I did it myself mama !!!

Reese amazes us every day! Over the past couple of weeks she has been putting on her shoes by herself and on the right feet! She can also put on her big girl panties all by herself. She always wants to pick out what to wear in the morning. It mainly has to be pink. (and if it were up to her she would wear her princess pjs to school everyday.) Some days I am lucky and can get a bow in her hair but it is rare. Scott also took her paci away last week and she has been doing great without it. She was only using it at night but it was a big deal and I never thought we would get rid of it. I think she cried the first night for 5-10 minutes and has not cried since. Scott is wonderful! He does all of this when I am out of town. He knows the minute she cries I would give in : ) Luckily it really has not been a big deal to her. We will see what happens when baby number two gets here. She is talking and singing up a storm and her energy is crazy!! We cannot keep up and it never seems to die down. Even at 8pm when it is time to go to bed - she is ready to jump on her bed versus sleep. We are getting in a bad habit of Reese lying down with mommy in mommies bed instead of going straight to her room for bed time. We like to watch our girlie TV shows. She use to go down like clock work at 8:00pm but lately she is not wanting to go to bed unitl later and wants to hang out in mommies room......Not sure how we are going to break this habit. Reese likes to dance with the stars : ) Her favorite things right now: Princesses Pink dancing singing (she loves to make up her own songs) playing hide and seek with daddy playing with her baby dolls carrying a purse EVERYWHERE. We cannot leave home without it. Disney world - she tells us everyday we are going to go. talking on the phone to grandparents candy! watching shrek???? waking us up in the morning- she brings her pillow and blanket down to our room every morning and hops in bed with us to watch cartoons for a second and then tells each of us "Wake Up". I am still not sure why I cannot load pictures and need to figure it out soon!!

Two Years and Four Months

Time is flying by.......... I can't believe how fast our little girl is growing up. A lot has happen in the past couple of months. In Feb. we went with Boo and Papa to Disney World for Reese's 2nd birthday. It was a true gift to see how excited and how much fun Reese had. She loved everything and was soooo good. Some of her favorite things to do were meet all the characters. She would wait in line like a trooper, give them a big hug, take her picture, and have them sign her autograph book. We thought she would be scared as she bawled when she met Santa but NOT AT ALL. She LOVED them all. I think her favorite was Woody and Jessie and would screamed with excitment every time she saw them. She loved all the parades and literally tried to high five all the characters in the parade. To this day she still wants to watch the parades from our trip. She had fun on the rides: the teacups, carosel, its a small world, pooh, trains, etc. She loved Disney so much that we put a wall of her Disney pictures in her room. We also put shelves with the characters on it. Moving on to our next adventure... Reese is now in a BIG GIRL ROOM. We made a huge deal about it so she would not feel the baby was getting all her stuff. It is filled with Disney and Princesses (Reese loves princesses now). The transistion was so much easier then we thought. She slept in her new bed the first night with no trouble!! Every morning she wakes up and comes down to get us up. It is wonderful! I think we moved her into her room March. Also in March Reese started potty training. Day care is great!! They started working with her during the day and it took about two weeks. Easter was fun! We went and got pictures with the Easter Bunny, participated the neighborhood easter egg hunt, dyed eggs and opened up way too much candy and presents on Easter day!!!! I think Reese ate half of her candy in one sitting. The child loves her candy. In April we went to the Bahamas with Hollister and Reese went to Boo and Papa's house at the beach. She had a ball going shopping, playing at the zoo, hitting all the parks, playing in the pool. Papa even put in a swing for Reese that she LOVES!! and of course there were toys galor. It is like Christmas at their house. We missed her like crazy and it is getting really hard to leave her now that she knows we are going. She was glad to see us and still will not leave our side : ) Other things Reese is doing now: She is really excited about her sister and kisses mama's belly all the time. We are still working on a name. Reese wants to call her "Reese". Reese is talking up a storm and it amazes me some of the things she knows. We are so glad she loves dayschool because she is learning so much. She knows all her colors now and can count to 15 sometimes 20. She also remembers so much and we have to be careful about what we say and do : ) She loves to dance and sing. When dancing with the stars comes on she always says "Daddy come dance with me". Your heart just melts!! We still use are binky to sleep with at night. I know it is time to take it away but she loves the darn thing so much and I dont have the heart to take it away. We still need to work on getting vegetables down. We are doing better but.....the child just loves her carbs any and all carbs. Temper tantrums are fun these days when she does not get what she wants but thank goodness they dont last too long and are mainly at home. Once again I know I am forgetting things Reese is doing now especially since I have pregnancy brain : ) Can you believe baby number 2 will be here in less 8 weeks?!?!?!? She is such a sweet little girl and so much fun!!!!!

