Happy Birthday to Me?!?

When I think about what's happening today (a year older, a year wiser), I have to force myself not to gag. Or at least at first I did. When I really started thinking about it, and started to ponder about what really happened during this last year of my life, I began to realize that in fact my last year really had been filled with lots of love, joy, and happiness. Or in other words: Reece. Yes, it was the year of babies and becoming a mother. The year it all began. So this new year, this new turning of a page or turning over a new leaf or whatever way you wish to phrase it, I will look at it this way: This year is just another year of being with the ones I love and one more year of making memories to forever hold in my heart. I look at this year in the form of this adorable face of my little boy smiling up at me. And another whole year of those smiles.

And there's really no better birthday present than that! Bring on those 27 candles! :)

A Crisp Fall Day - Perfect for Pictures

Every morning when I let Ella outside, I judge the weather with one thing in mind: is it perfect Reece and Me weather? Meaning, is it cool enough, sunny enough, beautiful enough to spread a blanket out in the backyard and either begin a photo shoot or bring a bag of toys to have a "Toy Picnic".  Reece loves the outdoors so much, so whether he's enjoying his "Good Morning" bottle while I sip my coffee, both of us snuggled together in blankets, or I chase him around trying to capture that perfect grin, the outdoors in where we both love to spend our mornings.

Today I chose to photo Reece with the perfect, blue skies and his new itty, bitty blue jeans. Many smiles were captured, and even though a stick and leave tug o'war with Ella ensued, followed by him learning that stair climbing is way more fun than smiling for Mommy, I still captured many beautiful photos of our little one.

Of course our silly Reecey had to start the shoot off with his little tongue. :)

Here's a big smile.

Ella, Reece's precious playmate.

Precious pals.

Pretty, blue eyes.

The only wrestling I thoroughly enjoy watching. 

Hahahaha! :)

Puppy love.

Doggie and Baby Tug O'War. :)

Our little mountain climber. :)

Capturing Memories, Capturing Moments, Capturing Us

As the sayings go . . . a picture can paint a thousand words, a smile can make a difference, a laugh is a smile that bursts . . . and a blog is all of that tied together with a pretty, shiny ribbon (Or maybe I said that last part).

Every day in the Weigand family too many memories are made, too many moments are made special and too many pictures are taken. And there just isn't enough time in the day to share everything with all our loved ones. So this blog will be like our little family Christmas letter that you get to read every single day. (Or whenever I get the time to write a new post.)

And with Reece growing bigger, more precious and more part of our lives every single moment, here it is made possible for you to take a little peek into our daily lives and watch him become the special little man that we love more than anything.