6-1/2 Months and becoming more active by the minute.



Our Baby Reese is trying her hardest to stand up. Her teachers think she will walk before she crawls. I think she is going to love yoga...... she is doing the downward dog position all the time.

She is also loveing her hands and feels, shakes, pats everything. Sometimes she just puts her hands in the air and twist them back and forth, kind of like she is Miss America and waving to everyone. I wonder if she is seeing if her hand will make noise like her rattle. It is precious.

Another one of my favorite things she does is now she will lift her arms in the air when I get close. She is ready for her mama to hold her and love all over her.

A new game we started to play is "Peek A Boo". I have never seen anyone get so excited. She just laughs and smile non stop.

We are now eating fuits and vegetables and drinking about 30 ounces of milk daily. So far we like all fruits, but our favorite is still squash and sweet potatoes....mmmmmmm.

One more thing to add to her 6- 1/2 month update.......

Her teachers at school give her the most play time on the mat becasue she is so active and likes to move around alot!!! The only thing is is that they have to move all the other kids because she will run them over and poke at them like they are toys. Like I said, she loves to feel and touch everything! Her teacher also said she starts to cry when she is ready to be held and nobody is paying attention. I am not sure why, we never hold her at home.....ha!!! We just love this little precious bundle of joy and cannot get enough of her.

Happy 6 Months Reese

Happy 6 Months sweet baby Reese!

Oh how we just adore you!!!

You are now 27 1/2 inches long (95%) and 17.4 pounds (70%)

What we did the week of your 6 month birthday:

We took your first beach trip to Myrtle Beach with your Nanie, Papa, and Uncle B.

What you are doing now:

You are laughing and smiling all the time. You are such a happy baby!!

You are now enjoying solid foods, Gerber stage 1. You like all the vegetables except for peas. We are just now starting on fruits. You are still drinking a lot of milk....around 35 (sometimes 40) ounces. Some days mama has to give you one formula bottle because she can't keep up.

You love to swim in the pool with your float. You are not to excited about the beach, but you had a great time sleeping on Uncle B while he walked the beach looking for women : )

You are constantly moving around. You like sitting up and being on all fours. It will not be too much longer before you are crawling. You like to hold all your toys and shake them. You also like to feel and scratch everything. You can put your paci in your mouth, but for some reason not at night when you are in your crib. You still like to look in the mirror and always smile at your self. You are taking two long naps at school and short naps on the weekend. You are sleeping for almost 10 hours every nite. We put you down around 8pm and you get up around 6:30 and then off to school at 8:30 am until 4:00. Sometimes we play hookie on Fridays and have mama baby day which of course is my favorite. You also love to be thrown in the air and be up side down.

We love you so much sweet baby girl!!! Thank you for bringing so much joy into our lives!

Firsts:

Eating Gerber Stage 1 for lunch and dinner

Sitting up from laying down position.

Holding a bottle with both hands

Straightening legs when on all fours (yoga downward dog : ))
First night in a hotel

First Road trip longer than 2 hours

First time on the beach

Sleeping all through the night

Watching fireworks

Playing with J (Papa's dog)

Riding in the Bob without the car seat

Meeting Great Nanie

1st Time at the Pool

We love the pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time for Reese in the neighborhood pool. We put her in a float and she took off. I think she like the fact that she could actually walk in the float. She was just a chillin'!!!

We head to Myrtle Beach the end of the month and we know Reese will have a wonderful time!!

We can't wait!

Happy 5 Months Reese

Reese is 5 Months Old!!

It is amazing how fast the time is flying by......

Reese What we did this week:

Well, Reese came down with her first fever and cold, so we have had a lot of fun going to the doctor. Mom and Dad also got sick, so we all got to stay home for a week and have a lot of family time!!

Firsts:

We had our first road trip to Huntsville to visit Uncle B and his brand new beautiful house.

Reese went on her first walk-a-thon for the Crohns and Colitis Foundation. She got a rattle and quickly figured out how to shake it. See video : )

She is picking up toys and anything she can get her hands on. She is also switching toys from hand to another. She shakes everything to see if it makes noise like her rattle :)

She is holding her bottle and feeding herself at times and can sometimes get her paci in her mouth. (we are still working on getting the paci turned the right way.)

She is starting to sit up really well on her own.

