The Reese's Piece

It's a GIRL!!

2011-10-25T08:19:00.002-06:00

If you haven't heard we are having a GIRL! She is due Feb. 26, 2012. We couldn't be more excited. She was a little uncooperative during the ultrasound on Oct. 12th so we are scheduled to have another one Nov. 10th and hopefully they will be able to get all the measurements they need and we will get to see our sweet angel once again. Brylee Taite and Emily are very excited for a baby sister too! Now we are in search of nursery furniture and bedding.

So since it has been awhile, I am currently 22 weeks pregnant. I have experienced extreme nausea with this one but I was not sick like I was with Brylee, just a walking case of nausea for 3 months. I am feeling good, with only headaches for the most part and very tired. She has begun kicking and moving around a lot over the last few weeks. I have only gained 1lb so far and Dr. Moore is very pleased with that. I am sure that I will blow up soon, but let's face it she had plenty of room to grow up until now (LOL)!

Thanks for checking in and I will try to keep this up to date.

We are also in search of the perfect name for this little one... any suggestions??

Taiterbugs

2010-10-01T21:06:00.003-06:00

The girls are doing well. Ms. Brylee Taite is taking dance and she loves it. Twice a week she has ballet and tap. Emily is back at school and made 2nd honor roll!! I have two of the most wonderful girls in the universe.

Check out my newest blog. Man it has been a while since I last posted on here. Wish me luck.

http://taiterbugs.blogspot.com/

Love Ya!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2009-11-02T19:24:00.009-06:00

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. We cut out travels short Saturday night because Brylee got a little to hot in her Giraffe costume and got sick or as she calls it burped on her giraffe and boots. She was good to go after that but was running a little fever so we made sure Emily had plenty of candy visited a few more peeps and headed to Grandmas. By the time we made it there she was cooled off and sporting her skeleton PJ's. Emily transformed into a devil for the trick or treating night. And I must say she was was one cute devil. The girls had a really good time and came home with a ton of candy.

We also got 2 kittens on Sunday, so meet the newest members of the Reese Family - Mr. Darcy & Mr. Bingley.

Love to All! Have a GREAT week!

New House!

2009-08-28T19:44:00.004-06:00

We are moved in and loving the country life. We are having a blast out here and have lots of projects left to do. The shed is almost complete and we are moving from one thing to another. We need to get some gravel for the driveway and some new linoleum in the kitchen and bathrooms. So if you know anyone let me know. We are looking for some of the "remnant" (leftover stuff from another job)linoleum for the bathrooms because it is really cheap. We finished the rock garden and are about to start on the front of the house. Lots to do but we are loving every minute of it! The girls and I mean all four of them are happier than ever.

2009-07-18T19:31:00.004-06:00

WAY TO GO KATEY LEIGH DARNELL! 3rd runner up at the Fair Pageant tonight. Pics to come. (I forgot my camera so Neesie will have to give me some.)

We are less than a week away from the closing so I will post a pic of the house for Aunt Patsy. I haven't done it yet because I was so terrified I might jinx it. We are just about finished with the painting and then we have to fix the deck and fence in the yard. After that we should be ready to MOVE IN!
Anyone interested in helping, give us a call. We will supply pizza, beer, and if it is way hot outside we will head over to the pool for a cool down!

Mama and Brian painted Emily's room today and it is gorgeous. One more coat for Brylee's room (remind me to never agree to a yellow room again, we are on our 3rd coat!) a small area in the hallway and laundry room and we should be good. The appliances were delivered Friday and need to be installed but they look great. We love them. We are adding a second set of steps to the deck and fencing in the backyard. We eventually want to extend the deck but that will have to wait a bit. We plan to line the back yard with trees so that we have all the privacy we want. It is sooooo quiet and peaceful out there and it just feels like home to me. We are planning to get the girls a tire swing for the tree out front. We are all super excited, but not looking forward to packing. Which by the way I guess I should go do some of since Brylee is asleep. More updates to come. Love to All!

2009-07-07T19:54:00.002-06:00

Well, we are getting ready for the move!!! Brian, me, and Mama painted the kitchen, Brylee's room, and our bedroom this weekend in the new house and we have lots of painting left to do before we move. The mortgage papers are signed and everything looks great according to everyone there. We are set to close July 24th and will need to be out of our house by Aug. 1st. We are very excited.

Gramps was admitted to the hospital on Friday. He had one (possibly two) mini strokes. He has been moved to the Lynchburg Nursing Home as of today. He seems to be in good spirits so hopefully he will be back home soon. Thanks for all the prayers, please keep'em coming.

We had a great 4th, Brylee loved the firecrackers. We missed Robyn, Kerry, and Anna Claire this year at the pool and cookout. AC has been running some very high fevers and went to the Dr. today and has the viral case of strep throat. Poor Lil' girl! I know her Mommy is probably worn out as well. Please remember them in your prayers also.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Love You All!

SHEWWWW... What a weekend!

2009-06-07T19:38:00.009-06:00

We have had a FUN weekend! We got Emily early on Friday and all headed over the the 'Boro for Brylee's 18 month checkup. She got three shots and checked out well. The Dr. said she was a petite little girl but was very healthy and smart. She weighs about 21lbs and is 30.5 inches long.

We have played with kittens at Nanny and Papa's, went to church, and got tattoo's. We swam at the pool and both girls jumped off the diving board! Emily got a new fish named Al and Brylee and Daddy watched the race together. Here are a few pics of the weekend.

We have contract on the house and are scheduled to close July 22nd. Please keep us in your prayers. Love to all!

SAY A PRAYER...

2009-05-15T19:52:00.002-06:00

Say a prayer for us please. We signed a contract on a house today, more details to come. Just pray that everything works out please.

Love you all.

BUSY...

2009-04-29T20:31:00.002-06:00

We have been really busy but I plan to update more later. Brylee Taite has several molars coming in and we have not been getting much sleep. Tonight she hit her head on the faucet in the bathtub and is running a low grade fever. We kept her up as long as we could and gave her some Tylenol and she crashed. Bless her little heart! We have almost finished painting the house, I say we but really it has been all Brian. All he lacks is the hallway and dining room.

Emily is getting ready to do a report on Mark Twain and she has to dress up like him on the 15th and present an oral report. She is doing a GREAT job so far and seems excited about what she has learned about him. They had to pick a famous person to write about and once she found out that he was the writer of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which she has read by the way) she was sold on him.

I finally got some good meds for the sinusitis and am getting better (6 weeks later).

We planted a garden and it is growing like crazy. Brylee says grow garden grow then she blows it. So I think she thinks her garden blows and not grows! :) Gotta Love Her!

We are planning to attend Aunt Patsy's church Sunday and then hopefully we will soon find a church home. Right now we have been going to First Baptist and Calvary, but we still haven't found the place that feels right. Please remember us in yours prayers and also pray that we find the place we are meant to be. Any church suggestions would be appreciated and we will consider it.

P.S. Laney Belle will celebrate her 5th B-day tomorrow. Feel free to send gifts or cards with $$! :)

Love To All!

SHE HAS ARRIVED!!

2009-03-22T17:58:00.006-06:00

LINDY AND ANNALISE HOLLAND

(Both Mother and Daughter are doing great!)

WELCOME TO THE WORLD BABY GIRL!!

ANNALISE ROSE HOLLAND

3/22/09

3:31 a.m.

6lbs. 5oz.

19 1/4"

One Crazy Night!

2009-02-28T19:21:00.003-06:00

I have two crazy wild girls who make life so much more exciting. We just lounged around and had a fun Saturday night with Monkey Girl and Super Girl!

Pee Pee in the Potty!

2009-02-21T19:34:00.003-06:00

Yep, you guessed it Brylee Taite went pee pee in the potty all by herself today. This is how it started then we took her diaper off and she used her potty! She got up did a little shake of the hips and said "Good Girl"! It was priceless!

2009-02-13T21:04:00.002-06:00

OK so I typed this up yesterday and forgot to post it...

OH MY GOODNESS! So last night Brylee and I are hanging out in the floor talking to Aunt Lindy on the phone when all of the sudden ---------------NOTHING------------------ the phone just shuts off and we cannot get it back on. PANIC TIME! I went to the bedroom and stuck it on the charger (even though it had a full charge, I thought this may help). Still nothing, many, many, many failed attempts later Brian and I decide I was going to have to take it to Verizon because this time it is not coming back on. So I headed up there. I explained to them what happened and then I remembered that the night before it had done the same thing and magically it came back on and I had 20+ text messages starting at 7:30am all through 9:45pm that I had not received. That’s right I went an entire day without even realizing I hadn’t received one single text. (That should tell you how crazy my week has been)

They proceed to tell me that there is nothing they can do; my pics and videos are all gone even my contacts. ALL GONE – the entire first year of Brylee’s life GONE! I was mortified. Thankfully I send everything to my email most of the time so I still had them somewhere. I just never got around to saving them to my memory card. **Lesson Learned**

I went back in knowing that there had to be something someone could do because I could not live without my contact list. I would never get those numbers back and programmed in. Well needless to say an hour later, one brand new battery, 30 minutes of charging and Susan had all my contacts backed up on my phone. *If you have not done this you can backup all your contacts on your phone for FREE and then if this happens to you, you will lose everything else but not your contacts* She managed to get all my pics and videos saved to the memory card I had brought in with me so after all that I ended up with everything I had and a new phone. They said that normally when they do that (the phone shutting off) they never come back on. I have to admit I was saying A LOT of prayers because I hated the thought of losing all those videos. So thanks to the good Lord and Susan’s persistence the outcome was a plus. I asked her what could have possible caused this and when she told me I was a little shocked. She said that normally it was caused by a virus send in a FWD message. She said that if you delete them right away you should be OK but by letting them sit in your inbox/sent mail they just eat away at your phone. So I have to ask that everyone keep me off the forwarded texts you send. I do not want to go through that again.

When I came back home Brylee was walking around in one of my Bemis shirts. Apparently the only way she was satisfied was when Brian let her put it on and walk around wearing it. It was too cute.

Love you all! And remember no forwards!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-08T10:36:00.003-06:00

We went for our follow up with Dr. Castleberry in Murfreesboro on Friday. I have been feeling very uncomfortable when going to Dr. Barbara over the last few months and wanted to see how Brylee and I felt about a different pediatrician. We normally have a huge cyring spell and it takes a while to get Brylee calmed when visiting the Dr., she was to a point that she would cry when she heard their footsteps approach. Now don't get me wrong they have always cared for Brylee and we especially LOVE Jean with all our heart, but unfortunatley we can't always be seen by her.

So back to the follow up... Dr. Castleberry was AMAZING. She introduced Brylee to each instrument before she did anything and made us both feel so calm. There was no being told to hold her down and struggle with her while her face was beat red. She made it fun for her and Brylee let her check her ears (she told her she needed to find the birdie in her ear and when she would start to look she would make chirping noises and Brylee's eyes would light up at the thought of a birdie in her ear.) She answered all my questions and told me that we had nothing to worry about she was just fine and just a little on the petite side but nothing that should be a concern. She gave us some tips on the teeth grinding and bedtime routine. She said that Brylee was able to do things like point out her ears, eyes, nose, and mouth that were 18 month old skills and that was very impressive at her age. So that made me happy. They never do things like that at Dr. Barbara's. Sometimes I feel like they are to rushed and not very informative. After Dr. Castleberry was finished Brylee followed her out of the room. This NEVER happens, we usually spend 10 minutes trying to calm her just to get her to the car. Where she normally falls asleep from crying so hard.

So needless to say as much as we hate to leave Jean and have an out of town Dr., we requested to have ALL her records transferred ASAP. We go back June 5th for her 18 mth checkup as long as she is well between now and then. Thanks for the prayers!

I would also like to ask that you keep two gentlemen that were injured yesterday at Bemis due to a press explosion in your prayers. Both were lifeflighted to Vanderbilt. Please pray for them and their families as well as a special thank you prayer to the guys that helped to rescue them and get them to safety.

Love YA!

Back 2 Work

2009-02-01T19:51:00.001-06:00

Well I will be heading back to work tomorrow after being off since Tuesday. Brylee seems to be feeling a little better but she is eating more than she needs to so she threw up twice today. Mommy has learned that she is going to have to be more disciplined and only give her the basics until she is well. Unfortunately my heart just breaks to think that she is hungry when she says more more more and then starts to cry and says gone gone. :( It is terrible, but I know it is for the best. Please continue to pray for our beautiful little girl, we aren't out of the woods yet.

Update

2009-01-30T13:06:00.004-06:00

She slept through the night and kept everything down. She woke up today and had some toast and bananas and more pedialyte. Then took about a 2 hour nap woke up saying snack snack snack so I made her a plain baked potato, bananas, and more pedialyte. She has kept everything down today and seems to feel a little better. She is still weak and you can see in hers eyes that she is not herself just yet, but we are getting there. Please continue to pray for us.

Emily went to school today and Mama is feeling better. Brian and I have our moments, but we have been very busy so I am sure lack of rest has not helped us get better any quicker. But we are all hanging in there. Thanks for checking up on us.

Love Ya!

