Reece Pedal Bike

Reece became very good on his Balance Bike in the last month or so.  

He has been kind of nervous when we have had him try the pedal bike without training wheels even though he was doing a great job.

But this week something clicked and he started to ride.  Yesterday I had to help him get started and run with him.

Pedal bike from Katherine Hoffman on Vimeo.

Then today he just got on his bike and started to go.
(I promise he has different clothes on, he has been wanting to wear orange shirts most days)

Reece Day 2 from Katherine Hoffman on Vimeo.

Reece Day 2 from Katherine Hoffman on Vimeo.

Here is the link to blog post when Grady started to ride a Pedal Bike.
Grady started to ride at 3years 7months old and Reece is 3years 5months old.

We are so proud of you Reece!!

Big Boy Bed

This post is almost a month late but on October 22 we converted Reece crib/cage (what Grady calls it) to a toddler bed.  Reece has done amazing.  He did wake up us one morning by standing by our bed, that means he opened his door and walked down the steps alone in the dark.  So we installed a child proof door knob locks.  

Pedal Bike

Grady has been riding his balance bike really well lately.  He has really been enjoying going to the new Extreme Sports Park to ride his bike on the Skate Park.  

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Link of Video 

We decided it was time to get him a pedal bike and see if he could ride it WITHOUT training wheels.  Well he did AWESOME... He needs a little help getting started but once he gets started he can ride forever.  I think by this weekend he will be able to it all on his own.

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Link of Video 

1st day riding a pedal bike!  Grady is only 3.5 years old and can ride a bike without training wheels.  We are really proud of him.  

Reece is 8 months old!

Poor Reece turned 8 months old on the 16th of this month and I am just now getting around to posting this update.  

Weight: 17lbs 14oz - 24th percentile

Reece is now sitting in the tub with no sling or anything.  He is loves to splash and play with Grady.

He is now eating ALL table food he is just eating what we have for meals.  It is so much easier to have everyone eating the same thing.

Reece went to his 1st O'Meara Family Reunion in West Virginia.  (It was Grady 1st reunion too since it only happens every 5 years)  He also got his 1st ear infection on this trip... poor baby never really complained till we were landing in New Orleans, then we quickly knew his ears were hurting him.

Reece got his 1st tooth right before he turned 8 months old.  He is still backing up and scooting backwards but has not figured out how to go forward yet.

He is such a sweet happy boy but has started to show his distaste when we stop him from doing some thing he wanted to be doing.  He has a real good "tank" face that shows us that he is not happy... I am famous for my "tank" face when I was young and I still use that face some times today.  I need to get the photo of me as a kid and him with the "tank" face :)

Grady's 8month update

Reece's 1st movie

Grady has been asking to go see How to train your dragon since his birthday weekend, but we have been so busy every weekend we have been telling him he needed to be good and earn a trip to the movie theater.  Keith came home from Houston Wednesday afternoon and we decided we would go since we have another busy weekend.

It was Reece's 1st movie and he did great.  The movie was really cute. 

Two 1st in the same day!

Grady got this awesome doodle pad today from our friends son Conner as a BIG BROTHER gift.  So he has been drawing all day.  Well this afternoon while I was putting Reece to sleep Grady came in the room to show me the letter H he wrote.  That was the 1st time he wrote a letter by himself.  Then he wrote an A on chalkboard part of the doodle pad.  Go Grady... and he drew a circle and oval on the 15th of Feb.

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Then tonight when Keith was getting Reece ready to take a bath he got Reece to laugh his 1st laugh!!