What Reese is doing now:

She loves to sit up.

She is also loves to play with all of her toys.

She loves watching PBS in the morning. Some of her favorite shows are: Sid the Science Kid, Curious George, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Super Why and Baby Noah.

She is talking A LOT and giggles when we give her kisses and when she is dancing with daddy!

We think it wont be long before she starts crawling because she is constantly trying to get up on all fours and move around. The other day she was just moving around in circles. She has a lot more energy then her parents!

Mother's Day

The day I became a mom was the greatest day ever.....Jan 5th 2010. I can't imagine living my life without our precious Reese. She is the greatest gift and I thank the Lord every day for her!

We had a very special Mother's Day. My grandmother, "Memmy", Aunt Wanda, Uncle Gary, and parents came to visit for the weekend. My grandmother, Aunt and Uncle live in PA!!! They made a special trip by car to visit our sweet girl. for the very the first time. of course everyone fell in love with her and couldn't put her down. My Aunt and mom sang and danced with Reese and she just giggled non stop. Memmy got her a sweet pocket book that Reese will not put down. I think she is going to love to shop with her Mama!!

4 Months Old

Happy 4 months baby Reese!!

We had our 4 month check up with Dr Wilson on April 29th. Reese now weighs 14 pounds (75th percentile) and is 25 inches long (75th percentile). She is growing like a weed.

What we are doing now....

Reese started dayschool on May 3rd and absolutely loves it. She smiles at her teachers all the time. So far we have gotten a good report card everyday. The only concern the teachers had was that her diapers were a little snug : ) ha! So, now we are wearing a size 3 diaper... oops!

We started Rice Cereal this week. At first she didn't now what to think of it, but now she is liking it, kinda.

We also started putting her in her Jumperroo. Grandma bought this for Reese and it is a hit.

Speaking of Grandma.....Scott and I went to Hawaii for a week and Grandma and Grandpa took care of Reese. We can't thank them enough. They had lots of bonding and I don't know who had more fun, Reese or Grandma.

Her noises are changing and we hearing something new every day. We love to listen to her talk.

She is now turning on her stomach every time we put her on her activity mat and starting to move around like an inchworm. Grandma caught her off her mat and under the TV cabinet a couple of times.

We are eating are feet now and doing the Baby Yoga Pose all the time.

Reese has brought so much joy and love in our lives. We thank our gracious Lord for her every day.

3 Months Old - Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!

Reese is 3 months old today.

Thank you everyone for ALL the Easter goodies for Ms Reese!!!!!

Reese now weighs around 13 pounds (with clothes on) and is around 24.5 inches long. Our good friend Volree let us weigh Reese on her baby scale. Next Dr's appt is at 4 months.

What we did these week.....

• Our neighborhood had a Easter Extravaganza on Sat for all the children. Reese met the Easter bunny for the first time and build a bunny named Hippity Hoppity Floppy. We tried our hardest to get Reese to smile while sitting on the Easter Bunny. She didn't know what in the world was going on. Good news is that she did not screamed like the 3 year old that went after her.
• This week Mom went back to work, aghhhhhh.
• Aunt Heather came to visit and meet Reese for the first time.
• We went to Easter Service at the Church where Scott and I got married -- Riverchase Methodist. Reese was Awesome!! She just looked at all the people the entire time. All the gentlemen behind us argued who Reese was staring at.

What Reese likes these days....

• EAT! She is eating every 2 to 3 hours, almost 5 ounces.
• We lied on our last posting...... Reese is NOT sleeping 10 hours anymore. She is sleeping around 7 hours. We are going to bed around 9- 10ish and getting up for a feeding around 4 or 5. We love getting up to feed her though. She is so sweet in the night and it won't be forever that we can feed our precious baby girl.
• She plays for hours on her activity mat. She loves the crocodile her cousin Cristi bought her and the colored chains Nannie bought her.
• She loves sitting on daddy's lap at watching TV. She laughs and smiles more at the TV than anything else. She likes the Mentalist, The Office, and Dancing with the Stars. (video posted).
  

Firsts.....

• Laughing (we think)
• Picture with the Easter Bunny
• Church
• Birthday skating party with Scott's work friends (she loved the lights and music)
• Pulling mom's hair.
• Sitting in her Bumbo
• Playing on her tummy without crying