Just Chillin'

It was bound to happen. We'd been on a roll just blogging away...and now...nothing. Why? Because I never leave the house...ever. Not being able to drive is the pits! Don't get me wrong, I am very much enjoying the lazy days where we stay in our pjs past nap time...but I jump at the chance for any sort of outing also. So here we are...just chillin'.

Unlike Cade, Reese digs the swing. Yea! She prefers to swing while listening to the sound effects of running water or chirping birds. Perhaps she's our Nature Girl?

I feel like Reese is awake for about 15 minutes a day...

When she is awake, we definitely like to dress up and take pictures.

Cord fell off when she was about 2 weeks old. She enjoys baths and doesn't even cry.

She doesn't mind parking it in the bathroom while I get ready and it's nice to have someone who doesn't remove everything from the cabinets during this time.

We enjoyed a visit from Peggy! Can't believe this girl is almost a college grad!

Peggy made this very cool picture holder for Reese that I immediately put to use. Hard to believe all these pics were taken in the last 3 weeks. Life changed quickly around here!

The Williams' brought us pizza while they're here from South Carolina.

We did venture out to the MNU basketball banquet (for a very brief appearance). Cade made his drumming debut, we showed off Reese and then we were out. Our attention span is quite short!


Guess I need to plan some outings just so we have some pics! Until then...expect more of us just chillin!

Semi-Pro

My dear friend Audrey came over to work her magic with her camera for Miss Reese. Audrey humbly claims she's not a pro and that she has no idea what she's doing when taking pictures. I don't think that could possibly be true. I'd give her at least semi-pro status.

Tiny toes

Baby blues

Aud was a genius with the pearls that I just happened to be wearing that day.



We hoped to get some good shots of the 4 of us also...this proved to be challenging.

We had many obstacles to overcome...like wind and the "terrible twos" flaring up.

This one just cracks me up.

And this one is my fav!

Thanks, Aud, for coming to work your magic on us!!!

Egg Huntin'

I've enjoyed seeing all the pictures with the fancy church clothes, egg dyeing and egg hunts filling up everyones Facebook pages and blog world. Guess we better get ours out there too! Hate to deprive cyberspace of our cute kiddo doing his egg huntin'. Cade participated in several Easter egg hunts this year...each one with a little more gusto than the last. And although the candy was enticing...it's really hard for anything to keep this guy's attention for too long.
The Heine's hosted a very cute Easter party complete with an egg hunt, cookie decorating, and a yummy lunch! Unfortunately the rain moved the egg hunt inside.

Go Cade Go! Go find the eggs...he wasn't too sure what that even meant.

He was rolling for a little bit...

But the Heine's have LOTS of cool toys...and they won out over hunting for eggs.


Cade's final egg hunt was his most lucrative of all...probably because there were no other kids to compete with! The Easter Bunny must live in our neighborhood because each Easter morning our yard is scattered with TONS of candy-filled plastic eggs!

Cade enjoyed looking for them...he just takes his time with the search.

Once he figured out there was candy in them he picked up the pace a bit.




Thank you neighborhood Easter bunny!

Here's how Reese passed the time while Cade hunted for eggs. I have a feeling that next year she'll be giving him a run for his money! (Notice how she busts right out of my swaddle job with the blankets? Matt is the expert swaddler...he can keep her confined...I apparently cannot.)

Only in the City

Enjoyed a quick trip to Deanna Rose Farmstead on Friday...along with half of Johnson County it seemed. This was not an original idea. I'd never seen the parking lot so full!

Reese is hiding in the pouch...trust me, she's there.


Cade and I have been a handful of times before, but this was the first time for him to actually care about seeing the animals.

Baby pigs!

Gazing at the sheep...way at the other end of the pen.

Cade doesn't understand how this works.


The Farmstead is a really cool place. It's like a very clean and JoCo-ified County Fair with playgrounds mixed in here and there. I thought it was ironic when Matt made the comment that having a place like this to come visit was "one of the perks of living in the city."

The Next Generation

Oh how things change...The Hardees and the Harwoods got married the same summer that we did (2005) and now there are 6 kids (age 3 and under) between us. It's so fun watching families grow all around us!
Here are the guys with their boys...the next generation of Pioneers?

Cade's World

Cade's interpretation of how to use the breast pump...

Meet and Greet

As of last weekend, Reese has now been introduced to all of her wonderful aunts and her uncle and cousin.

Aunt Beth brought a yummy cookie cake. Trust us, Reese, it was tasty.

Christy and Mitch came all the way from Omaha

The Beck's visited from Great Bend.

The boys loved wrestling together. The little boys and the big boys!

Cousin Lukas wasn't quite sure about all this.

It was very fun having all the Keeley siblings together, I know Matt had really looked forward to their visit. They were so nice to cook for us, do some yard work (which is not a small task!), and even took me to Target. Thank goodness!

Fitting in a little cuddle-time.

The meals have started coming from friends and I'm just so, so thankful! Jamie brought us a refreshing lime pie.

And DeAnna brought a yummy meal of sloppy joes and broccoli salad. She is so, so sweet. When Cade was born she brought us not one but two fantastic meals. I was so looking forward to her bringing meals again and coming over to hang out with us. DeAnna is one of my best friends from college and I'm so lucky to have her in my life. I love this lady! Reese is even sporting the cute little KSU onesie that DeAnna brought us in the hopsital.

Oh yes, and the sloppy joes were meatless. Made with lentils. I loved them. I feel healthy eating them. Matt gave them the "ok." This guy's opinion about food can't really be trusted though. His favorite meal is pigs in a blanket. Enough said.

Hmm...is this a problem? Luckily Cade is pretty light so I'm choosing not to make a big deal about him sitting in the baby things.

And finally, these two things are currently my constant companions. When breastfeeding, I become obsessed with tracking how often and how much she eats. I was this way with Cade too. It's like once you start tracking their feeding in the hospital I just can't stop. What if the doctor has a question and I need to consult the log? What if her patterns change and I don't know it? I'm a crazy-person, yes, I know.

The other is just a small notebook where I keep track of my millions of lists. It seems when you get home from the hospital there are a million little things to be done (or that I think need to be done) and your mind works faster than your body. Enter the notebook of lists. I track my medicine, keep to-do lists, grocery lists, Target lists, etc in here. Don't mess with my crazy list system. It works.