1 YEAR OLD! Happy Birthday Reese :)

I honestly don't remember if we've slept a lot this month. But the girls have been pretty happy. Reese is very animated and vocal right now. She will immediately voice her displeasure if you take away or don't give her an item. And I know all moms say their kids are loud, but many people in the grocery store have confirmed that she has a set of lungs. We have been given several free balloons in hopes of keeping her quiet.

Reese figures out how things work pretty quickly; loves to put things in containers (cleaning up toys  throwing laundry into the basket etc), and loves to push butttons. I have to hide the remote, my phone and the IPAD or she will scream until I let her see it. I put music on the TV often in the morning, she will stare at it for a second realize that it is indeed NOT cartoons then let me know she is not pleased, ha!

She's pretty quick about getting up the stairs when I let her, and can get off the couch by herself or down stair or two. She will be walking very soon, cruises on everything and walks around with the shopping cart. Raegan and her are starting to play more together which is really fun. Reese will laugh at pretty much anything Rae does, which Rae eats up.

Reese didn't get her own party this year, other than the small family party since Rae has a big party with all of their friends from stroller strides and mom group. I'll have to figure out how to get 2 parties for them in the next year or two. Lots of work just a week apart...maybe we'll do Disneyland next year :)

Loves playing in big sisters room

This is what happens if you turn your head for 10 seconds

Still loves eating dirt...

Checking out Oso's teeth and poking him in the eye

She's starting to walk around with the shopping cart, walking is just around the corner

She thinks she's bigger than Oso 

@ Big sisters birthday party

First taste of cake & frosting. Loved the fire, hence Dads arm right there

Pretty sure she likes it 

Happy Kiddo

Testing out the new dome climber

Her favorite chair, loves to sit and rock in it

Cheeky

Has already figure out how to "draw"

11 months - the great outdoors

Everyone in the house is just getting over a nasty flu...it has been a loooong week. Other than that things are moving along well. Reese is as active and opinionated as ever. She LOVES being outside, the only problem with that is there is so much in the back yard that she tries to eat (rocks, dirt, sticks, random red berries, dog toys, leaves) that I have to constantly move stuff out of her path or retrieve them from her mouth. She is cruising along the furniture well now, she is pretty stable and sure footed which is nice, though she still likes to roll and lead with her head off of things.

Lately she wants nothing to do with baby food (puffs/fruit & veg packets) she wants the real deal only. Which is nice, but less convenient on the go.

I have her down to 1 nap (pushed it a bit early) but she was taking to really short naps, so 1 2 hour nap that overlaps with Rae's makes life a bit easier for everyone and we get out more, which we all like.

Making a break for the back yard, the door no longer get left open for Oso for this very reason.

Pretending it's cold here ;) 

Reese trying to play with Oso. He's a little over it, but usually really tolerant to being smacked in the face,
 and shrieked at. Though he does not share his toys, just like big sis. 

Eey everyone loves blackberries in January! Bonus of living in SoCal.

Rae "trying" to carry Reese whom is over 25lbs.

Ah stairs, she loves them, I usually block them off.

Loves looking at all the trees in the backyard 

And those weird ball things that fall of the trees...a few have been ingested

Hanging with G'ma Lulu 

Still so squishy, so fun to hug and cuddle!

Very interested in Oso's teeth and nose.. 

Busted. This is what happens, every single time we go outside.
 I just stick her in her stained footies everyday and let her go for it, she has a ball.

Stole Raegan's kefir packet...waaay better than the baby packets.

Oso has a partner in crime, they both like to dig in the mud 

She gets super excited when she plays with this, makes the ball drop, music goes off, she claps...does it over and over. Very cute

Raegan's favorite new things is to tackle hug Reese, this is one of the gentler ones. 

Not as gentle...

At a superbowl party right before leaving...she was ready to go.

42 weeks - Miss personality/Into everything

Lots of new developments in the last few weeks!

Reese has been crawling since mid December. She's now quite speedy when she wants to check something out. She also pulls up to a stand on almost everything and is starting to cruise a little bit on her baby jail bars, plus she has figured out how to sit from a stand (must be easy with all the padding to plop back down)... so I don't have to help her get down once she pulls up. Along with crawling I have noticed her eating waaay more stuff off the floor, which means I need to clean the house more often. Add insult to injury... Oso is starting to blow his coat and the house will be covered with malamute hair for the next month or so, and I am sure Reese will gladly eat it given the opportunity.

2 more teeth came in mid December also, which brings us to 8. And she seems like the molar are starting to bug her too, so those might appear in the near future.

Reese is pretty outgoing & social now, the separation anxiety is wearing off. She now claps when she is happy, which is usually when she is eating or gets to eat. For example whenever she finds a tasty morsel of something or other on the floor she picks it up, eats it, then smiles & claps. The other morning when I came in her room to get her up for the day and feed her, I was greeted by her sitting up in her bed smiling, she started clapping when she saw me. Happy clapping baby, works for me! She will also wave on occasion, but we are still working on it. DADADADADA is her new go to "word" amongst other chatty noises, she has a lot to say recently. Her opinionatedness (if thats a word) is as strong as ever. If she wants something (your food/your drink/Rae's toys/Your phone) she will scream as if someone smacked her. Quite effective, well played little sister.

Baths are now like going to a splash park, everyone gets wet. Rae & Reese LOVE splashing each other, unlike her big sister Reese doesn't seem to mind getting her head/face wet. She has slid under water a few times, only to pop back up smiling and keeps splashing.

Both girls had a great time opening up gifts on Christmas, so happy that Justin was off to spend it with us.

Lil Ripper

NomNomNom Cinderella 

Toys Toys Toys Everywhere

Lets do this again tomorrow

Pretty sure she snatched the camera out of my hand after this photo,
its getting harder and harder to take pics of her when she is near me.

Eating grass at the park, 75 in December. Look more hair is coming in too

My happy crawling shadow 

Check out those guns!