March Beginnings

A cute photo of Reesa taken by her teacher at school. Not sure if you notice but Reesa's hair is a lot shorter. :) Last week after dinner, Reesa was happily sitting at the table eating a whole wheat fig bar (a special treat we enjoy) and I decided to take Patrick's hair scissors and went for it!! It's so much easier to do little braids or little pig tails. Plus Reesa liked telling people she had a hair cut. :)

Playing with foam on a rainy day. It's an easy way to get Reesa in the bath. Playing with pink and purple foam and then she gets to have a bath with pink soap. A bit girly? That's how we roll in our house.

Mommy and Porter hanging during Reesa's naptime. Turns out this guy isn't much for structure either. He sleeps most of the morning and then stays awake for the entire afternoon and early evening until 7:30/8pm. He does sleep very well at night. 3-5 hour stretches. One night he slept from 7:30pm-2:15am. It was the best sleep I've had since he was born.

Porter Kelley: 6 weeks old. He loves to smile in the morning.

After about an hour of awake time in the morning he's ready for a nap.

Porter still does not like tummy time.

He does love looking at the bees in his swing. 

Reesa is dying to play with Porter but he still can't do much yet. She loves holding him in the morning because that's when he smiles the most. She gets so excited when he looks at her and smiles. Reesa really does not like it when Porter cries. It makes her upset. So we are learning how to show Reesa that when he cries it means something and we try to figure it out together what Porter wants.

Porter still loves to be held and does not like a binky at all!! I don't want him to have one but some days in the afternoon he only wants to be held and nurse all the time for comfort which makes it difficult to play with Reesa. We are exploring more natural pacifiers in hope that he may take one just for the afternoon. We'll see. This too will pass.

Today Porter and I got to sleep in and Patrick took Reesa to school. It was nice to sit on the couch and drink my coffee while it was still hot. Then we went for a run. Tough Friday huh? But I did get this cute video...