After pleading guilty, Juan Antonio Torres-Vasquez appeals his 18-month sentence imposed for reentry of a deported alien previously convicted of a felony, in *844violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). On appeal, Torres-Vasquez argues that his sentence was procedurally and substantively unreasonable. After review, we affirm.
We review the reasonableness of a sentence under a deferential abuse of discretion standard of review. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41, 128 S.Ct. 586, 591, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). We look first at whether the district court committed any significant procedural error and then at whether the sentence is substantively unreasonable under the totality of the circumstances. United States v. Pugh, 515 F.3d 1179, 1190 (11th Cir.2008). We ordinarily expect a sentence within the guidelines range to be reasonable. United States v. Talley, 431 F.3d 784, 788 (11th Cir.2005). The party challenging the sentence bears the burden of proving the sentence is unreasonable in light of the record and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. Id. 1
The weight to be given any particular factor is left to the sound discretion of the district court. United States v. Amedeo, 487 F.3d 823, 832 (11th Cir.2007). We reverse only if “left with the definite and firm conviction that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the § 3553(a) factors by arriving at a sentence that lies outside the range of reasonable sentences dictated by the facts of the case.” Pugh, 515 F.3d at 1191.
Torres-Vasquez has not shown that his 18-month sentence, in the middle of the advisory guidelines range of 15 to 21 months’ imprisonment, was procedurally or substantively unreasonable. The record belies Torres-Vasquez’s claims that the district court ignored his mitigating factors — his work ethic and family devotion — and relied solely on Torres-Vasquez’s four prior illegal entries. The district court acknowledged Torres-Vasquez’s arguments in mitigation and, after considering the § 3553(a) factors, concluded that a sentence within the advisory guidelines range was appropriate.2
Moreover, the district court had a reasoned basis for choosing a sentence in the middle of the advisory range, specifically, Torres-Vasquez’s recidivism and his criminal history. Torres was first deported to Mexico in January 2008. In August 2008, he was apprehended trying to reenter the United States illegally and immediately returned to Mexico. When, in January 2009, Torres-Vasquez again was caught trying *845to enter the country, he was convicted in the Southern District of Texas of felony reentry of a deported alien. After serving a six-month prison sentence, Torres-Vasquez was deported to Mexico on July 24, 2009.
The six-month sentence proved to be no deterrence, however, because Torres-Vasquez was back in the United States by October 16, 2010, when he was arrested in Georgia on state charges of driving under the influence. In addition to his 2009 felony reentry conviction, Torres-Vasquez’s criminal history in the United States includes numerous convictions between 2008 and 2010 for driving under the influence and driving without a license. Under the totality of the circumstances, we cannot say the district court abused its discretion when it imposed an 18-month sentence.
AFFIRMED.