SUYL - Christmas Card

I am in LOVE with our Christmas card this year!  I did it at TinyPrints.com and had them within a week of ordering!  Great quality too!

Another reason I am in LOVE with the card...Reese, or course!  Her first Christmas should be special, of course, she's too little to remember but I want her to have the memories!!

Merry Christmas from the Pierce's!!

A few favorites...

Since becoming a new mom 6 months ago, I have discovered a whole new world of neat gadgets and whatnot!  I love finding unique, useful things that make my girl happy!!

One of my VERY favorite things is the Nose Frida snot sucker!  Gross, I know, but it works magic on a congested, gunky filled baby!

Another neat thing I have ran across is Bluum.com.  It's a little box that comes monthly with all kinds of neat stuff for new moms and babies to try.  I had a coupon for 3 months at a special price and I think I'm gonna subscribe!  You get a variety of things to try, including baby food, onesies, books, teethers, lotions, stain removers, chapstick, etc.. Each month has a theme.  Pretty neat!

Is there anything out there you've found that is super cool for new moms?

Happy Halloween!

We are a day late...but that's our new normal!!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Girl!!

Totally over all this camera business!

Happy Halloween!!!

Family Reunion

Every October, the Sample family (my Dad's side) gets together down on our family farm.  It's a wonderful time of year and we usually have a blast!  This year was no different, the weather was perfect, we had a great crowd and we got to show Miss Priss off!!!
Friday night we had a fish fry for the family and close friends.  We had over 100 people there!  It was awesome to see good friends and family that traveled lots of miles to be there!  It was a little cool but we still visited until well after dark.  I took Reese home about 9:00 and Clint and McKenna rolled in after midnight.  Apparently, after most of the crowd went home, a dominoe game pursued!  And they got all the meat on the smoker for Saturday!  Yum-O!

Granni and Glenna got a little Reese "lovins"

Delena (and my future nephew) visiting with Misty

Granni enjoyed showing Reese off to everyone!

Saturday, it was mostly family for the day.  We had around 65 people show up!  We get together on my Dad's ranch in an old hunting cabin that was originally built in the 1940's, some additions were made in the 60's but hardly any since then!  We still have hunters that come and stay there and, of course, our boys use it during deer season and for fish camp in the summer.  It has a wall that kids have measured on and signed for lots and lots of years!  Of course, Miss Priss had to get her name on "the wall."

Clint and my Aunt Connie measured Reese!

My sister and her family came from Wichita Falls, they had not seen Reese since she was a few weeks old, so needless to say, Aunt Tina and cousins Sydney and Nicole were "Reese hogs!"

Sydney and Nicole love their cousin!!

I love my Sydney!  She's a "mini=me"

Uncle Carl meeting Reese for the first time!

 My Grandfather had 10 brothers and sisters, there are 2 left and they came to the reunion.  Our family has always been close and get together at least once a year, sometimes twice.  We love having everyone come, lots of food, fun and good times!

My Dad giving his "welcome address"  He loves having his family get together!

Reese kept everyone entertained!!

4 months

Reese, you are 4 months old!!  Where has the time gone??  You continue to be the light of our life!  I can't imagine my life without you now!

You weigh probably close to 16 pounds!  We will find out tomorrow!  I bet you have grown in length too!  Can't wait to find out, but am sad you have to get shots!

Your growth could be a result of your awesome eating!  You still nurse 2 or 3 times a day (when Mommy works) you take 4 to 5 bottles and you eat cereal and fruit 3 times a day.  And, you love it all!  You are such a great eater!

I still love to nurse you though.  I never thought I would enjoy breastfeeding, but it seemed such an easy decision when I had you to try it.  It was so easy for us!  I am thankful, especially with all the horror stories out there!

You wear a size 2 diaper.  We are on our last package from all my showers, I think that's a good time to go to a size 3.  We will be in that size a while!  

Your clothes are all at least 6 months.  You have a few things that are 3 months that you can still wear, but not many.  

