So lets see, what exciting things have been happening with us lately? Well Reese pooped in her bath for the first time tonight, that was a joy! No it wasn't that bad, I could tell she was a little nervous that she did it, so I couldn't be mad or anything.
The other excitement of the day was this morning when Reese and I were looking outside through the screen door, I saw that a bird has built a nest in my wreath hanging on the door! And not only built a nest, but laid three eggs in it! You can't see it looking at the wreath from the outside, (it's under that big flower) it's nestled right up against the window on the door, so you can see right into the nest looking from the inside.
I don't know what to do! I haven't seen the bird at all today, I've been peeking at the nest periodically, so I don't know if she has abandoned it or if she's still around somewhere. I don't really want to have little baby birds making all sorts of noise at my front door (I've had that experience in another house, there was a nest above the back door in the rafters somewhere, and boy were they noisy), and I really don't want to have the mother bird dive bombing whoever comes to my front door to protect her babies (also a previous experience from the other house). I would feel bad for the mother actually, because she would always be scared that someone was attacking them. She really should have scoped out a more private location...
We got a new bike trailer! This was the first time trying it out around the house. I'm so excited to go on family bike rides. Reese seems to like it, as long as it stays moving. I was afraid she would be scared in it, because she is a little scaredy cat about a lot of things, but she did ok. She would not keep her helmet on though, I don't know what to do about that. 
This is Reese's new big girl car seat! (Her main birthday gift from us -how exciting huh). We started using it a couple weeks before her birthday, and she loves being able to look around in it. 
My sister Kellie and her boyfriend Heath
Brooklynn was so cute to help Reese walk around and she loved helping Reese with her presents! 
Okay I'm going to copy you Ashley. This picture was taken when Reese was only about 5 days old. (Too bad you can't really see her huh :)
And so we had to take another one at the party now that the girls are so grown up! 
Thanks everyone for the nice gifts and for sharing the day with us! We had so much fun and were glad you all could make it.
Reese had her one year appointment on Monday. She weighs 21 lb 12 oz (65%), 30 1/4 inches tall (85%) and her head is in the 85% as well. She is already in the 85th percentile for height and is still skeletally immature (her soft spot hasn't closed and she's a little behind with her teeth), so the doctor thinks she is going to be tall. She asked if we have tall people in our families, which we don't really, mostly average. I just thought that was interesting. I don't know if I believe her, but I guess we'll see.
Now if I could only get her to drink milk. She takes one little swallow and then pushes it away. If anyone has any suggestions please share!
It's hard to believe that it's already been one whole year since our sweet little baby Reese was born!! She is one year old today. This has definitely been the fastest year of my life! I still remember that day so well. At the same time I don't even remember what is was like before Reese was part of our family, she is our whole life now. She brings us so much joy and happiness, and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to be her mother.
...To this cute little (but bigger) thing. 
She loves us to help her walk, and to walk with her walker. I think it won't be too much longer before she can do it on her own. She stands up on everything and walks along furniture or the wall or whatever she can hold onto. 
She has such a cute little personality. It's so exciting to see her learn so many new things all the time. Sometimes I get surprised by the things she knows and the things she can do. I've been asking her to point to things in books lately like a duck, shoes, socks, bird, ball, and she can point to all of them! She's learning where all of her body parts are, and sometimes she'll know a part that I didn't teach her, she just knew. 
She loves to look at herself in the mirror and give kisses. She loves to give kisses to all of her stuffed animals and to animals and people in books. 
I love this girl so much! I'm finally done with all of the blocks I'm selling this weekend at the boutique! With only two days to spare! I could have been done a long time ago, but I've been procrastinating of course. So here are some pictures. You can't really tell how bright the colors are in the pictures though. I thought they turned out cute! 
Reese learned to walk with her walker a few days ago! Here is some video footage. She can only go straight though, so she gets to the couch or the wall and gets stuck. She is pulling herself up and standing all the time now, and moves along the furniture or whatever else she is holding on to.
Reese finally learned to crawl last week! She would get on her hands and knees a lot before that, but wouldn't go forward, so one day I had a bowl of cereal that she was reaching for, and I set it on the floor in front of her and she crawled a few steps to it. The next day she did it a few more times only when she was bribed with cell phones or something like that. Then the next day that was her mode of transportation! My mom wanted to see her do it so I put this video on for her.
Sorry it's wrapped up, but you can still see it. 
This was for my friend Boualay. She wanted me to do her last name. It was definitely the longest word I've done by far! (There are the same amount of letters in my last name!) I loved how it turned out. The paper was so pretty, I wish you could see it as well in pictures as in real life. 
Reese is always kicking her legs up like this, and she'll sit and do it for a long time. You should try it! I wanted to have it on video so we remember one of the funny little things she does.
I made this for a friend and thought it turned out so cute. I'm thinking of making some for other holidays too, and I think I'll definitely do one that says "SPRING"!
My camera does this cool thing where you can choose a color and it will only show that color and everything else is black and white. I thought it would be fun to use it when Reese was wearing this cute green sweater. 
It also lets me crop right on the camera, which I've been playing with a lot. So this is the same picture, just cropped. I can change the direction of pictures too. 
Outside on a fairly warm day, but we only stayed out for a few minutes. I'm so excited for warm weather and being able to play outside and take walks. 
