Big girl bed

So Jim and I got a wild hair today to change Reese's crib into a bed. To my disbelief she took a great nap and never got out. I have one of the little rails on it so she doesn't fall out. I figure after a few weeks and she is used to the bed we can take it off.
I really hope she sleeps well tonight in it.
I can't believe my baby is becoming a big girl!!!:(

Reese words

I've decided I need to post the hilarious things that Reese is now saying and doing each day. That way I have this to look back on
Just now she is eating some animal crackers and one is a horse. She says "momma horsie neh neh" she now refuses to eat the cookie because she doesn't want to eat the horsie.
Nice!
I then notice she's going poop so I asked her"do you want to go poop on the toilet"
Reese: no momma it's MINE!!

Stomach bug

Reese had her first stomach bug last night/today.
She was totally fine yesterday then all of a sudden at 9pm she started throwing up. No fever just puking. Poor baby puked all night long.
She slept most of the day today and pretty much just watched tv and snuggled (so not like her!) but she ate normally and seemed to feel ok.
So who knows what the heck happened wether it was food or a virus!
Just glad the puking has stopped

Two years old

I still can't believe Reese turned two yesterday!!! Crazy!
We had the most amazing party for her. We have such great family and friends and i am so happy so many came to celebrate our girl.
I am also very proud of how the party turned out. I spent a lot of time planning everything and it turned out exactly how I wanted. The kids of all ages had fun and the adults seemed happy too:)
My friend Jackie took pictures of the day and I'm so excited to see how they turn out(no pressure Jackie;)
Today Reese had her 2 year check up. She Is in the 75th percentile for everything. The dr also said that at this point is when you can project approx what height she will be as an adult and she said she will be about 5'10!! My tall girl! Crazy to think that but the doc said they are usually pretty right on with doubling the height they are now
She gave us a "prescription for custom inserts for Reese's shoes. Her feet turn in a little so she just needs a little extra arch support. We talked about it when she turned one but she wanted u to wait until two to see if it corrected itself. So no big deal, but that means no more cute sandals:( she has to wear tennis shoes or boots that will fit the inserts. And we know how much that girl loves her shoes! Other than that she was just fine! A couple vaccines and we were done.
Here's a couple pics from the last couple days

Sleep issues

I am at the end of my rope with Reese's sleep issues....
She has NEVER been a great sleeper. As an infant she woke up like 6 times a night. And didn't sleep through the night until she was like 18 months old, and even then she still wakes up most nights at least once. Usually I can just give her a paci and tuck her back in and she goes back to sleep. Starting this summer she would wake up around 1 or 2 am and she would just be awake for a couple hours. Letting her cry it out wouldn't work,so I just started putting her in my bed and letting her watch tv until she would fall back to sleep. Then either I would just leave her in my bed or put her back in her bed(it would all depend if I fell asleep, then was too lazy to take her back to her room) but it was so random. She would do it for a night or two then she would sleep great for a couple weeks.
We went on a couple of trips and to my surprise she slept great. Even camping she didn't make a peep at all. Then all of a sudden last week she started this entirely new issue. She will go to bed at her regular time, go right to sleep without a whine or cry and be OUT. Then EXACTLY one hour after she goes to bed she wakes up and she is completely freaked out. She screams and cries like I have never heard her do. She kicks the side of her crib and panics. It is heartbreaking to hear. Then when I go in to get her she is dripping in sweat and shaking and grabs on to me so tight. Once we are out of her room she is fine and happy as can be. Great....she is afraid of her room. I don't know if she is having nightmares. She has TWO night lights in her room and a sound machine that she has slept with since day one.
And it is random too. She will do this for a couple nights, then sleep fine for a couple nights.
Ahhhhhhh
It is SOOOO frustrating. The time after she goes to bed is when I clean up my house, relax, and actually have time to MYSELF! Oh and I forgot to add that she only does this on the nights Jim is working. So he has no idea what actually happens. He thinks she is just not sleeping but this is different and that's what so hard and bothers me.
I really hope this is just a short phase and that she goes back to better sleeping habits.

Lake Tahoe trip

We just got home from 4 days of camping at lake tahoe with my dad and step mom. It was SUCH a great trip! We ate, drank, swam, kayaked, biked, and more!
I haven't tent camped in YEARS, and I was worried I was too spoiled having a trailer for so many years, but it wasn't bad at all. The air mattress was skittle rough, but it just makes me love my bed even more:)
Reese was such a great camper(pun intended!) she didn't sleep great the first night, so I was worried. But after that she took great naps and slept all night without a peep the other nights! Yay! She loved going in the lake and floating around in the paddle boat my dad got for her. She is totally a little water baby.
Caleb kayaked for HOURS! We had to force him to come in each evening. He rode his bike for miles and miles. He really had a great time.
Jim and I even got to sneak away for lunch alone at the Beacon!! It was so nice to hang out just the two of us for a bit.
A big thank you to my parents for an awesome trip! Wish we could have stayed longer!