Reese Lately

Looking like such a big girl

Having fun with her ear protectors for the hockey games

Reese is growing up so quickly we can hardly keep up. She’s really showing her independence in everything she does these days. However, there are definitely some times when she still wants Mommy or Daddy. She is so friendly and outgoing with just about anyone but if she spots a fly near her, watch out. She is running straight into our arms. A car horn? I don’t know if she could move any faster. A loud truck driving by on the road? ‘Up, up, up, up!’ It’s so funny to see the things that startle her, especially for such a feisty little thing.

She went to the daycare at the gym for an hour the other day, while I snuck in a quick workout. I was a little nervous because we haven’t left her in such a long time. It couldn’t have gone any smoother. I don’t think she could get out of my arms fast enough when we walked into the room. She ran right over to the toys and babies and immediately started playing. It was such a relief for me to see but also a little sad to see my baby growing up so fast. It has reaffirmed our thoughts of finding a daycare next year in France. We need to make it a priority, even if it’s just a couple days a week. I know she will love it, and she needs the interaction with other kids.

One new development is she’s terrified of Scott on the ice and skating in general. Terrified. After the daycare and gym workout, we walked over to the rink where Scott was skating. He was going to take her around a couple times on the ice but she had other plans. She wanted nothing to do with Scott while he was in his gear. She didn’t even want to ‘walk’ on the ice with me. Scott ended up taking her from my arms for a couple minutes to see if she would loosen up once they were skating around. No such luck, instead she was screaming, ‘mama, mama, mama’ and reaching for me the entire time. Such a change from when we first arrived. The ironic part about it is she absolutely LOVES her hockey book. In fact, she always requests it before naps and bedtime referring to it as the ‘dada’ book. She points to a player on each page and says ‘dada’ quite matter-of-factly. Hopefully she changes her tune about skating soon. If not, we always have skiing. After all, Scott was on skies before he was on skates. And we’ll be in the perfect spot for skiing next year.