker family day.

Cardigan- Target

Jeans- Seven

Flats- Rocketdog

Church day.

Dress- Gap

Leggings- Target

Sandals- Gap

Picnic in the park after church day (the wind was whipping up my dress, so I ran home and changed).

Cardigan- Target

Tank- Target

Silk gray shorts- TJ Maxx

Sandals- Gap

Stay at home all day to catch up on R's schedule day.

Jacket- Christmas gift from my mom.

Pants- Nike Outlet

"Comfy Pants Night" (This is what my friends call our get together nights where we just sit, talk, and snack for hours at one of our homes...this night's event was right here at our house)

Cardigan- J. Crew

Tank- TJ Maxx

Pants- Athleta

Flip-flops- Havaiana

Errands and visit sweet four day old Harper Hoyle day.

Pullover- J. Crew outlet

Watch- Michael Kors (my other staple when I'm NOT in semi-workout clothes)

Boyfriend khaki pants- Old Navy

Sandals- Ugg

And because I can't have a post without sweet girl, here is our happy Reese yesterday in her Polo from Auntie LC.

Happy Half-Birthday.

SIX months old TODAY! Can you say, Happy Half-Birthday?! We have had a full day, and it's only half way over right now. It started with her 6 month checkup, and she looked great. She's just about the best baby and such a trooper. I love her way more than I ever imagined. A catnap followed the appointment, and then we were just tickled that we got to eat lunch with Jenessa and Dyer at the one and only, Chick-fil-A. (We have been spoiled this week with awesome Chick-fil-A lunch dates--yesterday, we enjoyed dining with Katie and Sawyer!)

We are really looking forward to a laid back weekend before our fun lake trip and beach trip in the next few weeks!

Here's what Miss Reese is up to at the big six month mark:

*RRW weighs 16 lbs. 15.8 oz. (At birth, she actually weighed 7 lbs. 15.5 oz. and they rounded it up to 8 lbs., so I'm going to go ahead and say RRW is at 17 lbs.) 63rd percentile.

*Reese Peese's head is in the 85th percentile.

*Sweet Pea is 2 ft. 1 1/2 in. (25 1/2 inches)--making her way right down the middle of the chart.

*Peace goes to bed somewhere between 6 and 7 pm, has a little dreamfeed between 9 and 10 that I'm starting to attempt to get rid of, and sleeps until somewhere around 7 or 7:30 in the morning. Loving this full night's sleep thing.

*Sweet girl takes 2 or 3 good naps during the day.

*Reese still loves her jumperoo and Baby Einstein/Praise Baby.

*RRW sits up unassisted for a bit, but she's still not sturdy enough to hold it on her own for too long.

*Reese has a new found love for her play mat, and she just rolls, scoots, rotates on her belly, gets up on all fours and just plays with its toys and Scout (her Leap Frog puppy) a lot. I'm thinking crawling isn't too far in our future. Oh, and everything goes in her mouth. Everything she can get her hands on.

*Sweet Pea eats solids 2 or 3 times a day, and her favorite is definitely pears. We are trying to introduce all cereals, fruits, and veggies to her now, and it's going slowly but surely. Her tongue just keeps getting in the way, but we are making progress!

*RRW nurses 6 times a day, and hopefully we will be knocking 1, if not 2, of those out in the next month or two.

*Sweet girl was unswaddled for about two weeks before she got her ear infection. Now, we are back to weaning her; however, I am much more confident about the process. She needed the swaddle while she was sick, and I was just fine with that knowing that we can pretty easily get rid of it.

*Reese is a smily, laid-back, semi-quiet, and content baby. I couldn't ask for more. Her personality is starting to come out, and I just adore it.

Enjoy her six month pictures. Six pictures for six months. Or really I just couldn't narrow them down to one, so I picked six.

WWWW Vol. 3

As I confessed to Wes last night that I had completely failed at What I Wore Wednesday this week, he said to be real. Here's me being real: WWWW Vol. 3 has taken a huge hit. Reese got sick on Thursday. Mom came in town for the weekend, so I got side tracked (I even got some semi-cute outfits together, too!). I got pooped on several times (I'm not complaining though because we have been dealing with some major lack of bowel movements in the past month). Reese's tongue which still hasn't figured out how to get food off a spoon has flicked peas, pears, sweet potatoes, green beans, and beets all over her face, her clothes, my pants, my shirts, etc.

