Lunch Date and Decorating our Apartment with Baby Clothes

Just wanted to share that Jason and I were able to have a fun dinner lunch and a movie date at the Movie Tavern today. This was only the 3rd time for us to leave both kiddos with someone else. (The first time was so I could get a haircut last month and the second was last Thursday night to go on a belated birthday/early Valentine's Day dinner date.) And as far as I know, they both behaved really well!

We saw, of all things, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop"! Haha! It was one of those "so-unrealistic-and-silly-that-it-was-funny" movies. But it was a good one to just pass the time with my honey and enjoy being kid-free for a few hours!

The highlight was that we each ate our very own pizza (hey, I'm a nursing mama!) and huge cherry coke.... and I got all the toppings on it that I wanted (that Jason doesn't like) and I didn't even have to share! :) Plus, we were one of 3 couples there, and I got to laugh as loud as I wanted. (And I think I was the only one laughing on many occasions... Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure everyone there just loved me. What can I say? I'm pretty easily entertained!)

And now, I would just like to give a quick shout out to my friend, Jana (and Chris- well, he helped while he was working), for offering to take care of the kids so that we could have some alone time together! Thanks Jana - you totally rock and I love ya!!

Oh, and the other latest and (not so) greatest news is that we think our dryer is broken. Our clothes have been taking forever to dry and yesterday they weren't drying at all. It made the clothes start to stink like mildew and they were sopping wet after like 2 or 3 cycles! But, it's getting hot on the inside, so we don't really know what the deal is. We at first thought that the hookup where the dryer goes into needed to be cleaned, but now that they've cleaned it....looks like we're going to have to get someone to come look at our dryer!

I had to get creative and hang up the kids' laundry because we had already washed them a few times since they started to stink and I didn't want to rewash them again! We didn't have enough hangers for them, so I used ours and had to figure out where to put them...


crib sheet on our barstools..




pantry/laundry room


kids' bathroom...


their towel rack...


our bathroom


and yes, there is a towel on the baby gate attached to Bekah's room!

Haha! Can you tell there isn't a whole lotta room to hang our clothes?! And needless to say, I am SO behind on laundry as a result, and it is ridiculous... Well, actually it's quite frustrating! We already have two cars that need fixing that we've put off, so the dryer is just one more thing to add to our list! But, we know that God is in control, and we are just hoping that it is a small problem that can be resolved easily. We would greatly appreciate it if you could pray for us that this can be taken care of quickly!

**Oh and here's a quick story: Today while I was on the phone with my mom, I noticed Rebekah playing "Pat a Cake" and "Peek a boo" with Noah (not to mention the usual nonstop hugging and kissing on him) while he was on my lap facing out toward her. She had no idea I was watching and it was the cutest thing ever! She is such a great big sister!**

The Bachelor

Okay, if you watch the Bachelor (and especially if you saw last week's episode) then you'll love this post from BooMama's blog. I literally laughed out loud. Oh, I can't wait for tonight's episode! Does anyone else think that DeAnna's return is staged for ratings? I don't know. I think she had her chance already if you ask me. :) Oh well. Happy Monday ya'll!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Make a Smilebox postcard

Jason takes a fall, Rebekah nurses her baby, and other random stories...

Awesome! I just realized that I posted ONE time in January. Nice. Well, I guess I can say I told ya that I wasn't going to be too great at keeping up. But I hate that because I'm on here all the time looking at other people's blogs. It's just time consuming to do my own!

Anyway I posted a slideshow of Christmas photos and another slideshow of Noah and Rebekah at the bottom of this.

As for Reese family news, things have been pretty crazy around here.

This is probably the boring way to do it, but here is the past week in review for us.

Last Tuesday, one of our icy days last week, Jason fell down the stairs outside that lead up to our apartment... that's right... all 13 stairs! He was in full uniform on his way out for work and slipped on the icy first step. Thankfully, he had his radio on him and called out for EMS to come out and check him out. He has a big bruise on his lower back, was really sore, and they thought he might have broken his thumb. It was ugly and swollen and he could barely move it. So he called in for work (of course) and I drove us all to the CareNow clinic. Our parents and J's sister met us there to help with the babies (plus they were concerned and that's just how we roll around here) and we were able to find out that he was not broken after all! Just a sprain! Woo hoo! So we ate dinner at Cotton Patch (love their rolls and butter!) and came home in the icy mess that was the weather. We saw so many accidents and were so thankful that we were not a part of any of them! Funny side note: Jason freaked out the x-ray tech when he asked her if he were to have a gun with him, would that affect the x-ray machine? lol She was like, "Why would you have a gun?" in a really creeped out voice. He didn't really think through how to ask her that simple question before alarming her.

