Reese Addison 3-30-06

On this day, 5 years ago Scott & I welcomed our newest and last sweet baby girl. The next day she was given the name Reese Addison. She was a whopping 7 lbs 11oz and 21 inches long. She came home to two older brothers, an older sister, and a dog Zoe. She was perfect in every way!! It is crazy to think that 5 years has breezed by so quickly!! A wise woman once told me that "These are the best years of your life!" and then, I laughed "If these are the best , I would hate to see the worst!!" Little did I know , I would soon be missing the late night feedings snuggling with your sweet baby while she gazes up at you with those big beautiful brown eyes. Miss hearing the mispronounced words that we once thought were absolutely adorable. The naked little butt that would run off the minute you tried to change her diaper. The spills and "uh oh's " that you would be left to clean up on a daily basis. Raising children is very stressful, exciting, scary, hilarious, but most of all rewarding when you reach a time in your life when you can say to yourself, "wow I guess we didn't do such a bad job after all." There are times when you lay holding a sick baby, and pray that everything turns out ok. But as the time quickly flies by, you realize that all of those "stressful, & scary" times are the ones that you will forever cherish and remember. Being a mom has been a life changing experience to say the least, so thank you Reese Addison for being a wonderful, beautiful, smart and funny child, and for letting this mommy spend each and every day loving you, and being honored to share my life with yours...... Please enjoy these pictures they are some of my favorite ones of her.. Sorry about the bad quality of some of these, I litterally snapped pics of framed pics, and out of scrapbooks. Lets face it I do not have the time to go scavenging areound finding the master copies and scanning them all. :) Photo taken 8 months pregnant...

March 31, 2006 the day we brought you home.

I believe this was about 4 months old.. 1yr old

2yr old fall pictures

3rd birthday picture the day of her party

1at day of Preschool at Lambs Little Ones

Catching a little snowflake

Fun in the sun

And this brings us to today Reese- 5yrs old!!

ear piercings.......

The wait is finally over. Rileigh has been bugging her dad to please pierce her cartilage..... While most girls her age if they want them that is have had this done for quite some time, no she has had to wait. It is funny you know that people assume that because Scott does what he does that our children don't have to play by the same rules as everyone else. In fact, Rileigh was about 5 years old before he pierced her ears. We waited until she was ready to get them done, until she could make that decision. Maybe she wouldn't of wanted them pierced as a baby, or at all for that matter. Nonetheless, he pierced one one day, and the other about a week and a half later! LOL So we fast forward 7 years later, and she is finally getting her cartilage pierced. That's about as lenient as we get, so she know until she is 18 that she better not ask for anything else. Can you believe someone actually asked Scott one time if he has tattooed any of his children?? He responded with "Uh no the oldest is only 14!" Seriously people?? I could only imagine what he would get if we left it up to him at a tender age of 14, OH Lord........