Sitting Pretty

It has to be one of the funniest things in the world to see something (I should say "someone") who only weighs 15 pounds to sit up on her own. It's like watching a super miniature adult sit on the floor and play with toys.

Reese decided pretty early on that she liked to sit. Of course she was far too small at the time to do it on her own, but she always insisted on being in a seated position when someone would hold her. I would always just laugh and think "how strange that she knows she wants to be in that position."

Anyway...apparently most babies start off sitting by propping themselves up with their arms - literally like a gorilla would. Around 4 months or so i would sit Reese on the floor at Gymboree to play and she would just fold in half with her upper body completely flat to the floor. Errr...that wasn't the best thing to keep doing with her as she clearly wasn't ready. So each week at Gymboree, and at home sometimes too, I would let her have some practice at the skill and assumed that one day she would actually start posing like a little gorilla.

Well that day never came. All the sudden, one day, Reese just decided it was time to sit - and sit all the way up. Nice and straight, look-ma-no-hands style sit. It happened almost exactly on her 5 month birthday:

Here she is surrounded by pillow just in case...but you can even see it in her face - she's shocked at her new skill.

Now, almost one month later, this trick is old hat for her. Her new "skill" is twisting onto her belly and knees into the crawling position. She doesn't go anywhere, but i do get visions of my daughter doing a pretty mean worm on the dance floor one day.

In other news, while Daddy was away, Reese and I went to the boardwalk for lunch with Aunt Kristen, Uncle John, Grammy and Grampy. She LOVED being outside and even sat in a restaurant highchair for the first time (hey - it's the small things in life, ok?).


This is my favorite one:

There are so many things that she's started doing recently that make me wish i would have started blogging sooner. Instead, I'll make a quick list for your viewing pleasure:

• Rolls all over the floor



• Eat her own feet - with or without socks and shoes, she's not picky!



• Makes owl sounds all day



• Laughs hysterically at her Daddy and puppies


• Enjoys looking at herself in the mirror - multiple times a day



• Eats solids!!!

Solids has been quite the adventure to say the least. We can only try one new thing every 4 days in case she has a reaction to anything. I've been making all of her food for her. So far i think her favorite is bananas, but the pears we just started over the weekend may be a close second.


Here's a picture of her very first time ever having solids, which just happened to be bananas:

Let's see....oh yeah...anytime I get out the camera (or my cell phone now) she instantly starts to smile and laugh as if she knows exactly what to do already! It's really very funny. The other morning she was playing on the floor so i grabbed my camera and Reese, who was awake for all of 10 minutes, did this:







Ok...enough for now. Reese is currently on another practice run at Kathi's (the babysitter) house. We're not off to a good start so I'm hoping that changes since I'm back to work next Wednesday. Yuck.

More about that in my next blog!