Dr. Update

2009-01-29T18:18:00.002-06:00

We just got back from the Dr. She was throwing up this afternoon and would not drink anything. She still has a stomach virus and we have to giver her dramamine every six hours and administer fluids every 1.5 hours. We have to call Dr. Barbara at 9pm and give her an update. If she is not drinking her fluids, we may end up back at the hospital. Please keep her in your prayers as well as the rest of the family.

Thanks and Love You All!

Stomach Virus... BEWARE IT IS GOING AROUND!

2009-01-29T13:11:00.007-06:00

Hello All! Thanks for the many prayers that have been said over the last few days. Brylee woke up Tuesday morning throwing up and could not keep anything down. After a few hours at the office, Dr. Barbara decided to admit my girl into the hospital. She said this was a vicious cycle and she was not taking any chances. Brylee was already beginning to dehydrate. She admitted Brylee and three other children on Tuesday for fluids and observation.

We got to the hospital a little after noon and after one attempt the IV was in and Brylee jerked her arm so two more attempts were made and the IV was in and the fluids began. She was pretty lifeless the entire hospital stay but woke up around 8pm Tuesday and drank her Pedialyte and then had some Jell-o and iced lemonade Wednesday morning. She ran a low grade fever throughout the night, but she is a real trooper. Mama and I stayed with her, I was still a little sick so I was very lucky to have Mama with us.

Dr. Barbara came in and Wednesday around noon and told us we could go home. She is on a very bland diet and lots of fluids for the next few days. We got home and she played and played it was like seeing a totally different child than the one we had watched over the last day or so. She is eating well and still drinking her fluids. She has diarrhea pretty badly now, but she thinks it is very funny and just says SHEW SHEW SHEW!

We were worried that Molly may have it, but luckily she did not get to that point and was feeling better yesterday. Brian ended up getting sick Wednesday morning and then Mama called last night and she has it too. And to top it all off Emily called last night and said her tummy was a ticking time bomb and she missed school today. So please continue to keep us in your prayers and hopefully this mess will leave us alone soon.

Back from the Hospital!

Christmas Tour is finally over!

2008-12-27T19:38:00.003-06:00

A new tricycle from Santa OH MY! The girls had a GREAT Christmas and Brylee was hilarious. She said OHHHH to every gift even when she got socks. It was precious more pics to come. We love sending the holidays with our family but boy are we POOPED!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

2008-12-20T09:52:00.004-06:00

Well we are finally getting back to normal in the Reese household. I am still on my meds and using the inhalers regularly. Brylee is on Robitussin but the cough is calming and she doesn't seem to be as congested. She has a humidifier on her room now so hopefully that will help. We are ready to start our Christmas tour (as Robyn calls it) beginning tomorrow with Grandma, Granddaddy, Eric, Jennifer, and Molly! Then off to the Reese dinner the 23rd, the Barton dinner the 24th, then Nanny and Papa's, and Mama Rhonda's on the 25th! I am super excited and I know the girls are as well. Thanks for all the prayers, I was very lucky I did not end up in the hospital. We hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Here are a few pictures of my girls hanging out. Brylee by the tree before any presents but Kaegan's b-day present were under there. Then later taking off everyones bow that she could reach and destroying it.

Then we have Emily lounging on the Dora couch with Lilley after we painted stockings while watching The Dark Knight.

Out til Monday

2008-12-18T15:06:00.002-06:00

I went back for my recheck today and can return to work Monday if I am better. Dr. says my lungs sound much better, but I was still very pale, shaky, and having trouble breathing. I was given a steroid pack to take through next week but she does think that I will be good to go for Christmas. She thinks I pulled a muscle on my left side from coughing so hard. The steroids should help with that too!

Brylee came home last night but I had to get her Papa to come get her early this morning. I was just having a hard time lifting her and was very short of breath. She is a little congested but nothing that we think she needs to go to the Dr. for. She is taking some Robitussin (per the Dr.) and it seems to be helping.

Please continue to pray for us.

Mama is a little under the weather so Papa and Uncle Chance have had their hands full today. Aunt Lindy kept Brylee a little yesterday to give Mama some rest and I think they both had a ball. Brian has been a real trooper helping to care for us all. I am married to the most fabulous man in the world.

I hate not feeling 100% especially when it means not being able to do the normal everyday things like hold Brylee, cook dinner, and play. Not to mention it is this close to the holidays.

Gotta get some rest so I can be 100% ASAP!

BACK TO THE DR.

2008-12-17T08:15:00.005-06:00

Well, I was having a very hard time breathing yesterday and was doing a lot of wheezing so I had to go back to the Dr. They did a chest X-Ray on me and said that there was no pneumonia in my lungs YAY! They gave me a 2nd inhaler to use with the original one. They also gave me a stronger cough medicine and told me not to use that original one. I also have some cough tablets that Walgreens is holding for me in case this doesn't work.

Brian is feeling a little better but the Taiter woke up congested this morning so Mama is planning to give her some meds. We will see how she does today and if no improvement we will be taking her to the Dr. as well. Keep us in your prayers.

I also want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Helen and Rowena who came all the way over yesterday with some homemade chicken noodle soup, breads, and cookies. It was soooooo YUMMY! I have already had several cookies this morning and and considering chicken noodle soup for breakfast.

Now to some funny business...

We have to keep the hamster play pen around the Christmas tree so that Laney and Lilley stay out of the gifts. Well last night Brian says "Laney"! She hopped the fence and was beginning her investigation to find her present. We had to snap a pic to sent to Emily who thought it was so funny. I tried to tell Laney that her presents were on the table because I knew she would try to find them. But once she knew she was caught she had this sad little "I'm so innocent face" yeah right!

Here is the picture that I got of Brylee Taite this week, the only time I have seen my little one since Monday. Gosh I miss her so very much! She has taken a liking to her Papa's hats. So if you see a pink ball cap Brylee Taite needs one.

I also wanted to share a picture of the Christmas shirts I made for Brylee, Emily, and Molly to wear Christmas. I hope they like them, cause I had a lot of fun making them. My mom, Lindy, and I used to make things like this when I was little so I hope to make this a tradition that my girls and I can share. Can't wait to see them on the girls.

Love you all and hope to see you soon!

Out Of Work And Time On My Hands

2008-12-16T07:39:00.029-06:00

Well I am officially out of work until Thursday per Dr. 's orders. I have not been feeling well for about two weeks now. I have been transitioning in to a new position at work and of course I get sick when that lady I have been training to back up heads off to her own 2 week training classes in Wisconsin. So needless to say my absence the last two weeks were out of the question. Well I got even worse over the weekend and had no choice but to go to the Dr. yesterday. I hate missing work and hate going to the Dr. even more. But I had no other choice when Brylee woke up with a little cough yesterday morning.

I went to the Dr. at 10:45 and was told that I have a very bad case of a virus going around and had I waited another week I would have been hospitalized with either bronchitis or pneumonia. I was like WOW, I knew I had been feeling bad but I never imagined that. He informed me that I was highly contagious and needed to leave Brylee with Mama if possible until I was able to return to work. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST HORRIBLE THING HE COULD HAVE TOLD ME! But if it keeps her well, we will do what we need to do.

I was given a shot in the booty, Z-Pack, cough syrup with codine, and an inhalor. It all started with little sinus congestion and a cough that excalated to the feeling of being rammed by several semi's on both sides of my body and a continuous cough that never stopped and now I am finding it hard to breath. So I am planning plenty of rest and very litte talking. (The little talking part, I am sure Brian would like to see stay on long after I am back to my old self.) Brian is having some sinus issues as well but hopefully we can get his taken care of well before it reaches this point. Please keep us all in your prayers!

I have several pics from several events that have taken place over the last month. Talk to you all soon! Gotta get better before Christmas!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

We celebrated Uncle Chance's 16th birthday with a surprise bolwing party. Which I must say he had no idea! Everyone had a great time. So watch out drivers Chance Barton is on the road!

BryleeTaite Reese also celebrated her very 1st every BIRTHDAY! Thank you all for coming and for the wonderful cards and gifts you gave/sent. We are so blessed to have so many great friends and family members who shared in this special day.

We also had our very 1st haircut and saw her 1st parade!

And now BIG news from Emily Reese who received the KINDNESS AWARD at her school for doing a kind act for others around her. So make sure to mention how very PROUD you are of our very kind little girl who is also the family genious making her 2nd A/B honor roll!

Talk to you later, Rachel Ray is on!

IT'S A BABY GIRL FOR THE HOLLANDS!!

2008-11-20T20:09:00.002-06:00

That's right! Lindy and Gregg are expecting a Baby Girl in April. So here is your first glimse of my new niece Annalise Rose Holland in her first official photo. Mother and Daughter are doing well! Please keep them in your prayers.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-01T19:58:00.004-06:00

The girls had a blast this Halloween. We had a ZOMBIE DR. & LIL' PUMPKIN!

Brylee Taite had a ball. I took a half day and we headed off to Aunt Lindy's school and Brylee wasn't to sure what to make of them all. Then we headed to visit Aunt Neesie, Mama Rhonda, Daddy Leighton, Aunt Kim before we came home and took a little nap while waiting for Big Sister to get out of school. Helen and Emily joined us trick or treating this year which was a total BLAST! We loved it, we were so glad that they were able to come along and help us celebrate Brylee's first Halloween trick or treating adventure.

We got Brylee home around seven and Helen and Emily headed off to do some more trick or treating. Brylee had dinner and a bath and just cried and cried until we put her costume back on her. We ended up getting home around 9:30 and she was pooped!

Thanks to all who made this Halloween so much fun and we hate we didn't make it around to everyone but there just aren't enough hours in the day sometimes. We love you all and hope you had as much fun as we did.

My Girls

2008-10-27T19:39:00.013-06:00

Brylee Taite's face is looking so much better she still has a little ways to go, but we have been truly blessed. She has been loving a lot lately and squeezes her toy monkey and then kisses him all the time. Then she loves on us too! What an little angel we have. I am planning her 1st Birthday Party so stay tuned for the date.
Emily had a ball in the spiderweb over the weekend. Here are some pics of her and of the ATTACK! Her dog Cleo is in some of the pics because she stayed with us Saturday night so that Helen and Rowena could go to IL.

Here are some pics from Gatlinburg 2008!

Here is a pic of a pregnant seahorse from the Ripley's Aquarium and in case you did not know the mae seahorses have the babies! This was a once in a lifetime thing to see.

And CONGRATS to Rowena who is now a GREAT GRANDMA!!

Brylee Taite and Mommy's Fall

2008-10-19T18:53:00.004-06:00

Well I know it has been awhile. We just got back from vacation in the Smokies and had an accident at the Bell Buckle Craft Fair on Saturday. We were just about to leave and walking to the church were we parked the car (this was the first time all day Brylee had been out of her stroller) and as we were walking along the crowded sidewalk in Bell Buckle my foot slipped off the edge of the walk and into a hole and the rest is just blurry. I landed on the concrete walk and thankfully Brylee landed in the grass. She is pretty scratched up and bruised and I have some bruising to my arms and knees. All in all it could have been much much worse. We were so blessed that there were no booths in that area and that she did not hit the concrete. She landed face down in the grass. We were very lucky to have great friend like Kayla and Kathy there who took us to a nurse at there church and she cleaned Brylee up a little but did recommend that we get her seen by the Dr. So, Jean at Dr. Barbara's office had always told me that if I needed her to page her and if she didn't respond, she even told me where she lived. So needless to say I made the call and she met us up there shortly after we got back home. Jean cleaned her up and said that it looked much worse than it really was. Her pupils and head were fine and the scrapes she said would heal with no scarring. She did tell us that it would look much worse today which it did. Her eye was completely swollen shut this morning but gradually opened up more and more throughout the day. She has been her usually playful smiley self all day. She does not like it when you get to close to it but will let you Dr. her up. I was so tore up yesterday I can only say that the good Lord was with us and I am so thankful that he was. Jean said that she will be back to herself in no time. She was so sweet to meet us up there and it means the world to us all. Please keep our little Taiter in your prayers and hopefully she will be healed up very soon. Her Daddy was going around the office saying ADRIENNE ADRIENNE like Rocky did in the movies ad now wants to go get her a grey jumpsuit to wear with a black toboggan and white towel to wrap around her like Rocky Balboa in the movie!

Brylee was so worried about her Mommy being upset that once she was all cleaned up she was patting me on the shoulder and hugging and kissing me to comfort me. What a little angel she is!

Toothy #2

2008-09-11T19:40:00.003-06:00

We have toothy #2 coming in right beside toothy #1. Both little teeth are on the bottom and they are the front two. She is just tickled with her little teeth and she smiled and let me see them this morning. Then when Nanny arrived she was back on lock down. It is hilarious. I told her she did not have to show her toothies to any one but me! She just laughs.

She went to school today with Nanny to visit Aunt Lindy’s class. Mama said that every time someone would talk she would fake cough to get their attention. She is such a ham!

She had some mac-n-cheese and peas the other night for dinner.

We just heard from Emily and she is the PROUD winner of a rabbit! She won a rabbit tonight at the Franklin County Fair. She had to throw a ball in a cup while the cup floated in water and got it on the second try!!

