7 Months

I can't believe Sweet Baby Reese is 7 months old.

I am not sure how much she weighs now, but we are guessing over 18 pounds. Scott and I measured her height and it was around 26 inches. She is growing like a weed. She has sweet little cheeks now and thighs like her mama : )

What we did this week:
Daddy went to Fl to buy a car!!! An Acadia, so traveling will be much more enjoyable for all of us!
Mama was out of town for most of the week, working in Atlanta. We did manage to play hookie on Friday and played all day!!
We had Aunt Heather's Baby Shower for Fiona and Aunt Melissa came down from Ohio and stayed with us for the weekend! It was a Kappa Reunioun. Reese got to meet Dana, Melissa, Lynette, Lee Kate and Mandy for the first time! I wonder if Reese will be a Kappa.......
Her favorite Uncle B also came to visit!!!

What we are doing now:
Reese loves to crawl and get into everything! She pulls on every cord she can find.
She is also standing now. She pulls herself up on all the tables, people, couches, jumperoos that she can reach.
She bumps her head alot : ( It is hard to catch her sometimes. She is quick!
She is eating three times a day and taking 5 bottles (5 to 6oz).
She loves food and is trying to drink out of a cup. Have not found any fruit she doesn't like. She eats all vegetables as long as they are mixed together. She will not eat peas by themselves. Can you tell her mama is a nutritionist???
Reese is liking her swing again. We will sometimes put her in it for her nap. She likes to watch Baby Noah in it.
I think she can say "HEY" but not exactly sure. I am also not sure is she is waving or just facinated with her hand in the air.
Reese is doing really well in school, they just can't keep up with her moving so much. She will probably move up sooner than excepted.
She still loves to watch herself on video and just laughs and smiles the entire time. It is great to watch. Pure entertainment for her parents!
She is smiling and babbling all the time.
She is sleeping great as well. She goes to bed around 9 and gets up around 630. She is also taking 2 long naps and one short nap daily. I am jealous of her naps!!! I love to nap with her on the weekends and when we play hookie!!

I think it is pretty obvious that we cannot get enough of this precious baby girl. She is an absolute joy and has brought so much love to our lives!!! God is Great and Life is Good!!!!

lost baby

So, today Scott went to pick up Reese from Day School and her teachers said they lost her for a minute........
She crawled away from the play mat and went behind the kitchen area which is way across the room.
She is going to be moving to the next class real soon! They normally move children up at around 8 months + but Reese will probably be going at 7 months : )
She is a mover and a shaker : )

I am crawling!

On Wed, July 21st, Reese stayed home from school because of a fever from the night before. You would never know the sweet baby was sick because she had so much fun playing all day. Well, Scott and I were working on our computers while Reese was on the floor with ALL her toys and out of no where the little princess started crawling!!!!!!!!!!! We are in trouble. I am still in shock that she is crawling at less then 7 months. Time to baby proof the house : )

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!