one month old

reesie is one month old.  at one month she is still as sweet as ever.  she is a calm baby who hardly ever cries or gets upset.  she loves to snuggle and loves to be warm, so at one month old she still dislikes bath time and getting her diaper changed (mostly the she dislikes the cold wipes).  she sleeps well and eats like a champ.  the kids love reese and love holding and kissing her, especially katelyn.  she is smiling at us, and we just adore it.  we love our reese!

a visit from tyler's mother

we were also so, so lucky to have tyler's mother come out and help with the kiddos.  we feel so grateful for her help as well!  we sure are so grateful to lori that she took time off of work to join us in wisconsin. 
i can't deny that it was wonderful to be pampered a couple more days.  i didn't have to cook, clean, take care of the older kiddos, do any laundry...all because lori did it for us.  lori is amazing and did all of the hard work so we didn't have to.  and the kids loved getting spoiled with all of the attention from grandma.  i'm really fortunate to have such a great mother-in-law.  thanks lori for everything you did for us!  we love you.

a visit from my mother

we were so, so lucky to have my mom fly out to help us when reese was born.  i'm so grateful to my mother for coming.  i just know those first two weeks wouldn't have gone nearly as smooth as they did without her help. 

it amazes me how much my mother did to help us while she was here.  she worked so hard to do our laundry, cook our food, clean our house, run our errands, finish up some of my un-finished projects, be our moral supports when we're tired and most importantly take care of the kiddos.  honestly it's amazing.  she worked so tirelessly while she was here.  i know she was tired when it was time to leave, but my mother never once complained.  i'm lucky to have such a great mother and even more lucky that she was willing to take time off from her own busy life to help us out as we welcomed reese into our family.  love you mom.

i really didn't take a ton of pictures during those first two weeks, but i did manage to get one of my mother entertaining the kiddos.  katelyn and tanner were helping my mom make some chocolate chip cookies.

the day my mom left.  reese is giving us an elvis impersonation.

the kids were eating some nerds and decided they wanted to take a picture with a nerd on their tongues.