Reese is 3!

A belated post, as usual.  Reese turned 3 on January 10th!  We had pizza and ice cream at home on that Tuesday night.  She opened her presents from us - a new baby carriage, baby & a remote control car.  She loved it all!   That Saturday we had friends and family over for a bigger celebration and she received more and more presents.  Love having both of our kids' birthdays so close to the holidays...;-)  It's time for a major toy purge now that the new stuff has taken over.

Reese is still a delight...most of the time.  Her independence is fierce, though, which can make for some frustrating moments.  But, it's not long before she's making us laugh again with all of her goofy antics.  I'm happy to report that she is just about finally potty trained, I would say 90%.  We hit it pretty hard the week between Christmas & New Years and that seemed to do the trick for the most part.  She still has the occasional accident so I'm not confident enough yet to take her out in public without a pullup on.  Hopefully all the stars align pretty soon!

Lately she has developed more of an interest in "girl" toys - she's a lot more into babies now than she used to be.  She and Ava like to play "daycare" with all of their babies.  Reese insists on putting her babies to sleep on their tummies...I have finally given up on telling her that babies should sleep on their backs.  But it's a little unnerving to see her babies lying all over the floor face down with blankets on them. We'll make sure and revisit that again when she's older.

Reese still loves listening to stories and she has started to remember the words to books and read them to me.

A few months ago we also took the side of her crib off (after the climbing got out of control) so now she's sleeping in what amounts to a daybed.

Sidebar:  the cats LOVE this new bed that's in the house!  One or both of them can be found in it at all hours and we usually have to shoo one or both of them out of it when it's time for Reese's turn.  The bed hogs:

Of course, the new sleeping arrangement doesn't come without its own issues.  She's apparently a big mover & shaker in her sleep...moving herself right off the bed and onto the floor.  For now we've put some blankets on the floor to catch her fall.  It seems like it's happening less often as time goes on, so hopefully that trend continues.  Under normal circumstances we would head out and buy her a twin bed, but now that we're moving, we don't want to buy things that are just going to end up in storage.  So, she'll have to cope for a few more months.  Or like tonight, I let her fall asleep in Ava's bed.  This is the second time now that they've fallen asleep together...it doesn't get much cuter than that! 

Happy Birthday to my special girl, Reese Noelle!