My Mom Kidnapped Reese!!

Well Blaine and I needed some rest, so my mother offered to meet us in Magee and take Reese for a few days, we were very excited at this opportunity to have a few days "baby free" and catch up some much needed sleep as well as spend some time together. Saturday we went to a party in our neighborhood and had a great time, we woke up sunday had a late lunch, went to the zoo ( yes the zoo) then then to a crawfish boil and finished the night off with a catch phrase tournament. Monday night we went to a new Habichi restaurant in Hattiesburg and ate until we were about to pop. It has been so nice sleeping through the night and not waking up to change diapers or give a bottle, However I am starting to miss my baby. Blaine and I are running out of things to do and I catch myself smelling Reese's blanket because I miss her so much. My mom is having a great time and I think she plans on keeping her all week, well I have news for her, I want my baby back. Blaine and I are so bored, we forgot what it was like to have so much time on our hands, we are going to the USM / State baseball game tonight and then tomorrow is operation get baby Reese back!

The Other Child

I often neglect my "other" child that I have, his name is Alex and he has been with me since I lived in New Orleans. He is a very very overly excited pomeranian. He was a gift, and sometimes I wish I could return him to the fella who gave him to me. Just Kidding we love Alex, but he is just if not more trouble than Reese. He is very jealous of her and hates it when I kiss on her and not him...he was the baby in my life for a vey long time and now he is lucky if he gets food everyday! Please don't call animal control, I love and take care of my dog, however he is low on the priority list! When he can learn how to start dinner, wash a load of clothes and make bottles, he will be back in my good graces.

Baby Einstein...Baby Genius or Baby Crack???

I never really watched any childrens shows until after Reese was born, well let me tell you, Blaine and I are experts at all the baby shows. We know all of the theme songs to Dora, Baby Einstein, Wonder Pets, etc..we know the times and days of the week each show comes on. Reese can be screaming her sweet little head off and the minute we put her in her bouncy chair in front of the television she is instantly quiet. This is the most amazing and life saving trick Blaine and I have learned as parents, now I know that sticking your 14 week old baby in front of a television is not the "best parenting" method, but seriously sometimes mommy needs a break. She will stare at the t.v for hours, I hope that it is not doing any long term damage and 10years from now the surgeon general is going to come out with a statement saying baby Einstein leads to low I.Q scores in young children...until then Go Diego Go!!!

First Night In Big Girl Bed

Well, we knew the time was coming...Reese has officially out grown her swing and is too long for her bassinette. I tried to fight it for as long as I could but Friday night we put her in her baby bed, Needless to say I slept awful and we ended up moving her back downstairs at 3:00 in the morning. We used the fancy high tech video monitor and I even slept with it in the bed with me, but eveytime it made some crackle or pop noise I was wide awake..I just really like knowing that she is at an arms reach. We will keep trying to get her to sleep upstairs, she has a fabulous nursery up there and she has never even really slept in it, my sweet baby is almost 4 months old and her crazy mommy insists on cramming her into a swing that is way to small!