Goodbye March

I can't believe March is over already. With the temperatures already rising, it will be summer before we know it. Time is really flying, and I can't believe it's almost been six months since Paige was born.

Here are just a few tidbits I want to remember from March:

Paige:
1. She's our little thumb sucker. When you put her down for a nap, she quickly finds her right thumb and soothes herself right to sleep. It's a million times better than a pacifier since she can't loose it. Our only issue has been that some of the sleeves on her pajamas are still a little long and if they fall down over her hands at night she's lost.

2. Paige is babbling away. She coos, loves to say "boo" and will talk and screech with Reese for extended periods of time.

3. While she isn't drooling, Paige's constant need to have something in her mouth may signal the beginning of her teething. Time will tell.

4. She can successfully tripod-sit for a few minutes at a time.

5. When she's done eating her solids she spits them back at you. Reese just used to turn her head to say "no more," this spitting thing is new to me and I've had to start wearing an apron when I feed her--it's one thing to treat baby food stains on baby clothing, it's another to explain why I have sweet potato stains on mine.

6. I didn't have many clothing items in the 3-6 month range that are appropriate for our warm weather lately. Luckily, Aunt Kate stepped up and donated a TON of super cute outfits for Paige. Today she's sporting a ducky onesie complete with a tail--one of my favs.

Reese:
1. I don't think there's any way Reese will be napping when she's 3. The last month was terribly hit or miss with naps. While she can manage without one, on days when she doesn't nap she's more testy and hard to keep happy--and her bedtime is super early. We instituted some "sleep rules" (1. Stay in bed 2. Stay quiet 3. Close your eyes 4. Go to sleep) and have offered her the privilege of choosing a special afternoon snack if she takes a nap. We're also weaning her off her lullaby habit since it had become nap time entertainment to play with the CD player instead of sleep. So far the combination is working well and she's asleep right now.

2. Reese is very into playing with words lately--she is constantly trying to create rhyming words (whether real or not) and point out opposites.

3. Her vocabulary continues to bloom. Highlights from this month include:
* necessary, as in, "Mommy it's not necessary to push me, I'm a big girl."
* pharmacy, as in "We have to go to the pharmacy to get my medicine."
* syringe, as in, "Mommy I need a syringe to give my babies their medicine."

4. Reese got her second hair cut. While her long hair enabled us to try some new hairstyles (including a braid), it was constantly a rat's nest that she refused to let me comb. Her new shorter do is more manageable. She went to a kids' salon near our house this time and was thrilled to receive a lollipop afterward.

5. Reese is obsessed with her grocery cart lately. She piles what seems like all her worldly possessions inside of it and pushes it around the house.