Kleenex

Reese discovered a new trick . . . pulling the Kleenex out of the box one by one. I caught her doing it twice today.

I first found her in Grandma's room watching the CMT Top 20 Countdown while playing with the tissues. Grandma said that Reese had done this once last week too. "I just stuff them back in when she is done", Grandma claimed.

This afternoon she found the box in our bedroom and took each tissue out of the box one at a time . I watched from her bedroom while I changing her crib sheet. Matt took a break from preparing dinner to snap a few pictures of Reese in the act.

When I was finished making her bed, I gathered up all of the tissues and stuffed them back in the box. She was not as interested in cleaning up the mess and threw a fit, arching her back and crying instead.

As for the rest of the weekend . . .

Matt and I worked on Friday morning and then met some of my Hitachi friends at BerryHill to watch the Tech game (well Matt watched the game and we chatted and played with Reese). Reese let Debbie hold her which made Debbie's day! Debbie and I took Reese outside and sat beside the water fountain. Reese wanted to play in the water, so we let her dip her fingers in a few times.

Saturday I went to my friend Shelley's baby shower at Sugarbaby's (our favorite cupcake place). She is due with baby girl Avery in March. See The Clark Blog on my blog list for baby bump and house construction pictures. :)

Sunday Matt, Reese and I went to 9:00 mass at our church, St. Vincent de Paul. We sat in the cry room, but it really was not necessary as Reese was an angel. The three of us were a little distracted by the other kids (duh; it's the cry room), so next week we will sit in the church until Reese gets noisy.

As for the sleep training (that is what the books/internet call it), we are making progress on getting Reese back in to her bed. We decided to take a different approach this time. Each of us will alter nights and the person who starts putting her down will work with her all night. Also, we check on her frequently (every 5 to 10 minutes), lay her back down, pat her on the back and talk to her to calm her. Usually after going in three times she goes to sleep. Matt started it on Friday night and it only took 28 minutes to get her down. She did wake up at 3:00 a.m. (when she is used to getting back into bed with us), but Matt was able to get her back to sleep by 3:20 a.m. She slept in her bed until 7:00 a.m. I put her down on Saturday night and it was also less than 30 minutes and she only woke up briefly at 4:00 a.m. Tonight she was down within 10 minutes. So I am happy to say that I think this is working and Reese is learning to enjoy sleeping in her bed. I have to give Matt the credit for starting the process when I wanted to resist change (and crying). You are a great Dad!