Reese turns 7!

Well, my first born is officially SEVEN years old.  Don't even get me started on how impossible it seems.  All those cliches come into play..."don't blink...you'll miss it..." "the older you get, the faster time flies..."  "enjoy them while they're little..."  All those things are SO TRUE!  Every stage of Reese growing up has been fun, but it's hard to admit that I miss her as a baby.  And she'll never be that again.  But she's more beautiful than ever, and we love her sooooo much!!

We had her little party on Saturday, and all the family came over.  Paige was little miss social, and was bouncing all over the place.  She poses so easily for me these days...

My mom bought Reese some balloons, which she has loved for the last few years.  They're always her favorite thing to play with.  Well, she brought three so Paige could play with them, too, and that she did.

I just made a simple cake this year...nothing fancy at all.  It was still good :)

I didn't take many pictures...it's rare for my girls to sit and pose with anyone.  I did get a halfway decent one of Paige and Jamie.

Reese has never had any interest in opening gifts.  She just doesn't comprehend what they are, or that there is something inside for her.  So I wind up opening them for her.  I sat in this little chair to start going through them, and she came and sat on my lap.  She even studied one of the gifts and tore some of the paper off!  I was impressed!

Her favorite gift was this awesome pillow from her Aunt Jamie.  She has been sleeping with it the past two nights :)

This was Reese on Sunday...haha.  Always watching TV in an odd position!

Random close up of Miss Pickles looking adorable :)

Sunday pool pictures!  Reese's new thing is to wade off into the deep end.  She's tall enough to stand in the shallow end, and she gets so excited that she starts bouncing around.  She eventually winds up going towards the deep end and it gets over her head.  She starts laughing as she's almost drowning...silly goose.  So Marshall rigged up this line across the pool to keep her in the shallow end.  Well, now she likes to hold onto it and go all the way across the pool, holding on.  She's pretty good at holding on...she has never liked to hold on to the side of the pool, so this is an improvement.

And the Cheese Queen herself...

And this what happens to you if you get too close to her...

I hope you had a great Labor Day!  Thanks for stopping by :)