9 Months Old!!

2008-09-05T07:53:00.002-06:00

Well, we had our 9 month follow up yesterday. Brylee Taite is 17 lbs 8oz and 27.5 inches long. She is right in track with her development. She got one shot and while she was crying she sounded just like her Uncle E when he makes his Chewbacca sound. It was kinda funny to hear that because she never cries like that any other time. She was a real trooper and was fine in just a couple of minutes. Her next visit is Dec. 4th and she will be 1 year old! My little girl is growing so fast.

Guess I better start planning for her very 1st Birthday Party soon! I think it will be Backyardigan themed. She absolutely loves them. She gets so excited when she hears the intro song that she stops whatever she is doing and starts waving her hands in the air and talking along with them. She loves music in every form and has recently starting singing along with Pablo the Backyardigan. She listens to the CD in the car and has a little Pablo doll that goes with us and a singing Pablo for the floor. She loves them and can’t seem to get enough of them. It is precious.

Last night was her very first night to sleep without her Paci. She normally does not use it during the day, but likes to have it at nighttime. She did really well and only woke up twice wanting it. So say a little prayer that she continues like this.

Gramps is home and doing better. We sent some food over this morning for him to munch on. Pot roast, fried okra, beans, and cornbread. YUM YUM!

Have a great weekend! Love ya.

It's Been a While........

2008-09-03T10:02:00.003-06:00

Well I know it has been a while, but we have been very busy keeping up with our little 9 month old. She is crawling and in to everything. She tries so hard to get away from us and get to the dog food bowl. Some days she just wants to put her hand in the water bowl and others she is ready to try out some dog food. Luckily we have gotten it away from her so far. She has banged her head on everything imaginable and is terrifying me. Here is her last little boo boo from the recliner at Mama’s. She was climbing up it and then appeared to be backing away when all of the sudden she just plowed right in to it. She just cried and cried.

Emily was with us this weekend and we went to watch Uncle Chance play football Friday night at Central. The girls really enjoyed the game and loved the band. We also went to the Chuck with Jen, Molly, Eric, and Grandma on Saturday. We all had a good time. Brylee decided to see how far back she could shove the crust down her throat and ended up gagging herself which about gave me a heart attack. So needless to say, she is no longer aloud to suck on the crust at the Chuck.

We headed to the park yesterday so Emily could ride her bike and Brylee could have a wagon ride. Emily was coming down the top of the hill on the nature trail and just barely missed two trees when her bike took an off road adventure. We can laugh about it now, but I tell you, I still don’t know how in the world she missed those trees.

My grandfather is in the hospital with kidney problems, so please keep him in your prayers. We headed up to see him after dropping Emily off. We visited with Gramps and Aunt Sherri for a little while and Aunt Sherri found it…

Brylee Taite Reese has her very first TOOTH!!!! YAY YAY – I am SOOOOOO excited! My little girl is growing up so fast. Who would have thought that a little tooth could become the highlight of your day! My girls are such a blessing!

We are also preparing for Lindy and Gregg’s wedding Sept. 27th and the first visit to hear the heartbeat on the 16th. Her life will be changed forever soon, and it is the best change in the world!

Please keep us in your prayers – Love Ya!

Spunkachewy

2008-08-05T19:16:00.004-06:00

I wanted to start by letting you all know how Tiffany was doing. She has such a strong faith and seems to be doing as well as can be expected. She is surrounded by her family and friends and is truly blessed to have so many people there for her during her time of need. The service was the best I have ever been to by far, the preacher explained how Matthew was a precious gift sent from Heaven above. He went on to say that though we may have many questions as to the whys of a situation like this, but we should all feel blessed that we had the opportunity to have this precious gift no matter how short the time was. Because when God gives us a precious gift like a child, we are not promised a certain amount of time with that gift, but we should cherish it, make memories, and feel joyful for the time that we were able to share with such a wonderful blessing. I was very moved by the service as so many others were. It really makes you realize how short life is and how we should cherish each moment we have and all those that we are able to share it with. Please continue to pray for Tiffany and her family because I know I feel very blessed to have someone like her in my life and I am so thankful to know that I have a friend with such a wonderful faith around me.

We got Emily this weekend and as promised we went to Pet Smart to pick out a new hamster. Well Spunkachewy (aka Spunk) jumped right out towards Emily so we had to bring him home. She knew right away that he was the one! This little guy is nothing like Chewy Ricky Bobby, he is full of energy and is rarin' and ready to go. He is up all night and made himself right at home in the cage when he got here. Emily is so happy with him.

Now for the house update :(

We were putting the house on the market last Friday, but earlier in the week got the news of the Nissan buyout. Well, Brian went in to work and they were doing some layoffs and cutting back to one shift for the time being, as most of you know his company makes the frames for some of the Nissan vehicles. He is fine and will be heading to days on Monday, but the more we talked about it we decided now was probably not the best time to do anything. So we will plan to sit tight for a little while longer and see how things pan out.

AND NOW FOR SOME BIG NEWS...

LINDY AND GREGG ARE HAVING A BABY! That's right Emily and Brylee Taite will be getting a new little cousin in about 9 months!! We are all very excited. Lindy went to the Dr. today for confirmation and sure enough she is Prego. I am even more excited because she will be seeing Dr. Moore which is the Dr. that delivered Brylee Taite Reese!! She goes back to the Dr. in September so stay tuned for more updates. And please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they embark on this wonderful journey together.

PRAYERS

2008-08-02T21:10:00.007-06:00

A very sweet friend of mine, Tiffany Young lost her son Matt today in a drowning accident at a family pool. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as we all try to make sense of the situation.

If you would like to make a donation to help with funeral costs you can send it to the funeral home in her name.

Doak Howell Funeral Home
739 N Main StreetShelbyville, TN 37160

Phone Number: (931) 684-5011

You may also send cards to her at:

Tiffany Young
407 Naron Road
Shelbyville, TN 37160

SNEAKY SNEAKY

2008-07-30T20:05:00.001-06:00

Funny Story!

This morning as I was getting ready and I left Brylee in her normal spot, her little mat in front of the TV with all her toys. I went and pulled the rollers out of my hair and walked back into the living room and she was no where to be found. She is not crawling yet so I knew she couldn’t have gotten too far. But Laney and Lilley were not acting out of the norm and usually when she goes somewhere they are right there with her. So I walked in the living room and said Brylee Taite Reese where are you?? I hear nothing; I walk a little farther and say Brylee… as I get just to the edge of the coffee table I find her under it! She was so proud of herself for hiding from me. It was just precious. She had scooted backwards under there and had her head popped out just waiting for me with all smiles. When I got her out and asked her what she was doing under the table she just laughed and started throwing her hands around. She thought it was the funniest thing. It was so precious!

Here is my little knuckle head on her Dora couch right beside the coffee table!

Photo Shoot

2008-07-21T12:16:00.002-06:00

Most of you know my friend Robyn Pennington, well Robyn has developed an interest in photography and Brylee Taite was happy to help her with her 1st official photo shoot! I am happy to say that she did a WONDERFUL job and we look forward to many more photo shoots with Pennington Photography.

Robyn is just getting her feet wet with this, but if you ask me she has a knack for it. We are very impressed with the pictures and cannot wait to get the prints. So, if you are looking for someone to help you capture your special moments in a photo, let me know and Robyn may be able to help. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy, and let me know what you think. I know Robyn would love to hear your comments.

Happenings!

2008-07-17T12:58:00.003-06:00

Well, I would like to start by saying that we had a loss in the Reese Family over the weekend. Our dear little hamster Chewbacca (Chewy) Ricky Bobby Reese passed away. We are all very saddened by the loss and plan to get another little hamster next weekend when Emily returns. She has decided to name him Chewy II after her first little hamster. Chewy Ricky Bobby had a long life of two years and was a cute little friend that we all grew to love a great deal. It was a heartbreaking Friday night to see Emily cry and I must say a special THANK YOU to Helen for talking to Emily when we were all so upset. We had a burial service out at Micky and Jill’s and he was laid to rest next to Morgan (their dog). The ceremony was officiated via cell phone by Uncle E, whom we would also like to thank as well as Grandma and Granddaddy for allowing him to be buried at such a beautiful place. I know that it meant a great deal to all of us that you were all there for Emily and we appreciate you so much.

The yard sale was a success. We still have a lot of items from the sale including baby clothes, so if you know anyone that may like to come look, let me know. We are preparing the house to be put on the market and there is a lot still to be done. We will be cleaning up all the flowerbeds and pressure washing the house in the next few weeks as well as packing up all items that are not used frequently. Who knows, we may even have to have another yard sale once we find all the hidden treasures in there.

Brylee Taite has learned to pat-a-cake and gives high fives. She is learning how to blow kisses now, but she has not gotten very far with that one. She thinks it is hilarious when you blow kisses to her though. She is successfully driving Emily nuts these days. She is loud and interrupts her when she is talking or watching TV. I have tried to explain to Emily that this is something she will have to get used to because that is something sisters do. I told her that Lindy still gets on my nerves! J But we all know she would do anything for her if it came down to it.

Emily made quiet a bit of $$ from the yard sale by selling her old toys and was able to buy a new Digimon Nintendo DS game. Unfortunately she left her DS at home and had to wait to play it. I can’t wait to hear if she liked it or not. I have lots of pictures to upload, but when I get home and get settled I am pooped! But I will try to make myself add more soon. In the meantime keep us in your prayers as we continue our house hunt.

And if you know anyone that may be interested a new home, send them our way!

Brylee in the big bathtub!

2008-07-10T09:09:00.001-06:00

My child is now infatuated with the kid in the silver circle in the bath tub. She butt scoots up to the silver circle and just laughs and talks to the child in there and has no clue that it is her. When I put my head down there and she can see us both in the circle she is amazed!! I will post a video this weekend when Daddy is home and I can capture her bath time fun.

YARD SALE!!

2008-07-08T15:07:00.000-06:00

This weekend is the BIG YARD SALE! Thank goodness. I plan to have a pre-sale Thursday night around 6:30pm if you would like to stop by. So if you know anyone that has a baby girl on the way or a young girl close to Emily’s age, please spread the word.

If you can’t make it let me know and we can work out something so that you can come sooner!

The yard sale will be Fri. and Sat.

Take Fairfield Pike to Brown Lane (just past the duck pond)
Right on to Brown Lane
1st Right on to Lorien Circle
6th House on your Right
112 Lorien Circle

We have baby items, toys, clothes, prom dresses, household items, and much more.

And the winner is...

2008-06-28T20:45:00.003-06:00

Brylee Taite Reese

Brylee Taite was 1st prize winner Saturday at the Lynchburg Frontier Days celebration. She was so precious. Helen and Rowena came to cheer her on, and take pictures thank goodness because I forgot my camera! She was up there when they called her name and gave a sweet little wave to her Big Sis and the crowd was all "OHHHH". She won a $50.00 savings bond, trophy, ribbon, and medal. We were all super excited!

Fun, Fun, Fun

2008-06-22T16:05:00.003-06:00

Well, we have had a fun, fun, fun few days. Emily stayed with Grandma Tuesday night and then came to us! She went to my mom's during the day where she and Link wrangled up some kittens so that Daddy could give them to a man he works with, to place in his barn. She had two dog crates full of kittens by Friday afternoon.

We went to the RC Cola & Moon Pie Festival in Bell Buckle yesterday morning and were not very impressed. Perhaps we went to early, but we had a birthday party that afternoon. We left after about an hour. Then headed to the birthday party that was rained out due to thunder at the park pool. We came home and later that night as we were walking Emily met a friend of mines little girl and boy. Ashley and her kids Grace and Eric came back with us from the walk and the kids played til about 10pm. The the girls could not wait to get back together. Grace and Emily both were begging to go knock on each others doors at 8am. We had some things to take care of and then get Emily ready to go home, but Grace and Eric came by for about an hour to play before she had to head home.

Brian and I went and looked at a house and were not very impressed, so the search continues. We have a lady from down the street interested on ours, so we may not have to put it in on the market afterall. Say your prayers, because that would be wonderful for us. We have a few more that we are planning to look at next week, just to see what is out there. We do not plan to put ours on the market until after the yard sale July 11th & 12th.

Speaking of the yard sale... We have lots and lots of stuff ( I am still pricing, but do not mind early shoppers!) We plan to have it July 11th & 12th and have lots of baby items, clothes in both Emily and Brylee's sizes, adult men and womens clothing, prom dresses, toys, and household items. Please give me a call if you might be interested in stopping by early and we will work something out. We hope to have everything ready by the 4th - so that we can have early birds come by the week before the sale. Of course no early sales the 5th cause we will be hangin' with KENNY CHESNEY!!

We are planning to place the Taiter in the Frontier Days baby contest in Lynchburg Saturday so, if you are up around 830am on Saturday, stop by and check her out.

And don't forget to wish B-Rizzle (Brian) a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Friday!!

CONGRATS!!

2008-06-16T18:42:00.003-06:00

Well, even though they are a BAD influence on Ms. Brylee Taite. Aunt Lindy and soon to be Uncle Gregg are ENGAGED!! Gregg popped the question Saturday and Lindy of course said YES!!

They are planning a Sept. 12, 2009 wedding.

Brylee had her ten day check up at 8am and she no longer has an ear infection. She was able to get her shots and handled it very well. Love her little heart!

We had a great Father's Day and spend the day with family and ate lots and lots of good food.