2 Years Old!!!

Happy Birthday Reese!!!!
We just had Reese's 2 year check-up.
She weighs 30 pounds (75-90th percentile) and is 35 inches tall (75th-90th percentile.
This year for Reese's birthday we are going to Disney and can't wait. Grandma Boo and BallPa are taking us!!!!!

For Christmas we went to Mimmi and Paw-Paw house in SC and had a wonderful time.
We played at the park and with the three little girls across the street. Reese had a ball opening up all her presents. You name it she got it : )
Daddy had fun putting together her Kitchen and was very Thankful that Uncle B save the day and put together the rest : )

What we are doing these days:
singing ALL the time: Twinkle Twinkle little Star, Jesus Loves me, Happy Birthday, ABCs...
Jumping and Climbing on anything and everything that she can!
Swinging and wanting to go to the park ALL the time
Talking with two and three words together
Sleeping to 7-7:30am YAY!!
Going to bed at 8:00pm
NOT getting enough Veggies!!
Loving chips, candy, cakes, cookies, cupcakes and eating them way too often.
Loving opeining up presents
loving Toys
Loving the movies: Strawberry Shortcake, Toy Story!!!!, Nemo....
Putting on lip gloss
Putting on our shoes, she can walk in my heels better than I can.

GM and GP got Reese an Easle for her birthday and she is having fun making Daddy draw all her favorite Seseame Characters ALL the time.
Mimmi and Paw-Paw got Reese a tea set that she plays with her dolls every night.

Words/ Phrases she is saying:
One of my favorite things is listening to Reese talk : )
Come on Mamma, come on daddy
open presents
WARRRR EAGLEEEEE
lemonade
Dew
I am stuck
whatcha doing
where's daddy, where's mama
I am hurt
See ya in the morning
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I like ....
PARK
Church
picture
Train - alllllll aboard!!
Happy Birthday
Want some
popcorn
It's mine
Reese's ...
here mama, here daddy
It's hot
I did it
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas
Hellllooooo (when she pretends she is talking on the phone)
princess
pickle


She is great with Shapes and still working on colors. I think Pink is the only color she gets correct every time. Numbers and animals she has down and counts for us all the time.

I know I am leaving so much out.... It seems like she is learning something everyday and it is so much fun to watch her grow.
What an amazing gift from God we have !!!!

23 Months

Can anyone believe Reese is almost Two!!!??
We are having so much fun with this sweet little girl.
She has quite the personality these days and is talking up a storm.
She is starting to put words together and is repeating everything we are saying.
New Words/Phrases
go baby
ohh momma
its raining
I'm hurt
umbrella
I pottied
Whatcha doing
I see you
Where are you
more money
more more more
I love you


What we have been up to this month:
We went to the beach for Thanksgiving/Christmas with Grandma Boo, Ballpa, and Great Memmy.
We had a great time at the beach, park, shopping, playing, baking cookies.....
Reese loved opening presents that were toys she didnt care too much for the clothes.....
She loved swiffering with grandma Boo and singing to us.
She is singing non-stop :
Jesus Loves Me
Jingle Bells
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Old McDonald Had a Farm

She is also having fun with melt downs when she doesn't get what she wants. She can't seem to get enough candy and cookies and always wants more....
Thank goodness she gets over the melt downs quickly.

