Surviving Mommy's First Night Away

Tuesday night was my first night away from Reese. I had to travel to Austin then San Antonio for a client meeting in San Antonio on Wednesday. I had an Oracle meeting in Austin and planned to meet Stacy for dinner before heading to San Antonio to stay with Megan. Stacy and I realized we were both working in the exact same building which was a real coincidence. It worked out perfectly for us to hook up for dinner. I made it to San Antonio around 9:15 and got a chance to talk baby with Megan and Mike. They are expecting any day now...see their blog "Perkins Baby". Megan and I had lunch before I headed home Wednesday afternoon.


Daddy and Reese did great while I was gone with a little help from Grandma Ruth.

On Saturday we had breakfast with Wendy, Nolan and Karsyn at Buffalo Grille then Grandma, Reese and I stopped by Mom's to visit before going shopping.

Here is Reese with her Grandpa Sam.

Her onesie is too big, so it makes her look bigger than she actually is.

She does have a belly! ;)

Reese is growing!!!

Fun with Grandma Ruth

I am on my way out of town (my first night away from Reese) for a client meeting in San Antonio. Here's Reese having fun with Grandma Ruth!

I have decided she has Matt's eyes and brows and my nose and cheeks! Her eyes look blue one day and hazel the next...we'll have to wait a bit longer to know for sure.

More Pictures

Here are some pictures of Reese and Daddy from this morning (before Daddy had to go to work):

Reese strolls for babies

This morning Matt, Reese and I walked in the March of Dimes walk at UH. The weather was cool and breezy which made for a nice stroll. Reese did great and slept most of the way. We didn't walk the entire route, but enough to say we did it. We hung out at the EY tent and fed Reese before everyone else got back. Then we enjoyed a BBQ lunch and visited with the EY folks before heading home.

Friday night, Reese and I had dinner with some of my Hitachi girlfriends at Nit Noi. Matt picked her up half way through the dinner as Reese was tired. It gave me a chance to hang with the girls and have a glass of wine. We had a great time!

Reese's Baby Portraits

We finally had some professional pictures of Reese made a couple of weeks ago. Courteney Miller came to our home and captured some special moments with Reese.

You can see Courteney's favorites on her blog: http://www.courteneymillerphotography.blogspot.com/. Karsyn and her cousin Kegan are featured before Reese.

Reese was so patient with us as she had to skip a nap and delay a feeding to take the pictures. I think they really turned out great! Now I've got to pick a few for her birth announcement!

You can see that Reese has many different facial expressions and looks completely different from one pose to the next.

I just had to show this one; I love it!

This was Matt's idea; putting my bridal portrait in the background.

Momma just had to put the headband on Baby Reese. :)

Look at those curled tootsies!

I loved this idea; a symbol of our marriage and the miracle we made.

We are both laughing!

We have so much love for our baby.

Smiling at momma.

I love love love this one!