Cousin Myla's here!

We welcomed my sweet niece into the world last Saturday! Reid and I made it to Nashville in the knick of time, arriving at the hospital an hour before she made her debut. 

Myla Michelle weighed in at 7lbs, 13 oz & measured 20.5 inches. She's beautiful and as you can see, Reid is totally smitten (when he's not a tinge jealous because his mommy is holding another baby).

ONE.

Our baby boy woke up as a one year old this morning. I will never understand how time passes so very quickly! We're out celebrating Reid today! More to come...

Our 4th!

Last year at this time I was a few days away from going into labor, and now we're a happy family of four...

We had a nice Fourth of July, complete with a trip to Galveston and a very excited little boy!

He was so fascinated by the fireworks! I fully expected the noise to scare him to death, but he never so much as flinched at the loud booms! 

Can it really only be one more day before our baby boy turns one?! It went by in what seems like the blink of an eye. We are looking forward to celebrating Reid's first year of life, and our first year as new parents on Monday. Come back for a nice big birthday post in the next week!

Lately...

It's been busy around here as of late, but I wanted to share the last few weeks in pictures...

 A few 9 month photos  

 J.R. had a birthday...  

 I had a birthday... And most importantly, we now have a crawler!
He started crawling a week and a half before he hit the 10 month mark!

More to come...

Impromptu Trip to Galveston

We had a lovely holiday weekend, but I am still editing photos for that so I thought I'd post some cell phone pictures from our impromptu trip to Galveston the day after Easter. J.R.'s best friend, Jayson, and his son, Caiden, joined us for Easter this year, and we thought it'd be nice for him to go on the dolphin tour that we discovered a little over a year ago (while Reid was still growing inside my tummy). We spotted more dolphins this trip, and had a lot of fun riding on a boat with a very excited infant and seven year old.

And just in case it isn't evident in the pictures how hyper Reid was on the boat:

IMG 1234 from Jen Dokos on Vimeo.

St. Patty's Day Recap

Don't worry, I am not going to start this post off with another promise to keep it updated more regularly. These past six months are a true testament to the fact that "life happens." I had hoped to keep it more current after Reid's birth, but that has not been as easy with the afore mentioned losses we experienced at the end of last year, the constant traveling (can you believe in his eight short months of life Reid has made seven plane trips? seven!!), and researching long-term care for a parent with early onset Alzheimer's disease. 

These past six months have also reinforced the fact that taking a little time out to relax and enjoy a holiday (say St. Patty's day for instance) isn't such a bad thing;). Here are a few pictures of Reid celebrating his first official day of green:

The tongue permanently resides outside of his mouth these days. Pretty sure it's genetic.

Would you like some pictures from the last few weeks? Yeah, I thought so...

I cannot believe that the Texas bluebonnets are already out in full force in our area. We stumbled upon this lovely patch at sunset last Friday and were able to snap a few pictures. The next night we visited the patch again (this time with Reid's Easter attire), and were able to get some great shots. I will post those very soon. Of course no promises, just very soon:)! 

Happy Vday Week!

Here are a few pics from our Valentines Day photo shoot:

And here's a quick (not always in focus) video of what I consider pure joy to watch: