REESE IS 3!!!

OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL IS THREE!!!

(JAN 21, 2013) STATS: 32.6 pounds (75%) and 39.5" (100%)

WHAT SHE IS DOING NOW:
Still loves to sing and dance and jump. 
SHE IS A WONDERFUL BIG SISTER AND SO VERY SWEET!
Jan 6th she started Helping feed Reagan.
she Loves to give Reagan rasberries on her stomach  She is also great at making Reagan laugh

and giving her plenty of toys.
Reese LOVES TO PLAY WITH HER SISTER. Especially since Reagan has been able to sit up at the begining of 5 months.Starting around Thanksgiving she been playing with Reagan on the floor a lot. There is a lot more interaction between the two sisters as Reagan gets older. So fun to watch them play together.

SHE IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY POTTY TRAINED. (No more pull ups at night)
Talking loud, she gets so excited.  We are trying to teach her to use her inside voice ; ).
12-5 Can take off her shirt. (Has been able to take off and put on her pants, socks and shoes for a while now).
12-22 Is now able to button, unbotton, zip and unzip pants.
At her 3 year check up she got her BP and was so good.  She did not move and actually liked it.
For Christmas, Reese got a princess tent for her bed so we had to take down her bed railing. She has been doing great with sleeping but has fell out 3 times : (  She also will not go to bed without a flashlight and a story.
Reese has learned how to make funny faces and can be really silly like her daddy.
She also loves to talk on her play phone and skype with her grandparents.
She has lots of energy and is so full of joy.  I hope she is forever full of joy and happiness and stays at sweet as she is ! It is such a beautiful quality in her !!!


SCHOOL:
Tracing all letters and numbers
Can draw several letters on her own
Now knows her vowels
Can count to 20+
Loves Show and Tell on Fridays
Tells us everyday that she did not go to the focus chair or time out : )


EVENTS/TRIPS:
Boo and Papa came down in October so Papa could play with daddy in a golf tournament.  Boo, mommy, Reagan and Reese shopped till we dropped!
Uncle B and Paw-Paw also came down in October to see the girls.
We had a Halloween Party for Reese and all her friends.  Reese was Aurora, Reagan and mommy were Snow White and Daddy was the Big Bad Wolf and scared everyone!!!
Nov 3rd Memmy, Aunt Wanda and Uncle Gary (who Reese calls Uncle Barry) made a special trip down to Birmingham to meet Reagan and see Reese. Papa and Grandma Boo also came to see the gang
For Thanksgiving we went to Myrtle Beach weith Paw Paw, Mimi and Uncle B and Reese LOVED THE WATERSLIDES!!!  I can't count how many times she went down the BIG SLIDES BY HERSELF. (she needed a little push from her dad the first time but after that we couldn't get her to stop!)
For Christmas we went to Boos and Papas house. We had so much fun PLAYING. It is like toyland at Boos and Papas! Christmas was a success and so much fun.  Reese understands Santa now and loved counting the days down until Christmas with her calendar (and of course getting the candy out of it every morning) and meeting Gretchan (our elf on the shelf.) Gretchan worked beautifully. I am not sure where Reese got her name from. Cousin Megan and Greg came to the beach to see Reese and Reagan for the first time.  We had so much fun!!
Jan 5th We had a mini Dora Birthday Party and Uncle B came down to vistit
Jan 20th We had a Rock Star Birthday Party for Reese and 10 of her friends.  Grandma Boo and Papa also came up to celebrate! We had a fun balloon man come to the house and make cool balloons for everyone.  There were mermaids, spiderman, monkey in a tree, hats, princess wands, snacks, turtle bracelets, elephants  and so much more.


FAVORITE THINGS:
Activities: Singing, dancing, and jumping (starting gymnastics in Feb). Loves to play pretend.
Games: Playing hide and go seek, sneaky squirll, candy land, plays Peek a boo with her sister and chase
Colors: Pink and purple
Dolls: Princesses, especially Jasmine
Friends: Holden, Miller, Avery, Ellis, Caleb, Syndny and Hannah Best Friend: Reagan!
Toys: Hair set, balls, tea parties with cookies, sandwiches, donuts, coffee, tea and cupcakes! Ipad, iphone, cupcake videos on utube, play doh, jewlery, guitars, phones
TV Shows: Fresh Beat Band, Princess Sofia, Scoobie Doo, Doc McStuffins
Movies: Rapunzel, Cinderella
Food: CANDY, CAKE, CUPCAKES, DONUTS, chicken nuggets, fruit, chips. Still not a fan of veggies.
Places: Shopping, Toy Stores, Yogurt Mountain, Krispie Creme, Chick-Fil-a, Library, Dentist, Park, Pool

FAVORITE SAYINGS:
I'm gonna get you
Come find me
It was an accident
I'm sorry
I'm good
Let's Rock
I'm being good can I have a cookie, candy, etc
Don't forget the milk (I always forget Reagan's bottles for school).
No way
I don't think so
What would you like
What is that, this.
That would be good
That be OK?
Don't foget the Milk
I didnt give you a kiss (goodbye)
Will you tuck me in?
You can watch football/golf now
I don't know
It was an accident  (one of my favorites)
Let's do it again....and again, and again.
Daddy, you hear me
Tick Tac Toe on your face, daddy

