Halloween Weekend

So it's been a month and a half since the last post...I told you I wasn't very good at this. Reese is growing like crazy and is now 2 months old (10 weeks today). I still don't feel like it has been that long since I had her.

She went to see Dr. Ladd, her pediatrician, on Friday 10/30/09 for her 2 month check up and to get her first round of vaccinations. It was a great visit, but a little difficult for me to see her hurt so much when she got her shots. She had to get 3 in one leg and 2 in her other leg, then 1 was an oral vaccination. Her face turned bright red and that bottom lip started to fold down...I couldn't stand it! I just wanted to take the pain from her. The nurse was great though because she acknowledged that it was tough on both of us. She let me hold her immediately afterwards and let us stay in the room as long as we needed to. Surprisingly, Reese was smiling and cooing before we left the office. What a trooper! She is now in the 75th percentile for length and weight! She is 23 inches long and weighs 11 lbs. 11.5 oz.

She is smiling a lot now and making such precious noises. She is a great sleeper too! Around 6 weeks she started sleeping through the night and is now sleeping about 7-8 hours at night. She's a nap fighter, however. I guess she doesn't want to miss anything during the day.

This past weekend, her Nana (my mom), G-Pops (my dad), Uncle Mark, and Aunt Jamie came to visit. It was such a great time. Mark and Jamie haven't seen her in person since she was 5 days old and they couldn't believe how much she had grown! We had a great Halloween with them. On Saturday, the Titans had a family Halloween parade and trick-or-treating at the facility, so we took Reese in her pumpkin costume! She was, by far, the most precious pumpkin you've ever seen! Her Uncle Mark was snapping photos left and right. I will post some as soon as he sends them to me. That evening, we took Reese outside to take more Pumpkin pictures and carved her first pumpkin to set outside! She got to put her hands inside the pumpkin and seemed to love the mushy feeling. We all had a great visit!

Reese's 1st Pumpkin