Antibiotics!!

2008-06-06T18:56:00.002-06:00

Well Brylee went today for her six month shots, but she did not get them. She has an ear infection and was given an antibiotic and told to return in 10 days. Please keep her in your prayers. Jean told us that she was right on schedule with everything including ear infections. She weighs 16lbs and is 26in. She was also given a cream because apparently when we change her diaper we were getting her to clean and the wipes are have a drying agent in them. Who knew!

Uncle Jeff is at home and is awaiting one more test result. He was admitted yesterday for chest pains.

Swimmin'

2008-05-31T19:57:00.002-06:00

OH YEAH BABY - WE GOT A POOL!!! :P

The girls had fun splashing around, and I swear it looked bigger in the store! Emily said it was way to small, but she managed to lay down for just a bit to relax before Claire arrived. Claire was splishin' and splashin' everywhere. She managed to get in and out of the pool 5,000 times, taste grass, and dog food before she left. Oh the things we have to look forward to!

She was so cute, Brylee just watches her and all the things she can do.

Sick Baby

2008-05-28T18:07:00.005-06:00

Mrs. Joe Dirt

Chance decided to place his Joe Dirt wig on Brylee!

Well, we are going to play it by ear, but we may have to take our little TaiterBug to the Dr. tomorrow. She has a little cold in her eye and it just keeps running along with her little nose. She went to bed around six thirty and just woke up crying. She wrapped her little arms around me just a second ago and went back to sleep. I have never felt so helpless in all my life. So please say a little prayer for Baby Joe Dirt and hopefully she will feel better soon.

Thanks,

MA MA MA MA MA

2008-05-28T10:28:00.000-06:00

MA MA MA MA MA

Yep, that’s what my little darling is saying now. If she gets tired, upset, or mad its all MA MA MA MA MA!!

We went to Mama Rhonda’s yesterday to cookout and Brylee was attacked at the door with crazy talk, smiling faces, hugs, & kisses. Heaven knows what she thinks when she is around us all, but I would say she is thinking these people are NUTS!!

She had a BLAST this weekend at the pool. She hung out with Claire, soaked in her pool, and kicked around in Mr. Crabs. She was so funny. She is going to like swimming I have no doubt. Grandma stopped in to visit her and see the little fish in the water. She is truly priceless.

We kept her good and lubed up so that she would not get sunburned, but silly Mommy forgot about herself and is as red as Mr. Crabs! Oh well, lesson learned – again this year!

Love you all!

FANTABULOUS WEEKEND!

2008-05-22T15:44:00.005-06:00

Brylee Taite & Emily eatin' pizza!

We had a FANTABULOUS weekend this past weekend.

But before I get started Susan there is a song about "My frog boots" on Noggin and the kids are sportin' Ethan's boots. I was rollin' when I saw it.

Emily and I started out by visiting Gramps in the hospital. He is doing very well, thanks to all your prayers. Then we headed over to Mama Rhonda's to get Brylee's pictures. Then to El Mexico to pick up dinner (by this time we were STARVING!!)

Gramps was doing better Saturday morning, but Daddy was not comfortable leaving him and us all going to his company picnic at Lake Winnie, so he stayed with Gramps and Me, Brian, Emily, Brylee, Mama, and Chance headed to the Renaissance Festival. It was a blast. We got there a little after noon and went to the booth, Emily rode rides, and I got a couple Henna tattoo's. Gotta download the camera pics before you can see them all. The we watche the jousting event which was awesome. No time to tour the castle because the line was to long, but we will next year. We all had so much fun, I am sure this will be an annual event.

Sunday we headed to the Chuck and had a ball. Emily won Brylee a balloon off of one of the Chuck E Cheese slot machines. They were so sweet. Emily gave Brylee 1,000 kisses this weekend and kept saying she is going to be just like me when she grows up.

Love You All!

Keep Mary Lou in your prayers and Patsy while she is away!

WOOOHOOO!

2008-05-14T15:45:00.002-06:00

My First Mother's Day was GREAT! We went to church, then to Uncle Bud's, and then cooked out at the house. It was so wonderful. Jill gave us all beautiful hanging plants that I just love. Brylee Taite was on her very best behavior, as always, and made the day spectacular. She is such a blessing and after only five months, I could not tell you what I did without her in my life.

And as for this weekend... We are planning to attend the TN RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. We can't wait. If you think you may like to join us, let me know. It is Pirate Invasion weekend. ARRRGGGGHHH!

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-10T19:09:00.010-06:00

Well I got some early Mother's Day surprises. Of course I have mentioned my new swing which we all LOVE. Especially someone in particular. Can you guess who????

I also got a beautiful surprise Friday. I took the day off and received a call from my cousin Leanne at Flower's For Keeps, telling me that I have a delivery! She knows I LOVE FLOWERS and they had delivered them to work and since I was not there she had them go back and get them so that she could call me. Well, I was a little confused as to why Brian would have sent me flowers when he knew I was off. Well I was wrong, they were not from Brian. They were a wonderful Mother's Day surprise from Emily, Helen, and Rowena. Aren't they just fabulously gorgeous!!

And for those of you that want to be a helper with Brylee Taite's future... She is now the proud owner of her very own checking account. Please feel free to deposit $$$ anytime.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY... MONEY!

As I was leaving Wal-Mart today I got a call from Rochelle and shared a funny story with her about Brylee's visit to Wal-Mart. Brian was taking Emily home from the birthday party. We go in and I go to the baby toy aisle and I place a toy in font of her and put it back she cries, I give it back and she is happy, take it away, and she cries. Needless to say the toy is on her car seat now. Rochelle thought it was funny so I figured you all would too.

I also wanted to include a new pic of Lindy and Gregg.

Updates

2008-05-01T15:46:00.001-06:00

Looks like Chance is going on home bound for the remainder of the school year. Hopefully Ms. Barton (our sister Lindy) will get to be his home bound teacher, since she lives next door and already has some other home bound students. I went over last night to get Brylee and Chance shined a flashlight on his throat and it was terrible. I have never seen anything like it. It was like rolls and rolls of swelling that once were covered looking like cauliflower. It was nasty and Mama said it looked great compared to the way it was. You can already tell he has lost quiet a bit of weight.

His girlfriend Mary went for her Mono test the other day as well. So we will see.

Daddy finally went to the Dr. today and they believe he may have Lyme Disease. He does not recall being bitten by a tick nor has he had any on him, but they are running more tests just to be sure of what it is. He will have his results on Monday.

And the Taiterbug is a Rollin’ Queen. She does it now and then looks around like – “Gosh this is so easy, why did it take me so long to do this??” She and I went out and sat on my new swing that Brian, Emily, and Brylee Taite got me for Mother’s Day. (Yes I get my presents early!) We love it. I can’t wait for Em to see it this weekend. Emily and Brian always play in the backyard, but we can’t see them good from the deck, but now we will have a front row seat. She just sat there kicking her feet and dangling them around. She loved it.

I also bought two bug wind chimes because she LOVES them and put them on the ends of the swing. She just watches them. I have got to get some to just hang from the trees because she looks around towards the noise and just watches them. So if you know anyone who is getting rid of some give me a shout and we will take them as long as they still make a sound.

We all are starting to HATE 3rd shift. Of course we are always thankful that he has a good job though! I am not sleeping and neither is Brylee. Brian is so tired and his sleep patterns are all off track especially when it come to the weekends. My friend Robyn said her Dr. gave them paperwork about babies not sleeping well because they are suffering from separation anxiety and I can tell you without a doubt Brylee is missing her Daddy just as much as he is missing her.

Rllin' Rollin' Rollin'

2008-04-30T19:49:00.001-06:00

That's right Brylee Taite is rolling over and sitting up!!

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2008-04-30T15:47:00.003-06:00

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The Chancesta

2008-04-28T20:24:00.005-06:00

The Chancesta has MONO. So please keep him in your prayers.

We had a very good weekend and the Taiter is sitting up, of course we do not leave her unattended, but she is doing great. She is attempting to rollover, but gets half way there and then changes her mind. She is growing way to fast.

We are doing Ok with Daddy on night shift. He is off Fri-Sun, but I feel like we are running around like chickens with out heads cut off most other nights. I suppose that is now the norm for us. Of course we miss him like crazy!

Don't forget the Open House Saturday at the Rec Center from 2-4!! Hope to see you there.

Oh Daddy-O

2008-04-23T19:31:00.004-06:00

Well, Brian went in to work Monday and found out that the guy that does his job on 3rd shift had turned in his notice and Friday would be his last day. If you all recall way back when Brian got this job he was scheduled for 3rd shift, but then someone quit and he became 1st in seniority. So, they ended up letting a guy that had quit before come back thus allowing Brian to move to 1st without having to wait for someone to be trained. Well, low and behold this guy is quitting too. So they in turn sent Brian home Monday and told him to come back Monday night. So now he is on 3rd shift until they find someone and train them. So it looks like it is me, Taiterbug, Laney, and Lilley for a while. Boy are we gonna miss Daddy-O.

He will be working Mon-Thur and off Fri, Sat, & Sun. Keep us in your prayers, because we depend on Daddy a lot and we are definitely gonna miss having him here.

We really enjoyed getting together with everyone this weekend and it was very nice to meet Don. We look forward to a return visit.

Our Little Artist!

2008-04-12T18:42:00.003-06:00

Well Emily has done it again. She has created yet another masterpiece!! Her artwork was chosen to be on display this weekend at the Dogwood Festival in Winchester. We will let you know what she wins. As for me, I vote for FIRST PLACE!!!

Love Ya!

Sweet Taters

2008-04-06T19:10:00.003-06:00

Ms. Brylee Taite had her 4month appt. on Friday. She received 3 of the 4 shots she was scheduled to get because they were OUT of one. The lady tells me that I should be glad because she only has to have 3 today, I was like yeah, but now I have to bring her back in a few weeks for another one... DUH, why would I want to do that.

Dr. Barbara said the she was PERFECT! (Of course we already knew that) She said her color was great and you could tell that she was out and about alot. She said that her head and neck looked wonderful and asked that we continue with the chiro monthly, which we had planned to do anyway, because we can all tell he has made a difference. And then, in case you had not noticed Brylee can have baby food now!!! She is not very excited about the squash and after tasting it, I don't blame her at all. She did like the sweet potatoes, and tomorrow it is carrots for lunch with Nanny.

We went to church today, then came home. Grandma, Aunt Jennifer, and Molly made a visit and hung out for a while. Molly and Uncle Brian played while the rest of us chatted it up out side about Jennifer's new business with Thirty-One Gifts.

She is very excited and we are all very excited for her. Jennifer has a way of getting me pumped about these things. We will be having an open house at the Park on May 3rd, so please make plans to swing by. I will also be collecting some catalog orders for those who cannot attend. The prices are really good and the products are very well made. Stay tuned for you invite.

Rowena came home on Wednesday and Emily wanted to stay home with her this weekend. I know we are sure glad that she made such a speedy recover. Helen and Emily are so excited to have her back home. Just please keep praying that all continues to go well.

I would also like to ask that you add a few new additions to your prayers. Some of you know Rob and Jill McKamey of Shelbyville, Jill gave birth to twin girls in her 28th week of pregnancy last week. The babies are in Nashville. I would also like to ask that you keep Lois Gray (not sure of her last name now), but we go to church with her family. Lois lives in Maryville and had a little boy last week. He was taken to a Knoxville hospital with some trouble breathing on his own. Lois was released from Maryville hospital and should be with him now. Please keep these families in your prayers.

Love you all!

Update

2008-03-22T18:12:00.003-06:00

Rowena made it through the surgery just fine. She was talking to us and seemed to be adjusting well. Helen said that the Dr.'s think she may get to go to the rehab facility on Monday. They were going to try to walk around the hospital today. The Dr.'s have said that since she is so active that she may be able to return home as normal after her rehab. So please keep them in your prayers, she still has some time before she is back to herself and her bread making... :)

As for our little Hero Emily, she has a little bit of a runny nose, but other than that she is doing wonderfully. She rolls her eyes everytime I tell her that she is a Hero, but I just explain to her that a lot of little girls her age might have been to upset and scared to act so quickly like she did and for that she was very brave and she is Grandma's Hero!!

The little Taiterbug is just as fabulous as ever. She is noticing everything and just as nosey as her mommy. What more could a girl ask for??

Love you all! Hope you all have a great Easter holiday with family and friends always rememebering the very reason we celebrate.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 24:1-8 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " Then they remembered his words.

2008-03-20T07:40:00.001-06:00

Please say a prayer for Emily, her grandmother Rowena, and their family. Rowena fell Tuesday night around 9pm-10pm while going to answer the phone in the kitchen. Emily was already in bed, and is a very sound sleeper. Rowena laid there calling out to Emily finally waking her up. Emily did such a good job, she called Helen at work and Helen called 911 (of course beating the ambulance to the house.) Emily made sure that she was comfortable by getting her a pillow and blanket until help arrived. We are very proud of her!!

Rowena is at Harton Regional in Tullahoma awaiting surgery. Her Dr.’s have said that her blood was too thin and they do not want to operate yet. They will have to do the surgery by Friday because they do not want her to lie in bed any longer than that. She will be receiving a HEMI (partial hip replacement). She will have a very extensive recovery process spending 4-5 days in the hospital, approximately 4 weeks in rehab, and then around 8 weeks at home requiring someone with her at all times.

