My 18 month Old

My baby is 18 months today....18 MONTHS! Thats a year and a half! It seems like yesterday Luke and I were just saying our first I love you's to our little turtle! She has changed and grown in so many ways! She is doing so much...more than I would have ever expected an 18 month old to do but then again I am her mother and even the littlest things amaze me and make me proud!

Maddie acts like such a big kid! She can bath herself, clean up all her toys , she feeds and cleans her Bubba Dog, picks out her own things whether it be clothes to what paper she wants to use to make for her potty chart. She is doing more than I can even count these days. I remember when she held her head up for the first time with no
struggle or strain, first tooth, crawled, learned how to blow kisses, walk and so on. Now there is so much she is learning and doing I cant keep up! I feel like I haven't gotten the chance to sit back and let it all sink in before something new happens! So needless to say I am constantly in AW with my 18 month old and am always proud of every thing she learns and accomplishes!

Dear Turtle,

Here are some of the endless things I love about you:
*Family movie nights with you in the middle hogging all the popcorn
*Your Veggie Tale Dance
*Our vacuum races
*How you cant give me just ONE kiss
*How you love to stay cuddled in bed in the mornings because like me it takes you a while to wake up and get your day started
*How we usually have to "CHEERS" our food not just because it is fun for you but so you will eat the last little bit left on your plate.
*How you are the best little mommy to all of your baby dolls
*How you love and cuddle with you big Bubba, as well as, take care of all his needs
*Coloring, painting, or anything artistic with you! Your creativity is adorable!
*Your belly laugh
*How you share everything
*How you have taken a liking into cosmetology and practice all your up dos on me
*How when ever I ask you a question I always get a honest question
* Your OSU song and dance
* Dancing with you
*Doing yoga with you everyday...your chi is uplifting
*How you have learned to poop in the potty and if Mommy or Daddy arent there to help you on the potty you are happy and proud enough to drop it in the potty yourself and tell yourself YAY!
*How you randomly in the middle of the night roll over to my side of the bed and wrap yourself in my arms!

The list could go on and on! The more I right the more I love! I love you Turtle and you are the light of my life! You have made me a better and more inspired person! "I Love you through and through. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow too"

Everyday she is more and more like her daddy....

Maddie is now 14months and everyday she is changing and growing. Since day one (well for me since our 3D ultrasound) she has been a spitting image of her father! Seriously head to toe all Daddy! For all of her 14 months of life I have been searching for anything that resembles me at all! She looks NOTHING like me! haha!



I have ran into old friends and bosses who hadn't seen me since before I was preggo and who hadn't even known I had had a baby and they didn't believe that she is mine! haha! They have all accused me of babysitting! haha! Funny I know! With this said I have been on the hunt! Luke tells me she has my personality, so naturally I thought yay! But I have been seeing more of him in her personality, like how she loves heights! I am terrified of heights while Luke is the one who has jumped out of planes and climbed tall mountains. The scarier the better with these two. She loves getting dirty, red grapes over green, deer (big buck they call it) over horses, the love of water whether its warm or cold, fishing, even sleep positions, and the love of baseball caps and sunglasses! These are just some of the many many things were her personality resembles his. I will find the one thing that links our adorable turtle to me besides me bringing her into the world and when I do I will let you all know about it...trust me! haha!

Some Reasons Why I Love My Family...

In no particular order here are just SOME of the reasons I love the family God has blessed me with! God is Good!

1. Family Dedication Days
-Friday was Luke's ONLY day off this week so we dedicated it towards the three of us spending continuous time together! :) The festivities began with Luke's Famous Breakfast! Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, eggs, smoothie, and Some yummy coffee! We then started the Day with the Garden Party Putnum City School's OPAT had for all the babies and their families (My Mother-In-Law works there.) Maddie decorated a planting pot with her cute lil hand prints as well has planted her very own flower! We also read books, played in the sand, Maddie watered plants, and we spent some time with our good friends Michael, Krystal, and Rayleigh Cain. We then made it home just in time for some lunch and a good family nap! After napped we went to the dollar movie at North Park Mall where we all shared a large popcorn and drink! The movie Shrek 3 was super cute and Maddie loved it! We dappled in a little shopping and then headed home for more good ole quality time!

2.Constant Smiles
-Thanks to the adorable cheeks God gave my two favorite people I get to see their big ole smiles and hear their contagious laughs on an hourly basis! :)

3.Family Dance Offs
-Their is nothing like starting your day with some good music playing in the kitchen while the bacon is cracking! The moves Luke and Maddie have are OUTRAGEOUS! hahaha! Luke and I love ganging up on Maddie and getting to listen to sweet laugh. Needless to say my husband knows how to shake his tush, Maddie is learning good moves at a younge age, and momma still has her groove! :)

4.You scream, I scream, we All three scream for ice cream!
-Trips to Braums is the best way us Reimers know how to keep it cool when it is 102 degrees out! Luke indulges in a reeses mix while my lil turtle and I enjoy a frozen yogurt twist!

