All Grown Up

Well, we had quite the memorable weekend! Hard to believe, but 4 years ago today, we were blessed w/ our second little girl, Reese Olivia! She entered the world 8 days late, proving she was indeed going to be out stubborn child! She was 8 lbs. 5 oz, born at 5:25 pm after a relatively easy labor (if there is such a thing!)

To say her and her sister are nothing alike would be an understatement! From day one you could tell they were complete opposite. Lauren loved to be held and cuddled. Reese wanted nothing to do with that. Lauren would have been held all night long. All Reese wanted was her crib. And they have continued on opposite paths since!

The biggest difference between them today, is Reese's obsession over CLOTHES! Every single morning is a WWIII battle over what outfit we are going to wear. If it's not the outfit, it's the socks or the hair or the coat! Needless to say, I'm not quite sure how she's my daughter! (Personally, I think she gets this trait from Grandma Steger!) But, we wouldn't trade her for the world. She keeps us on our toes.

To celebrate the big #4, we went to Cedar Rapids yesterday to celebrate with our cousins. Our nephew Alex, turned 10 on the 14th. We decided to battle the ciaos at Chucky Cheese, and boy was it ever ciaos! Below are just a few of the pictures I was able to capture.

Then today, to finish the celebration, I took the girls to a hotel swimming. The other girls in the picture are great friends of ours, Brooke & Erika. Erika's mom and I were actually in the hospital together w/ Erika & Reese, so we try to do something special w/ them on their birthdays.

We also had another memorable moment this weekend for Lauren......she lost her first tooth!!! After about 20 minutes of convincing her that it "wasn't going to hurt", she finally let me take one good pull at it. Low and behold, out it came! She was quite sure if she wanted to scream in pain or scream in excitement! But after she saw the tooth, she was very excited and proceeded to smile in a mirror for the next 25 minutes.