Baby G Makes Three!

Monday, December 20, 2010

New York State of Mind

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Not even sure if anyone out there is still reading or still cares...but I promise to catch up over the holiday!**********************************************************************************

So, I have officially turned the big 3-0! Almost a month ago, actually (at least when I first started this post!). Guess you could say I'm having a hard time admitting it, as evident by the delay in this post. Cameron said until he turned 30 in April, he was going to call me his "old lady". Thanks, honey! In all seriousness, thirty is not the worst thing that could happen. Especially, when your hubby whisks you away to NYC to celebrate. And that's exactly what we did!

Cameron and I left the Saturday before my birthday and returned that Tuesday. We arrived around lunchtime on Saturday and headed into the city. After almost 2 hours (I'm not exaggerating) we arrived at our hotel. We stayed the Carlton in midtown. It is a really cute, smaller boutique hotel on Madison. It was a great mix of contemporary and classic. Saturday afternoon we spent at a bar called Firefly, aka the Georgia bar, to watch part of the UGA/Auburn game. It was pretty fun because we were actually winning when we left...which of course, didn't last! Because you don't go out of town on one of the biggest rivarly gamedays and not manage to squeeze in some of the game!

We ate such good food it was ridiculous! The night before my birthday, we ate dinner at Upstairs at the 21 Club. All I have to say is Best. New. York. Strip. EVER!!! After dinner we went to see "Promises, Promises" starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes (with a small appearance by Molly Shannon). It was very good and funny. The next day we went to the Met and saw some pretty amazing art, walked around Central Park and took a carriage ride. We hit the theatre again for a matinee of "A Little Night Music" starring Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. Also very good and Bernadette Peters was amazing...truly a Broadway legend!! We ate my birthday dinner at Aureole. It was, as Cameron says, at little more "Top Chef" than the 21 Club. Also very good! Our last day was spent just wandering around the city, doing a little shopping, and of course, some good eating! We ate our last meal at the Stanton Social, a very chic tapas restaurant. I'm telling y'all...we didn't put a bad thing in our mouths the enitre time we were there! This is only the second time I've been to NYC and absolutely loved it...but was absolutely ready to come home. I missed Reese and just the slower pace. But I can't wait for next time. Too much to do and see for a three night stay. But at least I can say I rung my 30s in in style!!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Genius Baby?!

The following montage is what happens when you ask Reese to "put his paci in the compartment."

So, I'm not really sure if this is something a normal one-year-old could do, or if Reese is just a genius! Well, I have my biased opinion! One morning we were just hanging out in the den and I said, "Reese, can you put your paci in the compartment?" I was blown away when he actually walked over to the activity table, opened it up, and stuck his paci in there. I thought it was surely a co-incidence, but everytime I asked him to do it, he did! Then, he usually opens it and takes it right back and sticks it back in his mouth. I mean, where did he learn the word "compartment"!?!

Here are some other things he's doing that I think are pretty smart:

When I ask him "who am I? What's my name?" he very enthusiastically responds: "Mama!". He does the same when we ask him about Cameron..."Dada!"

He rolls his trucks on the floor while blowing raspberries with his lips (don't know where he got that...I didn't teach him that!)

He knows that juice and milk are two different liquids and he cannot be fooled!

He knows and says "quack, quack!" when you ask him what the duck says.

When you ask him if he wants to put on his pjs he walks to his room, when you ask him if he wants to go wake up Mommy or Daddy he starts walking back to our room.

He will pick up his brush and "brush" his hair.

He can point to his teeth and point to your nose.

I'm sure there are many other things he can do that I am leaving out, but those are the things I can remember for now! He amazes me daily and I love to see his little wheels turning in his head and the light in his eyes when he figures something out. The little mind is wonderful!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh, My!!

Well, maybe just lions!! Okay, maybe just one lion...but he sure was a cute little lion. Reese was a very scary lion for Halloween. Since he was so little last year (read: barely 1 month old) we did not dress him up last year. So this was his first real Halloween. Our next door neighbors invited us over on Saturday for a chili supper and trick-or-treating. There were probably about 40 kids that ended up being there. They had four vehicles pulling trailers of hay for the kids and parents to sit on. Reese and Cameron took off on a trick-or-treating adventure. That lasted ten minutes. I stayed behind and about ten minutes after they left, Cameron came walking through the door. Apparently Reese didn't care too much for the noise of the ATV he was being pulled by and started screaming. So they got out at the first house and walked back home. Oh, well...maybe next year. Enjoy the pictures of our scary little lion!!

If you look closely at the last one, you can see Reese's pumpkin has his name carved in the mouth!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Giveaway at Across the Branch!

My friend, Ashlee, at Across the Branch is doing an awesome giveaway. However, the deadline in Sunday so head over to www.acrossthebranch.com to enter for your chance to win a couple of awesome handmade wooden spoons!

or click: http://www.acrossthebranch.com/2010/10/busy-fall-weekend-brings-my-first.html

Monday, October 18, 2010

12-Month Stats

We went to Reese's 12-month well-baby check up last week and Reese is growing like a weed and pretty much perfect. We have so much to be thankful for with this child. He is just the sweetest, most precious little boy! Here are his 12-month stats:

Weight: 22lbs 14ozs (50%)
Height: 29inches (50%)
Head: 17.5inches

Apparently they measured his height wrong last time, because I assure y'all...he did not shrink. At least his clothes tell me he did not shrink. He's already having to wear 18 month pjs!! I'm not liking all this growing he's doing so quickly!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Big Pimpin'

Y'all think Reese likes his big boy seat?!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday, Reese!!

Dear Reese,

Happy 1st Birthday, Sweet Baby!! I can't believe you are already one year old. Really you are a little over one year old. Once again, Mommy is a little late. We celebrated your birthday the Saturday before with a party of family and a few close friends. You were very blessed with lots of fun toys and some cute clothes. It was like Christmas! You did so well with the crowd and all the attention. You even showed off your new walking skills. That's right!! You are a walking little boy now. You had been taking a couple of steps here and there, but exactly a week before your birthday, you started taking lots of consecutive steps. By the time your party rolled around you were getting more and more brave about how far you'd try to go.

On your actual birthday, we got you a cupcake and some more balloons. And, Daddy got Mommy some flowers. You dove into the cupcake with no hesitation! You were a little hesitant about your duckie smash at your party, but you still did a pretty good number on it, too!

Your new skills are way too many to even try to keep up with. You are getting so good at word recognition and remembering things. Your fine motor skills are awesome and you can easily press a little button with the tip of your finger. You bring things to me without me holding my hand out. I just ask you and you'll do it. You know what your basketball, ball, duck, books, and a few other things are and will look for them in your pile of toys when I ask you where they are. You have learned how to say a few words. You can say (in addition to mama, dada, and "du"ck) uh-oh, whoa, bye-bye (you can wave, too!), ba-ba. We're still working on a few things! I'm sure there are things I'm missing, but you just learn so much every day.

You are still an eating machine and love to feed yourself finger foods. You have gotten to love cheese so that's becoming a must have. You haven't really changed much in the amount you eat, but you are starting to get some formula that has lactose in it and seem to be tolerating it fine. You are wearing size 3 diapers, size 12-18month shirts and john-johns, and size 9-12 pants. We'll find out your official stats next week at your 12 month check-up.