Busy Saturday!

Yesterday morning started out like any normal summer Saturday. Graham cleaned out the garage and cut the grass while I cleaned the house. After everything was done Graham fed Reed his lunch and I made sure that the house was in top notch condition because we had a showing later that afternoon. Once Reed was done eating Graham placed him in the living room to play with his toys. I was in the downstairs bath when all of a sudden I heard this huge thud followed by a scream. Graham and I both ran into the living room to find Reed sitting on the floor screaming with a hug bump on his head that was red and blue. Of course me being a first time mother I freaked out and told Graham that we had to take him to the e.r. The doctor at the hospital told me it was a nasty bump but he would be ok. I have since realized that Reed has unfortunatly inherited my clumsiness.


After Reed's first er visit we headed to Furman to tail gate with some friends before the football game. We did not go to the game because it was a 7:00 game and Reed had already missed his 2nd nap. Hopefully we will be able to take him to the next home game. We also ended up with 3 showings of the house yesterday.

House For Sale!

It's official! As of Today our house is on the market. We have been so busy the past couple of weeks getting our house in top notch condition. We had a landscaper come out and he did a wonderful job on on creating some great curb apeal. I also repainted the downstairs hall, stairway, upstairs hall(which sucked because of all the doorways), and the master bath. We also did some updating to the master bath by replacing the vanity light and the fixtures. We still have a couple of other things to do which will hopefully be done by this weekend. We have already found a house that is a little over 2000 sq. ft. that has gone into foreclosure. It does need a some cosmetic work done to it but as far as we can tell the structure is in great condition. Of course before we sign any paper work we will have it inspected just to make sure. I will keep everyone updated as much as I can about the progress of selling and buying a house.

Birthday Weekend!

Fri. was Reed's b-day and boy did he have a fun filled day. That morning we took him to build a Bear.

Reed checking out the stuffing machine


Reed pushing the peddle to fill his monkey with stuffing


Reed putting a heart in his monkey


The finished product


Then later that afternoon we took him to have his one year pictures made













On Sat. Reed had such a blast at his birthday party. He was so cute in his little outfit. He had such a blast seeing everybody. He especially enjoyed eating his cake and opening his presents. I don't have the pictures from his party just yet but as soon as I get them I will post them. I just want to say Thank You to everybody that came to the party and to everyone that help me.

Happy Birthday!!!!

I can't believe it! Today Reed is 1. It seems just like yesterday I was holding our newborn baby. He has learned so much in the past year. I can't wait to see what happens in the year to come.

Play Time

As you all know Reed outgrew his pack-n-play at an early age so we had gotten him a play yard so I was still able to do stuff around the house without having to worry about him getting into stuff and getting hurt. Well at the end of last week I decided that it was time to take the play yard down. I soon realized that everything that was still left on the tables now had to come off and that I could not leave him in the living room by himself for to long even though there is a gate on both entrances to the living room. So I have had to come up with some pretty creative ways to entertain him when we are at home. Last week my mom and I went to Toys R Us looking for a ball pit. The only ones we could find were ones that blowup. So I went ahead and purchased the balls that go in them hoping that I could find something safe to put them in. Well yesterday I came up with the bright idea to make a ball pit out of our coffee table (if you didn't know our table is kind of like a storage chest only bigger). I layed an old comforter in the inside to make it soft and then just dumped the balls in. He loves it!!! He spent about an hour total in it yesterday. And the best thing is is that it doesn't take up any room because it was already there and when he is done I just close the lid.