Trike Day 2 & 3

Yep, we are still in love with the trike. Since it is still in the living room Reagan likes to sit on it all the time.












She is also in love with this little music playing turtle from Uncle Craig.

Merry Christmas!

It has been quite eventful. Last night we went to church and out for dinner. Everyone likes a little Christmas sushi right? Then we came home and read the Night Before Christmas and Reagan went to bed while Dad, er Santa, started to get to work.


























Everything was set and ready the next morning before Reagan came downstairs.




And as soon as Reagan came downstairs she took a look at the tree and said, 'Oh, wow" and ran right to her trike and climbed on! For a little while we were not sure if she would get off to open any other presents but she quickly became intrigued with her stocking and then we attempted to open a few things. She was quick to have us unwrap things so that she could play with them and soon found that she loves pushing around dolls in her new stroller, plus she can torment the dogs with it!


















Later in the afternoon we headed out and about to see family and to go through another round of opening presents. Reagan was less intrigued this round and just wanted to run around with the dogs. We were able to get a couple of shots of her opening a few gifts and donning her new tutu.
















We hope that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas. We love (and miss!) you all.

Where did the baby go?

Seriously. We(uh, mom) have been waiting til we can put Reagan's hair into a ponytail. Well it looked to be close to we bought little ponytail holders and tried it out yesterday. The result was adorable and disturbing at the same time.






























It was like a transformation took place and she suddenly lost the last of the baby look that she had. Yep, she's a toddler now, a certified big girl, and all because of a ponytail.

Good Dental Hygiene Here

So Reagan has discovered how much she loves to brush her teeth. Really. She would brush her teeth all day long if we let her. Anytime we open the bath room door she runs in and jumps on her stool and reaches for the toothbrush and the water.

Our Spotted Child

Makes me think of a children's book for some reason. Yes, Reagan has spots.


We have no idea what they are and they just appeared on Sunday and are all over! The good news is that she doesn't have any other symptoms. I don't think she even knows that they are there. Since there are no other symptoms the nurse I spoke to is not too worried about it and there is no reason for us to come in right now. And since she doesn't have any other symptoms whatever it may be should not effect her sister.

As you can see this didn't stop her from climbing onto the dishwasher door this morning when mom left the room.

Growing Up

A long weekend can make you realize so many things. We ventured out to the mall on Saturday morning and it was dead. We were relieved. We needed to run an errand, go and register at the hospital next door (gulp) and take Reagan to see Santa. Reagan loved Santa and I knew with age we could end up with tears this year. The problem was the little elf girl who wanted us to run up and drop Reagan off on Santa's lap really quick without her seeing him and then run off so she can take the picture. I know my child a little better then that but ok. So she cried. I then went up and sat next to her and turned her around so she could see him and talk to him. After that she was better and we got a somewhat ok pic. It was better then the crying pic we had at first though I almost bought that one instead.


Reagan loves to dance, a lot. She is in love with a show on Noggin called Lazytown. Nothing else can go on during Lazytown. She is like a zombie, that is until the music comes on. Dad made the mistake of trying to change her diaper in the middle of Lazytown. He would have been fine but then the ending song came on that she loves and she escaped a but to do a little naked dance:


We got our tree up on Saturday as well and it has been a world of "No" and "Don't pull that off" but she sure does love it.



We've decided that we hate IKEA. They have strung us about now for 3 months on the bed that we were trying to buy for Reagan. We are constantly told to check back in 2 weeks. Finally this past weekend we were told that they are not in line for the bed to come in stock for another month or two. Finally, a straight answer. We need to return a few things that went with the actual bed but we have found and ordered another bed that should hopefully be here in the next couple of weeks. So hopefully we can actually get moving on this soon!

Other then that we are working on new words and body parts. She can say nose and knows where it is. We're working on eye right now though it involves getting poked. She has known where her belly button is for some time and knows tummy. She is pretty stuck on the word "no". The best so far was to ask if there was a baby in Mommy's tummy and she said "no" and then proceeded to lift up her shirt and show off her tummy. Guess she may think that everyone has a baby in the tummy. So while she has been slow with the words it is starting to pick up now. She is definitely not a baby anymore.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A day that could have been disastrous turned out great. Reagan generally naps from 1-4/5 daily. Dinner was set at 3 and we were to be there at 1:30pm. We were a bit nervous to say the least. We set the alarm early and all got up in hopes of manipulating an early nap and........it worked! This of course lead to a much calmer Thanksgiving. Reagan may have only chosen to eat mashed potatoes for dinner but she loved pumpkin pie!



