Rheesie swinging away.

One, two, three....

WEEEEE!

Mommy and Rheesie going down one of the many slides

Jared and Rheesie climbing up the tube

More fun in the tube

Jared and Rhees on the jungle gym

A sad goodbye for Rhees. She just didn't want to leave the playground.

Jared and Rhees under some of the beautiful trees along the walking trail at Old Settlers.

When it comes to Rhees and artwork, it's serious business. She has even taken up to using her booster seat straps as a holster to keep those crayons in place so she always ready with the right color.

Here's Rheesie using her other favorite medium....crayons. Look at the shere concentration on that cute little face.

Rheesie loves to paint, not only paper, but her own face. All the creativity made her famished however, so she took a break to eat her oatmeal.

Jenny decided to have fun with her and Rheesies hair one night, by putting it in a lot of twists. For the first time ever, Rhees sat completely still and allowed Jenny to put her entire head in twists.

Even though she has become Ms. Independent, Rhees cannot resist snuggling with daddy every once in a while.

Rhees has taken to wrapping belts, strings, ribbons, etc. around her stuffed animals and taking them for walks. She has become particularly fond of this stuffed lamb. She is quite the animal caretaker! She gives them food, water and loves. It's so fun to watch her interact with them.

Hey ya'll! We hope you've enjoyed our blog spot so far. It's been fun for us to think of things that you might enjoy seeing. It makes us feel as if you are not so far away and that we are sharing our daily lives with you...especially that of Rhees growing up. We will be sending some videos soon so you can share in her antics. You can also feel free to comment on any of these posts if you wish, just click on the comment tab right below the post. We love you all!

Love,
The Texans
Jared, Jen, and Rheesie

Rhees has already become so independent she insists on getting herself dressed. This is what happened when she tried to put on one of my t-shirts. In case you can't tell, she has put her body through one of the sleeves of the shirt.

This morning she also tried to change her own diaper, when she couldn't reach a fresh one, she tried to put the dirty one back on. I discovered her in her room when she started yelling, "mommy help, help" when I got to her room, she was sitting on the dirty diaper trying to strap it on. I didn't get a picture, but that memory was priceless!

Here is Rhees doing what she loves best. She loves to color, paint, color, draw, and color.

Jared's dream come true! He's been waiting patiently from the day Rhees was born for his toenails to be painted by his little girl! Does she have him wrapped around her little finger or what!