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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

First tastes...






Reese has recently started eating solid foods. We started with rice cereal and are now doing fruits and vegetables too. She was more interested in the spoon at first but now seems to enjoy what's on it as well. It's still a bit hit or miss but she seems to be actually eating more and more. Sometimes we get an awful face after a first taste but she opens her mouth for more so it can't be too bad!

Here are a few pics of some first tastes and testing out the sippy cup. That still needs a bit of work as she really has no clue what to do with it yet, other than chew on it like a toy!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Home, Sweet Home

Welcome home poster from Grandpa
Uncle Eric and Chandra
Lots of Easter goodies from Grandpa Lewis

Easter treats from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dickers
Stealing Mommy's seat on the plane

Playtime in Schipol Airport
Digging for toys during our last dinner out in Finland

I'm so happy to be posting from home once again. We are more than thrilled to finally be here and are enjoying every minute with our friends and family!

Reese did so great on the long journey home. She slept great in the car, on the plane and waiting at the airports in between. She adjusted to the 7 hour time change better than we did. Only had to start our day at 4am the first morning. Then she was back to her routine and sleeping right through the nights. What a huge relief and pleasant surprise for us as I was sure sleepless nights were awaiting us.

It was great catching up with everyone and introducing Reese to her family and friends. Thanks for putting together dinner parties in both Port Huron and Mt. Pleasant!

We are now getting settled in our place in Kalamazoo. It takes a bit longer to unpack and organize with a little one in tow. We're just about there!

Here are a few pics from our travels and first few days home.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Happy 1/2 year Birthday Reese!









It's so hard to believe Reese is already 1/2 year old! Where does the time go? It seems like we were just taking our little beaner home from the hospital, and now she's already 6 months old. She is most definitely not that helpless little baby anymore. She sits up without our help and if she topples over she can get herself back to sitting with little or no help from us. She hasn't started any real form of crawling at this point but rather flops like a fish or rolls and rolls and rolls to get where she wants. She still loves to stand on her feet and always flashes her great big smile (now mostly with tongue hanging out) anytime you pull her up. Diaper changes are becoming a real challenge and a lengthy one at that, flipping over every chance she gets. She still LOVES to eat anything within her grasp- books, toys, clothes, blankets, shoes, socks, you name it!

To celebrate her 6 month birthday we started giving her a little rice cereal and she did okay with the new form of food. She mostly just wanted to 'eat' the spoon and didn't care much about what was on it. We will start trying fruits and veggies once we're stateside again!

Sleeping issues are a thing of the past (yay!) as she has been sleeping like a real champion these days. Going down great for naps and sleeping through the night without even a peep for the last couple weeks straight. We really need to celebrate this now since sleepless nights are probably in our near future with the big move home.

Here are a few pics from the last month or so.