Grain

All summer I've been waiting for the grain to turn golden so we could get some family pictures taken by my father-in-law. It kind of snuck up on me, all of a sudden Derek was talking about grain harvest. So a few days ago we crinkled through the field for a few pictures. These are some of my favorites.

Evelyn really enjoyed this photo shoot, and she really liked riding in Ta-ta Reeds truck. Love this, she reminds me of some little wildlife creature.

Favorite family picture, even though Evelyns smile isn't the best.

What do you think? Is this pose cheesy? I asked for it, but I can't decide if it's a bit much.

Proud to Farm!!!

Sprinklers Fun? Sprinklers Fun!

It took some convincing, but Evelyn finally agreed to run through Grandpa Reeds sprinklers with Daddy. Bryon got some good shots that make me laugh. I mostly just love pictures of my main loves, Derek and my kids.

Twins

I was so startled after I got Gwen ready for church on Sunday, she looked so much like Evelyn. I brought her in to show Derek and he agreed. We had pictures of Ev in the exact same outfit, at about the same age, so we whipped it out and took so twinsies shots. See for yourself:
This is, apparently, the Derek Reeds' childrens' mold. Not much Christi involved. Ha ha, I love 'em.

Photo shoot

Our little family had our first photo shoot yesterday, and a few of them are already up and posted. To check them out go to http://kellystewartphotography.blogspot.com/ Thank you Kelly!

A Love Obsession

Evelyn loves everything about my parents house. Every day she asks to go to 'Pama's House'. I love Pama's house too because there is yummy treats in the garden, a swing set, a little kiddy pool, a dog for Evelyn to play with, tons of snacks in the pantry, movies, and a house full of people who love Evelyn and make a big fuss over everything she does. Not to mention, Pama can't say 'no' to Evelyn when she asks to go on a 'stroller walk'. It's kind of like Disneyland with a house full of babysitters. I just go over there and relax while Evelyn runs around and wears herself out.

We went over a few days ago so Evs could swim. She didn't actually do much swimming, but still had fun. In this pic she's looking for some strawberries.
She looks like a little diva walking Beemer around.

Evelyn and Beemer taking a break from the sun to enjoy some peas from the garden.

My mom and I took a zillion pictures of the girls because it was such a beautiful day. Here is baby Gwen, who was very cooperative for her photo shoot.

Close up of her kissable lips.

After this picture she had pollen on her nose, it was so funny.

And yes, my love obsession is justified.

Great News!

We will soon have grass! I am so excited to have a yard with grass instead of hard dirt. Plenty of people have helped in this endeavor (mostly Derek), but as you can see Evelyn is earning her keep around here. Here she is helping Derek to weed the garden.
I was so happy to get a picture with both of them looking! Evelyn loved to wear a hat like Daddy.

Here we have Derek helping Frank to hydroseed our yard! He sprayed it on pretty thick so I'm hoping for a jungle of grass very soon! I can't wait! Every sentence needs an exclamation point!

Congratulations to us!

We're so happy that Gwen is here! She is doing so well with everything, eating, sleeping, etc. She seems to have a very mellow easygoing personality.
I had an appointment on the 1st and was dilated to a four. My nurse-midwife, Susan, said that she'd be here within a day. I was excited, but tried not to get my hopes up just-in-case. Well my contractions slowly progressed throughout the day. By 9pm they were 5 min apart or less. By 1 am I was nauseous so we left for the hospital thinking she'd be out in an hour or two. I was only a six when we arrived! That was disappointing, oh well. So we did our thing for the next four hours. (Here's my shout-out to Hypno-Birthing that I would totally recommend to anyone!) She was born at 5:45 on July 2nd. The sun was rising, I couldn't believe that I was in labor all night! She's perfect!

Evelyn loves 'Ben' (that's what she calls Gwen) and loves to hold her and be rough with her. It's pretty hilarious what the second child goes through.

Love this pic.

Good luck to all pregnant women out there!