Jessica Writes

Ok I have been super negligent on the blog lately. Let’s see what has happened recently?
Reed is getting over an ear infection right now. He was very miserable about 10 days ago and had a fever for 4 straight days.
Reeds’ third tooth is coming in on the top front. Just drooling like a maniac and chewing on everything in sight, no pain.
Reed has figured out how to move his finger over his mouth and make the motorboat noise. It’s pretty darn funny!
He loves going outside and looking around the yard at the trees, plants and anything else he can see.
He is madly and deeply in love with his dog, Simone. It’s pretty much a borderline obsession! He tries to pet her all the time, and succeeds until Simone gets tugged too hard. He looks for her and smiles at her and sometimes even squeals if she runs by in front of him.
Reed has tried several kinds of baby food: sweet potato, peas, pears, apples, carrots (hated them), and recently a mix of bananas, raspberries and peaches which he loves.
We are having lots of fun especially with the warm weather.
I’ll try to capture Reed blubbering and him fawning over his doggie as soon as possible on video and will post it.

Sorry I have not had much to say lately. My heart has been heavy. I do want to say that the online donation form Chris set up for his friend John has surpassed $5,000 in just four days. Pretty amazing considering it originally was only promoted via Facebook and Twitter. It has gotten the attention of Jack FM here in Nashville and they will be using the form for a special request-a-thon which will raise money for the family on Thursday. Those who give $25 to the fund will be able to request a song to play on the station.
I’ve felt really good about the ways in which people have stepped up to support the Bryant family. That takes a little bit of the pain away.

UPDATE!! The fund is now nearing $13,000!!! It is so amazing to see how people are giving so generously.

As most of you know, we had a terrible tornado that struck Murfreesboro on Friday. Chris’s mom lives there, and Chris went to college there and lived there for about a decade.
He has many friends who call Murfreesboro home. His friend John lost his wife and 9 week old baby girl in the tornado, and now John is critically injured. Please consider donating to the Bryant Fund to help John recover and give his family a proper funeral. You can get all the details here, and also read several news stories about the family. We have been hugging Reed extra tight, trying to remember that everything can change in a matter of seconds.

Donate here: http://nashmash.com/bryant/

On the eve of Reed turning 6 months old he started saying da-da-da-da-da-da. As you can imagine, hid “da-da” was proud as a peacock!