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Reese will be laughing up a storm (usually at Logan licking her hand) and the minute I bring out our camera that can take a video, she freezes up. If you watch this video of her and Logan until the end, you'll get a glimpse of that cute giggle of hers. Hopefully one day we will be able to capture that squeal and laugh in all its glory on video!

Family Vaca!

We already went through the whole traveling-by-airplane-with-an-infant thing when we went to visit my Grandma Mary Lu in Wisconsin. We decided we didn't want to deal with the luggage constraints and wanted a relaxing family vacation. Our friend Kym let us stay at her family's lakehouse on Lake LBJ. It was perfect! The house was right on the lake, had a great dock for lounging during sunset, and we could pack as much stuff as we could get in the car!

Jeff's sister Christie and her husband Roger and daughters Lyndee and Meg happened to be visiting their grandparents in Marble Falls so they stopped by to see Reese for the first time. She had so much fun with her aunt, uncle, and only cousins!!

Sitting all on my own!

The evangelist...
Jeff caught this fish that just kept getting bigger and bigger with every person he told...
Reese and Uncle Rog!
My bff Cousin Meg
Cuddling with Aunt Christie
I love Cousin Lyndee!
Standin'!

Playing is hard work but someone's gotta do it

Me with both of my cousins
Please don't take my photo while I am busy sucking my thumb...
We do not encourage infant drinking but she would not stop grabbing for the bottle!
Me with Cousin Meg again!
Floating with Daddy

So happy!
Hanging out on the dock during sunset
Awww, so sweet!

Happy 6 Month Birthday Baby Reese!

Can you beleive it? Our little girl is already 6 months old! She is growing by leaps and bounds and is more fun and silly every day. She has had a busy week - she got her first tooth, can sit all on her own without her hands supporting her (though still a little unsteady), and she can stand up holding onto things like the couch and coffee table! Her new best friend is our dog Logan. She hardly notices Mommy and Daddy anymore when he is around. She also has started babbling quite a bit. All the sudden one day she said "da-da-ba-da" out of nowhere! She also says "ma-ta" and "ga-rrr-gaa". So exciting!! We are taking bets if she will say mama or dada first...

Didn't want to forget those eyelashes....

Swimmin'

So old yet so young all at the same time...

My favorite food - chlorine soaked hair with a side of thumb sucking
Umm, excuse me, but you are starting to invade my personal space!

First toes in the water, next the butterfly stroke!

Swimming is hard work, but somebody has to do it
Dreaming of Michael Phelps....

Baptism

Reese was baptised on July 6, 2008 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church (where we are members). We were so lucky to have our family and friends there to witness the start of Reese's spiritual relationship with God. Reese also has the coolest Godparents EVER. Her Godmother is Amanda Schauf who is my best friend and was the maid of honor at our wedding. Her Godfather is Mike Riddell who is Jeff's brother and was the best man at our wedding. We are very lucky to have them as Reese's spiritual guiders and we know they take the job very seriously!

Reese was so cute at her baptism in her long white baptismal gown and bonnet. She was a little cranky while having to sit in church for a full hour of church service before the baptism. We had to take her outside a few times but as soon as she was onstage for her baptism, she was a gem. She made a really funny shocked face when the Priest poured the water on her head, but no cries or tears! Afterwards, Amanda got to walk her down the aisle to introduce her to the congregation. Amanda said she felt like one proud Godmother walking her down to all the oohs and ahhs. We also heard a little girl remark to another child "she is the prettiest one". It was too funny!

Afterwards, we had lunch at our house and were entertained with Reese's giggling. Here are some photos from the day! Special thanks to Jessica and Dave Recht for taking all of the family photos of us!!!

Cheesehead

We took Reese back in June to Wisconsin to meet her only living great-grandparent, my wonderful grandma, Mary Lu! It was really important for me to capture 4 generations of living Stupar/Cheatham/Riddell girls together at once. Jeff did a great job photographing us!

Reese did pretty good on her first plane rides. We figured if she got fussy, we would just feed her to keep her quiet. Remember we are first-time parents and have no thought process and do not know what we are doing. So we fed her on take-off, once during the flight, and on landing (they say to do that for their ears). She was so happy when we landed and we were happy that she didn't scream during the flight. She was smiling while the plane was taxiing to the gate and then BLEH! She spit up about 2 bottles worth ALL OVER US! And just kept smiling. We have never been so drenched! It took 2 burp cloths and we had to change her outfit, and Jeff wore spit-up damp shorts all day. We learned our lesson...

Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend:

Me with my Great Uncle Greg. He THOUGHT he would never have to change a diaper again, little did he know...

Me with my 2nd cousins, Katie and Sara, and Mimi and Mommy
Me with my Great Aunt Amy!