You sleep well through the night.  You have a bath and a warm, bed-time bottle around 8 and then you go to sleep and sleep until 4 - 6 a.m.  I am one blessed Mommy!  Your naps are so-so.  You sleep sometimes 30 minutes and sometimes 2 hours!  It all depends on you.  You do sleep well in my lap or Granni's.  It's hard to put you down when you are sleeping so good in our laps.  Pepaw says, "I think she's spoiled."  How dare he!!  Haha

Your loves right now are:  your feet and getting them in your mouth, your Baby Einstein activity center, eating out of a spoon, your pallet and rolling over on it, sitting out in the porch swing with Grannie, Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on TV.

You rolled over the first time on October 8, 2012.  You did it at Granni and Pepaw's.  We were all so excited!  Granni called me at work and told me!  She videoed it and posted it on Facebook so Daddy could see!  It was so cute!

I can't believe you are one-third of a year!  What a ride it has been.  We wouldn't trade anything for you!  I can't wait to share with you someday "your story" and what  a miracle you are!  Daddy and I love you so much and we look forward to each day and seeing what you will learn next!  We love you Reese!

 I took some Halloween pics of you last week!  I thought they were so cute!

Silent Auction item - Boutique Bows

I'm joining in on a huge Blogger event, in case you don't know the story, you can read about it here...please, please, please help this family out!

For the silent auction benefiting the Turner family, I am auctioning off 2 of my Polka Dot Factory double boutique bows and accessories to match.


The first bow is a "Fall" colored bow, includes brown biggie dots, orange biggie dots, cheetah and orange and brown solid grosgrain ribbon. Along with the bow, there is a brown crocheted kufi hat (fits up to teen-ish size) and an orange headband.

The second bow is a Christmas bow. It has red, red biggie dot, lime, lime biggie dot, white with red biggie dot....so cute! It has 2 matching headbands.

 Both bow are on alligator clips and are made with high end grosgrain ribbon and heat sealed. The retail price is $45.00, if the auction reaches 50.00, I will "gift" sweet Preslee these bows also!

Here are the rules! 

HOW TO BID:

• Place your bid in the comments section of this blog post.
• Leave NAME, EMAIL, and BID.
• All bids must be made in $1 increments. If the last bid is $9 then your bid must be $10.

Bidding will close on Friday night at 10:00pm(EST)

Highest bidder will be the winner.

Payment will be accepted via PayPal. Winner will be emailed a paypal invoice and once paypal payment has been made, I will put you in contact with the donor. 

PLEASE NOTE: Auction open to US residents only, will ship to US only. All payments must be received by October 31, 2012. These payments are not considered tax deductible.

To see what else is up for auction - Check here:

 http://www.lifeinthegreenhouse.com

http://www.lifesweetlifeblog.com

http://www.biggest-blessings.com

http://sheshebows.blogspot.com

http://www.jennifergetts.blogspot.com

Strange, yet sad....

The blog world is strange....you read a blog for months or years and you get a "feel" for a person.  Good things happen, you cheer...bad things happen, and you are heartbroken.  Over the past few years, I've read a lot of blogs, a lot!  I love coming across blogs about things I am interested in...I love blogs with good decorators, I love blogs with sports loving southern girls, and I love blogs about infertility, well, not love, but it's interesting to read other's facing the same realities I am.
Along with many of you, I am a follower of Kelly's Korner, as a result of this, I started reading The Turner Channel.  I feel like I know all these girls, I've felt the sadness of trying for years to have a child, and I've rejoiced along with them when the miracle of seeing the dream become a reality.  When I was visiting Clint in Ft. Smith, I felt like I should jump on over to NW Arkansas and visit them!  Crazy, I know.
And, along with many of you, I was devastated on Sunday to learn of Julee's husbands accident and death.  I was sick to my stomach.  I am just sad that it happened and sad that such a sweet family is having to deal with such a tragedy.  Kelly had a great post today about dealing with hard things as Christians, it is beautiful and I plan to refer to it often over the coming days and weeks.

So friends, whether you know the Turner's or not, please blanket them with prayer this week.....