Test run

I went home this weekend (to Sapulpa) to help my mom babysit my nieces Bailey and Reagan. Bailey is 8 going on 45 and Reagan is 21 months......I am still exhausted. The babysitting extravangza began on Friday and ended on Monday (my brother took my sister-in-law to Washington for the OU-Washington game). I got back to Ada Monday evening and was asleep by 9:30. TIRED.

We went to the Riverwalk, went shopping, watched football, etc. etc. etc. I defintely got a little taste of what it would be like to have children. I mean I spend a lot of time with my nieces and nephew BUT it's is always in short increments of time and I get to go home at the end of the day. Not this weekend. I told my mom I was exhausted and I asked if her if I would be this tired when I have kids and she said "It's different when they are your own"....I don't believe her. It proved to me that Rayce and I need to wait for awhile before we have kids. So if I end up "with child" anytime soon just now it was a happy "surprise".....

Here are some pictures. They are all of Reagan because Bailey is in that stage where she doesn't want her picture taken much.... The pictures of Reagan with a serious or mad expression is actually her trying to smile. Anytime I would say "Reagan smile!" She would get that look on her face...then she would eventually break out into a smile. I still don't know what she was doing. She was modeling some of her new outfits for us...my favorite is the Leaf Dress with the striped tights....It was so much fun picking out clothes for her!! I have to have a girl someday!! We went to Wal-mart and before we could park the car (it is about 2 minutes from the house), she had fallen asleep in her carseat, so we had to put her in the grocery cart.....I guess we tired her out that day....





I had so much fun with the girls this weekend....I think it was a good bonding weekend. This was the first time Reagan has been away from her mommy (or I should say her mommy has been away from her) so we were all a little nervous. She did great.....2 year olds don't really have a great concept of time....for all we know she thought her mom was gone for like 10 minutes.

Bailey was good too....we organized her room. She loved it. She must take after her Aunt Sara.

I cannot wait to move back to Tulsa in May!!!! We are getting so excited.

I also got to take a couple of breaks and go eat with friends! It was great! :) Lesley and I were supposed to eat Monday, but through a series of unfortunate events we ended up in two different places. Too funny. We will get together soon!!