Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. We’ve had a lot going on over the past two weeks. My mom came into town to visit, and we had a lot of fun. Then on the last day of her visit, I got the stomach flu! Yuck! I’m just glad she was here to help me with the baby while I was sick because Brian was gone (and sick too). Lastly, Brian and I spent most of the night on Sunday and most of the morning on Monday reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. If you are reading this and I have not yet badgered you to read the series, you should. It’s amazing and wonderful.

Here they are at the airport. Reese loved my mom right away (she hadn’t seen her since she was 2 weeks old). My mom is really great with babies - very fun and patient.

We also got a new high chair, which I totally love. I think it’s so pretty. My mom helped me feel her solids, since up until 2 days ago it was unendingly frustrating. Reese finally learned how to swallow them, so things are much better now.

Believe it or not, this was a success! There was less banana on her bib than had been in the bowl. She’s much better now - she only blows raspberries when she’s trying to make me smile or go away.

We went hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains just north or Asheville. It’s so beautiful out there.

Another new development. Reese is trying like crazy to crawl! She pulls her knees up all the time and rocks back and forth. I think her arms need to get stronger before she can really crawl, so for now she’s just building muscles!

So cute!

Before she left my mom and I bought a bunch of new toys for Reese because all she had was her newborn stuff. I’m excited to watch her figure out how all of them work.