Cuddle time

These girls really enjoy some time together already. No, it is not much time, but they coo and giggle together and Reese is already saying "I need some Maleah time." and "Maleah and I are best best friends." I love seeing and hearing that!

Books on tape

Reese loves listening to books on tape and turning the pages herself. She is so proud to be "reading" all on her own. When she is in the mood to do this she will listen to about 10 books! And yes, we are old school, still have a tape player and use it! :)

2 months old!

So much has changed this month! Maleah is so much more aware, looking around and cooing mostly at Reese. She began this month playing baby Jesus in our Christmas program at church:

Then she decided it was time to sleep train me! I used to lay her down, swaddled for each nap that we were home and she would sleep well. Then she started waking up at 30 minutes like clock work and crying....she was still tired but couldn't make that transition to more sleep anymore. First I let her cry...but she did this for 1 1/2 straight, still not finding sleep. Reese was the same way. After trying just about everything, we found peace in the front pack:
After trying to have Maleah CIO for one nap a day and having her fight sleep that whole time I gave up for now. Plus Reese has a really bad cold that has her up every hour at night so I don't want Maleah to miss any sleep in trying to fight off this cold that Reese has.
In perspective, it is going really well. At least I have a way to nap Maleah that still gives me both hands! Some people talk about the 4th "trimester" and I think Maleah would agree with them!
She did take her first bottle this month and did so really well. My goal is to give her a bottle once a day...but right now it has worked out to every other day. We will do what we can for now! :)

Cold and Sunny

The last two weeks have been great for getting outside. Yes, it is cold, in the 30s, but the sun makes it feel warmer. We dress warmly, Maleah in the front pack all snuggled in and play outside for about an hour. It is wonderful! Sure breaks up the day and there is just something about being outside. Sadly the rain has come back these last two days and even though we have had fun places to go like Discovery Village and Jump, it just is not the same as playing outside!

Haircut

Matt kept saying that Reese needed a haircut....I didn't think so but decided to take her anyway. We took Reese to Tickle the new kids hair cut place in Uptown. We were the only ones there, which was a good thing because there was only one lady working. She set up a movie for Reese to watch and Reese sat perfectly still. Matt was right, her hair looks much better now, so I guess she did need a cut. I loved the cute pig tails the lady did....just wish Reese would sit still enough for me to do them for her sometime!

She digs!

While Matt was out washing the cars on one of our sunny days, Reese decided to dig in the yard. She filled a whole bucket with dirt. Not sure why I am so impress with this! I think it is mostly that she is so able to play joyfully on her own and then come show me what she has done. I love how excited she gets about this independence. And the connections she makes. In her mind, she was digging like the dwarfs do!

1 month old

Maleah was one month old on December 10th. In that first month, she was born, had her first photo shoot, had her 2nd photo shoot, met all her aunts, cousins, uncles, grandmas and grandpas, would sleep anywhere just put her down when she is tired, smiled for the first time, and slept once for 6 hours! She is a peaceful baby who really responds to Reese when ever Reese talks to her. We so enjoyed our first month with our new baby girl! (Don't worry, the 2nd month posting is not far away and not so blistful either! ;) )