Before I elaborate on our weekend, here are a few pictures of Reese last week.
Her onesie says "I don't have to be good...I'm cute". Lucky for us, she is a good girl and the cutest baby! :)
My friend Della suggested I take a picture of Reese on the same day of every month laying on a solid fabric with a doll beside her to chart her growth. Here is the first picture taken on March 14th, 7 weeks old.
On Friday, Mom and Grandma Ruth watched Reese while Matt and I met with our architect. Mom got Reese to fall asleep in the bouncer; another first. Since then Reese likes to sit in her bouncer and look around. The new house plans are coming along great, but it'll still be a while before we build.
Aunt Jamie, Ashley and Lexi arrived Friday night. They were so excited to finally meet Reese. Reese enjoyed meeting them too!
Here is Reese with her Aunt Ashley and cousin Lexi.
Lexi loved holding Reese and helping with everything from diapering to dressing her. On Saturday morning, Reese woke up around 5:15 a.m., ate and went back to bed. Lexi heard her making noise around 8:00 a.m. and ran in her room to see if Reese was awake. Reese slept until almost 9:00, and Lexi could not wait for her to get up. Lexi kept going in her room and peeking into her crib hoping she was up. (Reese is now too long for the I Love NY jammie; I didn't realize it until I had it on her).Aren't they cute?
We had so much fun dressing Reese in this outfit. It was the first time she wore shoes and a head band. The bow only lasted long enough for the pictures. 
After getting Reese all dressed up we went to Mom's to pick her and Aunt Jamie up. We went to Escalante's for lunch. Reese always gets hungry when the rest of us are eating, but before she had her bottle I had to change her because she had major poop! It got all over the cute outfit, but we had another one!
We quickly realized it took what Mom called "a village" to change Reese in public. (This was only our second time to change her in public) Here's how it goes: I lay out the changing pad and hang on to Reese while undressing her, Mom gets her diaper, wipes and new outfit, Lexi hands me the wipes and throws the dirty diaper away and Ashley pulls and puts things in and out of Reese's bag. Then we all wash our hands and try to get out of the restroom without touching the door handle. Whew, that was a task!
When we got back to the table, Grandma fed her so I could finish my meal.
Reese is already expressing her college preferences. She was giving us her best Texas Tech "guns up" on this hand and her UT "hook 'em horns "on the other.
After lunch we headed to the Galleria to shop for Lexi at The Limited Too. On the way, we heard Reese pooping again! Aunt Jamie gave us a new word for this, saying that Reese had "sharted" (coining the word from sh*& and fart...hehe). Mason had originally said the word; it's from some movie. We cracked up laughing the whole way to the Galleria as we went on and on about Reese's "sharts".
Over the weekend we had a lot of laughs about Reese's poop and blow outs. Matt and I had been singing, "Who let the poop out...poo, poo, poo, poo poo!" when we change her dirty diapers. Then Lexi changed it to, "Who let the poop out...Reese, Reese, Reese, Reese Reese!" And when singing it you've gotta put a real emphasis on the poo or Reese just like the song, "Who let the dogs out". It's amazing what silly things we come up with to entertain Reese and ourselves. It's fun!
After a diaper change at BabyGap (this time it only took Me, Mom and Lexi to change her; maybe one day I'll be able to do it on my own!) we picked out some cute outfits for Lexi at The Limited Too. Then we headed to our favorite cupcake boutique, Sugarbaby's.
Later that evening, we had dinner at Mom and Sam's.Here is Reese with her Aunt Ashley.
On Sunday, everyone let me sleep in after I fed Reese at 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. Reese ended up sleeping until almost Noon afterwards. I was so tired! I could hardly keep my eyes open when I nursed her at 8:00. I think the shopping and running around on Saturday wore me out.
After watching the movie, "She's the Man", we dressed Reese up again before heading to Mom's.
Look at her cute shoes! These didn't last long either, but they are so sweet.
Before they headed back to Abilene, we took a few more pictures.
4 generations: Grandma Ruth, Mom, Me and Reese.
Lexi, Me, Reese and Reese's Great Aunt Jamie. 
It was so hard to see Grandma Ruth leave after she had been here so long. I knew it would be sad, and we couldn't hold back our tears when it was time to say goodbye. We hope she'll come back more often and we'd like to make a trip to Abilene soon.
When Matt and I got ready to eat dinner, we both noticed it was weird not to have Grandma there. We really enjoyed her company and all of her help.
Later that night, Matt read a book called, "Daddy Hugs" to Reese before bedtime. She is in awe of him.
Today is St. Patrick's Day and Reese is 8 weeks old. Throughout the day, she sat in her bouncer in the kitchen and watched me wash dishes, eat lunch and prepare dinner. She looks around at everything. So far this is a great way to entertain her in between her feeding and her nap time.
Speaking of nap time, Reese now puts herself to sleep when I lay her down. I am so proud of her, and it turns out she doesn't want to be held all of the time (as much as we may want to hold her). She's tired and wants to sleep in her bed.
On Sunday, everyone let me sleep in after I fed Reese at 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. Reese ended up sleeping until almost Noon afterwards. I was so tired! I could hardly keep my eyes open when I nursed her at 8:00. I think the shopping and running around on Saturday wore me out.After watching the movie, "She's the Man", we dressed Reese up again before heading to Mom's.
Look at her cute shoes! These didn't last long either, but they are so sweet.
Before they headed back to Abilene, we took a few more pictures. 4 generations: Grandma Ruth, Mom, Me and Reese.
Lexi, Me, Reese and Reese's Great Aunt Jamie.
It was so hard to see Grandma Ruth leave after she had been here so long. I knew it would be sad, and we couldn't hold back our tears when it was time to say goodbye. We hope she'll come back more often and we'd like to make a trip to Abilene soon.When Matt and I got ready to eat dinner, we both noticed it was weird not to have Grandma there. We really enjoyed her company and all of her help.
Later that night, Matt read a book called, "Daddy Hugs" to Reese before bedtime. She is in awe of him.
Today is St. Patrick's Day and Reese is 8 weeks old. Throughout the day, she sat in her bouncer in the kitchen and watched me wash dishes, eat lunch and prepare dinner. She looks around at everything. So far this is a great way to entertain her in between her feeding and her nap time.
Speaking of nap time, Reese now puts herself to sleep when I lay her down. I am so proud of her, and it turns out she doesn't want to be held all of the time (as much as we may want to hold her). She's tired and wants to sleep in her bed.
1 comment:
So cute!!! I love the little yellow outfit with the sweater - it makes her look grown up! She is so pretty - I can't wait to see her again...one of these days!
Wendy
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