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Pumpkin Patch

With Daddy off hunting for the weekend, Mommy and Mimi packed up the kids and headed to a pumpkin patch. It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time. Warning: Picture overload!

Four Months!

Another month has flown by once again and Reese continues to bring us so much happiness. This month was great getting to spend time with grandparents, aunts, uncles and even had a few more "firsts" for the baby book. Here are the updates:

Weight: 12 lbs 13 oz (33%)
Height: 23/5 in (22%)
Head: (40%)
Diapers: Size 1..about to move to the 1-2s
Clothes: Can still wear some 0-3 months but are gradually moving to 3-6 month

Eating: taking 5 bottles a day, split between breastmilk and formula, plus nursing in the morning and at night

Sleeping: You LOVE to sleep, but the only problem is you crash WAY TOO early, we are working on this...you fall asleep around 6:45-7ish then wake up around 2 am, then usually sleep for another 2-3 hrs. You take small "cat naps" at the babysitters as she says, you are afraid you will miss something (sounds like your brother) but despite your few naps you are rarely cranky and will smile at just about anyone.

Play: Really enjoy "tummy time" an will push up on your arms and look around. Like looking at books and enjoy having Ashton read to you. You enjoy your BUMBO seat so you can sit up and take everything in. You are also starting to put anything and everything in your mouth which is new to Mommy and Daddy since Ashton didn't really go through this phase. Of course you still have no interest in a pacifier, oh well!

New "Firsts": You have started to move! You will roll over from your stomach to your back and then will get back onto your side from your back but haven't quite figured out how to get back over to your stomach...I am sure you will figure it out soon. Unfortunately another first was your first fever. This came on your four month birthday (and you still have a slight one) but I am hopeful it is just a reaction to the shots you had to get. Once again it was three shots an one oral medication. You were laughing at the nurse when she was giving you the oral medicine but then quickly began screaming when the shots came out. You were a total rock star though and got back to your happy self within a minute of being in Mommy's arms. A final first for this month is your laughter! You have really started to find your voice and have started to laugh out loud quite a bit. It is enough to melt my heart as soon as you start laughing as well as when you are "talking." Every morning now you wake up your daddy with your lovely set of lungs...not at all screaming, just talking, and talking LOUD. Casey claims you get that from me, I can't really argue though.

Reese, you continue to be a ray of sunshine in all of our lives and we feel so blessed each and everyday we spend with you and Ashton. We love you and look forward to our next month and all the special moments to come!

Happy Anniversary

On Saturday Casey and I celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been married for six years already...time really oes fly when you are having fun. We have experienced a lot together over the years but by far the best experience we have had is parenting! There is no one else I would rather go through all of the ups and downs and share in the many moments of laughter, tears, and countless smiles than with Casey. I love you and can't wait for all of the years to come!

My Little Pumpkin

One, Two, Three Months Old

Why is it that as kids we can't wait to grow up and then we do and the reverse happens, we want time to stand still....especially when you have kids. I remember when Ashton was born I would constantly think, oh I love this age, just stay this size; and of course he would grow and time would pass and I would have the same thought again and again. Well nothing changes once their is a second baby except for me thinking that I need to cherish this time even more because God only knows if this second baby will be my last or not. With all of that being said all I can say is these last three months have been pure bliss!

Here are the latest updates/milestones:

-Reese, you smile ALL the time...you really are starting to recognize people when you see them and your face just lights up and you break out with a HUGE grin and those adorable dimples that I love form on your cute face. You do smile at strangers too but I can tell you recognize your brother, daddy and mommy and grandparents/aunts/uncles too!

-Size....no official weigh in but I can tell you have probably put a few pounds on since you are really filling out your 0-3 month outfits and can probably fit in a few 3-6 ones now...you are still in size 1 diapers

-Babysitter! Sadly Mommy went back to work on Sept 8 which means you started going to Ms. Aracelis' house with Ashton. This transition apparently has been much harder on me than on you because you have gotten nothing but rave reviews everyday

-Schedule: Since you have started going to the babysitter we really have a good schedule in place

wake up around 4 am to nurse with mommy, stays awake until car ride to sitters at 6 am, short nap, bottle at 7, morning nap, bottle at 9:30-10, plays (looks around at mobile, brother talks to her, tummy time), bottle 12, afternoon nap,bottle 3, mommy picks up at 4:30, nurses at 5:30, bath,nurse at 7:30,Bedtime 8....good nights you will go until 4 but you have been waking up around 1 or 2 a few nights lately

This has been working really well for the past three weeks and has made the transition easier.

-New Moves: Besides becoming a pro at blowing spit bubbles, you are enjoying sitting up on the couch, on the bed and in your bumbo seat. You have gotten so much stronger and don't "bobble" nearly as much

People always ask me how Ashton and Reese are and I can really say I have never been happier. I am so thankful that God has entrusted these two special souls to Casey and I. Ashton provides constant comic relief and really has a heart of gold and Reese is a ray of sunshine. I say this all the time, but Reese really is such a happy baby. As Ms. Aracelis told me, "she only cries when she is hungry or wants her diaper changed. She smiles all the time." As I said before I would love to stop time and keep both of them this size/age forever, but since I know that can't happen I will just keep enjoying each moment as they come!

WHO DAT!