18 Months and 30 Weeks

It is hard to believe that Reese is 18 Months and I am 30 weeks along with the TWINS! I feel like we have really hit a mile stone. We went to Reese's 18 Month check up on Friday and she has exceeded all milestones and development mental marks that she should have. Reese is very tall and skinny for her age...

Weight : 24.6 lbs (55 percentile)

Height: 33 inches (90 percentile)

During her check up, Reese showed Dr Benzick all of her body parts, which he said the average 18 month old only knows 2 and she knows them all with her hands being her favorite! Then she pointed to all the animals correctly that he asked her to... this little girl LOVES animals. She started school twice a week this month, so she would be ready for when her baby sisters arrive and she loved it. (I have to admit I missed my baby girl, but loved it at the same time :) Reese is growing up so fast and making Paul and I laugh daily with her dancing skills among other things... Anytime Michael Jackson comes on she busts out her moves. Some of her other favorites are: BOOKS (it seems like we can not get enough), her animal figurines, green beans and SHOES! She loves shoes and must have a pair on all the time. We can not wait to see her as a big sister, we know she'll be a great one!

30 Weeks, WOW! It's hard to believe that we are 30 weeks already. This pregnancy has flown by... I have felt great until recently and I am not feeling "bad" just tired. Both babies are doing wonderful and developing beautifully. They are each over 3 pounds and growing by the week. The doctor told me last week that they each gain a pound every 2 weeks. If that holds true, then they should each be 6 pounds at birth. WOW, 6.6 was what Reese weighed. We are hoping to keep them in for at least 6 more weeks so please keep us in your prayers that happens. Theor nursery is finished and we just need to name these sweet girls!

Enjoy some recent pictures of Reese:

Cousin Love...

I have not post pics of our precious nephews lately.... How cute is Tanner!? We have another, Mr Blue eyes! I can not believe he is already 6 months. We can not wait too see them soon.

January Wrap Up

Ok... I have been called out by several that I have not updated since Christmas! This month has FLOWN by and much of it has been concentrated on the twins and getting their nursery ready. In the process, we decided to flip Reese's room into the extra bedroom. We have just been busy.

It is a great feeling to have the nursery "simi" together, I am waiting on their bedding to complete it. We still do not have names, I am not quite sure why it is so hard this time but it is. Hopefully we'll decide soon so Aunt Jessica can do their letters for above their cribs. I am officially in my third trimester and on the home stretch! YIKES! This week, I am 28 weeks, therefore we have 8 - 10 weeks until their debut. I go to the doctor tomorrow for a sono to see how much they have grown, I know they are healthy because they do not stop kicking.... :)

Last weekend, we moved Reese into her "Big Girl / Big Sister Room." I think that it turned out really cute and she has not missed a beat with the change. On the other hand, our poor baby girl has had a bad month of teething and I am ready for those suckers to cut through. I feel so sorry for her. Other than that, she has had a wonderful month. It is hard to believe that she is going to be 18 MONTHS next week... she is growing up so fast. We go for her check up next week so I'll have more pictures and stats then.

Reese also had her first hair cut this month and it looks SO cute. I hesitated on this b/c I did not want them to chop it off. But they did a great job... Reese on the other hand was not too excited about having her hair cut.

Also, last weekend we took Reese to Little Gym. She loved it! Daddy had to get into it and do all the tricks with her because needless to say I do not think Dr Flowers would have approved of me doing it. I have to say, it was really fun to watch them together. I think this is going to be a weekly date for them once the twin get here.

Christmas 2009

The Pritchett family had a wonderful White Christmas this year! We stayed home and it was perfect... Although we we missed the rest of our family, it was great for Santa to visit Reese for the first time at home. Reese was into Christmas as much as she understood this year, I think the best part is when she woke up Christmas morning and we took her in the living room to for her "Santa" gifts. She LOVES her wagon, tent and American Girl doll. Even though it was freezing, we bundled up and took the wagon out for a spin on the ice! She cleaned up on the toys this year! I need a professional toy organizer.....

It was fun to spend the holidays with my moms side of the family, it has been over 5 years since we have all been together! The Cali crew were the only ones missing and we missed them BUNCHES! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday Season!