Please keep them in your prayers!

Horton Hears A Who & Misty & Emily Do TOO!!

2008-03-07T19:22:00.008-06:00

Brian and I went to Target last weekend and they had a huge to do about Horton Hears A Who. Well Emily was not with us but I had to get her the stuff. I told the lady that I needed some Horton stuff, and she looked at me like I had lost my mind, so I had to explain that it was for Emily and that we did not have her that weekend but I really wanted to take these home to her. She gave me a treat bag full of goodies, some coloring pages, Horton Ears, and The Cat in the Hat's Hat. We surpised Brian with our new look when he came out of the bathroom tonight. Brylee is asleep, but I know she would have heard the Who Too!!

Our little Horton had an early birthday surprise when she entered her room too. Emily has a To Do List at the house and learning to ride a bike without training wheels is at the top of the list. So guess what she got...

I will keep you posted on the progress!! She looks like she is ready to ride to me!

To pierce or not to pierce, that is the question???

2008-03-05T20:25:00.004-06:00

To pierce or not to pierce, that is the question???

Well, I had my ears pierced at a young age and I am thinking of having Brylee Taite’s pierced soon. Everyone says that they don’t seem to hurt as badly if done at her age and she will not bother them as much.

So, I want to hear what you think? Should we pierce or wait??

Brylee can't wait to hear your thoughts!

Sunday

2008-03-02T21:00:00.004-06:00

We went to church to watch Uncle Chance sing, and he did awesome. We love it when the youth lead the service and Luke Faulk did a wonder job with the sermon. We kept hearing how adorable Ms. Brylee Taite was in the paper and I must agree. So if you didn't get the Sunday TG here is a look at this beautiful baby girl.

HALF PINTS

BRYLEE TAITE REESE

born 12-3-07

daughter of Brian and Misty Reese, Shelbyville

Big Sister: Emily K. Reese

Grandparents: Pat and LaTresa Barton, Micky and Jill Reese––all of Shelbyville

Great-Grandparents: Norman (Butch) and Evelyn Dell Barton, Leighton and Rhonda Reed, Eula Epperson––all of Shelbyville, Ralph and Betty Reese, Lynchburg, Doug Noble, Aurora, Il.

Aunts & Uncles: Lindy Barton and Chance Barton––both of Shelbyville, Eric and Jennifer Pasalakis, Nolensville

Another Fabulous Weekend!

2008-03-02T20:43:00.007-06:00

We had a busy weekend...

We gave Brylee a mohawk on Thursday I think. She kept looking in the mirror and OHHH and AHHH over herself. She knows that she ROCKS!!

We went for our GNO with the family on Saturday to Rafael's and bowling. J-Pac was rockin the shades after her surgery. NO FLASH NO FLASH. Molly came to the bowling alley and wanted to bowl so Aunt Misty gave her a few turns. She was so HA - PPY! I mean, it couldn't hurt my score, I don't think I ever broke 100.

J-Pac has a hard time following directions, she was supposed to keep her eye open so the Dr. could mark it, but instead she blinked and she cannot touch her eye. So this lovely mark is hers for the time being.

We all had a GREAT time and I am so glad we are doing this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT JENNIFER!

2008-02-26T19:54:00.002-06:00

Well Aunt Jennifer is officially 29 AGAIN! So Happy Birthday!

Emily is home sick and did not go to school today. She was throwing up all night, so please pray that she is better very soon.

Not a lot going on so far this week, just getting ready for Emily's party on the 9th. Hope to see you all there. I still have to mail out some invites so if you have not gotten one yet it is because I am a slacker.

My little Taiterbug is doing great, she is growing like a weed and changing every day. I just can't get enough of her. She had a mohawk this morning it was too cute.

Please keep us all in your prayers. We love you all.

Oh yeah - WELCOME BACK AUNT PATSY!

He's OK

2008-02-22T20:27:00.003-06:00

Brian went for his follow up appt. and he is OK. The Dr. told him to cut back on his cokes and to limit his intake of chocolates and peanuts. He goes back in six weeks for a check up. The Dr. also said that it took him 34 years to create that stone and he hopes that it will be another 34+ before he has another one, if ever.

Doctors, Doctors, Doctors

2008-02-21T20:07:00.002-06:00

Well, Brian went for his follow up with the Dr. yesterday and he is not out of the woods just yet. They have decided to refer him to a Urologist for a follow up, just to be sure there is nothing else wrong. He has an appointment with a Dr. in Murfreesboro tomorrow. So please say a prayer that everything will be OK.

Brylee followed up with the Chiro and is still improving. She goes back in two weeks and then monthly from there.

Emily told Helen the other night that she feels yucky.

My sinuses have gone crazy and I have just about lost my voice.

Hopefully we will all be good soon.

On the bright side - HELEN AND I HAVE TICKETS TO SEE KENNY CHESNEY IN JULY!! WE CANNOT WAIT, WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!

This too shall pass...

2008-02-19T20:12:00.005-06:00

Well we spent the morning in the Bedford County Emergency Room. Brian woke up and was not feeling very well, so he decided to get into the shower and then still did not feel like he should go to work. I was feeding Brylee and he came and he just could not get comfortable anywhere. I went to check on him after laying her down and called my mom and Micky ASAP. He was in the floor in so much pain. For those of you who do not know Brian well, he has a very high tolerance for pain and I have NEVER seen him like this and pray I never see him like that again. Micky came over quickly and he and Brian headed to the ER while I waited for Mama to get here to watch Brylee.

When I made it to the hospital they had inserted and IV and where giving him pain medicines. He was still in a lot of pain but after serveral attempts with the pain meds he started feeling better. They started some fluids and carried him back for a CT scan. He could not lay flat for the scan for very long, but they got what they needed. Several hours later we were informed that Brian had a Kidney Stone that picked today to travel into his bladder. The Dr. said that he should be able to pass the stone due to its size but if he could not or was in an intolerable amount of pain he may need to be admitted. We came home and I went to get his prescriptions and then he rested while I got ready for work. I was on my way to get Brylee from my moms house after work when I received a call from Brian saying that he had just passed the stone. Thankfully!! He is not supposed to go back to work until Thursday and he is supposed to follow up with his Dr. then. I will keep you posted but as of right now he is back to his old self again, thank goodness!

He did not know at the time that I took this, but I got him in some comfy PJ's before he left and he was starting to get HOT in the ER and I snapped this little pic of him to post. Don't laugh because you can tell he is in pain. :)

Somebody's sittin' in Laney's chair???

2008-02-18T20:40:00.005-06:00

Who could it be??? Of course non other that Ms. Brylee Taite Reese and for once Laney didn't seem to mind. That is of course after checking Brylee out for a few.

I had a rough night last night my sinuses are draining so bad my throat and ears were killing me. I have started to cough so hopefully this will be over very soon. My little Taiterbug had a rough day today, she was very clingy with Nanny and has a very stuffy nose still. She was sitting in her swing just talking to her Papa when Nanny went into the kitchen to start supper and Brylee did not like it one bit. Nanny came back and got her out of her swing and boom she was OK. She was fast asleep when I arrived.

Her Grandma has a schedule change at work, so we are excited to say that Ms. Brylee will soon be spending some Wednesday's at her Grandma's house. YAY!

We have her three month pictures on Saturday and if she is in a good mood we are going to try and get some of the four of us. Keep your fingers crossed.

Love you all & Jennifer get busy with the EASTER planning!

Chillin'

2008-02-17T16:53:00.008-06:00

Well, we have just been chillin' at the house this weekend. Brylee has had a stuffy nose and Mommy has had a sore throat, so Daddy has been having fun. We have been sucking Brylee's nose all weekend and she is so silly that she opens her mouth as wide as she can trying to put the nose sucker in it. Then when you tell her how gross it is, she just smiles and thinks it is great. Here are a few pictures of Brylee chillin' over the weekend.

She keeps her fist or fingers on her mouth a lot these days. Mama thinks she may be cutting teeth. We will see. She also feels that she is to grown up to nap during the day. She will fall asleep in your arms and the minute you lay her down, she is wide awake. Afraid she might miss something, she's gonna be nosey just like her Mama.

Here you will see that she is deep in thought about what, one can only imagine.

Sittin' up watching TV (looking just like Brian and Emily when they watch cartoons)

Brylee Taite also received her first rose on Valentine's Day from her Papa and lots of Valentine's from Grandma & Granddaddy, Nanny & Papa, Uncle Chance, and Lydia & Rachel.

She goes to the Chiro on Thursday for some more head shaping and it is looking great.

Keep us in your prayers.

Love you All!

Be Mine

2008-02-13T20:22:00.002-06:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYBODY!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Shots

2008-02-06T20:23:00.000-06:00

Brylee Taite had her 2 month shots yesterday. 4 shots and one oral vaccine. She did really well. I walked out to pull the car around while they gave her the shots because I AM A WHIMP, and Mama stayed in the room because shots don't bother her. Well, when I got back into the room Mama's eyes were filled with tears. It was horrible. Brylee Taite cried and was so upset. We got her to the car and she went to sleep. She was a little fussy around 7pm and then she went to sleep and slept through the night. She woke up and was all smiles this morning.

Emily is feeling better, but still has a cough. Please keep us in your prayers.

Here is Brylee telling her Papa what happened at the Dr. yesterday.

Love Ya!

Long Week...

2008-02-02T07:37:00.000-06:00

*Emily is sick with a virus, so please be praying for her to feel better very soon. Helen took her to urgent care last night for some meds.*

Well, I am glad to see that everyone is as excited about NKOTB comeback as I am. I to saw them at Starwood and my life will never be the same. Donnie singing "OH, OH, OH she's my cover girl!!!" I will never wear any other brand of makeup for as long as I live. :)

What a fabulous way to spend a girls night out.

I went back to work this week and I don't know what was worse working or the drive to Mama's to get Brylee. I swear you would think that I never lived out there in my life. It got better towards the end of the week but boy do they live in BFE. She has been making it a point to be up to at least smile for her Mommy every morning and I just love it. Here she is on my first day back - tired, but awake.

Brylee is sleeping through the night and doing GREAT! She had her last Chiro visit on Wednesday and Dr. Barbara was in the office. She knew exactly who Brylee was, which I thought was awesome considering she has only seen her once. She held her and rubbed her head and said it looked better. She said it was still to soon to tell about a helmet but to just keep doing what we are doing. She did recommend a few more shaping treatments with the Chiro just to shape her head, no more neck cracking. She has some appt.'s scheduled for the shaping next week. Please keep praying for her.

Guess who held their GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER for the first time yesterday and was so excited.

Brylee Taite and her Great Gramps. He even got a smile out of her.

Love you All!

Back to Work... & BREAKING NEWS

2008-01-27T16:26:00.000-06:00

Well, the day has come. I go back to work tomorrow and while I am dreading it, Mama is so excited. She will be watching Brylee and I am sure she has been counting down the days. I am so afraid I am going to miss something not being there, but who better to get to see it than one of her Grandparents. Brylee Chiropractor's sister passed away so he was in California all last week so she had no appointments, but he is back and she will see him for hopefully the last time on Monday and Wednesday of this week. Then we will have the option to continue with monthly visits if necessary. We go for shots the 5th so I will keep you posted.

Brian, Emily, and I took Brylee for a walk today and had a fun weekend playing UNO and scrabble.

And now for the Breaking News... I was just about as excited when I read this as I was when Helen called and said Kenny Chesney was coming back to Nashville in July!!! To see the full article go to http://www.people.com/.

I know, I know WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS!! :)

Enfamil Checks!

2008-01-24T14:39:00.000-06:00

We have decided that since I am returning to work that we will be strictly formula feeding from now own. Brylee Taite does really well on the formula and she is eating just as much of it as the breastmilk. So we are making the switch for good.

We have figured it up that with the powdered formula we are paying $0.61 per bottle (versus $0.81 per bottle of the pre-mixed formula). So I have set up a log in at http://www.enfamil.com/ and I am receiving Enfamil checks ranging from $4.00 - $7.00 EVERY WEEK. It is wonderful, because unlike a regular coupon these are little checks that can be used together. So some weeks I may only receive $7.00 but like this week I received $18.00 in total checks. I just take them and use them like a regular coupon.

One thing of formula is $26.00, so these checks are very helpful. Here is where you come in, if you would like to help us SAVE SOME MONEY while feeding Brylee Taite in the process...

Go to http://www.enfamil.com/
Click on Join Enfamil Family Beginnings and sign up.

You will get LOTS of free stuff including the checks and we would LOVE to take them off your hands and use them. Let me know if you decide to help because the checks do expire.

They have been very helpful to us and as Jennifer always says THE MORE THE MERRIER!!

Love Ya Lots!

Congrats to the Stovall's who are expecting another little miracle!!!!!!!

Unknown Caller...

