No Pain No Gain

Our poor little Reese had a tumble off the counter top in the women's bathroom at church leaving her chin wide open. To our delight we apparently have an endless number of doctors and plastic surgeons in our new ward! We lucked out with a plastic surgeon named Mark Ryser. He's a stud and volunteered his skills. We met him at his office to get her sewed up. After 30 min plus of playing pin Reese down(she's a strong & feisty one)and a lot of laughing gas later we found ourselves with 12 stitches in all! Reese survived and, with her Tootsiepop in hand, was all smiles and giggles on the way home. Dad and mom remained cool through it all and now are prepared for any other future fall or mischief a near 2-yr-old can get herself into.

Reese throughout 2009

Hey! It's been awhile! I haven't been able to upload photos for quite some time due to losing our usb cord in the move. You think it would be a simple thing to replace and let me tell you IT'S NOT- 3 cords and no match later I turned to Heather(my sis-in-law). Thanks to her, and her brilliant idea to get a memory card reader, I am once again able to share thoughts and pics. I have so many pictures to share and so little space to share them all. I'm first and foremost sharing pics of Reese, as she has grown and changed so much over the year- maybe mostly noticeable through the eyes of a parent?! She's huge to me, well...see what you think!

Good Times

Vacation

Spring Is Here

Riley's Here!

Waiting with great anticipation for Riley to come!

Riley was born on March 27th. I've never seen Reese show so much interest in...well anything. She was infatuated with Riley. She wanted to give him non-stop kisses and did. She would show frustration when we took him away from him so as he wouldn't get mauled.

Grandma Kerry & Riley

St. George Trip

So Lance, Halle, Jason, Reese and I headed down to St. George for the weekend. Lance and Jason were playing in the Winter Champs golf tournament. We stayed with our friends Greg and Callie.
Reese was getting a little bored of me trying to entertain her in the car. Thank goodness for Uncle Lance and his technology! He had a Baby Einstein ready to go on his Ipod. Reese surprisingly kept the head phones on almost the entire time.

Reese and her man Braxton.

Reese thinks it's funny to drink the bathtub water and now pool water. She tries to be sneaky and do it when I am not looking. She likes me to catch her though- it's a fun game of hers. I quite like it myself!

Reese and her oldest cousin Halle. They are the only two girls on the Richards side. They have a bond. Reese lights up every time she sees her. Halle is such a doll when it comes to Reese. She is very protective and watchful over her. Is it crazy to say I would trust a 6-yr-old with my child? Not if you knew Halle.