reese @ 10 and 11 months

As par for the course I'm behind on monthly updates. The last two months with Reese have flown though. I can't believe we're creeping up on her first birthday. I may be an emotional mess soon!

10 months:

We finally started getting out more, and the library is one of the kids' favorite places to go. Reese's favorite activity is pulling all the books off the shelf into a big pile.

By this month she had decided she was done with baby food if someone else was going to feed her. I discovered that if I put the food on her tray and let her think it's her idea to eat she would do better. However, she quickly got to playing in it.

Her new favorite spot to play!

And she's such a big helper with the dishwasher!

We got out the swing and Reese loved it! She quickly discovered how much she enjoys the outdoors and wants to be swinging or sitting outside most of the time.

Since it was still cold on the days she couldn't go outside she would sit here at the backdoor and watch for Mops.

Quickly becoming a dog lover!

And she had her first tornado this month, and taking shelter in the basement at church.

11 months:

By this month she had her second tooth on the bottom. She loves pushing cars around on the floor (really anything), and making noises while she does it. Can you tell she hangs out with her big brother a lot of the time? She's also started pulling up to her knees

For this month's monthly pic, we've had a more difficult time getting it done. Between busy schedules, and the rainy days providing little light I had a hard time getting it done on time. Here's the first round, and Reese really wasn't in the mood either.

And here's the second round, already see big differences!:

She went to her first Daddy Daughter Date Night at Mayfair!

She enjoyed eating outside for Elle's birthday.

A big milestone this month was her first Easter! She went on the first egg hunts for our neighborhood hunt, and at my cousin Jeff's house.

Sunday morning she checked out her loot from the Easter bunny, and had her first egg hunt at Mayfair!

Reese also got to spend time with more of her buddies that are close to her age.

She's also continuing to go to work with  me and enjoys crawling around everywhere and getting into everything! I'm pretty sure she thinks this is the church's dog.

Love you baby girl!

elle is 6

When I was pregnant with Elle I signed up for the babycenter website emails to keep up with how she was developing before birth and have continued to receive the emails. In her 6 year email they included this description from A.A. Milne's Now We Are Six. It says that six year olds are fanciful, adventuresome, silly, comforted by familiar things, and boldly curious about the new. To me it describes Elle perfectly.

Elle has had a big year--new house, new sister, new school, but she's handled it all like a champ. As much as they are all new for her, she's also been leading us through lots of learning experiences too as she has the unique position as our first. She amazes me everyday! It's hard to believe that she's 6, and it feels like time is flying by. She has always been a good reader, but now she's really reading, and loves to write. She says her favorite thing to do at school is science. She's becoming a great signer too, as her teacher has been teaching her class sign language. Elle's even got her own library card now! She's so big!

She still loves to play with Todd, and is good at entertaining Reese. She is thoughtful about things they like, is sweet when they're upset (most of the time). Elle has made several new friends at school, but still loves her time with her cousins and friends from church. She says the funniest things all the time. She got a check for her birthday and was happy because she "finally got a paycheck!" Elle was bragging one day because she picked up and held a worm for the first time. She loves to wait until bedtime to start talking your ear off. I hope she always wants to share with us so much.

We love our sweet pooh bear and pray over her daily! 

reese @ 9 months

Reesey Piecey Peanut Butter Cup is 9 months old! She's moving all over the place now! She loves getting under chairs and moving them around. Her biggest accomplishment this month is starting to crawl, but she also took her first plane ride, started working on her two bottom front teeth, self feeding, and I think she even waved and said bye-bye once, but it hasn't happened since. Her favorite foods are cheerios, bananas, and veggie straws. Reese also can use a cup or drink from a straw pretty well. Her new thing is to take a drink and then go "ah!" I don't know where she got that, but it's pretty funny! She loves playing with Elle and Todd, but they are now having to learn that Reese can move fast and be in the middle of something they're doing quickly. Reese is getting better in the car so we've started venturing out more when it's just the two littles. Our current Monday schedule includes an exercise class and playtime at MRCC and then the library for new books or a music class. Her cousin Clayton is so sweet to Reese when they are together and I can't wait to see what those two get into together! They already have a special bond being third babies born on the 18th so I'm praying they continue to be close for a long time. Reese still loves her baths and you can't even walk by the bathroom without her flipping out and wanting to go in to get in her bathtub. And she's suddenly shot out of her 9 month clothes and is wearing 12 month duds! Her photo session this month pretty much sums Reese up right now, on the move or wanting to chomp on something!

Eating at the delicious Tupelo Honey Cafe in Chattanooga!

She still loves the phone and even managed to take her first selfie!