Wednesday Rebekah threw up something fierce while we were at my mom and dad's house. We had eaten dinner at Chipotle and it had been awhile after that when it happened(and after having a little bit of ice cream for dessert). Funny thing was - and sorry in advance for those who are squeamish - it looked completely whole and undigested! My mom nailed it when she said it looked like the garbage disposal. Whole rice and beans and everything else she ate. So weird and really gross. She was fine after that.

Thursday we ate a fabulous dinner with Granna at OTB and were able to have some great food and conversation with just her and our little family of 4. The kids behaved wonderfully, and we found that Bekah likes chips and salsa now! ha! She's surely daddy's girl!

Friday I'll just say that I got sick to my stomach and couldn't sleep that night for all the trips to the bathroom. Noah was spitting up big time so I think it might be what I ate.

Saturday we took Rebekah to play at Green Valley park before church. We only got to stay about 30 minutes. It's been a long time since we've been to the park with her - she's so deprived. She cried when we left, saying "Doys!..." (which is "Toys!") because she liked playing on the slide and climbing the stairs so much! But she did not like the swing! lol! After that we ate at Quiznos (where the nice lady thought Bekah was cute and gave her a free cookie - yum!) and went to church. That night Jason got sick with fever and throwing up and going to the bathroom a lot.

So Sunday he couldn't go back to work as planned. But we did manage to go over to my parents house and watch the Superbowl...ok, really Jason slept in my parents room while my dad watched the game and my mom and I played with the kids, drank coffee, and watched commercials and the last part of the game. :)

How is it that each of us got sick and with each of us it got progressively worse? I have no idea.
But now I am happy to report that we are all feeling better - Thank the Lord- and Jason was finally able to go back to work last night.

In other news, Noah has become Mr. Smiley all the time and is such a happy baby. He's also become more animated when he cries. He shrieks and gets so loud now when he's really hungry or when we're in the car too long. Fun stuff. He will be two months old tomorrow! Crazy how fast time is flying by!

And here is a funny story about Rebekah: We were playing in her room on Sunday and I told her to feed her baby because it was crying. I swaddled the doll and gave Bekah the baby bottle. She thought about it a minute, put the bottle down, and then lifted her shirt up and put the baby there! I had to really work hard at keeping a straight face! Haha!

Oh and my birthday is this Saturday and I'm so excited! 26 ya'll! I can put that on here because I am still young enough to be excited about that. LOL. Just kidding. Anyway, hopefully on Friday my mom and my sister and I are going to go to a movie and hang out together - just us girls. I can't wait. And I think Jason and I are going out on Thursday night if we can find a babysitter, since that's his day off and he won't be able to go do anything on Saturday. So we shall see!

By the way, anyone have any good suggestions for good places to eat? I just want a yummy, middle of the road on moolah, fun place to eat. Can't wait to hear your ideas!

Hope you are having a Happy Tuesday!

4 Years

4 wonderful years ago, on New Year's day, Jason and I promised the rest of our lives to each other. I am in awe of where God has lead us and taken us on this journey called marriage in four years. We couldn't have even dreamed of the blessings we'd receive or the things we'd accomplish as husband and wife, even if we really wanted to. This reminds me of Ephesians 3:20 where it tells us that God is "able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." This is so true! Anyway, as I reflect on where we've come over the years, we have a lot to be thankful for. We have two beautiful children, families that have welcomed each of us into theirs and treat us as their own, we've owned our own home, have lived in 5 different places (crazy, I know), have seen each other through so much, and have watched each other grow up a lot.

This year was really low key for us in celebrating. We were not able to afford much, so we decided to spend the day with the lovely people who brought us into this world - our parents! We had a yummy lunch with them at Applebee's - we both tried the steak with parmesan and shrimp topping! It was so good! Then we went to a few stores to find me some Skechers that I've been wanting forever! We found two pair that I liked, but had to order one of them in my size.


And then lastly, we went to Walmart and bought Jason something called the "perfect pullup" bar...because stuff like that makes him happy. =)


So, even though we weren't able to get away or do anything crazy for each other, we decided that just being together was enough. And as cheesy as that may sound, it's the truth! I am so proud to call Jason my husband, and I can't wait to see what the next 80 years will be like with him! =)















On that note, I wanted to share this video I came across. The song is called Love Is Not A Fight by Warren Barfield and I'm sure most of you have already heard it. I LOVE the lyrics. By the way, I just bought the cd and it is very good!

Anyway, I also wanted to let those of you interested to know that Ashley, a blogging friend of mine, is leading a 10 day prayer time called "Take Your Man to Jesus". Click here to get more details and to join us in praying for our husbands (or boyfriend, fiance, etc.) I think it is a great way to share accountability in praying for our husbands and to start off the new year on a positive note for our marriage. The first and second day is already posted on her blog.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!