2008-01-17T20:32:00.001-06:00

OK so we have all ran to the phone when it rings only to find that it is the dreaded UNKNOWN CALLER... Well Brian and I usually answer and immediately hang up, but not lately. I am at home all the time and I get so pissed when the phone rings and Brylee is asleep or I run to answer it only to find that it is an UNKNOWN CALLER. So we decided to have a little fun with them. You have all seen that movie ELF (which is my favorite) and if not Will Ferrell who plays the Elf "Buddy" answers the phone "Buddy the Elf, What's your favorite color."

So I started answering all UNKNOWN CALLS like this around Christmas and every time the UNKNOWN CALLER would hang up, never to be heard from again. We would just crack up every time. Well tonight, I was thrown for a loop that I did not see coming, and needless to say I was the one who hung up. I was so caught off guard. I did just as I normally do "Buddy the Elf, What's your favorite color?" and what do I hear...

UHHH - AHHHH - UHHH

GREEN!!!!

That's right folks this UNKNOWN CALLER actually gave me a color. It was as if I was shocked that he knew his colors. I could think of nothing. I rounded the corner and looked at Brian with a stunned face and quickly hung up the phone. Brian was laughing so hard when I explained what had just taken place. He was making fun of me because I was caught so off guard that I could not think of a response. So in case this happens again tell me what you would say so that I never find myself in that position again.

Thanks!

BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

2008-01-16T14:17:00.000-06:00

What a smile!

Brylee's birth certificate came today!!!!

HOW EXCITED I WAS! I felt like Eric getting the mail today.

2nd Treatment & Mommy's Follow Up!

2008-01-14T20:13:00.000-06:00

Well Ms. Brylee had her 2nd treatment today and Daddy attended. He had the same stunned look on his face that Mama and I did the last visit. Brylee cried for a few seconds and then she was calm. Mommy hid behind the Dr. because I have vowed to never watch that again unless I truly have to. Her crying was heart wrenching enough for me.

Brian and I have noticed a BIG change in her mobility and willingness to turn to her left after each treatment. Within a few hours of returning she was holding her head up and moving from side to side. He said that next time he will work some with the molding of her head and after next weeks appointment we will see where we need to go from there. So please keep praying for our little Taiterbug.

I went for my six week checkup and I was released, but I am not going back to work just yet. I will be returning Tuesday for a training session then not officially returning til the 4th. Brylee and I both have Dr. visits on the 5th so I am hoping that I can make a trade since I am going in Tuesday and get off the entire day the 5th. I also lost 27 lbs.!! I am really sad to return because Brylee is looking around and being so attentive and fun. She smiles so sweet every morning at me and I just LOVE it. I cannot imagine being away from her for 8 hours. So you might want to add me to those prayers as well.

Love you all!

1st Treatment

2008-01-11T20:52:00.000-06:00

OK - We had our first treatment today and to say the least it was not what we expected. He laid Brylee on the chair and sat with her and began to massage and then...

(Keep in mind she is SOUND ASLEEP)
When all of the sudden and turns her head towards me and jerks it! Mama and I are stunned. Brylee's eyes are wide open and she begins to scream. We are so shocked by what we have just seen we cannot say anything. He talks to her and calms her down and then talks to us to calm us down.

I told him he should have warned us so that we could be prepared and I could have sat outside. Within seconds she was calmed down and he was massaging her. I think she was more startled from being awakened in such a fashion that she cried out. I was horrified but she seems to feel much better.

She has been turning to her left on her own and does not seem to be in any pain. She has two visits next week on Monday and Wednesday. He said that the stress of the delivery and the vacuum may have pulled some things out of alignment and he just needs to get her realigned and the muscles should start to loosen up once that takes place and she will be fine. Thus avoiding a helmet considering the flat spot is caused by the fact that she does not turn to her left alot. Thank goodness! Thanks for all the prayers, and please keep us in them.

Love You All!

Chiro Update

2008-01-10T14:18:00.000-06:00

The Dr. said that Brylee seems to have experienced some stress during the delivery and she has some straining in her neck and back. He feels that with a few treatments we should be able to avoid a helmet. She goes tomorrow for her first treatment then will have two treatments a week for two weeks and then he will be able to determine if the treatments need to continue. She had no problem turning her head to the right (chin to shoulder) but could not go all the way to the left. She also had some curving in her spine that he plans to work with as well.

She really liked Dr. Fausnaught and we did as well. He has some new machines that allow him to treat his patients without having to crack and pop like most Chiro's do. I plan to give him a call once my little Taiterbug is taken care of.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Brylee is going to the Chiropractor

2008-01-09T22:29:00.000-06:00

Yes, you read it correctly, Brylee Taite has her first visit with the Chiropractor tomorrow. We carried her for her one month visit on Tuesday and she weight 9 lbs 4 oz and was 22 inches long. She received her second Hep B shot (which was horrible - I cried with her), then Dr. Barbara tells us that she has a flat spot on the back right side of her head. She was concerned because her skull is forming and if we do not get this corrected she will have to wear a helmet.

Brylee seems to favor one side no matter what she is doing - sleeping, eating, laying, playing, she always tilts her head to the same side. We had noticed the spot on her head being flatter, but it just so happened to be on the side were she had to have the vacuum used on her during delivery. So, Dr. Barbara said that she thought it would be a good idea to have her seen by a Chiropractor to make sure everything was OK. She said she already had two other infants born around the same time as Brylee that she had referred to the Chiropractor.

She said that her neck may be sore from leaning to one side so long in the womb that she may have a little crick in her neck which makes it painful to lean to the other side. She gave us some tips to try, but we opted to go ahead and have a consultation with the Chiropractor ASAP just to be on the safe side and hopefully avoid a helmet.

So please say your prayers for our little princess. We have already adjusted many things around the house to accommodate her little head. We switched everything around from her pack and play, the way she lays in her crib and bouncy seat, the way we position her during changing, tilting her head in the carrier, and swapping the side we normally feed her on. I can honestly say it has not been easy, we need a lefty. We are all right handed and it is so odd to make the changes, but hopefully it will all be worth it. She has done really well and seems to be OK lying with her head in the opposite direction. She even gets little neck and back massages during her tummy time - Dr.'s orders. She has her own little Spa Day's at the house now - bath, bottle, tummy time, and massages. What more could a girl ask for.

We were also told to bundle her up but get her outside for two hours each day to look around, and to dance, sing, and be silly with her! (This should not be a problem)

I plan to go back to work the 4th of February and she has her next visit the 5th and will be getting more shots. Thank God for my Mama because I heard her cry and just grabbed her up and started hugging her the whole time crying myself and looking at my Mama and the nurse like they were evil hags. For those that don't know it, I HATE shots and had to turn my back. But the minute that little angel screamed I was ready to kick someones butt!

So please keep us in your prayers.

Love you all!

BABY PICS...

2008-01-06T17:16:00.000-06:00

You tell us, who does Brylee resemble the most????

OK - you have all seen pictures of Brylee Taite from the moment of her arrival up to now. So we wanna know, who do you think she looks like the most... So take a look at these two cuties below and leave us a comment and tell us what you think.

Picture #1

Picture #2

Lip Smackin'!!

2008-01-02T15:41:00.000-06:00

Ms. Brylee is four weeks old and she is doing GREAT! She is the love of our lives. I think Brian, Emily, and I are just eating her up. No matter what she does it is just fabulous. Laney and Lilley feel the same way. She does the cutest little thing when she finishes her bottles. She makes a smacking sound with her lips. That is how you know that she is finished and satisfied. If she doesn't make the sound she is still hungry.

Emily came and stayed with us to ring in the New Year. She is such a helpful Big Sis and Brylee just loves it when she talks to her. Brylee and I were in the bed around 10pm New Year's Eve and Daddy and Emily were going to stay up. Emily made it to 11:30pm and then crashed in her chair. And NO WONDER SHE CRASHED...

I had asked her earlier in the evening if she was planning to have vodka or beer this New Year's, and she replies... "I don't think I am supposed to have any of that stuff."

So I went into the kitchen and filled a martini glass with water and brought it to her. I wished I would have had my camera ready to see her expression. She looked at me like I had LOST my mind completely. Then I explained that it was just water, and all night long she was taking her bottled water and filling the martini glass and drinking out of it. It was so funny.

Hope you all had a Happy New Year!

1st Christmas

2007-12-28T10:52:00.000-06:00

Brylee had a very busy 1st Christmas. She and Emily got so many wonderful things. We have not gotten our pictures developed or loaded yet, so I will add them later. Here are a few shots of Ms. Brylee from my phone.

Ms. Lilley Blossom just cannot seem to get enough of Brylee Taite she just looks at her and licks her all the time. Maybe she likes the Kayro Syrup??

She was such a good girl everywhere we went. She slept most of the time, but Uncle E caught her with her eyes open and got some GREAT pictures. I will post them later as well. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Sweet Taiterbug

2007-12-19T13:01:00.000-06:00

Thank You Uncle E for fixing the computer for my Mommy and Daddy!!

Our little Taiterbug has been busy as a little bee lately. She went with me and Mama to pick up her Uncle Chance from school yesterday and then we ran a few errands and picked up some Christmas presents. She is such a wonderful little girl. She is sleeping really well and only wakes up around 1am for a feeding then again at 5am. She is doing GREAT!

Her chord fell off yesterday and as you can tell, she was very excited about it. Brian and I were very glad. We were a little scared to clean it but then Nanny and the Dr. showed us how and Mommy had to break down and clean it out good. Now we just have the cutest little belly button!

We went to visit Aunt Lindy at school today and she showed her off to every teachers that she could find. Of course Aunt Lindy was telling them that she was the prettiest baby in the world. (I cannot argue) She had her picture taken with Santa and it is so cute. Aunt Lindy is getting some copies made for us. Brylee was sound asleep the whole time, and it was too cute. Lindy explained to her kids that they could not touch Brylee because she may get sick from their germs. She told them that if she got sick that I would never bring her back and of course they did not want that.

We have also found that Ms. Brylee Taite prefers to just stretch out. She does not like to be held a lot, she would rather be laying around without being bothered. Which is a good thing considering this is cold and flu season and her Mommy would much rather everyone look but not touch. I know I am a little anal, but I am the one who will have to take care of her if she gets sick so I guess I have every right to be. She is a really good baby and she is absolutely adorable, Brian and I could not be happier.

Brylee and I met some of the family last night at Legend's to celebrate Brian's Grandpa's birthday. Of course we were late, Brian had to work. I had the hardest time getting the car seat our of the car. She slept the entire time, then when Uncle E was helping me out to the car we noticed that my front windows were down. Apparently I hit the button while the keys were in my pocket and did not notice it. I can only get easier!!

We are patiently waiting for Friday because Big Sister will be coming over and Emily and Brylee will get to spend their 1st Christmas Eve together!! I think Emily is just as excited as we are. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

P.S. - Lana, I wanted to let you know that we HATE the Pampers and have been using nothing but Huggies since about three days after we made it home. The Pampers seem to leak everywhere. I thought you would get a kick out of that!

Dr. Visit

2007-12-14T15:04:00.000-06:00

Brylee had her first Dr. visit on Wednesday. She did very well, she slept all the way there and back. She only cried when we had to strip her down to her diaper for the checkup. She is back up to her birth weight of 7 lbs. 11 oz. which was very good. The Dr. said she looks very healthy and seems to be getting everything that she needs. She is eating and sleeping very well this week. She is waking up twice throughout the night to eat and then goes right back to sleep.

The breastfeeding is going very well; however I have found she seems to get fuller, faster when I pump into the bottles. So I think that is the way we will be going. I don't mind the pump at all and she is still getting all that benefits of breast milk so I am all for it. She is such a good girl.

She changes more and more everyday. I swear she looks like a totally different child each and everyday, of course she just keeps getting cuter. Her Nanny and Papa came by today and she just looks at them while they talk to her like she understands every word. It is so precious. We just love her so much and are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Laney and Lilley are so protective of her. They bark when someone comes over (like always) and Brylee never even flinches. They watch her constantly and just love her so much. We placed a little bow in her hair with karo syrup the other day and I laid her in her boucy seat when I looked down to check on her I saw Lilley down beside her, like always when she is in her bouncy seat, only this time she was licking her head trying to get the karo syrup off. It was hilarious and Brylee could have cared less.

She goes back to the Dr. January 8th 1pm.

One Week Old!

2007-12-11T13:37:00.001-06:00

Brylee Taite was one week old yesterday! She is a beautiful baby girl and we could not be happier.

We (Me, Brian, and My Mom) went in last Sunday 12/2/2007 at around 7pm. We arrived a little early and spent the next few hours attempting to get my IV in. It took three nurses, one rapid response nurse, and 6 tries to accomplish this task. I was in so much pain and my mom was getting MAD! It was ridiculous. They had the hardest time.

When they checked me upon my arrival I was dilated to a 2 and 80% effaced so they decided not to give me the pill. I was given ambien to sleep that night and apparently began to see little people everywhere. Mama and Brian said I was hilarious. They came in to begin the induction process around 3am and the contractions began shortly after, nothing to bad YET! I am not sure when I got the epidural but I think it was close to 10am. I began pushing around noon and pushed for about four hours and the Dr. ended up having to use a suction thing (not sure what it was called) to help pull her out.

I was a rough labor and I can honestly say that I cannot imagine it without the drugs.

Brylee Taite arrived at 3:40pm.

We Are Home!!!

2007-12-05T19:40:00.001-06:00

BRYLEE TAITE REESE

12/3/2007

3:40 PM

7 LBS 11 OZ

19 3/4 INCHES

We are having some trouble with thw website, but we will keep you posted. We are not able to upload photo's so make sure to watch the slide show. That is the only way I can get them added.

We made it home Wednesday and after pushing from 12:30pm -3:40pm, our little miracle arrived safe and sound. The last few days have been very rough. Brian has been exceptional and I could not ask for more. Emily is thrilled and Laney and Lilley are doing great with her.

More updates to come. Love you all!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow - You're Only a Day AWAY!!!

2007-12-01T17:27:00.001-06:00

We will be checking into MTMC at 8:00pm tomorrow night. They will be giving me the IV at some point and monitoring Brylee's heartbeat. Around 4:00am on Monday morning they will give me a pill to help me dilate. And hopefully Ms. Brylee Taite will be here before we know it.

We are all very excited and waiting her arrival.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Make sure to check the website for pictures of our little one are coming soon!

Update

2007-11-27T17:59:00.000-06:00

We went to the Dr. today and I walked in joking with her. She asked when we were going to have this baby and I said let's do it today! She laughed and said well let's check you and see where you are. Blood pressure was great, lost 2 lbs. (that's 31 lbs. gained), Brylee's heart rate was 140, dilated to about 1.5, and still 70% effaced.

AND THEN SHE SAYS...

They sent the ultrasound results to their maternal fetal group Dr's., they handle all the high risk pregnancies, and they were estimating that Ms. Brylee could weigh 8 lbs. 5 oz. versus the 7 lbs. 9 oz. that we were told last time. So roughly somewhere between the two for her estimated weight. She does not see any reason at this time I will not be able to deliver without a c-section, but it will just depend on the labor.

AND THEN SHE SAYS...

I have called Labor and Delivery and they have a room available TONIGHT, and she was on call tomorrow, so we could induce then. She then tells me that we still have one more week to full term so it was really up to us.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

We have decided to give her until her due date of 12/2/2007 SUNDAY and if she is not here by then, we are heading to the hospital at 8pm Sunday night and they will begin the IV and induce on MONDAY!!!

We are very excited, but still wanted to give her time to come on her own. If we induce, Dr. Moore will be delivering. I am very hopeful that she will be the one to deliver Brylee because we all love her and she has a GREAT sense of humor. So she could be here any day now. Please keep us in your prayers and please pray that we do not have to have a c-section unless it is really necessary. Keep checking on us. I will add some pictures of Ms. Brylee soon!

1 MORE WEEK! OMG!

2007-11-25T20:30:00.000-06:00

Can you freaking believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was telling Brian that we were prego and now I am telling him OMG she will be here in about a week. We are very excited and finally all packed for the hospital. My bags and Brylee's bags are packed. Brian has a change of clothes at Tara's house in the Boro' if he happens to be at work when we head to the hospital, he will have time to leave work, swing by Tara's, shower, and change before he heads up there. Emily's BIG SISTER bag is packed and ready, filled with her DVD player, DVD's, Big Sister Shirt & Ribbon, Crayons/Coloring Book, and her gift to her little sister. Helen will be bringing Emily to the hospital as soon as she gets that call and this way Emily will have something to do if she has to wait for her sister to arrive. We are so excited and so blessed to have such wonderful and caring family and friends.

If I make it through work Monday the 26th, I will have reached my 1 year anniversary with Bemis and will be paid for 6-8 weeks of time off with Brylee. So please continue to pray we make it through the day.

I am getting very nervous and would be very interested to here your stories. Signs of labor, when you headed to the hospital, how long you were in labor, and any of the other goodies that they may sugarcoat in the child birth classes. Leave them on my comments or email me at mistylreese@bellsouth.net. We will keep you posted, so stay tuned for more Brylee Taite updates! We go to the Dr. Tuesday the 27th at 10:30am.

ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS!

2007-11-22T06:21:00.000-06:00

We decorated for Christmas a little earlier this year considering Ms. Brylee could be here any day now. I am still feeling pretty good. I work Monday and then I have vacation the rest of the week. I go to the Dr. Tuesday to see Dr. Moore and then find out if I have dilated anymore. Keep us in your prayers and pray that I make it through my last work day!! Love Ya and Happy Turkey Day! We are ready to EAT!

Dr. Update

2007-11-17T13:36:00.000-06:00

We went to the Dr. yesterday for our ultrasound and it was so neat. We got to see Brylee in a whole new way. Here is a little picture of her face that I just think is fabulous. We could see her heart beating and her spine, legs, arms, and feet. They were much bigger this time than the last.

They could not get a really good measurement of her head because she is so low, but they are estimating 7lbs 9oz. The Dr. said that I was still dilated to 1 and that she did not see any reason that I should not be able to deliver naturally. She said they would monitor the delivery and the baby before they could make a decision as the whether a c-section would be necessary, but she did not feel we needed to schedule one at this time. So, please keep us in your prayers because I really don't want to have a c-section if we can help it.

Love Ya!

Not much longer...

2007-11-14T18:55:00.000-06:00

BIG NEWS...

I JUST RECEIVED A PICTURE ON MY PHONE AND WANTED TO SHARE.

EMILY LOST HER TOOTH TONIGHT!!

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Let me start by saying HAPPY BRIAN PROPOSED THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, TO ME DAY!

Where, oh where have my ankles gone?? The swelling is worse than ever these days and I am sore in places I never knew I had. But not much longer. Exactly 20 days to the due date, but we will know more Friday after the ultrasound. I am so nervous, excited, ready, scared, happy, and so many other things I cannot even begin to explain. We are finishing up getting the last few things assembled and ready for Brylee's homecoming and even Lane and Lil seem to be getting ready. They have been so much more calm than usual and have been such good girls. I know they will be great with Brylee, with a little jealousy of course. Emily is really excited and I love to hear her enthusiasm. She is going to be the GREATEST BIG SISTER EVER! As you can see from the below Brian and I are not the only ones who are worn out these days. So much to do and so little time to do it in, we are all tired.

I received a package on Saturday from one of the planners I work with in Wisconsin. Thank You Lana! She is so sweet. Lana and I have never met face to face, but we have carried on numerous phone conversations at work. She is wonderful. She lives in Appleton, WI and sent us some goodies. Lana has recently moved to a new position within KC, so I don't get to talk to her daily anymore, but we still keep in touch. Brylee got two new outfits, including her very first pair of denim capri's/jeans. They are so tiny and oh so adorable. I was so excited to receive the package. I am very fortunate because I get to work with such wonderful people everyday, some in TN and others in WI.

I had a shower at work yesterday and we got a lot of great stuff and lots of gift cards, so I am thinking shopping spree this weekend for sure!

I promised J-Pac I would post my prego Halloween pic, so here ya go. The shirts a little snug, but I had to have something Halloween on for my trick or treater's. And if you ask me, I must say I look far better than my husband.

Brylee Taite Update

2007-11-10T12:45:00.000-06:00

Well, we went to the Dr. again today and everyone is fine. We actually LOST a pound this week. Blood pressure was good and heart rate was 140. I am dilated to a 1 still, but am now 70% effaced. She said she could come early, but she may not. If I hang in for another week, Brylee will be considered full term if delivered after the 37th week.

She also requested that we scheduled and ultrasound for next Friday to see how big Ms. Brylee is. This concerned me, but I would much rather know now than try to squeeze out a 10 pounder. She thinks she will weigh around 7-8 lbs.

Keep us in your prayers! She may be here on her Uncle Chance’s Birthday (Nov. 23rd)!

2007-11-02T18:59:00.001-06:00

Sorry for the delay, but time is spent preparing or resting these days. Here are a few updates. Jennifer, I can't post the picture because I don't have it here. Send it over and I will add it.

Two Week's Before The Last Visit

I am miserable! My feet and ankles are swelling and my back is killing me. But other than that I could not be happier.

We are measuring at 35 weeks and I am 34.5 weeks prego. We are going every week now. My next appt. is Thursday at 3pm. Brylee’s heart rate was at a little over 140 and everything else was good. Blood pressure was normal and I gained 3 lbs., so a total of 28 lbs so far.

She said that I needed to watch my feet and ankles because swelling in normal from here on out but should one of my feet/ankles swell a lot more than the other that I need to give her a call. All the other Dr.’s in the practice seem to be booked up and I will probably only see Dr. Moore and Redden from here on out. Which is Ok, since a lot of you see Jones and McGowan delivered Claire I am Ok if I don’t meet them and they are the ones that deliver her because obviously you guys trust them! She told me to eat a banana a day because I have been getting leg cramps. (The first I have had the entire pregnancy came on the other night in BOTH legs, it was horrible) She said that the other pains I was feeling were just my ligaments getting ready for her debut.

This Week's Visit

Well, well, well, we went to the Dr. yesterday and her heart rate was 150, I gained 1 lb, and was measuring at 37 weeks and I am in going into my 36th week. They did the Strep B test on me which is to test and make sure there will be no complications in delivering naturally. We go back next Friday morning at 10:30am. I am also dilated to a 1. I will be able to see the rest of the Dr.'s in the practice over the next three weeks. Thanks goodness. We will keep you posted!

Brian and I also celebrated out TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY! He bought be a beautiful bouquet and the sweetest card. Then when I called to thank him, I was surprised with out wedding song Wonderful Tonight as my new ringback tone. I just LOVE him and could not be happier.

Fall Break!

2007-10-21T17:08:00.001-06:00

Emily had her fall break this week and I took a few days off to spend some extra time with her. Rowena dropped her off to me Wednesday afternoon at work and had made some cinnamon rolls (sorry no pics, we ate them). You saw the bread and I know your mouths were all watering and the cinnamon rolls were just as fabulous. She and Emily even had a little one for Brylee, which of course I ate on the way to the house that afternoon. Tara was laughing because she called and I was trying to drive, talk on the phone, and eat my cinnamon roll. She asked if I couldn't have just waited til I got home, but Brylee wanted hers right away.

We had a very busy and very fun fall break. Thursday we got up and watched some tv, then went and visited Lindy's class. Emily attended music with them. Then we headed to get Brylee a large diaper bag and I swear I still don't think it is big enough for all the stuff I think I am going to need. We then headed to Dr. Kazmarska's office to talk with her about becoming Brylee's pediatrician. She is very nice and seems to care a lot about the kids. She knew Emily right off the bat. If you have used her or have an opinion I would appreciate it. Brian likes her and so does Emily. My only concern is that should she ever need to be hospitalized she would have to got the BCMC and then bee referred to Vanderbilt, due to Dr. Kazmarska's privileges there. I am a little eerie of that because as you all know I am no fan of BCMC. **Let me know your thoughts** We then met Amanda Crews and headed to the Boro for dinner and a tour of the hospital. I got a little light headed in the delivery room, but I am not a hospital person.

Friday we headed back to the Boro and met Aunt Jennifer and Molly Kate at Chuck E Cheese's. Emily had a ball and got 229 tickets. She was so sweet and shared tokens with all of us. Molly Kate seemed to like the pizza a lot. If Jennifer was to slow about handing her a piece she just reached out and grabbed for what she wanted. We had a ball. I cannot wait to do it again.

Saturday Brian and Emily met up with the rest of the family at Applebee's for a pancake breakfast benefiting St. Judes. Me, Mama, and Tara headed to the craft fair. I did GREAT this year, I bought some gourmet dog treats, Brian a peach fried pie, and two Elf stakes for the yard and had Emily and Brylee placed on their little hats. They are adorable. Tara bought a few things and needed to drop them at the car so I sat on a hay bale and ate some roasted corn and waited for them to return. Then we had some lunch, not as good as it normally is and I never found the peanut brittle for Brian. We left around 1:30, I was still hungry. Emily and I came home and talked Daddy into taking us to Mexican were we ran into Rochelle and Sondra. Rochelle kept tickling Emily on the neck and we had her thinking there was a bug in El Mexico getting her, until she caught Rochelle in the act. We decided that since we canceled the Halloween Party this year that we would roast hot dogs and marshmallows anyway. We got Chance and then built the fire and cooked our dinner.

Sunday we packed our bags for the hospital. I am sure that I have forgotten something so if you have any suggestions of can think of something I may have forgotten please tell me. I had a great helper Emily, checking things off the list and counting down 6 MORE WEEKS! Brian and Emily played horse shoes hung out at the house after that and I ran to T-town with Mama. Guess we will all have to suck it up and go to work tomorrow.

Love You All!

So much to do, so little time...

2007-10-14T06:54:00.000-06:00

Well in case you were wondering we have been very busy lately and I feel like there is still so much to do. I am almost finished washing all Brylee's clothes from the shower. Emily has a couple of BIG SISTER shirts that I am getting ready for her. One for our house if she is with us when Ms. Brylee decides to make her debut and one for her to keep at Mommy's house in case she is not. She has been such a big help and I just cannot wait to see the two of them together.

Now, let's see there is just so many things to tell you. I will start with the KENNY! In case you all did not know Kenny Chesney was in Wartrace a few weeks ago shooting a video. I had planned to go over on my lunch break but got busy. Luckily I received this picture from someone who was there.

