8 weeks

8 weeks ago today I was sitting in a hospital room waiting for them to bring Reid from the nursery, and let's be honest.. waiting on some chicken fingers too! haha It's insane how fast time flies! As far as our growing boy goes, he has been smiling a lot more lately and actually only woke up twice last night to eat. Praise the Lord! We are settling in as we get used to both working full time and taking care of this fun boy too. I really have tons of great pictures of him! I'll try to post more soon, but for now here are his week 6, 7 and 8 pictures. He grows so fast!

Sunday Errands

We ran some errands this afternoon which included a trip to Wal-Mart. Reid was in a great mood and Neil took this picture with his phone. It's a little blurry but still one of the best ones yet! Love love love this kid!

School Day School Day

Well Reid had one of the biggest firsts I think a person can have this past week... his first day of "school." :) Katherine and I were laughing last weekend as we discussed how many school days will follow. Let's say he'll be in school roughly 265 days a year for what... the next 23 years for sure to get him through high school then who knows! Whew... it's a marathon not a sprint... hang in there little man. The great news is that we're absolutely thrilled with where he is spending his days. Reid is a proud member of the little lamb room at Lindenwood Christian Church Childcare. He is actually the only kid in his room at the moment because he is the oldest in his class of newborns! Only one more out of the 6 has even been born! I thought that was pretty funny. Anyway, as you can imagine he is quite popular being that he is the only "baby" around so far. He has 3 teachers all to himself!

In other news, this is Jes's last day in Memphis. (insert mental image of me crying right here :) ) She has been invaluable to say the least. I was just telling her yesterday that there are no words to do justice the gift that she has given me this summer and I will forever owe her for giving up what could be her last "free summer" to be in Memphis. I have had a blast spending so much time with her! We will all miss her, especially Reid! :) We love you Jes!! Now back to being FABULOUS in NY!! We are ecstatic for you to restart your Brooklyn adventures and tell us all about them.

A Big Day

Monday, August 2 was a big day at our house. Neil and I celebrated 2 incredible years of marriage, Reid turned 5 weeks old and I went back to work. I mean... that's a lot. As far as the anniversary, Jes and Emily made us a date night reservation at South Of Beale which is a cool little restaurant on South Main Street. It was a huge step up from our first year anniversary which was spent sharing a not so romantic meal of chicken fingers in the Med cafeteria because I was on overnight call. This year was much better to say the least. THANKS Jes and Em! Plus my sweet husband bought me flowers, love love love him.

Then our little boy is growing so fast! He definitely looks like a baby now instead of a skinny little newborn. We are loving him being awake a little more during the day and interacting. Plus he's sleeping 3 hrs at a time at night which we are told is great for his age and we are thankful. I still don't know how people do this without a Jes! Thank the Lord for Jes... I mean.. really. :)

Then also I'm back to being Dr. Jen. It's insane how time flies. I'm starting back on a month of Allergy/Immunology research. It's a nice transition as the hours are tolerable. I would love another month home with Reid, but it has been nice to see my friends and to think about something else as well. Thankfully Jes and one of our greatest friends, Emily, are here to take care of Reid this week before he's old enough to start daycare next week. It makes my return to the working world a little easier not to make those two transitions at once. Overall, it was a good day, a little busy... but good.