a day in the life

Reese loves bikes, now if only she could figure out the peddals

Reese and her best bud, Marley!

playing in mommy's jewelry closet

sweet kiddos on my morning jog

Grayson is a big kid, this little boy is only a week younger than him!

shootin some Bball with daddy

at the zoo with our buds, Maddox and Marley

playing outside during the heat stroke...

"reesie love grayson"

poor kid...

Happy 4th!

all the grands with Gran Gran

being an urchin at Marley's birthday party!

cupcakes are yummy

reese came up to me saying "yook mommy, nack!"  it was someone else's chewed up gum. gross

tree comes for a visit!

at the park, reese was climbing the steps counting to 10 over and over again...
the sad part is that there were only 5 steps and she kept skipping 6 and 8

while tree was visiting, we hiked the incline.
a lot of people consider it a rite of passage for hard core distance runners.
i would have to agree, it was extremely difficult. i had done it several times before kids,
but adding the extra weight of a kid on my shoulders... it was a BEAST

small tree and smaller tree, ready to go!

strapped on daddy's back

here we go, 1 mile straight up. OUCH

reese was tired.

matt was more tired...

we all made it!  tree in 55 minutes, me in 65, matt in 75.

heading back down bar trail, reese likes riding in front better!

5 miles round trip.  we were pretty beat!

back home and playing dress up

Cute Babies!

I'm not biased or anything, but look at these guys!  so cute!

Reese decided to dress herself for church...

matchy!

"grayson nose"

smiles... stupid flash!

again, stupid flash!

Back to Denver!

Back home and settling into the grind.  

tiny baby sleeping all alone in his crib

andrew stopped by as he was passing through on his way to wyoming

1 MONTH! 

reese thinks this is her princess dress and insists on wearing
 it all the time...

homemade slide!

Traveling!

Matt is on a miserable rotation right now, transplant surgery.  He is basically on call all the time.... so I abandoned him and made off with his sweet children for 2 weeks.  He had several stretches where he was at the hospital for 48 straight hours, so it was a good decision!  We had a great time with my parents and the 2 weeks absolutely flew by.  Enjoy some pictures of our adventures!

gas smiles, so cute

sibling love

tummy time!!

cuddles with grandpa while watching Cinderella

Grayson meets auntie Tree

fun times with Auntie Tree

more sibling love

Gretel and Keck come for a visit!

Reese decided the model needed accessories and shoes

Welcome Baby Grayson!

Welcome to the world 

Grayson Salvatore Fox

5/1/12 3:50pm

9# 1.3oz

        We scheduled my induction for May 1st because we wanted to have some time with Matt before he starts his miserable rotation of Transplant Surgery.  My Dr really thought I would go into labor before that because I was walking around 4cm dilated and 50% effaced.  Alas, nothing I did would kick him out.  I even started running more and averaged 10 miles a week my last few weeks of being pregnant. I got acupuncture (since it worked with Reese), I took Reese to the zoo, I mowed the lawn, I didn't slow down at all.  Someone at church told me I just needed to spend a little time on my feet and surely I would go into labor.  I almost punched him :)  

        Tuesday morning, Matt and I loaded up and checked into University Hospital.  I was anxious and not thrilled about being a patient or being induced. I was starting to feel guilty, maybe he needed more time, maybe he was scrawny and wasn't ready to come out.  Why did I think I knew better than my baby?  I was fairly close to having a panic attack.  Our nurses were awesome and helped to put me at ease.  Everything went fairly smoothly and 6 hours later we met our son.  Just before I started pushing, my Dr felt on my belly and said she thought he was around 7 pounds.  I had no inkling, just that I felt quite a bit bigger than I did with Reese.  They put him on my chest after 3 pushes (what?!?) and we all started muttering about how giant he was.  The nurses and doctors were placing bets on how much he weighed.  One of the nurses said 9#2oz... and she was almost exactly right.  The rest of us way under guessed.  Good thing we didn't wait for this guy to decide to come out or he may have broken 10#!

       Reese came to the hospital a short while later and got to meet her baby brother.  Enjoy some of the photos of the meeting!

our new family of 4

poor black and blue face, thanks to having his cord around
his neck twice!

Home!  trying out the new double stroller!

Daddy and Reese had an afternoon together and this is what
they came home with.......

She is going to want a new brother every weekend....

More pictures to come once I get them off my phone and onto the computer.