On or Off?

Reese has decided off, with her socks that is! Last week, she discovered the little game all babies discover, taking off their socks. It is much more fun to play with her toes than to keep her feet warm, according to her. I think pretty much every mom has at one point struggled trying to keep socks on their child's feet, and that struggle has begun for me :) She will pull her feet up to her mouth, grab on to her socks, and then kick her legs down, pulling off her socks in the meantime. She gets this huge grin on her face, and looks at me like "Look what I just did" and giggles. It is actually pretty cute, for now :)

We have been skyping with Kyle the past couple of days, as he is in Toyko, Japan for work. Reese does not quite get the concept of looking at him on the computer screen, but she looks all around when she hears him talk, trying to figure out just where he is. He is planning on returning to Madison tomorrow, if the snow holds off. Let's hope so!

Reese has begun to battle another cold. It seems as if they come one after another. All those germs at daycare will do that. We just finished her medicine for her ear infection on Friday morning, and by Saturday morning, she woke up congested with a runny nose. I am ready for Spring so she can be healthy for once!

We had a good weekend down at my parents. We caught up on some R&R and had fun playing with Nana and Poppa. In two weeks, when Kyle is in Nicaragua, we are heading up North to visit my sister, brother in law, and the kids. Should be a fun filled weekend! We have Reese's 6 mo appt (with shots) this Tuesday. I'm interested to see how long she is. She seems to be growing like a weed!!!

6 mo

Here are some pics from the Dells...

Reading with cousin, Mekenna (4)

Reese is 6 months old today! I'm sure her dad sang her Happy Birthday this morning :)

We are so blessed to have such a great baby who has been with us the past 6 months. It has flown by and she has changed SO much since the day she was born. Recently, she has begun eating "solid" foods. She is not so fond of peas...as she spits them back out and makes a face od disgust :) But, she has become accustomed to pears and enjoys them now. We have yet to try the carrots and squash, they are next on the list once the pears are gone.

Dells

We went to the Wisconsin Dells this weekend with Kyle's family. We were joined by his parents, brother, sister-in-law, and nieces (ages 6 & 4). We headed up to the Wilderness Resort on Friday after work, got some dinner, and headed down to the pool before it was Reese's bed time. Daddy was so excited to get her in the water he just could not wait until Saturday morning :). Much to our surprise, she loved it! Well, I guess you could say that. I'm not sure if she realized she was in water due to all the action she was observing around her. I don't think she looked at Kyle or I once while we had her in the water. She was watching everything going on around her and was in awe. She sat completely still on the side of the pool, eyes wide, and mouth open taking in the sights around her!
Saturday we headed back to the water park, and again, Reese was indifferent. She didn't mind being in the water, and was happy out of it as well. She people watched and was quite content. With sensory overload, she took a 2 1/2 hour nap on Saturday, which is unheard of for her. Usually her naps are between 1 -1 1/2 hours. I think fun was had by all. Everyone was wiped out today, but not enough to skip the outlet mall on the way home :) We had a great weekend, but are a little disappointed at this point as the Bears are down 14-0 at halftime to the Packers...c'mon BEARS!!! I'll post pics from this weekend later in the week.

Spring

Yep, I said it...Spring. I am ready for spring to arrive. I am done with snow, short/dark days, winter colds, bundling Reese up to go out, and being stuck inside. Winter can leave anytime :) Reese got a pretty bad cold this past week, a runny nose and raspy cough. Yesterday at daycare, she did not nap more than 20 minutes the whole day. On the way home, she was hacking and coughing so much, I decided to call Urgent Care to try to get her in. Sure enough, she had an ear infection (probably why she was not sleeping yesterday). We are giving her amoxicillin (or trying at least.) She spits and fusses and drools after we put it in her mouth. Hopefully she is getting enough to help her get better. I think our house has been trading colds back and forth for the last month or so, another reason I am ready for spring.

My mom is coming up to watch Reese today so Kyle and I can go to the Illinois v. Wisconsin bball game at the Kohl Center. Should be a good game...GO ILLINI! :) Next weekend we head upto the Dells with Kyle's family for a weekend of fun at the Wilderness/waterpark. Hopefully Reese is feeling better...not sure how good water goes with an ear infection :(

Re-Cap

Here is a little re-cap of Reese and the things she is now doing:

Sleeping in her crib! (YAY!!!)
Waking only once during the night to eat
Rolling from her back to stomach
Just started rolling from her stomach to her back
Grabbing everything she can get her hands on
Wanting to sit up instead of lie down
Drooling (ALOT!) :)
Chewing on every toy
Laughing out loud
Standing up when you hold onto her hands
Eating rice cereal for lunch and dinner
Beginning to recognize strangers and seeking out Mommy and Daddy
Loves to look at herself in the mirror and "talk" to that silly person


This past week went by fairly quick. Reese is enjoying 4 new babies in her "class" at daycare. There are now 8 babies and two teachers. Thank goodness she is such a good baby and does not require a lot of attention. She really only fusses when she is hungry or tired, so she does fairly well playing on her own throughout the day. I spend my hour lunch break in there with her if she is not sleeping, and she loves to watch the other babies play as well.

I am going to be starting her on "real food" within the next couple of weeks. I'm pretty sure we are going to start with the green beans I pureed last summer and stuck in the freezer. I wonder what she will think of them!

We have a couple busy weeks coming up. We are going upto the Dells with Kyle's family for two days of water fun. I can't wait to see what Reese thinks of it! Also, Kyle heads to Japan for a few days for work, and then turns around and goes to Nicaragua for 5 days for one of his friend's weddings. Initially I wanted to go along, but that is too long for both of us to be away from Reese. So Reese and I will be going up to visit my sister over the weekend when he is gone. I get to have my turn with a girl's trip in April with 4 of my close friends from college :)