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!

9 months - Yum Yum Yum

Reese now has 6 teeth and is sleeping a little better, phew! She will eat anything within reach, chews really well and is actually pretty advanced for her age in the eating department, which has been nice. I don't have to worry about her gagging on chunks at all. She grabbed a full string cheese from her sister the other day and ate the whole thing in about 20 seconds. I cannot eat anything while holding her unless I share, otherwise she protests loudly.

She's not quite crawling yet except for backwards, but does everything else. She's definitely strong, pulls up on everything and does plank & down dog. She's opinionated & curious, loves to dump Rae's bins of toys all over the ground and roll in them and pull all her books off the shelf. Its messy but keeps her happy and busy. She started clapping the other day and waves excitedly every once in a while. Most of her noise are growls and shrieks but I do get mamama when she's upset and babababa a lot.

Naps are much better, she usually naps 2x's a day for 1.5 hrs a time. I do mess with them a lot so we can get out of the house otherwise we'd be stuck at home from 10am to 4pm. She'll usually get a 20 min powernap on the go if we skip her first nap of the day which makes her second nap fall at the same time as Rae's, which means I can nap too or have some time to myself YESSSS. So we do that at least a few times a week.

Showing the broccoli who's boss

Happy kiddo, getting more teeth. 

With Grandpa Doug & Uncle Josh in Cardiff

We've resorted to eating shirtless with a bib directly due to the
amount of laundry that is created with her eating 3x's a day. 

Double wide @ Costco,  Reese seems very excited ;) 

Wild Animal park day trip with some of the Stroller Strides moms. 

Driving big sis nuts by playing with all her toys 

Bath time is so much easier now that they can be in the tub together. Reeese LOVES baths, splashes the entire time.

8 months old - Movin' Movin'

Both girls are just getting over colds, so the last week has been rough sleep and patience wise. I'm very thankful I didn't really get sick...whew. But I guess the last 2 months have been harder sleep wise anyway. So sad that the 10 hours of straight sleep for Reese are gone, but its to be expected, I'm lucky I had a good sleeper for 6 months. She gets up usually 2 or 3 times a night right now. Partially because she's moving all over the place when she sleeps, and then when she wakes she needs to see mom. Hmmm naps, she seems to be moving towards one already, she'll take a nice long nap around noon, and then only a 20 min one early evening. If I could get both girls on one nap at the same time I.would.be.estatic!

She's definitely trying to crawl right now, but pretty much doing everything but. She scoots, rolls, drags her lower half around with her arms in a seated position, army crawls in a circular motion, head plants, and is starting to do the funky crawl that Rae did from a seated position with one leg tucked ha. Grabs at everything, and she appears to have a Greg Roth reach on her, always seems to get things I don't think she could possibly reach. And when I'm holding her on my hip, she leans in to get in my line of sight, stares right at me for at least 5 seconds and gives me a huge smile...just saying hi, cracks me up every time. I love it.

Her new sound is a happy growl, usually when she eats, and occasionally a hum, which Rae thinks is hillarious. They hum back and forth and laugh at each other.

2nd bottom tooth came in, 3rd bottom one is about to break through & possibly a top. Im crossing my fingers that she starts crawling and gets her teeth in that are close so she can start sleeping a bit better. Justin and I both seem to running on fumes right now. Need to get some energy back asap. Poor Rae has been fussier than normal lately, I'm pretty sure it's due to Justin & I being tired. But we have Thanksgiving, Christmas (Justin has BOTH off, we lucked out) and cooler weather on the horizon. I'm excited!

Happy Kiddo

Still chubby, but leaning out a lil...maybe

Crazy eyes, she's excited to be standing on her own

Squishy baby sisters are fun to lay on

Before Stroller Strides Halloween Carnival

Post trick or treating she did really well, didn't cry until we got in the car to go home

Starting to get more mobile

Loves to stick her tongue out, nearly impossible to check out her incoming teeth

Getting some use out of our winter beanie, it was a cool 85 out ;)

Such a sweetie, love her

32 weeks - Chatterbox

Reese seems to be coming out of a fussier period (fingers crossed). She has a lot to say these days.... screams of joy, growls of excitement and some new sounds ba, ma & da. She is also always moving, which makes plopping her down a bit harder. Nose dives seem to be fun for her, or its her attempt at getting on all fours to crawl either way there have been many face plants in the last week...most times it doesn't phase her. We have set up an enclosed baby play area with padded flooring so she is safe to move as she wishes without hurting herself. Raegan is starting to like to play with her, (YESSSSS) now that she has more to say and moves around a bit.

