Welcome New Little One!!!

It is with much happiness that I introduce

Reeze Elizabeth
June 3
8lbs 2oz.
20 1/2 inches
and beautiful......







Mommy and baby are doing great!! Congratulations Miranda and Steve.

same taste

My good friend, Kelly, was over a while back and she and Cort seems to have the same taste in a few things.

First, they both chowed down on some salt and vinegar potato chips. Cort doesn't get these very often but when we do let him have some, he can't get enough. He is also not usually allowed to eat on the couch but we broke the rules for some bonding time with Kelly.






Second, they apparently both have good taste in cute green purses.




Third, they both know Cort is the cutest little boy ever.

Playing with Sophie

We have had a lot of playdates with Sophie recently. It has been fun to watch them start to actually play together more and more.

In the ppol - (sophie in borrowed boy clothing)




Tug of war with Cort's blanket


Sophie looking all grown up in her towel...



Sophie thought Cort looked like as good a place as any....



Cort playing Golf in Sophie's back yard...

Germfest

Sorry - I know we have been sort of MIA. We have been sicky again. It started early 2 weeks when I got a sinus and ear infection. Then Saturday of Memorial day weekend, Cort came down with the hand, foot, and mouth virus. He is doing much better now. The first few days were not that bad - he had a fever but didn't really act sick. Sunday night and Monday were horrible because the blisters in his mouth were so painful. He only slept for about 6 hours on Sunday night - and only half of those were without us holding him. He also didn't sleep hardly at all on Monday but started sleeping well after that and has gotten is appetite back.
Here' s a few pics from our sick days at home:








Cort is trying to get crackers our of Chris' mouth

Wildflowers

These pics are from a few weeks ago - the afternoon after we went to the strawberry patch. Logan and I took some pics of Walker and Cort in a wildflower field near my house. Cort loved it and wouldn't be still for a second.



trying to blow the dandelions




Having fun...








Airplane....

Strawberry fields forever

We went strawberry picking last Monday after an impromptu invite from our good friends Logan and Walker. I needed to run errands and then clean the house but am oh so glad that we chose to be a little more spontaneous and enjoy life's little pleasures. ( that's been a recent struggle of mine - trying to balance fulfilling that Biblical role as a wife and mother without getting too wrapped up in all of the "to do's" -being willing to let things go - but not too much - so that Cort experiences the joy and wonder of the life God has given us- but that's a whole other blog post, I guess)
Cort had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect and he caught on to the picking right away. He loved carrying the baskets up and down the rows. He was so cute and the strawberries were yummy!!! Enjoy the pics.

Helping Mommy


Picking berries like a big boy...





Walker and Cort taste testing




Walker and Cort sharing strawberries


a great little team....










Basket carrier - hard at work.




Walker def. gets the job as taste tester.





This was so much fun - can we do it again?