as much as it pains me to say it my reider is growing up.
thinking about where i was a year ago, it makes me rejoice thinking this is our reality. but he's EVERYWHERE. climbing on the counters, climbing on the toilet. climbing on our bed. climbing out of his crib. it seems likle in the last week we noticed more and more words and mannerisms coming through. yeling "surprise" "peek a boo" sitting at the counter for meals now instead of his high chair. he even started calling grandma by grandma. i'm always reminded of how quickly life changes, how each day is a very special gift. i have the joy to be home with my kids during the day. work for josh has dramatically increased. i never quite feel like i am doing the best job i can be as a mother and it's not an easy job.
thank you jesus for the time we all get to spend together. :)

it seems almost overnight reider is using more and more words. perhaps it's the fact that we are spending lots of time together right now or that he really is breaking through but it's been so cool to listen and see him change even over the last few months. in the morning when i get him from the crib he demands two things, waffles which sounds like "wah-wah" and a diego which i really can't even try to pronounce because it sounds nothing like diego other than the d sound at the beginning. sometimes he will ask for something, we won't know what it is, i will say a word i think it might be and he will say no. mind you, he says no for everything even if it's right. you can see how this can be confusing. he's begun shaking his head.
he's such a stink but so cuddly and silly. at any time he could be seen walking with up to two blankets at the same time.
i am finding out just how adventerous our reider is. today he was standing on the coffee table and he looked at me, shuffled his feet and fell straight forward assuming that i would catch him, which i did but holy crap it scared me. he has no fear. he also tried to climb down the 8 ft climbing wall. what a stinker.
did i mention that as we were outside on monday afternoon reid took my phone off a ledge and ran straight for the pool, jumped in waterlogging my phone.

sadie is making her television debut on sunday evening. both sadie and reider had swimming lessons this summer and sadie's teacher was hard core. i wasn't sure what to expect when we signed up but she's been so great, she's totally upfront and strict. we love her. the rules for class are: 1. no running 2. nothing in your mouth 3. no crying 4. no saying no.
everynight lately we've been saying the hail mary. the other night as we were over at my parents house i said sadie what do we say "holy (and the next word is supposed to be mary) and sadie said "buckets!!" ha ha ha it was so funny. our sweet girl has so much personality. it's all about skirts, diego, and has started really liking and carrying around a baby. the baby's name varies from bridget or stella to others.
we've been baking a lot, sadie's really been helping. more pics to come!