New Adventures!

Here are a few pictures of our 2 month old. She's so fun!

Reese loves reading just like her parents! She's reading up on zoo animals, so she'll be ready to visit the zoo this summer.

Her feet almost touch! She still had fun playing and trying her toy out for the first time.

Mommy peeked into Reese's room and found them like this! Daddy said the play mat was pretty comfy. Reese is already practicing her sharing!  

Uncle Adam met Reese for the first time today. We're glad Adam and Krista are moving back to Wichita. Now we just need a cousin her age to play with! *Hint Hint*



Month 2

Shamrock Girl!

Our smiling lucky charm!

Dear Reese,


These last two months have been the fastest and most amazing months of our entire lives. Your dad and I are amazed by each new thing you do. This month you started really chewing and sucking on your hands. We can hear you sucking on those hands from across the house! You can also hold your head up when you're on your tummy. You don't exactly enjoy being on your tummy, but you tolerate it. Most nights you sleep in the bassinet next to our bed. We love having you close by and sometimes you even let us sleep through the night. Lately you've even been sleeping without your swaddle! Your favorite things to do are swing, sit up on our laps, hit the toys on your play mat, and take baths. In fact, you love the swing so much that we bought another swing with a plug-in! Your least favorite things to do are wake up in the mornings, ride in the car, and go shopping. We are really hoping you start to enjoy riding in the car since we do it quite a bit and it makes mommy really sad to drive around with a crying baby! Also, mommy needs you to love shopping because daddy hates it and I need a shopping buddy! Your dad and I make a pretty good team. We take turns feeding, changing, and bathing you. Usually I let daddy pick which ones he wants to do. One day this month daddy admitted he hadn't changed a diaper in weeks! I guess that's not daddy's favorite job! When you were 7 weeks old, I went back to work. It is the hardest thing I've ever done to leave you every day. You spent the first week with Grandma Jo. She came to our house and took care of you all week while mommy and daddy were at work. I think you and your grandma are going to be good pals! The next week we took you to daycare by my school. There is a lot going on at daycare and the first few days you came home totally exhausted. The best thing about taking you to daycare is racing over to pick you up at the end of the day. When you see that I'm there, you look over at me and smile. It doesn't get any better than that. 

With all my love,

Mommy

2 Month Checkup

Today we saw the doctor for Reese's two month checkup. We were excited to see how she was growing and to get reassurance from the doctor that she was on track developmentally. We were not excited about getting her first round of shots. Before we left the house, Reese was extra smiley and bubbly and I was worried she wouldn't be the same when we returned home. 

Reese has really grown! She weighed 13 lbs 12 oz and was 23.5 inches long. This put her in the 98th percentile for weight and the 88th percentile for height. We have a big girl on our hands! The doctor showed us the graph of her growth and she was right on the edge of the normal curve. She said that her weight and height were well-proportioned. I'm really hoping she gets Elliott's height and it looks like she's on the right track. I know... "the grass is always greener," but I think it would be better to be tall rather than short. 


The shots weren't too terrible. She got a some drops in her mouth, which she tolerated with no problems. Then another nurse came in to help.  I stood on the end by her feet and held her legs straight. Elliott was there for moral support. Reese was laying there smiling and totally relaxed right before they gave her the shots. They counted down and gave her all three shots at the same time. It took her about 3 seconds to realize that it was painful and her smile quickly turned into a frown and then a loud cry. By the time they stuck the band-aids on and let me hold her, she was mostly calmed down. She sniffled a little more until we gave her a bottle and then she was good to go. This afternoon we've spent cuddling, swinging, and sleeping lots and lots. I'm not sure she ever got a fever (maybe a mild one in the afternoon), but she is definitely irritable and seems to be in a little pain. Her cries are a little more urgent and loud. I've given her a couple doses of Infant Tylenol and I think it has really helped. Here's a picture of her after her shots. Poor girl! At least she got pink camo band-aids!

All in all, it was a good trip to the doctor. I really like our family doctor because she's matter-of-fact and very reassuring. She was very happy with Reese's development- holding her head up, focusing on objects, cooing, and smiling. She even said Reese has very strong legs! We're looking forward to the next couple months and the new "tricks" we'll be able to show the doctor at her 4 month appointment. We're loving this parenting thing! 


With Love,

The Ybarras