Quick trip to Houston

Jill and I met in Houston for a weekend of wedding dress shopping.  In typical Reese fashion, the first dress she tried on was the winner.  We felt obligated to visit one more store, but quickly decided to return to Tootsies to purchase the dress.  Jill looks AMAZING in it and I can't wait to share pics from her special day.   I'm pretty sure the month of May will be here before I know it.  I also got to spend some time with my favorite Condit girls, Carol Michelle and Chris.  Now to get them to Austin for a visit!  (hint, hint - I know you are reading this!)

Reese spent the weekend with Nana while I was in Houston.  She was super excited to visit Nana, Pop and Carly.  Sounds like they had a good time together!!  Wes mentioned that Stella was doing a lot more talking with Reese out of the house.  Surprise, surprise.  It's no secret that Reese DOMINATES every conversation happening in our house.  I bet Stella was glad for some peace and quiet.

Now it's Wednesday and I've got two sick kiddos.  Reese and Drake both have high fevers and a terrible cough.  I posted on my mom's page and immediately got 15 responses of kiddos with the exact same symptoms.  Luckily, no tummy troubles are involved.  But I was shocked when Reese's fever was 103.7!  That's the highest it's ever been.   The worst part of the virus is the cough that settles in the middle of the night.  Reese has coughed for two nights straight, keeping me wide awake!!!  Benadryl knocks her out for a few hours, but then the cough comes back.  This is the second time (knock on wood) that Stella has escaped an illness that the other two have come down with.  That is surprising since the steroids she takes are supposed to weaken her immune system.

Joe popped the question to Lindsay!  And more importantly, she said yes!!   The entire Reese clan is super excited.  Good job, brother Joe.  This will be the year of weddings.  Jill and our nanny Kaitlyn get married in May.  Not sure when Joe and Lindsay are tying the knot, but guessing it's within the calendar year.

The city of Austin and our HOA have given us permits for the pool-building to begin.   Hoping to begin first week of February.  Maybe I'll throw a pool party for the girls birthday in April!!  Can't believe they are almost 4!

Video time:


Fun on the trampoline and fun with the slow motion setting on my phone.

 Reese's current favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. Here she is singing like Ariel, which she takes quite seriously. Whenever I sing like Ariel she says, "No, mommy. You are the octopus and I am Ariel."

  

 Drake loves for me to draw all the shapes so he can name them. Check out his cute little lithp.