Quick Update

I believe this is only the 3rd post I have done fo the entire month of September. It is so sad. We just got a laptop and Matt got our wireless working so now I can blog more while Reece is playing and don't have to wait until she goes to bed.
In other news my future sister-in-law asked last night if Reece could be the flower girl in the wedding. I am super excited. Her and my brother have a little boy who is a couple of months youger than Reece. They are giong to look so cute walking down the aisle together. Hopefully they will do it. He is the adorable little boy in our vacation pictures. The wedding is New Year's Eve.
I have gone on two interviews with UT system in the last week and a half and they both went really well. I am excited about the new possibility. I think. I am sad to leave the Senate but feel this is really it is time to move on.
And finally I posted back in May or June that my mother-in-law had cancer in her eye. They have since noticed some spots on her lungs and want to remove a piece for further tests. It is not an easy proceedure. The surgery will be this Friday at 7:30 am. Matt and I will be in San Antonio for it. My mom is coming into town to watch Reece. Please say a pray for her recovery and that the spots are not more cancer.
Another post soon with pictures of Reece. I promise. She is getting so big.




P.S. Do you like the new blog background. I love Fall. And the Barkers have a ton of plans for this month.

Ben & Jerry's-- 1 down 63 to go

On Friday a few of my co-workers and I started talking about ice cream.... I am not sure why or how we even got on the subject. But it soon turned to how much I love ice cream and how fun it would be to pick a company and eat all their flavors. This somehow also linked to a previous conversation a co-worker and had on the way to a security meeting about our "Bucket Lists" and how mine was mainly made up of places that I wanted to go and not a lot of personal accomplishments. Once again I am not clear how all this happened but the point is the next thing I know I am on the Ben & Jerry's website counting all the flavors (64 some of which sound horrible.) and adding this project to my "Bucket List. (which I will be sharing with you all in the very near future) And for the record I do not consider this to be a personal accomplishment, more along the lines of having a little fun.
I explained this to my wonderful adoring husband and he added it to his list as well (he has already began checking things off of his------ show-off) Sunday at the grocery store we discovered B&J had little 3oz containers. Perfect for our project. I selected Cherry Garcia and was quite surprised at how good it was! 1 down 63 to go!

Reece and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Yesterday was not the best day Reece has ever had. It started out fine but quickly turned bad when we got to school and learned that her favorite morning teacher was on vacation this week. So, when I left her she was screaming with big tears rolling down both cheeks..... reaching for me, mommy! You know the one that is suppose to hold her and comfort her when she is upset. But I left her. It was so hard but I knew once I left she would calm down and be just fine. I thought about her all day and could not wait to get her. As soon as I saw her I knew she had had a bad day. She was not wearing the same clothes I dropped her off in. She apparently spilled her chocolate pudding on herself. Her hair was not in the two cute piggies I fixed (still not sure what happened with her hair.) The worst thing was the big red knot on her forehead. She slipped and hit her head on the floor and if that was not bad enough, she also got hit in the eye with a book and had a scratch. Both still very visible several hours after they happened. Her teacher (who I love) also said that Reece was so tired at lunch that she fell asleep in her chair at the table while eating. So, they let her take an early nap and she got fresh lunch when she woke up. Which I thought was really sweet of them. She was so tired from her day that she fell asleep again in her highchair at home after dinner. Hopefully today has gone better for her. She still cried when I dropped her off but not too bad.

I also was able to meet the "two year old bully" at daycare yesterday. I had heard about him because my friend Joan had told me. He picks on Jessie. He was in Reece's room when I picked her up and he hit me in the head with a beach ball. If he is throwing balls at the parents.... what is he doing to the little ones. Let me just say that he is a big kid and I hope he is moved up before my little one has to be with him all day every day!
I know I have not blogged in a while. We have been busy and I just have not had the time to download pictures and post. I have been working on some Christmas projects and trying to organize photos so I can get started on Reece's year book. Hopefully soon I will get some posts up. I have quite a few pictures I want to share.