Dr. Dr...give me the news.

Reesing's one-year appointment was today with Dr. Kelley. In Dr. Kelley's words, "she's a perfect baby." Yay for Reesing! Here are her stats:

One Year

Height - 29 inches - 43rd percentile
Weight - 20lbs. 14 oz. - 46th percentile
Head circ. - 18.25 inches. - 83rd percentile

It was a great appointment overall. She got 4, I repeat 4 shots. They stab her one after another. It's like a bad horror flick. She took it like a champ though. At first she looked at mom like, "what just happened?" and then quickly sucked up the tears and was ready to eat some lunch. She laid still while Dr. Kelley poked and prodded and even asked "is she always this good?" Reesing loves one-on-one attention and to have Dr. Kelley focused completely on her and giving her big smiles and encouragement for what a good girl she ways, there was nothing Reesing could do but be mesmerized by him.

Reesing is really close to walking. She takes steps and then gets so excited at herself that she loses her balance. She realizes that it's easier to walk, but until she get the balance she'll probably continue speed crawling everywhere. The most she's taken has been 6 or 7 steps in a row. Within the next few weeks she'll be running everywhere I'm sure. Stay tuned for more updates on that.

Reesing likes to rip the headband off mommy's head and then put it on her head. She never gets it on right, but from the smile on her face every time she's wearing it you'd think she was as special as the First Lady.

Have no fear....firefighter Manning is here to save the day!

My Friendship Forest class has been learning all about fire safety. I missed the field trip to the local fire station, but got to play "fire fighter" a lot during classroom time. Next on the learning checklist is "The 5 senses." Tomorrow is my day to bring treats to class and to take something for show and tell. I'll let you know how that goes.

Happy one year old

It was a great birthday week for Reesing. Here are some pictures of the birthday celebration.

This is one of my sister's birthday buddies, Tommy Ediger. He was born two days before Reesing so we were a couple of hospital rooms down from each other this time last year. Our families got together and hung out on Tommy's 1st birthday. Can you tell that they've both got teeth coming in?

While checking the mail this week we found some...

birthday cards for Reesing. One from Grandma Gardner and one from Grammee Linda! Thanks for the cards! Love you both!

I wrapped both of Reesing's gifts, and did a might fine job, if I do say so myself.

Reesing loved my wrap job.

She's still learning how to unwrap the presents. She'll be faster at it by Christmas time.

Reesing loved the gifts I picked out for her.

I bought her this doll so that she would learn her ABC's and 123's. She smiles everytime she sees this doll.

Second birthday buddy is my cousin Colton. Reesing and Colton share the same birthday, so we got one big cake for the both of them and their own individual cakes. It was very yummy.

Colton turned 6 and he got lots of of skateboard gear. He showed us all his new tricks.

Reesing got a beautiful bracelet from Grammee Linda.

Reesing loved the Pillow Pet that Uncle Mikey gave her.

Birthday princess.

Birthday buddies. Picture 1 of many more shared birthday parties to come. It'll be fun to post them year by year and see how they grow throughout the years.

Colton got lots of skateboarding safety gear, very important.

Reesing got her own birthday cake. She enjoyed it and was so neat while eating it, even using a spoon.

All smiles!

Happy thoughts on a not so happy day

I woke up this morning feeling really crummy. I think it's because there's been so much fun to be had and not enough time to sleep, and it's finally caught up to me. So, I'm really bummed today, not only because I don't feel good, but also because I'm missing my class field trip to the fire station. Not a good way to end the week. I'm very sad, but have decided to post pictures from one of my more recent happy times to help me feel better.

Below are pictures from KU vs. Georgia Tech football game that took place a few weeks ago.

Beautiful day at the stadium. Thanks for tickets Gammee!

Pictures on our walk to the stadium.

It was quite the long walk, but we made the most out of it and had fun running and chasing each other the whole way.

Sisters united. Reyna & Annie B running & performing stunts together.

Aunt Stacy pulled a wagon to the field and the passengers within the wagon kept changing, but at least all the kids got a chance to catch a nice wagon ride.

We-We enjoying the KU football atmosphere. This was Reesing's 1st KU football game.

Dad and "Cray" hanging out.

We-we didn't really know what to think when things got loud. She was glad she had her dad to hang on to.

Reyna cheering loud for the Hawks.

Groovin' with the band.

And....We-we is done. Too much excitement for this little one.

It was a great day filled with fun, laughter and a KU victory. Good times were had by all. Happy Friday to everyone!

Happy 1st Birthday Reesing!

This is a picture taken in my mom's hospital room from 1 year ago today!

She was lucky enough to share a birthday with her cousin Colton. We'll be celebrating with cake, cake and lots of cake later today.

A year later she's eating a ton, making huge messes when she does, showering in our kitchen sink when necessary, making us all laugh and smile, keeping us on our toes because she is so ornery, crawling - not walking yet, has 6 teeth- with a 7th tooth well on it's way, hair growing in nicely, has officially gained membership to the "daddy's girl" club, picks on her brother - as much as a 1 year old can, takes 2 naps a day, sways back and forth to any music beat that she hears, loves orange juice, ham and yogurt, is kind of a klutz, also loves playing with match box cars only because her brother does, enjoys trying to poke Duce's eyes out and thinks that it's funny, wrinkles her nose and kinda snorts when she laughs, wears pretty little pink earrings everyday, doesn't like it when her mother changes her clothes, likes to take her diaper off and use the floor as a diaper, gets a twinkle in her eye when she sees her daddy, doesn't like to be left out of anything, will stop and focus on a cartoon - only if it's a good one, loved going to her 1st KU football game, won't leave the hairbows on that mommy puts in her hair, loves feeding Duce-probably making up for poking him in the eyes all the time, sleeps through the night, will stand up without any assistance but can't get the confidence to take those 1st steps, falls off the bed repeatedly while playing with the boys, likes to giggle and smile at her brother, had a lot of fun opening her presents this morning (pictures to come) and continues to grow and develop more and more each day.

We love you Reesing Renee Urish! Happy 1st birthday!

D.J. we-we in da' house!

Are you all ready to start bumpin'?

I'm ready for some killer tunes. Bring it on lil' sissy.
Ok...and here we go. Let me get dialed in.

Still waiting.

We're rocking now.
I love it! That mix was awesome!

I love a happy dance crowd.

Random picture day

Mom and I sat down at the computer and started to blog, when we decided to just put some of the pictures that live in "computer la-la land" on our computer. That's just the kind of mood we're in today, so that's what you get.

A drawing by my cousin, Brad, displayed at his graduation reception.

Daddy's girl

Next Tuesday this little beauty is turning 1!!!!

Put my swim trunks on the wrong end.

My friend, and family member, Duce.

Duce sunbathing. One of his favorite things to do. He likes to be 5000.

Love the ears.

Calvin in the hot tub.

Calling all trucks...calling all trucks. There's an emergency in the kitchen.

Manning's first day of school with his finished book bag.

Daddy's girl.

Our cousin Emma Williams.