I dropped Reese and Grandma Ruth off at Mom's on Friday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. and after visiting for a bit I headed out. I was a little sad on the way over to Mom's, even though I was looking forward to getting some rest and sleeping on on Saturday morning. Reese was playing in her exersaucer when I kissed her bye and headed out the door. I knew just what to do when I got home...I grabbed a blanket and snuggled up on the couch for a nice nap. Matt joined me shortly afterwards and I think we got at least an hour and a half in before we decided to get up and head out for dinner and a movie.
We went to Grotto and enjoyed a nice glass of wine with snapper. After dinner we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie, but I called to check in on Reese before we got to the theater. She was doing great and was actually taking a late nap when I called. I also learned that she ate peas for the first time and loved them! Grandma Ruth was surprised Reese ate the green mush, much less actually liked it. I wasn't surprised she enjoyed the peas because she does not like bananas as they must be too tart. She probably liked the peas because they are the opposite. (I tasted them today...not bad.)
Mom bragged on Reese saying how good she was all evening and on Saturday. I am so glad to hear that because this means we can start letting her stay with her Grandparents more often! Like once a month!
We arrived to pick her up around 3:30 p.m. today (Saturday). We got to hear all about the fun they had and see the pictures and videos Mom took. Reese has really found her voice as you'll see in the video below (our first attempt at posting video on the WWW)!
Reese is looking up at Grandma Ruth while enjoying her bath in the kitchen sink.
Sprawled out getting ready to put on her pj's.
Reese is talking away in this video...it's funny to hear what Mom and Grandma say trying to get her to talk to them.
Testing out her new pink bed (this is the one our friend, Barry, let us have . . . . Barry if you ever want the bed back, just let us know).
Playing before bedtime.
Bouncing around on Saturday before we picked her up.
On our way home we made a last minute decision to eat a Pappasito's. We planned to feed Reese at the restaurant, but Reese clearly had other plans (as we feared she would). As soon as we walked in and headed towards our table her lip started to quiver and her eyes began to water. Uh oh! Here she goes! Screaming and crying like we've done something horrible to her (Matt says this was an example of her going Ape Sh---t).
I pick her up out of her carrier and hugged/shushed her all to no avail. The tears keep coming, so Matt grabs her bottle and hands it over. (Nope, not working.) I take her outside and she calms down, but as soon as we walk back in she starts up again. I'm thinking, "Ok, this clearly is not going to work!" I look around and see a few folks looking our way. I frantically start tossing her stuff in her bag and put Reese in her carrier. "Get the food to go and meet me in the car!" I say (or something like that). On my way out, some lady says something like "it'll get better soon". Of course, Reese calms down as soon as we get outside and to the car. I start her on the bottle again, and we chill until Matt arrives with our take out.
I was not surprised she acted this way. It's her new thing to not enjoy restaurants. She does perfectly fine at Target and Kroger (at least the last time we went). So who knows...it's another phase I guess. We are hoping this soon will pass! We really want to her to enjoy getting out of the house and seeing new things. I know one thing is for sure, she doesn't like strong smells so that could be part of the problem (Matt is getting scared that she won't like Mexican Food). Oh well, we'll keep trying, but next time we won't order until we are sure she wants to stay. :)
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