Lots of Firsts

Within the past few months Reese has had many firsts. She went to see her first play, Our Town, a high school production that her cousin was in. She did really well being quiet, but did move around quite a bit.

Reese flew on her first airplane trip to Hawaii. She was sick so she did really well by sleeping the whole first flight and most of the second!

Reese woke up one morning and said, "I want milk", one of her first whole sentences.

A few weekends ago Reese saw her first movie in a movie theater, Paul Blart's Mall Cop, her brother's choice, of course. She was willing to sit by herself on a booster seat until I moved the seat and caught her leg between the booster and the arm rest. Bad Mommy for moving her!

This isn't a first to brag about, but Reese just got over pneumonia for the first and hopefully last time. It was an acute case in that it was only in the upper lobe of her right lung.

What Santa Brought

Santa brought Reese The Little Einstein Pat Pat Rocket which she loved and the 3 in 1 baby stroller for her dolls. She played with her rocket all day as well as with Riley's pirate ship when he was not paying attention.

Santa came to Auntie Rosanna's house also. He brought Reese sand toys, Monster Bowling, and an Elmo song player. She has enjoyed all of these toys while in Hawaii.

No Fear Girl!

Last night we went to our neighbor's birthday party at the local indoor pool. Reese was letting me just hold her hands as she floated around the water. She had on a backpack type floating device also and really liked the water. At one point she got really brave and started jumping into the pool from the side of the pool. At first she would make sure that I was watching and she had waiting arms to jump into. By the tenth time in a row she was not even seeing if I was ready before she would throw herself back into the pool. My arms are so tired today from lifting her in and out of the pool. She was having so much fun that I was afraid that she was not going to get out of the pool, but she did and went on to eat a whole piece of pizza her way, the cheese and then the sauce and crust.

Last night was also our first snow of the season. Reese was facinated by the snow this morning, and we were late to church because she was walking along trying to find fresh snow in which to put her footprints in. At first she was just standing on the sidewalk putting one foot in at a time. Then, she started walking through the snow shuffling her feet making tracks. This is the first year that she really understands snow, and the fun that it can be. It was so cute to watch her experiment with something new.