She is definitely our precious little angel and we love her so much!!! It is hard to think back on what we did without her?!

20 and 21 Months!

I think the months are starting to run into each other.
Time is going by way to quick and our little baby is growing up too fast.
Lots of new things going on in her world.....

New Things She Is Doing:
She has gone to the potty several times
She has stayed out of time out in school!!
She is in Toddlers I class and loves her friends and teachers
Counting to 10!
She knows alot of shapes and most animals.
She is starting to recognize colors. She has pink down.
She is singing ALOT more
Her hair is starting to grow....
Last two teeth have come in
She likes to do somersalts with help.
She loves to hold our hands and swing, swing, swing.
She loves her animals and babies.
Still likes Elmo but now Care Bears are in the picture and we watch them every morning.
SHE LOVES CANDY
She still likes to take wipes and clean.
Very picky eater....
Still loves her paci (not sure when to take it away)





New Words:
airplane
moon
park
slide
GOOOOOOOOO TIGERS!!
still no Clemson though
Cooker (for her friend Cooper)
Star
Heart
Cartoons
Carebears
Cake
CANDY
up/down
open/close


What we have been doing the past two months:
In Sept Grandma Boo came up and we did a lot of shopping and playing. I think Grandma Boo and Reese rode the merry go round 5 times.
In October we went to Myrtle Beach for the week with Nana and Paw-Paw. Reese had the best time playing in the sand and a kid playground outside in the sand. She made several new friends and didnt realize how much she like to play house with other kids : )
Grandpa came up to see us in October and we had a grand time and the park and playing chase.
For Halloween, Reese and daddy dressed up like pirates. We (Reese and Scott) went to school one day dressed up and Scott had fun scaring all the kids!!
WE also had neighborhood friends come over for pre trick or treating dinner on Halloween. Reese had a ball and just loves all little people!! She tried to give all her toys to baby Sam.
Reese got the hang of trick or treating real fast!!! After the first couple of houses Reese starting going up to the front door and sticking her hand out and if the door was open she proceeded to go in to see what else was going on. Friendly little girl.

We are headed to Grandmas and Grandpas for Thanksgiving on the 19th of November. Great Memmy will also be at the beach so it will be a really special time!

19 Months

Words of the month....
Auburn
Popcycle
Hot
Bath
Potty
Share
School
okay


What Reese is into these days:

Reese has moved up to the next Class in Day School
She is now potty training...no luck yet.
She loves Daniel and Harrison in her class and talks to them all the time.
She is great at closing doors, drawers, etc.
She likes to clean and throw trash away
We had our first fall on the sidewalk and scraped up her forehead and nose.
She loves to brush her teeth.
We went to vist Paw-paw and nana in SC and Grandma Boo came up the weekend after to play and shop.

18 Months

Reese is 18 months old!! Time is continuing to fly by.
We went to the beach for Memorial Day weekend and July 4th and had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa.
We went swimming with floaties for the very first time in the pool. One minute she loves being in the pool and the very next minute she is done.... We went to the beach and Reese loved the sand. She could have sat for hours using a shovel and bucket. She concentrated so hard on filling up her bucket with sand. She also had a grand time in the ocean with Daddy. She sat on a boogie board and off they went!
Reese stayed with Grandma Boo and Grandpa the entire time while Scott and I were at a Condo on the beach (two minutes away (: )

What Reese is doing now:
singing alot
jumping on anything she can; beds, couches, chairs, tables....
learning to play golf with daddy
walking down front porch steps without holding on
knows all the body parts: hand, foot, ear, eye, head, ear

She still loves to:
dance
take baths
color and drawl
swing!!!!
play with her animals and baby dolls (she loves to feed them and wrap them up in blankets)
play with blocks
play!!!
watch Elmo
eat ice cream!!


New Words:
Up
down
swing
block
color