Happy Fall! (Nate 2 weeks old)

We headed to Grandpa and Grandma's yard again this fall for some fun pictures in all the leaves!  Jumping in the huge piles of leaves is one of Megan's favorite things to do.  It was a beautiful fall day and even 2 week old baby Nate got nestled in the leaves for some pictures.

Mommy Pride

Megan has been such a good little girl adjusting to her new baby brother in her life!  She loves him more than we could have ever imagined, and she has even created this special voice just for when she talks to Nate!  She will say in a high piched, gentle voice "Ohhhhh, Baby Brudder (Brother) Nate, I love you soooo much!  Ohhhhh, Baby Brudder Nate!"  Megan has been finding lots to do while we are busy with her new little brother.  One day she walked up to me and had this drawing board (in the picture) and said "Mama, wook (look)...two eyes!"  And here she had put two dots on the board that looked like two eyes.  I then said "Can you give him a smile?"  I really didn't think she could but I thought I would put her up to the challenge and see what she thought.  She turned around the board and said "Wook Mama....a smiley face!!!"  I had absolutely NO idea she was even capable of drawing a smiley face at 2 years (and 2 months) old...so here is a picture of her first one....this is exactly how she had it when she turned the drawing board around to show me.  I had mommy pride so I had to get this first smiley face in a picture.  She has also been enjoying these fun fall days outdoors chasing her shadows down the street and cruising in her red car.  You're a good big sister Megan!  We're proud of you!

Baby Nate 1 Week Old

 Here is Baby Nate at one week old.  He has big blue eyes and a little tucked in lower lip!  We all love him so much!  What a fun little guy we have been blessed with!

Welcome Baby Nate!

Nathan Parker Reid arrived at 5:02pm on Friday, October 1st, 2010.  What a sweet little guy he is!  Big Sister Megan got to meet "baby brother" today and she loved him to pieces!  Nate is healthy and doing well and we cannot wait to bring him home!  Here are just a few pictures...more to come later once we get home.  Welcome Baby Nate...we all love you so much!

Here comes baby boy Reid!

Here we go again!  My water broke at 6:15am this morning, October 1st, so we are headed to the hospital!  Check back with the blog tomorrow and hopefully we will have a picture posted.  Here comes the baby!

Megan's 2 year portraits

Megan had fun posing for the "biggie camera".  Only because she watched big sister Elli pose for the big camera was she so eager to do it herself.  She still talks about the lady that took her pictures and the red dot on the floor and the biggie camera.

Megan's REAL birthday day...August 3, 2010

Since we celebrated Megan's birthday party a week early, we had to do something special for her "real" birthday.  So since it was such a hot and humid day and mommy is SO pregnant with little brother...we headed to the beach to do what Megan loves best...dig in the dirt and sand.  She had an absolutely fun time splashing and digging and hopping in the water.  Hopping with two feet together is a new skill Megan has been working on mastering...and she can do it now!  It seems as though she has been practicing for 6 months...and keeping us all rolling in laughter as she makes such heart-felt attempts.  But now she is 2 and she is an official hopper!  She has also learned 11 colors (white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black and gray), a few shapes (circle, square, triangle, star, heart), she can count to 10 when SHE wants to (opposed to when you ask her to!) and she can identify all the alphabet but still will not name the letters, but rather if you say "Q is for____" she will say Quail, but if you ask her what letter you are holding....she will not tell you it is a Q!  She is having fun and learning at HER pace, which is truly her personality.  She is a happy little 2 year old who loves to explore....and figure things out on her own!  Happy Birthday Miss Megan!  We all love you sooooooooo much!