Two Years and 8 months

Reese is our little jumper! She just loves to jump! The other day we were stacking blocks and she jumped over them so i kept making it higher and highr and she kept jumping higher and higer!!! I couldn't believe how high this little girl can jump. Reese's new activity this month is painting. She loves to paint and it actually holds her attention longer than 5 minutes which is plus : ) We had fun decorating for Daddy's birthday with lots of paintings. funny things Reese is saying and doing this month: hi sweetie pie (to Reagan) Its so beautiful that is so cute what is that, this. what this do. the song" moves like jagger" was playing and Reese said "thats my song" and started dancing. She loves watching Fresh Beat Band every day. She wants to wear her PJs all day and of course to school. sometimes will have melt downs when you put something else on her. In school everyone calls their plate a "happy plate" if they finish all their food. So now we talk about happy plates and cups all the time. other favorite sayings: Oh Man (from Dora) and Too bad (her dad taught her that when a golfer misses a putt). she is learning her vowels in shcool and will sing songs about A,E,I,O,U. She will also tell you to stop singing with her because she will sing it. Ha! She also still calls Reagan a He but will say she is a girl. I think she thinks everyone is a HE. Reese is also having fun reading to us. The stories she makes up are priceless. She can count to 15 and skips a couple of numbers on her way to twenty. She is doing really good at tracing letters and still no time outs. She has also learned to tell little white lies : ) Like she will tell us she has brushed her teeth and we know she has not or she says she has finished her plate and she has not. Another good one is she tells me she has made her bed she has no idea how to make her bed : ) She is getting good at telling us no. This is not so much fun for us and trying quickly to break her habit. another saying she will ask us is "are you happy"? or when Reagan is crying Reese will say "he is not happy" Everyone needs to be happy. i love it : ) She is also having fun singing songs from a sunday school song cd that her mimi gave her. I think "Ive got the Joy Joy Joy down in my heart" is one of her favs. She is a wonderful big sister and wants to see Reagan every morning when she wakes up. She also has tried to pick Reagan up several times. I let her hold Reagan one time standing up and I thought Reese was going to fall over : ) Reagan is not so little anymore. Reese also enjoys talking to Reagan not even 1" away from her face. We try to tell Reese that Reagan can hear her and she doesnt need to be so close but Reese just ignores us. We couldnt be more proud of this big sister!!!!!

Two and a Half

July 5th Reese turned two and a half and on July 2nd Reese became a Big Sister!! It is amazing to see how wonderful Reese is as a big sister to Reagan Grace. She kisses on her all the time and makes sure she has toys and is covered up. She also is on diaper duty and gives us diapers and wipes as well as throw away all the dirty diapers : ) Grandma Boo, Grandpa, Mimi, Paw-Paw and Uncle B all came to help the first couple of weeks. Reese was certainly entertained and she didnt seem to mind a new addition to the family. In fact she wants to see and hold her baby sister all the time. While grandma Boo and Papa were visiting Reese learned so many new things and had the best time. They came to the hospital everyday to see Baby Reagan and to give her lots of kisses. They skipped around the house singing skip to my lou. They sang zippy do da, ring around the rosie, this little light of mine..... They played under the covers with flashlights. They watched bubble guppies and Dora. They went shopping everyday and of course Reese got presents all the time for everything : ) They went to the park and Barnes and Nobles and bought lots of books to read. They played hide and go Seek and so much more!!! Daddy and Papa had a great time swimming with Reese and going down the water slides. It was Reese's first time going under water and liking it. Mimi had fun watching Scooby Doo with Reese and holding sweet Reagan. They played games and read books. Uncle B took Reese to the park and had fun entertaining her. He had a good time keeping up with her. Paw-Paw had fun chasing Reese and scaring her. he also had fun taking her for a ride in the G8 Reese enterained us all with her singing and dancing!!! It was wonderful to have so much help!!! we are blessed to have such amazing family and friends. a little more about our sweet Reese.... She now weighs 31 pounds and is TALL. We need to measure her soon. She goes to bed around 8:00 and gets up at 6:00. She still takes a nap for at least 2 hours. she loves school and it is fun to watch everyone give her hugs when she leaves. She is talking up a storm now and has a sweet personality and is pretty witty. She still has melt downs when she doesnt get her way and the only thing to work is time out. She has her first denist appt last month and did super. no cavities. Daddy does a gret job helping her brush her teeth. She loves to swim now in the big pool. Daddy wants her to jump in the pool but she is not a fam. She just wants to float around.

First "Real" Haircut

Reese had her first real haircut yesterday. Daddy has trimed it twice and I had to get Reese an appt before he went after it again. We were trying to grow it all out but she refuses to wear barrets and bows and her bangs were hanging in her eyes. She did really great!! and stayed soooo still to my surprize : ) Some silly things she is doing now. *In class the other day everyone approached her when she got to school and she said "get off, get off!" (She is moving into begginer Two class on June 4th) *For several weeks now she has been calling her grandparents. On Memorial Day she said "Mama, go get me the phone please I am going to call Papa." *when she eats something she loves she says "it's delicious!" *She loves to watch Dora the Explora *She is reading books to herself and to her babies *She still LOVES to sing *She loves to dance to Wild One (of all the songs......)

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 !!!!