Team Reed

July 8, 2009

4th of July

The 4th of July is always such a fun time of year! Wake Forest does fireworks on the 3rd. We went over to Rob and Emily Lourcey's house to watch them. Here's Team Reed waiting for it to get dark enough to start the show. It was Carter's and Hudson's first fireworks. Last 4th of July, Hudson was only three days old! Time flies.

This is how Carter stayed the entire time. And for a while after it was over, too! There were no tears, but he did say it was loud!

Rob and Emily's little Jane. Isn't she darling?

Wake Forest has a 4th of July parade every year down Main Street. Thankfully, we live right around the corner from where the route starts, so we loaded everybody up and walked down there. We waited for the parade to start in the shade in front of George and Catherine's house. A familiar stretch of sidewalk :)

Carter getting a better view of things with Daddy.

Kate rode her bike the whole way, which had to be at least a mile. She even pedaled up the hills! Go girl!

The parade ended in Holden Park, where they had sno-cones, sack races, arts and crafts for the kids, and of course, a firetruck. Carter checked the whole truck all out.

We ended the day by grilling out with the Doyles. Jeff and Sandrine lead the small group we are in, and we love every chance we can get to spend time with their family. Here are Kate and Carter swimming with their oldest boys, Caleb and Nate.

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th!!

July 6, 2009

Happy Birthday Hudson!

Hudson turned one on July 1st! Where did that year go?! Our sweet boy had more than his share of birthday fun, as he got to celebrate THREE times! The first two parties were early while we were still in Georgia in June.

Celebrating at Nen and Pa's in Buford. Checking out his first piece of cookie cake. He wasn't sure what to do with it...

...but he quickly figured it out, and I think it's clear that he enjoyed it! What's not to like about cookie cake?! Plus, he comes by it naturally, because his mommy and daddy LOVE cookie cake!

Party #2 at Mimi's in Norcross. He looks like such a big boy.

What a fun daddy Josh is! The kids thought this was HILARIOUS.

Post-cake grin. Thanks Mimi!

We were back in Wake Forest by his actual birthday. We had a pretty low-key day but fussed over Hudson all day too. Here are Kate and Carter giving him special birthday treatment by sharing their lollipops with him. At the same time :) He's never had one before, much less two!!

Bring on the cake. Chocolate this time. Hudson dove right in with his pinchers. He was going at it with both hands!

After a few tastes...he likes it! This was about the only pause...the rest of the time he was locked in on pinching up bites of that cake. Good stuff!

Can you believe he ate that whole piece of cake???

Hudson sporting his birthday outfit, courtesy of Stacia. It's fun because I borrowed the same outfit from her for Carter to wear on his first birthday, and now it was Hudson's turn!

Sweet baby boy. What a blessing he is to us!!

And, for the most exciting new development, the morning after his birthday, Hudson took his first steps! We were about to leave for his doctor's appointment and he just took off walking in the kitchen! How exciting!! Here he is after a few days of practicing. He is so proud of himself, and we're proud of him too!!

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May 27, 2009

Josh's Birthday

I recently found out that from where we live in Wake Forest, it's only about a two hour drive to the nearest beach!! So, for Josh's birthday, I thought it would be fun to surprise him with a little day trip to Wrightsville Beach. Even though the weather wasn't cooperating, we headed down to the coast and had a great time!

We ate lunch at this great restaurant on the pier that had the most amazing views of the beach. The kids were SO excited...Here they are with their hush puppies, which were also quite exciting to them :)

Josh enjoying his fried shrimp po-boy.

On the beach :)

In case you can't tell from the picture, those are the kids names in the sand.

Kate's new suit has a little rhinestone anchor on the side. She's proud of her bling, and wanted a picture of it.

Nothing like some wide, open space for running! Kate and Carter are really big into playing chase right now, so this was great fun for them! Check out the deserted beach...we had the whole beach to ourselves!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! We had such a good time, even though it was spitting rain the entire time. A rainy day at the beach is still a day at the beach!!

May 23, 2009

Kate's Graduation

I really can't believe how fast time flies by! Kate graduated from preschool at Wake Cross Roads this week! It seems like just yesterday she was starting as a three year old at FBC Sugar Hill...

Now she's so grown up and ready for Kindergarten!

Kate with her teachers, Mrs. Claire and Mrs. Rebekah. Can't say enough about how well they loved and taught Kate this year. What a wonderful experience!