5.Good morning! Good morning to You!
-For those of you who dont know Luke and I since day one decided that we are going to practice attachment parenting! So we have been so lucky to wake up to our lil turtle's happy and refreshed face for almost 13 months now! Every morning we wake up and sing "Good morning...Good morning...Good morning to YOU!!" and "Good morning to You...Good morning to You....May God Bless Your dayyyyy....Good morning to you!" Cheesy yes I know but thats ME! Now that Maddie is older she loves to share her cuddle time between Luke and I as well as wrestle with Luke in the mornings! Our big bed is so much fun in the mornings! :)

This list is too be continued....Time for me to hit the hay!

Maddie's LuLu is back!

So for the summer my cousin Chelsea (Maddie's Lu Lu) moved back to Idabel! Now she is back and we couldn't be happier! She got her first apartment over by my old apartments near Lake Hefner. It is cute to boot! My grandmother, Chelsea, Maddie, and I went to the Rink (an antique mall) and she got the CUTEST furniture! Maddie ended up with an adorable pink headboard for her soon to be big girl room thanks to my amazing grandmother! Chelsea had her first dinner at her apartment serving us cabbage rolls, potatoes, and salad with homemade salad dressing! YUMMMMM!!!! After a weekend of moving and a handful of girls with Big opinions of their own deciding what should go where I think her big girl move was a success!

All in all I am proud of my little cousin! She has made me so proud of her with all her ambition and goals! When the going gets tough she holds her head high! Oh and we both missed her so much over the summer we have decided now that she is back we will definitely have to plan on making up for lost time! Love you Lu Lu!

Poop in the Potty!

For those of you who dont know Luke and I have decided to introduce the potty to Maddie early on so that away we arent changing and cleaning diapers when she is 2 or3! We started about two-three weeks before she had turned one. We did the whole bit...took her to the store and let her sit on three different potties and letting her choose the winning potty! She chose a cute pink Baby Bjorn potty! We brought her home and made a BIG deal about her potty being in the bathroom with Daddy and Mommy's potty, sang some silly songs, and of course we made up some silly dances to go along with it! The next morning we set her on the potty for the very first time and it was a success!!!! We sang and danced celebrating her very first tee tee in the potty! Since then I have been setting her on the potty every morning when she wakes, after her nap, and before her shower at night and so far so good! Now just recently, August the 13th to be exact, she POOPED in the potty! It was her usual after nap potty time and she asked for her book to read on her potty and Wa La Poop! I was so excited I texted everyone I knew...well mostly family! I really wanted to take a picture of her but Luke wouldnt let me, he said that was gross! haha! Needless to say I am so proud of my lil Turtle and I think we can all say I am going to be one of those very embarrassing parents we all know and hopefully love! :)

My Turtle is ONE

Ok, so it has been six months since I started this blog and posted my last blog so i guess it is time to start back up again and just cross my fingers that I will find the time to keep up with my posts!

I suppose its only appropriate to start with my little Turtle turning ONE! Six months ago I posted how Maddie was just turning six months and how I felt sad and how in denial I was as to how fast she was growing. Well now my little turtle is ONE and I cant believe my eyes! She is the brightest, funniest, and adventurous little One year old I know! Words cant describe how blessed and in love I am with this little girl! She is walking everywhere and anywhere (sometimes in circles..haha)She loves singing and holding conversations on end! The dance moves she has should be patent! haha! I am past her turning one and going from baby to Toddler (I still think baby) being sad and now looking forward to watching her grow! I treasure everyday and every moment a little more now that I know they truly go by so fast! I am so excited to start my blog back up and fill you all in on our journey and adventures!

My First BLOG

This is my first Blog and I hope it is a good one...

So this past Thurs (Jan. 14th) Maddie turned 6months (by weeks)! I refuse to count it! All this time I have been keeping up with her weeks and all the other moms cant believe that I have been keeping track all this time and now I have decided to stop because if I stick to the months then technically Maddie wont turn 6 months until Jan. 30th! That gives me two more weeks of my baby being a little bit more of a baby! Time has flown by so fast! It brings tears to my eyes when I think back when my husband and I brought her home and all we did was cuddle! I miss those days! Now she is getting into everything! She is sitting up all by herself, putting EVERYTHING in her mouth, scooting and her little mind is just so curious! I maybe sad that my baby is growing up but I am excited to see her grow into a beautiful, smart,adventurous, and independent woman!

God has Blessed my beautiful lil Family! If it were not for him I wouldnt have the happiness my heart holds!