Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A Day in the Life

What does an 11 month old do all day? Everything!

From the moment Reese calls to us from her crib at 7am she is ready to go. Things can't happen fast enough. We give her a bottle while she gets her diaper changed otherwise she fusses and won't sit still.
We bring her back to our bed to cuddle but what she'd really rather do is crawl all over us to check out the book, lotion, eyeglasses etc. that are on the night stand. Her day has begun and there is no arguing with her about it. Get up!
Luckily she is pretty good at playing independently so she'll sit on the floor in the living room surrounded by her toys as mommy or daddy sit close by and tries to stay awake until the coffee is ready.

After breakfast and a quick nap she is ready for a change of scenery. Sometimes we walk around the neighborhood or hangout by the pool. But more often than not we get in the car and go somewhere fun. Reese has been so many places in San Diego; the museums, the aquarium, the zoo,

the top of Cowles Mountain,
Here she is high above Balboa Park in the aerial tram.
Back at home Reese enjoys exploring. Some of her favorite activities include pulling books off shelves,

and playing with her dishes in the baby food cabinet.

Like many of us, Reese is a big fan of the iPhone. She is so tickled when she see's herself on the screen. This is a video I made using the self-portrait feature.

The nice thing about Reese being so active is that she wears herself out. I mentioned that she wakes up at 7am but she also goes to bed for the night at 7:30 so we have almost 12 blissful hours of peace...which is important because we have to do it all over again tomorrow.