Monumental Week

Sick, but still smiling

Mom's pretend photo shoot

Sitting in the rocking chair

Ham cheese face

Lookin' out the window

Face attack on Daddy

Playing with Cooper

It's been an action-packed couple of weeks, to say the least. Dowell is quoted as sayting, "It's monumental" and I have to agree. He and I have always felt that Reese has been growing and changing so quickly, but last week, she took off...and we didn't know what to think. We had her 9 month check up last Tuesday. She's still small for her age, but I don't think her parents give her much of a chance :) To us, she's perfect. We were glad to see her temp go down and by Tuesday afternoon, she was fever free and feeling great. Dr. Ladd was impressed when I told him that she was feeding herself fruit chunks and whole veggies. Yay Reese!

And remember when I said that she wasn't crawling forward yet, or pulling up, or feeding herself pancakes, or drinking out of a straw, or smiling big cheesy grins, or clapping all the time, or sleeping in her own room? Well nix all that. She does it all now!!! I can't take my eye off of her for one second anymore or she's pulling up on the TV stand, or crawling to grab Cooper's paw, or cruising around in her crib! All this happened within one week! We are so proud of her. She's getting around and knows what she wants. Her favorite game right now is "sit down, stand up". She holds onto my fingers and stands up, then squats down when I say "sit down" then stands up again when I say "stand up"...it's so cute and she gets so proud of herself. Every time she stands up, she smiles SO big. Her daddy calls it her 'ham cheese' face.

She also had her 1st school picture yesterday!!! I can't wait to see her class picture. From what I heard, every baby in her class was screaming and crying except for Reese and Collin. Reese was grabbing Emmy's face and one of the teacher's had to jump in the picture to try to calm them down. It should be a really good one. The photographer got a really cute picture of Reese doing her 'ham cheese' face. Oh, I can't wait.

We've had quite a busy week. I've been treating kids at the clinic 4 days this week. Luckily, Dowell was able to stay home with Reese on Wednesday so she didn't have to go to school everyday. They had such a good time together. She has been saying "dada" all the time now. I know that makes him feel good. It's nice to be home today and catch up on some rest...Reese and I both. Here are some of the latest pics.

Oh, and I almost forgot...we took Reese swimming for the 1st time! She loved it. Splashed and kicked around, smiled, squealed...we'll be going back a lot this summer :)