I was informed later the following day while talking to Mama, that Daddy came home talking about how Wartrace was all blocked off and there were police cars everywhere. He said he did not know what was going on. Mama informed him that Kenny was there shooting a video then Daddy realized that it was Kenny walking down the street waving at him as he passed through the town. I should have went to work with Daddy that day.

My shower was last Saturday and we got a lot of GREAT and MUCH NEEDED stuff. Thank you all for everything, it was wonderful. Here is a little collage that Lindy put together for us as well as a picture of me and Emily with the tiny bracelet that we received from The Coop's with her little name engraved on it.

As you can see from the above Ms. Molly Kate was having the time of her life! Claire decided to have some watermelon before she headed home and it was too funny to watch her.

We headed to the pumpkin patch Sunday with Grandma, Molly Kate, and Chance. Everyone had a really nice time. We had a very bumpy hayride which Molly pretended to be asleep while laying on Grandma's shoulder, but when I looked over she was wide awake just looking around. I think she really enjoyed all the pumpkins. Below is a video on Grandma, Brian, Emily, and Molly searching for the perfect pumpkin.

They also had a glider rope that Grandma and Emily went on.

My wonderful husband came home the other night with the dessert of my dreams. I am not a big ice cream person and I have really been wanting hot fudge a lot lately. So I asked him to get me a hot fudge cake sundae from Sonic without the ice cream. He thought I was joking at first but got it anyway. He was just grinning when he walked in the door holding my cup of fudge. He said the girls at Sonic came out several times to confirm his order of a hot fudge cake sundae with no ice cream but extra hot fudge. When the girl finally brought him his order she asked if he was having a major sugar rush, he replied nope got a pregnant wife.

OK - Now for the funniest story. We went yesterday to get Brylee's travel system from USA Baby in Franklin. Well once we finally decided on the prefect one we approached the counter to find out if it would need to be ordered or if they had it in stock. There was a couple around 50 I would say that was talking to another person behind the counter. The woman was holding a tiny baby and asked the clerk if she would like to hold her. She passed the baby over the counter and the clerk was holding it and looking at it very strangely. Mama, Lindy, and I thought it was very odd that she was passing off this baby to the clerk. As we walked closer to the counter you could see the babies head and a little pink bow in her short hair. Mama says OH HOW PRECIOUS - at which time to our surprise the lady starts to unwrap her from her blanket. The baby appeared to be a very newborn baby lightly colored and of oh so tiny. She then proceeds to tell us...

SHE IS NOT REAL!!!! We all take a closer look at this point Mama is touching the baby and sure as shit, it is a doll. At this point we are all a little confused but whatever. This child looked as real as any baby I have ever seen in my life. Well the sales clerk follows us over to the travel systems as which time she is so flustered she apologized to us but continued to say that she wished the woman, husband, and DOLL would just leave because they creep her out. She said it just was not normal, they were weird.

We are still a little confused at this point only to find out that this woman, whom has two houses in the Franklin area has just purchased TWO: cribs, armories, changing tables, changing pads, covers, bedding sets, and all the other necessities for a new baby for this DOLL! The clerk tells us that she has spend over $5,000 just this visit on the DOLL! We are completely dumbfounded at this point. We pay and are told to go to the back dock to pick up our travel system.

Well guess who else is making a pick up at the back dock with us, oh yes THE DOLL FAMILY! We sent Lindy up to the dock to get our things and are looking around at their vehicle. They had a Dodge truck with a camper over the bed and a large trailer on the back. Mama and I are in the car laughing so hard, we were discussing where the baby was because both the man and the woman were out side at the dock. Mama says she is in her car seat I am sure. I am like whatever, Mama says I'll bet you $10 that doll is in a car seat. So I got out of the car and headed over to the truck acting as if I was checking on Lindy. Well you can bet your ass that DOLL was in the car seat, buckled in, pacifier in her mouth, and wrapped tightly in her blanket.

We are cracking up when Lindy arrives back at the car with our stuff only to inform us that we should have been on the docks. The employees were are freaked out by this couple whom we later found out his name was Steve. Well Steve and his wife had called in advance and wanted the dimensions to each box so that they could carefully plot out how everything would be loaded into the truck and trailer and that this was not there first trip to USA Baby for the DOLL. We were very disappointed with the fact that Lindy had spent so much time up at the docks with these people and never once asked the babies name.

You have to feel a little sorry for them because we have no idea the circumstances, but it was by far the strangest thing I have ever witnessed in my entire life. I called Robyn as we were leaving at which point she informed me to get out of there because she was probably one of those people scoping out the baby store looking for a pregnant mom to kill and take her baby from the womb.

9 more weeks!

2007-09-30T17:18:00.000-06:00

I am still a little shocked when I say it out loud. It seems like just yesterday we were telling our friends and family the wonderful news and in approximately nine weeks we will be able to look at our beautiful baby girl. We are going to the Dr. every two weeks until the end of October and then we will start going weekly. She moves all the time and it is so neat. We went to the Dr. Friday and I had gained 3 lbs. (total of 24 so far), I was so excited to not have gained 7 lbs. like I did that one month. Then Good Ole' Negative Nelly piped in: Mama says "Well it's only been 2 weeks!" We all laughed, because I hadn't realized it either and of course when Mama did she had to share. We start childbirth classes this week and will be touring the hospital soon. We are pre-registered and ready to go. Our next appt. is the 11th.

Our friends Lindsey and Chad had their twins Gavyn and Grayson a week ago today. They are in the NICU at MTMC. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers, everyone seems to be doing really well from what I am told.

I am very excited about the Baby Shower this coming Saturday. I just cannot wait!

Brian is working his last week on night shift this week, and will be back on days after this. We are very excited although I will admit me, Laney, and Lilley have taken over the bed, but we have no problem making room for Daddy!

We have the house decorated and are ready for Halloween. We hope you can make it to the Party October 20th.

Rachel's Recipe

2007-09-19T18:17:00.001-06:00

I was looking through one of my older Rachel Ray magazines yesterday, for those of you who get the magazine or watch the show; you know she always has some fun idea for animals. Well, I came across this fabulous salad recipe for both people and their pooches. Laney and Lilley LOVE raw carrots and I give them to them as treats daily, because they seem to help with Laney's allergies.

So I decided to try this little mixture out on them last night.Brian was at Wal-Mart and text me to see if I needed anything and I am sure he was thinking I was having so off the wall craving when I requested: shredded carrots, creamy peanut butter, and an orange. He got everything without a second thought and brought it home for me.

When I arrived from work he was at the grill making dinner and I started dumping the carrots into a bowl and heating the peanut butter so that it would be smooth. He came in and looked at me like I was crazy. I then explained that I was making the girls a salad. (He then gives me the, you are a total weirdo look)I began mixing the peanut butter and carrots together and then grabbed the orange (which he had bought several of) only to hear - let me guess the orange is for them too. I said of course. He then had to leave the room. He told me several times that they would just make a big mess with the salad, which I agreed they probably would. Well we were both WAY WRONG.

Laney and Lilley ate every single bite of their salad and wanted more. The mixture made four servings, but I did not want to give it all to them in one night. I kept telling them they would have to wait until tomorrow. They were so precious just licking their lips for about thirty minutes after eating their fabulous Rachel Ray salad. It was a refreshing, healthy treat that they really enjoyed. Love their little hearts!The recipes calls for some other ingredients for people so if you are interested in the recipe for you or your pooch, let me know.

Back To Work!

2007-09-16T16:38:00.000-06:00

Well, tonight is Brian's 1st night on 3rd shift and none of us are looking forward to it. He left a few minutes ago and I am already hating it. We keep telling ourselves how lucky we are that this is only going to be for a short time rather than potentially a few years. Hopefully, we will both be able to adjust to sleeping for this short period of time. He can sleep through almost anything and I barely sleep at all these days so hopefully it will all be over soon. He will remain on 3rd shift until they get someone trained and then he should be back on days. We are praying that he will be back on days before Brylee arrives.

He will be able to join me at a few of my Dr. visits now, and we are both excited about that. Only 11 more weeks!! It just does not seem like it has been that long at all. Minus the sickness at the beginning this has been a pretty pleasant pregnancy.

We had a pretty relaxing weekend and that was very nice. We both went out with friends Friday night after work, and had a great time. Brian went with some friends from work to Toot's for dinner and I went for a Girl's Night Out to Fuji's. I know us girls had a very nice time and the food was very good, of course Christina and I had to stop on the way home at Sonic for a little chocolate. IT WAS FABULOUS!

Lindy and I went and had our nails done yesterday and it was wonderful. I had a mani-pedi combo. The chair massaged me the entire time and the lady massaged my calves, ankles, feet, forearms, and hands. This is MUST for all the Prego's at least every other week. I was so relaxed I could have fallen asleep if the room were not so bright. Lindy had her toes painted and her nails done. We had a great time.

Mama and Daddy celebrated their 29th Anniversary Saturday, and we sent them to Olive Garden for dinner.

Chance and his friend Kody stayed the night last night. They went to the movies and then on the way home I had a craving for cake. We stopped by Kroger's at which time Chance and Kody were acting so silly. I never realized boys acted so weird. It was hilarious. We ended up with a cake and brownies, both of which were very good, but it turned out that I really wanted a piece of the cake we had a Lindsey's Baby Shower. But I made due.

I went today and bought some good supportive shoes so hopefully that will help with the swelling. I will keep you posted.

EVERY TWO WEEKS!

2007-09-13T19:51:00.000-06:00

Well let me start by saying THANK YOU ROWENA!! For those of you who do not know Emily's grandma makes the BEST EVER homemade bread, and when Brian arrived from taking Emily home Sunday night he had quiet the surprise for Baby Reese. Rowena had baked a loaf of bread for Ms. Brylee Taite and I can tell you that we all enjoyed every bite. It was sooooooo gooooood!

We had a Dr. Appt. today which went very well. We are at the point that we will be going to the Dr. ever two weeks. And as Robyn informed me tonight, only eleven more weeks to go. I am thinking she will arrive between Dec. 11th-15th. Brian thinks she will arrive the weekend of Thanksgiving. Please tell us your thoughts.

Our visit today was with Dr. Moss, whom we liked very much. Mama and I felt that she was very thorough. I only gained 3 pounds this month which was far better than the 7 pounds the month prior. So all together I have gained 21 pounds so far. Say your prayers that I can keep it below 30. We are exactly 28 weeks and 4 days prego and measuring at 30 weeks which she said was good. She felt for my uterus and said this baby was everywhere. She also noticed some swelling in my ankles and told me to get some better shoes for support.

The one think that she told us that we found very funny was about the heartbeat. Dr. Moore does not guess because she said there was no truth to it, well Dr. Moss does. She asked what we were having after telling us that the heartbeat sounded very good and when I said GIRL, she was shocked. She said that she would have definitely guessed a BOY, but that the ultra sound tech had never been wrong before. Of course my Daddy said there was a first time for everything.

Annette that I work with is constantly saying that Brylee will be a BOY. She has said it so much that I dreamt the other night that I called her from the delivery room to tell her to get to the hospital and to make sure she brought my child something blue because she was right it was a BOY and if someone did not get there fast he would be going home dressed in pink to a pink room. Of course she thought it was hilarious. Either way we will be thrilled, although I am sure that we will be bringing home a Baby Girl, it was pretty funny to hear. We go back the 28th.

Brian will be starting 3rd shift Sunday night. He got very lucky though, because the guy on days turned in his notice thus leaving Brian as the Sr. Controls Tech. So, once they get someone else trained he will be back on days. Say a prayer that he is back on days before Brylee arrives.

Love You All!

2007-09-08T21:07:00.000-06:00

Bowling!! We went bowling tonight and had a really great time. We were joined by Grandma, Granddaddy, & Patsy. Emily got to use her bowling ball for the first time since receiving it for her birthday. She did really well and was telling us on the way home that it was her LUCKY BALL! She also was a big help to all who bowled, she was giving out tips! As you can see from the above she has a style all her own. Hope you can join us next time.

Week 27

2007-09-04T18:16:00.000-06:00

Brylee Taite is growing and it is becoming more obvious to me in many ways other than the growing belly. I am noticing a little more discomfort from day to day, but I wouldn't take anything for her little movements. It is truly an amazing experience. Here is an update on where we are at in our 27th week.

Your baby is really starting to get big. This week she weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14.4 inches long with his legs extended. She now sleeps and wakes at regular intervals. She may suck her fingers, and although her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with assistance — if she were born prematurely. Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on.

We have our next visit the 13th, and should start going a little more than every four weeks soon. We are getting ready to pre-register at the hospital and possibly for some classes. Tell us what you think about the taking the classes, are the necessary?? We are looking at childbirth classes and breastfeeding classes. What do you think?

Mama bought Brylee her 1st Titans outfit last week and she was tickled to death to have found a pink one. They are big Titans fans and Bama fans so she now has a pink outfit for each team.

We spent the extended weekend just hanging around the house and making two trips to the Boro. We were trying to find Emily's hamster Chewy Ricky Bobby a new house. We bought one Saturday and assembled it, placed him inside, and watched. After a few minutes we decided he needed a bigger home. So we went back Sunday and got him a bigger house with some accessories. He seems to really like it. Here he is just sleeping so soundly on the top of his new house.