Don't be fooled....

By his cute face,


His precious baby physique,


His excellent nutritional habits (kid will chow on anything & everything, raw broccoli included).


The kid is seemingly perfect. But, he's in the middle of a long-running sleep strike. I'm teetering on the edge and realizing just how fragile my sanity truly is. He was sleeping 8-9 hours a few months ago (swaddled). A few sicknesses & the doctors orders to drop the swaddle, and here we are waking up every 1-2 hours every freaking night. I need coffee and sleep, not in that order.

Good thing they're both so stinking cute & that Reese is a great sleeper....


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(Anything but) blah-hamas

I just asked Reese: "What's your very favorite place is the entire world?"
Without missing a beat, the answer was: "The Blah-hamas!"

We spent 5 days at the amazing Atlantis resort last week.

Sigh.

We did so much!
Water slide fun galore!


But R's favorite part of the trip, she told us, was playing with Tatum and Tinsley.



Everyone got in on the water fun!



Reese and Tatum, heading to the pool.


Parents night out! We ate at the amazing GrayCliff Restaurant. So delicious! Such an interesting place!


Crazy signs there in the caribe...


Anne and David took the girls to swim with the dolphins--they had a blast!






Cord took some wonderful family shots of us on the beach the last night we were there.


And we got a few with our much-loved sitter, Krista. She was an enormous help throughout the trip!



The cuties got to go see Taylor Swift at our resort....


Mommy was happy to escort!


Waiting for the concert to begin...


Well, hello Miss Swift! Reese came home and told daddy, "Taylor Swift is a REAL princess!"


What a perfect end to a fabulous trip!

Memorable Memorial Day

This year, we went to Utah for memorial Day weekend. Wow, they really celebrate Memorial Day up there--in a very different way than we do, too. In Utah, the weekend is spent visiting all of your relatives and ancestors graves and placing flowers on them. And not just military men and women killed in combat (although those most definitely), but any and all family members. Families pack up their cars and head to the breathtakingly beautiful cemeteries for an afternoon picnic. Everyone hangs out and plays games. It's really something else. And we ran into relatives, both close and more distant, at both of the cemeteries we visited. The following pictures are from the Logan, Utah cemetery where my grandmother was recently buried.

Reese placed a rose on Granny's grave.


My aunts Kathy, Lissa and Becky and my mom brought pictures, jewelry, dolls, handiwork and other mementos to remember Granny.


Both of my kids visited their great-grandmother's spot. We hung out there, sang songs, and then strolled around the grounds. it was lovely, despite what it looks like with these pictures--the kids really had a nice time.


This is the only one of the two of them where Weston doesn't look completely terrified.


Papa and Weston explore.


Reese poses with me by Granny's grave. I'm holding a quilted block she made for me.


Such a beautiful spot.


Then, we also ventured to the The Bluebird for lunch.


Reese enjoyed a milkshake at their cool ice cream bar.



And Lissa ignited a new obsession for Reese: Cousin It and The Addams Family. Girl can't stop talking about the show!

Two-fer toofers!

Big boy is busting out his pearly whites! We noticed his first tooth poking through on Daddy's b-day, May 16th. The next day I realized that Weston was in fact cutting two teeth at once. Ouch!

But apparently, this is the general reaction to teething at our house:

What a boy!

There they are, both coming in at once!


He wasn't exactly cooperating by posing with his teeth showing, but these turned out so cute I couldn't not post them!




Most of the up close pics show various stages of Weston trying to eat the camera. For example:


But you also get a clear idea of the toofers! And the changes in nursing that it brings--yikes!
He's growing up so quickly...

Fancy friends!

Running a little behind on the blog...yet again...

We had our sweet friends Ainsley and Miss Shannon over to play last week. It had been way too long! And the girls had a blast running around in tutus and dress up shoes.

How cute are they?!





Come play anytime ladies!