Midweek Randoms

Thursday - Reid's last night as an 8-month old. =) He was sportin' a brand new stretchie since he outgrew most of his others.

 Little booger.

We bought some teething guards for his crib since he was scraping all the paint off them. =/

Reid had baby spaghetti for the first time. It smelled like spaghetti o's which kind of made me want to puke but I digress... he seemed to like it.

Friday, I second shot a wedding in Wichita with my friend Jennifer. The wedding was outside and Lord have mercy it was warm one! Aside from the sweat and blisters I ended up with, it was a perfect wedding. I had a lot of fun too. I enjoyed working with Jennifer and to be honest, it was kind of relaxing to not be in charge. =) Oh and the wedding was beautiful too! I SO missed my boy though. That was the longest I'd gone without seeing him. I hugged him before Dac took him to daycare that day (I took the day off) and didn't get to see him until the next morning.

Saturday I took a few pictures for Reid's 9-month session. Kayla went with me then we went to Wal-Mart to get blister pads (ha) and wedding shower gifts. That evening Dac and I got a wild hair to make cheese dip and little smokies so we ran to the store and did just that. =)

This is the adorable little monster Kelly made him. Reid kinda loves it.

That evening I was feeding Reid his bottle and he just fell asleep. So, of course, I just had to let him sleep there for a bit. ;)

I love when he lets me steal some cuddles AND when he holds my hand.

I did finally put him to bed and he woke up like this. =) Love it.

I mentioned that I was going to start embracing the natural s'wave in my hair and making it work. SO - I ordered this to try.

I followed the instructions and even dried my hair with an old t-shirt.

 
Day 1 looked a little like this:

I'm hoping the wave will only increase over time.

So - we went to church and then to our cousin Daric's wedding shower right after. Then we joined some family friends for lunch to celebrate a birthday.

After Reid's nap we headed to Heather's 30th birthday party. It was a Hawaiian-themed pool party. Lots of fun to catch up with old friends.

Monday, we took a few more pictures of Reid and did stuff around the house before going to my parents' for a cookout that evening. Reid got to meet Heidi which was kind of a big deal. =) We had a nice, relaxing time!

Yesterday Dac worked late (that's the new normal) and then we went to meet potential wedding clients.

Other random tidbits include:

• You know you have a West Wing problem when you start confusing West Wing events with real world events. 

• I reeeeallly need to do something with my toes. I got a shellac pedicure last time which means I can't take the polish off with regular remover and I don't have any acetone remover and of course I keep forgetting to buy some... then there's the whole taking time to do it issue. It's a serious situation people. =)

• I need to start thinking of ideas for Reid's 1-year photos. I feel like I've been very uncreative so far and his pictures haven't been anything particularly amazing. I also need to figure out what to wear for our family session next month. Ay yi yi, time is flying!!