Reese: 5 Months Old

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Reese no longer has to be propped up all of the time

She is starting to be able to support herself.  She likes to sit on the floor and simply observe
(I use the term "sit" loosely - more like lean):

...or sit in her Bumbo and play with toys...

...until the toys fall on the ground, that is.  Then it's fun to search for the fallen toys...

She's now able to stand for a minute or two while holding onto something

And she has fun hanging in her jumper (she has yet to use the jumper for actual jumping)

Now that she is able to do more, we are starting to have fun doing things together as a family...

The kids can play with toys together:

(anyone need a doctor?!?)


Take baths together:

Get dry together:

(our little ladybug and frog)


The family can go on runs together:

And eat meals together at the table:

Of course, she's not eating solids yet - so right now, she's just enjoying gnawing on her highchair:

I will end with a few favorite photos taken of Reese this past month:

New House

New baby...new work schedules...new house...all at the same time?!?

I'm not sure what we were thinking.  But we all survived and are doing amazingly well.

(Now you know why I am so far behind in blog posts)

We actually had our eyes on the market for the past 2 years or so - knowing very well that we were going to quickly outgrow our townhouse with our growing family.  We really got serious about looking when we found out I was pregnant with Reese.  

October 2012 - Reese was born

November 2012- we found our dream home

December 2012 (2 weeks later) - we put our house on the market

New Year's Eve - we accepted an offer on our house

February 28, 2013 - we closed on both houses

It all happened so quickly!  Not without many bumps along the way, mind you - but we won't dwell on those.

We found our dream house and put an offer on it right away (contingent upon us selling our townhouse).  We therefore had to put our townhouse on the market ASAP - which we did in 2 weeks!

To get everything done so quickly, we needed all the help we could get:

Daddy's toolbox and Colden's toolbox

Colden was such a big helper.  Here is Colden helping daddy take apart Reese's crib that was in our room.  At only 6 weeks old, we had to move Reese into her own room so that we could de-clutter our room.

Of course, we weren't sure how Colden was going to react to having his world turned upside-down.  I thought it would be therapeutic for him to help pack up his own room:

(Colden's packing job)

(Colden's taping job)

While it was a very stressful time for Mike and me, we tried to keep the process as fun as possible for Colden:

It was amazing to see all of our belongings shoved into a 26-foot van:

We had the movers load up the truck the day before we moved out...leaving us with nothing in the house.  What a great excuse for a picnic dinner on our dining room floor:

And for a family slumber party (in Colden's room):

(Left to right:  Reese, Colden, my spot, Mike and Nanny)

We had to be out of the house by 8:30am on February 28th - so (luckily?) we didn't have much time in the morning.  We had to drop the kids off at daycare and clean out the last few remaining items.  Colden and I said a quick goodbye to the house...

And that was it.  A quick farewell to the house that saw Mike and I get married...add Frankie (our cat) to our family...and have 2 kids.  Six wonderful years.

We moved to an awesome single-family house that is only 2 miles down the road from our townhouse

Colden is so excited to be in our new house - he loves giving tours to everyone who comes over.  He  even picked out the bedroom he wanted (which luckily wasn't the master bedroom) :-)

We have all settled in nicely.  Most of our neighbors have come over to introduce themselves and there are always kids playing outside.  I think we are going to fit in nicely here!  

OK - now start unpacking!!  :-)

4 Months Old

Happy 4-month birthday 

(3 weeks late)

4-month checkup at the doctor's office:

Weight:  13 pounds, 1 ounce
Length:  24.25 inches

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Reese is a pretty good sleeper:

(Her favorite position to sleep in is with her head tilted back.  That's how we can tell that she's fast asleep!)

Reese is such a good snuggler, it's hard to resist falling asleep with her:

Reese loves to laugh, and she just lights up every time she sees Colden!

(Click here for "Reese Laughing" video)



Happy belated Valentine's Day from our smiley little girl

She has such beautiful blue eyes!