The Reyes Family

Friday, July 1, 2011

Happy 1/2 Birthday to Robby!

Robby is 6 months old! We are so thankful for the joy our youngest child brings to our family. Robby is such a sweet little guy and his big sister and brother just adore him. I took him to the doctor for his 6 month well visit and he weighs 17 pounds and 6 ounces and is 26 inches long - which puts him at the 50% point. He seems so big to me but I looked back and Jacob weighed in at 19 pounds when he was 6 months old.

Happy 1/2 Birthday to our littlest man! We love you, Robert Andrew!

Summer Fun

How is it possible that it's already July!?! We've had a great summer so far - lots of weekend trips and good times with friends and family. I feel especially blessed because Matthew is basically off for the summer. I think I can definitely get used to life as a professor's wife!

Shepherd and Jacob playing together in San Antonio during our visit last month. (Too bad they can't wear underwear all the time yet - Jacob has clearly demonstrated to us that he's not ready for potty training!) We had such a wonderful time and loved spending time with old friends!

Sweet Samantha loved playing with Robby.

Robby and his buddy Carter

Abby and Sara Kate are reunited! Abby got to spend three nights with Sara Kate and loved every minute of it.

Pop built his grandbabies a sandbox and they all just love playing in it.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Lately...

Lately I've been spending lots of time counting our blessings. We are thankful for our new town and the sweet new friends we have met (although we do wish Norman was in Texas - closer to old friends and family), thankful that Matthew is so happy in his work and that he is working toward his dream job and thankful for such a loving family and our precious babies! We are thankful for a God that loves us so. The list could go on and on...

This weekend we had both Matthew's parents and my parents come for a visit. Above is a picture of Robby and Bebe.

Pop and Hootsie with their grandbabies.

Abby and Jacob after planting some flowers in the yard. Last night Abby said, "Jacob is my brother and my friend."

Our littlest love, Robby.

Dad and me after the OKC Memorial Half Marathon & Marathon. We each made it - but it hailed on poor dad's head as he finished the full marathon.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

HOME

We are finally getting settled into our new home here in Norman. We cannot believe how quickly sweet Robby is growing up! He is the perfect finale to our family and a wonderful gift from God. Robby has a precious disposition and he is a good eater and decent sleeper, thankfully.

Robby on March 11, 2011. He was a great smile, I just haven't caught it on camera yet!

Sleeping baby. I was carrying him in the sling a couple weeks ago and Robby fell asleep - and stayed asleep for a little bit.

Jacob is TWO! We cannot believe this little ball of joy is two years old. Jacob seems to be adjusting well to our new life here - he is good as long as he can run, eat and play hide and seek with his Daddy and sister - it doesn't matter to him what state that is in!

Just catching up...

During our transition from Texas to Oklahoma we spent some time in Temple - and it happened to snow a lot while we were there. Here are our snowbunnies!

Daddy and Abby making a snowball.

Right before we left San Antonio Robby had some lovely ladies come to meet him - my college roomies! Heather (with Robby), me and Jacob, and Laura (with the cutest baby bump ever).

Our loves - I know it's not the greatest but this is the best picture I have of my three babies. Thankfully one of my new friends here in Norman is an amazing photographer so I am going to ask her take some better pictures of the three Reyes kids.

Abby and Robby - she is ADORABLE with her baby brothers. They both love her so very much!

Happy Birthday Abby & Adios Texas!

There is so much to update with our family that a few blog entries can't really cut it, but here we go...

We moved from San Antonio to Norman, Oklahoma, about a month ago. We knew from the start our time in San Antonio was temporary, but as seven months turned into three years our life there became very hard to leave. The Lord blessed us with a wonderful church family and some of the best friends in the world. But, we knew the best thing for our family was to make a move to Norman so that Matthew could start on his PhD at the University of Oklahoma. In the midst of our move and saying goodbye to our friends in San Antonio, we had our third baby and celebrated Abby and Jacob's birthdays. The good news is that the Lord is loving and faithful and His plans for us are better, more perfect than anything we could ever imagine. We are really enjoying our new home here, Matthew loves his new career (he is teaching a couple classes while taking a couple as well) and we have already met some wonderful people! Here are some pictures from our journey...

As we were packing up our house in San Antonio our life group came over for lunch and to pray for our family as we prepared to move to Norman. We loved living our life with these amazing people for three years. There is no way to express all that we experienced together - what a blessing in our life!

Jacob and some cake.

My sweet, precious friend Tanya planned two wonderful little parties before we moved - a birthday gathering for Abby and a "friendship" party (we couldn't stand to call it a goodbye party). I was blessed to have an amazing group of friends that I met through the first preschool Abby attended in San Antonio. One thing our group knew how to do well was celebrate! I will miss all our birthday dinners at Cheesecake Factory (I checked and there is one in Oklahoma City though - so you all come on up whenever).