Happy New Year!

4 months old

As Aunt Jamie says, "Too cool for her pool"

I know, I know...I'm still playing catch up. So, our new year was SUPER exciting! Wait til you hear about this...Dowell came home from work around 8:30 or so and I was giving Reese a bath. Reese and I had a pretend countdown after her story and she went to bed. Sound asleep. 2009 was a year that I resurrected my love for bubble baths, especially since we moved into our new apartment with the 'big tub'. So, I decided that I would take one last bath in 2009. I ran my bath water, turned the lights down and lit some candles. As I stepped into the tub, my hot bath was 'room temperature' at best. I tried to make the best of it and enjoyed it as much as possible, but I decided that I'd just take a shower instead. Well, my shower water went from warm to freezing! That was it. Thanks 2009. It was 11: 55 p.m. so I got my pajamas on and walked through my house to ring in the new year with my family. Reese was sound asleep in her crib, Cooper was sound asleep in the chair, and my husband was sound asleep on the couch. So, I found my old buddy Dick Clark and pretended that I was in Times Square! When it was 11:59.45, I poked Dowell and we counted down from 10 (he was only awake enough to hit about every 3 or 4 numbers), but nonetheless we welcomed 2010 with much enthusiasm :) About 15 minutes later, we were in bed. Gosh, we're old.

Since then, 2010 has been good to us. The Titans won their last game and finished 8-8. Bittersweet. Bitter because the Titans did not make the playoffs, but sweet to have my husband home. It's been so fun to have a little vacation with him even though we don't really leave the house. We had a little bit of snow this past weekend that was really pretty to look at, but not quite enough to play in. Not to mention, it's been in the single digits and low teens for the past few weeks. Only today has the weather been above freezing at a whopping 34 degrees. Brrr!
Cooper loves it! He'll go outside and just let the wind his his face for as long as we'll let him. His fur gets so cold, but he seems to stay warm.

Reese went to the pediatrician for her 4 month check up on Tuesday. She is 24 inches long and weighs 14 lbs! I'm so proud of her. The doctor was shocked when I told him she was sleeping about 12 hours through the night. His jaw dropped and he said that was awesome! Again, such a proud momma. She is talking so much now. Mainly squealing, but I love it just the same. She loves her new exersaucer and is able to sit up for brief periods when we play on the floor. I've posted a few of our newest pictures. Enjoy!