HOWEVER, my mom brought up a central Arkansas magazine that had a feature story about how workout clothes are ever so stylish these days. Thank goodness! I'm so glad to know that I am in style. My black Gap workout capris, black Under Armour (outlet!) zip-up, and a variety of my J. Crew deep v-neck tees (some outlet and some not) were worn over and over this week. You will just have to imagine what I looked like...I failed to take pictures. And it makes me so happy to announce that it is supposed to be sunny and 68 today and in the upper 70s tomorrow. I'm dreaming of outfits I will be wearing this week with my new sandals. (Thanks, mom!) Now I'm off to workout, shower, and then get all gussied up in something springy!

I vow to be much better this week. I can't promise there won't be a lounge day or two, but at least I'll take pictures. Here is my ONE picture from last week.

Cell group night.

Jacket- Gap

Shirt- ?? (My mom gave it to me for Christmas two years ago)

Jeans- Citizens of Humanity (Lefler's in Conway)

Boots- Born (Dillard's)

Blog Issues

Yeah, so I was trying to fix one little thing, and now the whole blog is undergoing changes...some wanted, some unwanted. I hope to figure this out before my laptop battery goes dead and little girl fully wakes up from this afternoon nap. No, I'll deal with this later. I'm going to go soothe sweet pea and then do a little Bible study. Ta ta for now.

Wow.

Wes and a buddy from work decided to take a road trip to Denver this weekend to visit another friend. When he proposed this trip last week, I hesitantly said he should go and that I would be fine. I know so many people have husbands who travel all the time for work, but Wes doesn't. I'm used to having him with me every night. I called my mom to let her know of these plans, and I just asked her what she and my dad had going on this weekend. She was helping throw two wedding showers of some of the dearest family friends. Well, I figured I would just gear up for a looooong weekend. However, she and my dad talked and decided it was a no-brainer. These are the kinds of things they want to be able to do as grandparents. She made some phone calls, and she had my dad run some errands for her to complete her responsibilities as shower hostess. Wow. I am sooooo thankful she decided to spend the weekend here. About thirty minutes after Wes pulled out of the driveway on Thursday night, Reese became fussier than normal. This was to be my only night alone because mom was coming Friday afternoon. Let's just say Thursday night was the worst night Reese has ever had in terms of sleeping, crying, fussiness, etc. I had noticed cold symptoms for about two days, and she has never had a cold. I figured this could be how she deals with colds. Yuck. But when the sun rose on Friday morning, she was not any better. She was hysterical. I called the doctor at 7:30 am, got her in at 8:50, got meds for an ear infection at 10:00, and then prayed that she would feel better soon (and that mom would get here quickly!). As soon as the first couple of doses of the antibiotic got in her little system, she started feeling better. She still has the cold symptoms, but she is a new woman compared to Thursday and Friday. And guess what? My mom and I had a fabulous weekend with just "the girls." We ordered in Table Mesa for dinner on Friday, she got up during the nights to help our sweet Reese, we did some really fun shopping on Saturday, got Crumpet Tea Room for lunch, ordered pizza for dinner, watched a movie, went grocery shopping (on her), and entertained ourselves with Reese and her smily self for hours. Reese loves her Mopsy so much that she just decided to refuse napping for the past few days. She just wanted to spend time with her grandmother. :) I got to sit back and watch these two love on each other, and it was so special and so priceless. It's the greatest thing to see my mom with her only grandchild. Playing peek-a-boo in the Dillard's shoe section might be her favorite memory of the weekend. Regardless, I am so incredibly thankful that she decided to spend the weekend here. Enjoy this sweet video I got yesterday. I finally caught that laughter on video!! Reese's first illness that I had to deal with at home is hopefully coming to an end, and I think she's pretty happy about it.

Ten (or eleven) on Ten

I read two blogs of people I don't know. Ashley from Under the Sycamore is perhaps my decorator icon. Vintage. Eclectic. I don't know how else to explain it, but I love it. Yesterday, she wrote about Ten on Ten, and I decided to give it a try. For ten hours in a row on the 10th day of the month, take a picture. I took it as take a picture of what is going on during that hour. That's what I did, and I had a lot of fun. Too bad this was one of those at home all day day's. No exciting outings or fun play dates for Reese. It was still a dance around the house, read lots of books, have a little Bible study, do a little cleaning kind of day, and I loved it. AND too bad my math was off. I took pictures from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. That would be ELEVEN hours. Oops. Here's a peek into eleven hours of March 10th in our sweet home...

