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Reese is 18 months old today!! How is that possible? I took her to the doctor this morning for her check-up. She weighs 26.6 lbs and is 32 1...

Reese has started combining two words. It is fun to hear her and know that she understands a lot more. A lot of times she puts the word ...

So far today has been a good day. This week Reese has been kind of grumpy. Each morning she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, immediate...

Several times this week I have woken up when Lance's alarm goes off (around 5) and have not been able to go back to sleep. This morning ...

I haven't done many updates lately on things Reese is doing so I figured I would do some now. She has eight front teeth and four 1-year ...

Reese has started saying tons of new words since her birthday. Here is a list so that I can remember where we were at this time in her life...

We had Reese's first birthday pictures made yesterday at Portrait Innovations . There were a ton (a ton) of cute pictures. We spent way ...

Today started off like any other day. We played, we ate, we ran some errands, I tried to get Reese to say ma-ma, and I tried to get her to w...

Reese has learned how to say more in sign language. She doesn't really know how to use it yet. And she shows you how she can play shy ...

Reese's new trick is that when she is standing up and holding on to something she will throw her hands in the air like a champion and st...

Letting Reese cry it out hurts. When she is screaming it makes me want to cry! We know this is the best thing for the future but it hurts ri...

Date: Tuesday, May 6th Time: 7 PM Story: Lance was running late Tuesday night. I was letting Reese navigate the downstairs like normal. She ...

Reese has learned how to play Peek-A-Boo. However, she usually misses her eyes. It is too cute though...check it out.

Today was Reese's nine month check-up and two shot day. Today she weighed 20 lbs, 6 oz (70-something percentile), is 28 1/4 inches long ...

Reese has finally cut her top teeth. The right one is definitely through the gums and the left one could be...I can't tell yet. Hopefu...

As Lance reported yesterday, Reese is now crawling. She is officially uncontainable. I can no longer put her in one place and know that s...

Reese can crawl a few "steps". She has moved her arms and legs in order to move herself forward. I am not sure she realizes she ...

Reese is trying so hard to crawl. She is doing a great job of getting up on her knees and rocking forward. She has even figured out that s...

I don't know how a week goes by without a new post. This past week wasn't too busy or crazy. Thursday we got to go to the park aga...