She likes to eat a lot more than Rae did at this age. She will pretty much put any food that I put in front of her in her tummy the best she possibly can. & She managed to drink some smoothie out of my straw the other day to my surprise, I thought she'd just chew on the straw...nope she managed to get a mouthful of smoothie with a big smile. I took it away from her after that, she was very very angry at me.

We had our 6 month well baby check last week (a month late), Reese was 22 lbs & 28inches. No surprise there :)

At Ortho play group with Ellie & Ella, not twins but born within days of each other.
Reese is 3 months older and 2x's as big ;)

Trying out her Halloween jammies, the bones glow in the dark apparently.
I was surprised when I put her down for a nap, she was glowing.

At the pumpkin patch with Dad

Pippi? Wendy?

In Rae's cat women ears. Playing dress up is big with Rae right now.

Ahhhh sleeep 

Playing together :) Rae is in her cat-women superhero costume, just cause

7 Months - Teeth!

The last month has been very hectic. We are finally back up in Riverside, though the house isn't quite finished yet. And we just got back from a trip up to Seattle to see family and friends, which was enjoyable but not relaxing, the girls kept us busy.

Reese has been teething pretty badly this last month, she has gone from sleeping 10 hours a night to waking from 2 to 4 times a night..sigh. Her bottom left tooth broke through a few days ago and the one next to it looks like it'll be making an appearance soon also. Then hopefully we'll get back to sleeping for longer stretches. She is also mom's #1 fan right now, so if you are not mom she probably wont let you hold her for more than a minute. I on the other hand hold her a large portion of the day, if I walk out of sight she screams & cries. This seems to be wearing on Raegan a bit who wants some mom attention too.

Reese is now "trying" to eat some solid food, she mostly plays with it and makes faces, but she seems to have fun. She's sitting really well and will stand with assistance for short periods of time. The has no real interest in getting on all fours or crawling yet (not complaining). If I place her on her tummy she just rolls to her back and then attempts to sit up with her neck ;) Her new favorite noise to make is an excited growl, plus the raspberries are still fun too.

Nope, not sleeping

Nom nom nom fingers 

Playtime in Cardiff

Cool enough to wear a hoodie, yay fall!

First time swinging, she really liked it...wouldn't look at me, to busy checking everything out 

Still a happy girl

Take down tackle hug & kiss from big sis 

Go Bananas! 

So peaceful when asleep 

Seattle!

Giggles 

Squeezed her into some jeggings, they probably helped her stand up straight 

Back in Riverside for Stroller Strides playgroup

26 weeks Extended Vacation

Things have been a bit disorganized these last few weeks. A pipe burst in our house so the girls and I have been and will be down in Encinitas while our house is being put back together. Justin is also working the next 14 days straight, so we won't get to see him for while unfortunately. Reese is still happy, though I think she misses her jumperoo. We are very fortunate to have a place to stay with family next door.

She's starting to stand with assistance for short periods of time, has to build up those muscles to support her 20+ lbs of chubby squishiness! Still no teeth, but she is starting to notice/protest when I'm not around. Lucky for her she's pretty much stuck with me for the next 2 weeks straight. 

I went jogging with both girls and the dog this morning (we walk uphill, stroller is about 100lbs with the girls). It'll be nice to actually jog more often with them once it cools down back home. 

My Squish 

LOVES Oso, always laughing and trying to grab him

I actually was not trying to match them, but Rae insisted on wearing her polka dot pants when she saw Reese in them, and then she wanted to get in the crib with her too. I think she misses being the baby. 

Wheeeeeee 

This is what Reese does during bath time for Rae. I put her in the tub with Rae for a few minutes (forgot her infant tub), but she kept sliding and floating away, she's very bouyant. 

Very serious about her first time in a high chair

Sunbathing at the Zoo

I haven't introduced solids yet, but she wanted this watermelon sooo bad.
She just licked and slobbered all over it, but it made her stop swinging at me
 & crying in protest when I was trying to eat it.