The twins are doing WONDERFUL, just kicking like crazy. 2010 is their year as of 1/1/10 we are hitting their nursery full force! It is hard to believe they will be here in less than 15 week! YIKES!!

We'll have an update on them Jan 7th...

HO HO HO

Reese's LOOT, more arrived the next morning :)

Dazie LOVED the snow

Playing with her new toys with BOPS!

BOPS and Gigi

Playing the piano with sweet "great" Uncle Walter

Not a BIG Fan...

Reese was NOT the biggest fan of Santa this year... Paul and I felt so bad after we put her on his lap this year. She was fine until I let her hand go, then she lost it! All in all, she has loved the holiday season and I know that she will love Santa once he comes Christmas morning!

Pritchett Twins 5 1/2 Months

Here is a sono picture of our sweet girls. We are 5 1/2 months along and I can not believe how fast the time is going! They will be making their appearance before we know it.... YIKES! Everything looked wonderful yesterday and I am still feeling great! Can't wait to meet our sweet peas!

Better Late than Never....

I have been a VERY bad blogger lately... It feels like we have been running in 1000 directions this month with the holidays. It has been lots of fun, just busy.

At the beginning of November, we took our last trip to Nashville for a while. It is always fun to go and visit and as usual our weekend was full of excitement. I think the highlight of Reese's trip was riding on Papa B's John Deere tractor. For some reason, this little girl loves John Deere's. (Anytime we are at The Olson's she insist on riding it the entire time) She and her daddy had fun much of Saturday morning playing on it. It was a great visit and we are sad that we won't be able to get up there for a while...

The biggest news of November is that we found out that we are expecting IDENTICAL GIRLS in late March / early April. Daddy is officially out numbered!! (and it looks like it will stay that way since we don't plan on having anymore children.) We are extremely excited and know that Reese will be the best BIG sister to them. Not to mention, I truly believe these three will be thick as thieves. At our last appointment, everything looked wonderful and they are both growing and developing perfectly. We have another sono tomorrow so I will scan and post some pictures from it. I look forward to starting their nursery as soon as we get through the holidays... So, for now enjoy a picture of our precious little Reese.

Thanksgiving was a our house this year. Paul's mom, Uncle Turtle and Aunt Jessica came into town to spend the week with us and my parents and family joined us for the day. We started a new tradition this year that will continue and that is frying our turkey. I know that is does not sound healthy, but it is SO good. Paul had been planning, researching and looking forward to this for weeks. We went out and got all the gear and it was a success! The turkey was AMAZING! I am not a fan of turkey prepared any which way, but this was so good! Good Job Paul! Some of the rest of the weekend was Aunt Jess helping me get all my Christmas decorations up, not sure I could have done it without her this year! All in all, we had a great week and weekend with family.

Last weekend, Paul and I took our last little "getaway" until who knows when. :) We headed up to NYC on Thursday morning for a long weekend. This was Paul's first trip there and mine to see the famous tree all lit up. We had SO much fun! Once we landed, we hit the road running! Paul and I saw just about everything that we could in 4 days, with a bonus of getting on TV during the Today show. We were walking through Rockefeller Center and noticed that Robert DeNiro was in the studio so we decided to wait to see who was interviewing them and it was Matt Lauer (my favorite) and the next thing you know we were on TV with our parents calling from TN and TX. Very funny. We ate good food, shopped in SOHO and on 5th Avenue, went to see Ground Zero, had wine at the Plaza and took a carriage ride around Central Park. Our best surprise was Carrie and Ed taking the train down from CT. We miss them and don't get to see them often so we made us for lost time and had a ball.

Lastly, this was Reese's last week at school until after the first of the year. On Thursday, her class had their little Christmas party. Reese sang "Happy Birthday to Jesus" and had fun playing with her friends. Here are a few pictures from her day...

This sums up our month for the most part. We are going to visit Santa this week, take a carriage ride through downtown Grapevine and have a fun playgroup on Wednesday... Oh yea, we also get a sneak peak at our girls! I will do my best to get the pics up sooner.