1st Steps for Reese!!!

This just happened! Reese has been taking a step or two if we push him to try, and once one his own, but this afternoon he seemed interested in trying so I worked on it with him and he was able to take several steps in a row multiple times. He could be "for real walking" by Thanksgiving at this rate! And it's funny because just before I made that post of Clayton a little bit ago I was thinking that I hadn't done much on Reese lately and decided it was because he isn't going to be that interesting until he either says a new word or starts to walk. I guess he knew it was time to do a new trick to get some attention!! Go little Reese!!

Clayton - a Smart little Nut

I don't even know where to begin with him - I have so much to share! This morning during his diaper change, instead of our usual conversation about how he shut the door (He kicks it shut and says "I shut, I shut the door) and that it is time for breakfast ("a meal-meal?" - a.k.a. oatmeal) and how Reese is a baby, he told me "I have . . . two eyes". I was like, holy moly - how do you know that son?! Then at snack time, there were two sippy cups sitting out and he said "one, one. Two milks" Maybe a coincidence, or maybe he really knows when there are two of something - it's hard to say, but he sure is turning into a little smarty!

Then, today during lunch I let him have a little sip of my pop (don't worry, just Squirt, caffeine-free). I had burped (because of the pop) and said "excuse me." So after Clayton's sip, he covered his mouth (like I did) and either  made a sound like a burp or actually forced one up, I can't tell, and said "'scuse me" He did it a few more times, but never when I had the video camera on. It was so stinkin' cute!

After lunch, his hands were covered with peanut butter, jelly and chocolate pudding, so we tell him to put his hands up, otherwise he tends to stick them in his lap or under his bib and gets his clothes all sticky. Well, because he is such a nut, he usually puts at least on hand on his head, and today he started hitting himself. He is so nutty.

I shamelessly tried to recreate and record some of the cute things he did before I got him out of his booster seat, and this is what he gave me. He was being pretty cute until he spotted his puzzle blocks and wanted down.

Clayton Reading A Book

This is so cute. He does this with a lot of his books and I feel lucky to have caught it on video. I know he is hard to understand, so I did my best to add what he is saying and what the book actually says is along the bottom. He skipped some pages, but it is still really sweet.

Here is what the book is actually like. Each animal is wearing a different color of the same piece of clothing, and the Turkey is always wearing it wrong, so that is why the Oops. On the last page, the Turkey is finally wearing all the clothes correctly, and then jumps into the pool fully dressed, and that is last oops.

Haulin a Pumpkin

Cute, huh?

Reese's 9 Month Check Up

Reese had his check up today and the Dr. says he is doing great (of course we already knew that)! His height and weight are pretty much exactly what they were last month when I measured him at home - 17 lbs and 28 inches. I guess it could either be a difference between the scales, or it's possible he didn't grow much in the last month since he grew so much the month before that. He was also sick for about 2 and half days a couple of weeks ago, so he may have lost a little then, and is just now catching back up. Who knows?! I think it is just that he was averaging himself out from his last big growth spurt.

Here are a few more pictures that I took of him on Wed.

Such a sweet expression

So ornery looking! I know it was in the collage, but I wanted to make sure you noticed it!

Happy to have no clothes!

Such a goof ball

So smiley!

"What is this thing I'm on anyway?"

So sad this turned out blurry - it was so sweet!! :(

Watchin' TV instead of smiling at the camera!

And - I KNEW there was a reason I always got so many "bad" pictures. Check out this awesome looking collage! I just love all the diagonal lines from the wood trim in the background of my crooked pictures!

And last but certainly not least, I sure hope everyone has their Green on today!

GO CATS!

9 Months!

Reese Allan is 9 Months old today!

His check up is Wednesday so I plan to have his stats and more pictures then.

More Halloween

We had a pretty fun Halloween yesterday. Clayton was a little apprehensive about what was going at first when we went trick or treating, but after he realized he was going to get candy at every house he started getting excited and running down the street to get to the next one. I did get him to say "trick or treat" but he would never say that or "thank you" to anybody else. He did say "bye" a couple of times though.

I also really thought that his Super Man costume from last year would fit him since it was 2T size and he is just now starting to get into that size in regular clothes. However, when we tried it on that morning, it was at least 3 inches too short! So we ran to WalMart to see if they had anything else. He ended up being a Pirate! We even got him a little foam sword which Reese LOVED to chew on.

Here is some cute video:

And way too many pictures