Happy 1st Birthday, Keagan!

On Saturday, we had the pleasure of celebrating Keagan DeLaPorte's 1st Birthday!!!  It was a Minnie Mouse swim party at the Keller Pointe... it was HOT, but we had so much fun! =)  Can't believe sweet Keagan is already one!  Here are some pics from the party...

Reid and I before attempting the splash pool... I love his little swim-shirt.  It's getting too small...looked more like a muscle shirt and kept rolling up over his stomach =)

Checking out the baby swim area...

Getting used to the water...

Reid, Dad, Tyler, Keagan, Bill, and Heath

Dad and Reid 

Reid and the birthday girl!

Reid looks like he's having a lot more fun than Daddy =)

Keagan's first birthday cake...Minnie Mouse

Keag eyeing that cake...

...trying to figure out what this thing is...

...and diggin' in!

The after-party...  Reid wore himself out in the pool and sun...he had so much fun!  What a sleepy boy...

We've got a HUGE week ahead of us... Doc's going-away reception @ Cook Children's Hospital, the 4th of July, and (gulp)... my 30th Birthday celebrations begin tomorrow!  (Yes, I am the birthday queen and this will be a week-long event!)  More posts and pics to come soon!

The many faces of Reid...

Love this little guy!!!

Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday, Doc!!!

We had a WONDERFUL weekend celebrating Doc's Birthday and Ben's first Father's Day!  Reid is so blessed to have such great, Godly examples of men in his life - we love you so much Daddy, Doc, and Granpa!

Here's a pic of Ben and Reid on Father's Day at lunch...love these two!

For Father's Day, I decided to let Reid have his first-go at finger painting... what a mess!  But we had so much fun!!!  I had every intention of taking pictures during the whole process, but both Reid and I were so covered in paint that I didn't want to pick up my camera =)  I just covered our kitchen table in plastic... stripped Reid down and set him up in the bumbo seat... then the painting fun began!  Here's a pic of Reid's first artwork...

Needless to say, everyone loved their "Reidster Originals"!

On Friday evening, we went out with my family to celebrate Doc's Birthday and Father's Day - what a fun night!  We ate at Doc's favorite...Mexican Inn in downtown Ft. Worth, then headed to Neely's new apartment for cake and ice cream.

Here's a great pic... Reid loves his Doc!  Happy Birthday, Doc!!!

Me, Reid, Aunt Neely, and Doc...

Enjoying our dinner...

Reid giving Doc and Daddy his Father's Day gifts =)

On Sunday, we had a great morning at Keystone Church then headed to spend the afternoon with Ben's side of the family...

Sweet Reid is always crashed out after church on Sunday's...too much playing with his friends in the nursery!

Daddy and Reid at lunch...having a great time!

...and with Granpa... 3 generations...

...and then Uncle Jeff joined the picture...

Granpa LOVED his Father's Day gift from Reid, as well!

Laughing with my little guy...

Happy first Father's Day, Daddy!!!  We love you and are so thankful for all that you do for our family!

Handsome Fella!

Just wanted to share these pics of Reid waking up from nap time today... CU-TEE-PA-TOO-TIE!!!

Happy Birthday, Grandma!!!

Yesterday was my Mother-in-law's birthday, so Ben's whole side of the family headed out to celebrate with Carol!  We had a GREAT dinner at the Lava Asian Grill then came back to our house for some INCREDIBLE cake calls (check out Decadent Sweetz!) and coffee. =)  

Here's a great picture of Reid with Grandma and Grandpa (and yes, Reid is already in his pjs):

Giving BIG smiles to Grandma...

Our group (minus Debbie & Rob...they were at the other end of the table)...

With my two men...Ben and Reidster...

Reid did so great throughout the dinner...he's good at keeping himself busy with toys:

...and he LOVES trying to grab and lick the camera...

The Lava Grill is a Japanese restaurant where they cook at your table... here's a picture of our whole group.  You can see that Reid was FASCINATED and stood in his Dad's lap watching the entire time...

Hangin' out with Uncle Jeff and Grandpa:

Mommy and Reid before putting him down to bed...

Our happy boy =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA - we love you!!!!

Reid's Nursery and other happenings...

I have truly been slacking in the blogging area...we've just been so busy that it feels like the summer is flying by!  We've been spending a lot of time with our families and friends... grilling out, swimming, and just enjoying time together.  Reid still continues to be the center of our world (of course!!) and we are loving every minute with him.  And...he seems to be quite the social butterfly with all of the birthday party invitations that have been coming to our house... 6 parties just this month...CRAZY!!!  I did remember my camera at Kailey's birthday party last week...it was Reid's first time to experience Chuck E. Cheese, and he had so much fun - he was on sensory overload the entire time =)

The actual Chuck E. Cheese scared him - I have to agree, he is quite creepy - so we settled for pics with Chuck E's picture =)

I have also FINALLY finished Reid's nursery and taken some pictures to post (I was waiting on getting all of his newborn prints blown up and framed).  I really love how it all turned out!  We got all of the bedding and bath stuff from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child...

Wish you could see the picture without the glare...it's beautiful!!!

And finally...some pics of the little guy playing hard (that's what he does best!)...such an angel baby!  Here's Reid talking to his frog...

Still lovin' 'Buddy' the elephant...

Reid is also really starting to sit up well!  He so badly wants to do it on his own, and holds himself up for a few seconds before toppling over.  Here's one of his new favorites...the bumbo chair...

And, a pic of Reid holding his own bottles (it's a cell phone pic, so it's grainy).  I feel like my baby is getting so big so fast!

And a few more (blurry) cell phone pics of our happy boy...

I'm sure to have several more posts very soon... This week we are celebrating both Grandma and Doc's birthdays as well as Father's Day... busy, busy... but looking so forward to all of the great memories!