Let's have a chat

After seeing the Cinderella play, Reese insists on dressing as Cinderella EVERYDAY. For the most part it is great, she wants to clean, be kind and sweet because that is what Cinderella does of course. But she thinks that I know nothing about Cinderella. Only Daddy can understand Cinderella...after all he is the one who took her to the play. So she likes to have "chats" with Daddy about these things. He is very patient with her and is doing a wonderful job helping her process. Oh and in case you did not know, apparently prince charming has brown eyes, because that is the same color as Daddy's eyes. Pretty sweet! :)

9 month photo shoot

Am I 6 months?

Oh, nope, got it now, I AM 9 months!

9 months is tasty! (Just like 8 months was.)

If you put it right here, I promise I will leave it alone.

You don't believe me? I am shocked!

See, standing helps me not want that marker so much...see how serious I am about these pictures now?

9 months old today!

Yea for 9 months! This month Maleah's personality started to really come out. She says Dada and looks for him. She crys when her sister leaves the room. She has a serious face she makes, usually for Daddy, some game (flirting) she does with him. She finally started (yesterday) putting puffs in her mouth herself. She can clap and sign more and I think she is signing doggy. She is closer to crawling and can roll so fast. She gets her legs up and scoots from time to time but not often. She is no longer happy sitting and playing. She wants to explore and gets frustrated when her body won't do what she wants it to.



She still has "stranger danger" but it is getting better. She LOVES kids now, especially babies her size. Maleah got to have her friend Kaylie over for dinner. These girls will be great friends...after all, they are only 48 hours apart in age!



She likes "reading" and will pick up a book, and make sweet sounds like she is reading it. It is very cute.



She has almost cut her top two teeth, we hope to see them very soon, her gums are so swollen!



She is into pointing now and points at everything. She almost has waving down, she can do it from time to time, but she is clearly still processing how it is done.

Three more months and she is a year! Yikes!

Visiting Daddy at work

Every once in a while, we bring Daddy lunch at work. Reese insisted that she and Maleah wear matching dresses and take a picture with Daddy. So we did. Reese loves to visit the office to see Daddy of course...and go on a hunt for candy...which there always is around. The people who work there are always so friendly and excited to see the girls, makes it for a fun trip for all of us.

Her first play

Last Friday Reese went to see Cinderella with Daddy. This was her first time going to a play. She was VERY nervous! At first mention of the date plan, Reese begged Daddy not to take her, she did NOT want to see the mean lady. So the next morning we role played, and talked a lot about pretend verses real. Worked out to be a good morning for me, I got to boss "Cinderella" around to clean the house. :) After playing that morning, Reese decided she wanted to try it. Matt says she held his hand tight the whole play. She came home talking all about it....and is still talking about it, asking questions and processing the whole experience.

And she says she would like to see another play. Which makes Daddy oh so happy. He loves going to plays (I do not) and so he is very glad to have a partner to go with him.

My Loves

Reese almost 4 (Yikes!), Maleah almost 9 months (Yea!), and Daddy can now round up to 40! :)

Changing things around

MY lack of blogging is due to two things:
1) Aunt Kami takes all the pictures now...must get them from her soon! :)
2) The front living room is becoming the office (we never used that space, only on Christmas morning) the office is becoming the "playroom" and the toy closet is becoming the art closet.

I am moving things around to use our space better, get the toys within reach to be safe for Maleah and for fun! I have been wanting to make a playroom for a while. So we are in process, the house is a mess and we are having fun, well at least I am and Matt is obliging me. So you see, we will blog again soon. :)