Past and Present

Then (July, 4, 2008 - 3 months, 1 day)


Now (July 4, 2009 - 15 months, 1 day)


My, how my baby has grown.

There's 2 purposes to this post - one, to see how much Reese has changed in just a year and two, her 15 month birthday post.



(*As you can see, the bow is long GONE!*)

At 15 months:
*weight: 20 lbs, 5 oz
*hair: coming in VERY slowly! sometimes red, sometimes blonde
*Favorite foods: mac n cheese, hotdogs, mandarin oranges, peaches, and ANYTHING chocolate
*Favorite show: BARNEY
*Favorite songs: "I love you" and "If you're happy and you know it"
*Favorite books: anything she can sit in my lap and read :)

*You're finally sleeping through the night (most nights), but you're magical time to wake up is around 7. The bags under mommy and daddy's eyes from the last 15 months of little sleep are finally going away.
*You are always (well, most of the time) full of energy! You LOVE to run - with one hand like you're holding a purse and the other hand just a swingin'!
*You have an obsession with shoes and phones right now. Always making sure everybody has shoes on and their phone in their possession. And you won't rest easy, unless you know FOR SURE that it's taken care of.
*You still like your bottle, but mommy is slowly taking those away. Only at night now! Baby steps..
*You love it when your daddy gets home from work. Your smile stretches from EAR to EAR when he walks around the corner.
*You are VERY smart and have a great vocabulary for a 15 month old.
*You're still not sure about the whole nursery thing - you have your good Sundays and bad Sundays. You don't like mommy or daddy to leave you.
*You love your Pappaw. When we drive up in the drive-way, your little head is peaking over the carseat to see if he's running out to get you.
*If we even mention the words, "let's go bye-bye" or "you ready to go?", you're waving bye and heading to the door.
*If mommy or daddy says, "night night", you head to your room, straight for the recliner, ready to be rocked :)
*You've got several girlfriends that I'm so excited to see you grow up with. I hope you treasure their friendships just like I treasure their mommy's friendships.
*Your mommy and daddy love you more and more each day! You are the JOY in our lives. We love you Reesey Taryn. But, would you please stop growing so fast?!