8:00 hour: Emmett and Reese checking out the day's weather.

9:00 hour: Wes' bags packed for his road trip to Colorado tonight. His girls already miss him.

10:00 hour: R waking up from her sweet morning nap.

11:00 hour: Oops. Still in pajamas. Teeth were brushed, face was washed, and I got dressed during the next hour.

12:00 hour: Lunchtime. Sun dried tomato turkey breast, fresh mozzarella, and pesto grilled sandwich along with way too many baked cheetos (I was feeling sorry for myself because my lunch date got cancelled, and I would have consumed way more calories at Chick-Fil-A) and my pineapple orange juice spritzer.

1:00 hour: Checking the mail. Netflix movie. Tea Collection catalog. Bed Bath & Beyond ad. U of A credit card applications. And THE cutest one year old birthday party invitation EVER.

2:00 hour: The evidence of my fabulous visit from Sydney. Just came over to chat for a couple of hours. I loved it, and I think you should hop on the blogging train. :)

3:00 hour: Making some new treats for the road trippers. Brownie cookie sandwiches.

4:00 hour: Letting Reese's homemade green beans and sweet potatoes thaw. (Thanks, Amy.)

5:00 hour: The first cold of her life is on its way. See the nose crusties?

6:00 hour: And the day is coming to an end for the kid. She's in bed, and I'm eating dinner. Not so sure how this night will go, as I've already been in to help out sweet girl way more times than usual.

WWWW Vol. 2

What did I learn this week? I no longer wear necklaces. With a breastfeeding baby who likes to grab and pull at anything, it just doesn't make sense to mess with a necklace--especially a really fun and fancy one. I can pull off a small, short, simple necklace, but that's about it. This makes me sad, and it may be what motivates me when I start to wean. I make up for it now by wearing fun earrings, but you really can't see them in these pictures. I also learned that WWWW just may turn into WIWW due to the number of pictures that are posted with the WE part and the trouble of getting Miss Reese photographed daily. After this week, I may add in a photo or two each time just for fun though. Sorry to take the cutest part away from this weekly post. And the last thing I learned? Clean my mirror more often. Too many of my outfits look dirty because of the dust that was on the mirror. I still can't figure out how to take better pictures besides using the wrinky dink mirror, but oh well.

So, week two was a good week. I was in workout clothes all day two days, but at least I got out of pajamas. That's a big part of why I'm doing this crazy thing. Here is what Reese and I wore all week... (I apologize in advance for the number of pictures. Now you see why I am going with WIWW.)

Target tunic and leggings. What. A. Cutie.

The Children's Place dress. Baby Legs. Under the Elms headband.

Sweet outfit from Dillard's.

The Children's Place dress. Target jeggings. I can't get enough of this picture.

Etsy onesie. Target legwarmers. Right after this shot, she spit up all over her cute clothes...

So, I got her all cleaned off immediately. She likes getting clean.

Two hour doctor's appointment and stay in workout clothes all day day.

Jacket- Target

Pants- Banana Outlet

Shoes- New Balance

(not that you want any part of this outfit. ha.)

Impromptu 5 year old birthday party day.

Vest- TJ Maxx

Shirt- J.Crew

Jeans- Ann Taylor Loft

Sandals- Gap

Walker family gathering day #1.

Vest- Riffraff

Tunic- Victoria's Secret

Leggings- Walmart

(I loved this outfit, but the dusty mirror totally got in the way.)

Shoes- My mom's closet :)

Walker gathering day #2. Beth and Jason's going away shindig.

Cardigan- Target with a lot of my mom's personal touches

Tank- TJ Maxx

Jeans- Mason's

My mom sewed rikrak on the cardigan and covered the buttons in fun fabric.

Church and lunch with lots of friends day.

Scarf- Walmart

Coat- Anthropologie

Tunic- Target

Leggings- Walmart

Boots- Dillard's

Panera breakfast date with a friend and Rhea Lana sale day.

Jacket- The North Face

Shirt- Gap Outlet

Pants- Banana Outlet

Bible Study and take Emmett to the vet day.

Cardigan- Target

Shirt- J. Crew

Belt- TJ Maxx

Jeans- Citizens of Humanity/Lefler's in Conway

Boots- Wilkinson's in Conway

A semi-better look at one of my favorite white shirts.