Mommy, Reagan & Granny


Reagan with her new baby. Thank you Aunt Kathy for the early Christmas present.


Trying out an apron. Maybe she'll cook next year.


Pumpkin pie is SO yummy!

18 month visit - check

Reagan had her visit this morning with our favorite Doctor. Reagan currently weighs 28lbs 13oz and is 33.5in. She grew another 2 inches in 23 months and gained 2lbs. Her Doctor is very pleased with her progress. She was supposed to get just 1 shot today but turns out their shipment didn't come in yesterday so they were out. The good news is that we can wait til her 2 year visit to get it so Reagan will not be back to the Doctor until May although we'll be in there before then with Baby Girl. The only surprising thing was that when I mentioned that Reagan is still chewing on her fingers in the back of her mouth the Doctor said that her 2 year molars could be coming in early. We'll just have to wait and see.

The Weekend of a Toddler

As all weekends seem to be a blur lately this one was as well. Saturday we worked on a little more Christmas shopping and other then Reagan & a secret santa gift we are pretty much through. I know you are all jealous. Saturday we ran errands and then we went to a party at a wonderful friends house. As usual Reagan partied like a rock star until about 10pm.








Cindy & Crissy











Reagan & Sarah












Cindy & Scott
















Reagan & Dad













Sunday was a bit more relaxing. Mom finally broke out the sewing machine to try and make Reagan a pillowcase for the toddler pillow that we found. Reagan enjoyed some cheetos a little too much and hung out with Dad to watch a little football.

Our Domesticated Daughter

So Reagan likes to do housework. Some of her favorite things to do are mopping/sweeping, laundry, unloading groceries and especially emptying the dishwasher. We're not complaining on any of these things. Might take us a little longer to get through tasks but they are well worth it.





Can't you see.....as soon as we set the grocery bags on the floor she sat down to help sort.














Look at all of those teeth!!









And when mom said, "When you finish your lunch you need to take a nap" she didn't waste any time. Can't blame her. It was hard to stay awake during that Texans game.

Trick or Treat

I think Reagan was made for trick or treating. We had a blast. She had no problem with walking right up to a door and either taking or accepting candy. While she and her friend Sarah might not have been able to say trick or treat they were happy to say hi and then bye and blow kisses once they got their candy. My favorite is when we got to a door and no one answered, that sent Reagan into a tantrum. The adults couldn't help but laugh. The girls ran all over. By looking at them you would have sworn that they were eating candy along the way. It was a great time trick or treating for the first time.

Happy Halloween!

Reagan will be trick or treating tonight with her friend Sarah and Sarah's little brother Jacob. We can't wait to see the kiddos in their costumes and will be sure to update with pictures hopefully later this weekend. For now here are some pictures of our pumpkin carving.





Before - our pretty pumpkin from the patch. Dad did a good job picking one.

Apparently Mom said Ew too many times while cleaning it out so Reagan started saying Ew too. She would only touch and carry around the top after the strings and slime were cut off.

Our end product - SCARY! Yep, we went outside when it got dark to light it up and turned off the light and Reagan took one look at it and screamed and cried. That means we did a good job right?

Cuteness in Carter's

So we were in Carter's getting new jammies for the cold weather (Thank you great-grandma!) and Reagan decided to run around the store a bit. They have toys and things set up all over for the little ones. She ran into a little boy named William who turned out to be the same age. They looked at each other and ran right up to each other and kissed! I about died. So I stand there with his mother and we talk about kids ages and what not and then as the kids are checking each other out I asked Reagan if she could give him a hug which she promptly did. Then she couldn't stop following/chasing him around the store until it was time to leave. Unfortunately dad missed the whole show as he was paying. Wow, what we have to look forward to huh?

A New Day

We woke up this morning and it was cold! I mean actually cold. While I promise we are not white trash Reagan typically runs around the house in just a diaper all day long and never puts on any clothes. Today she has on a long sleeved shirt, pants and even socks! Also made me realize that I need to get this kid a few more things to wear.











And today, lo and behold, I think I see the white little nubbins of these evil teeth coming through. Still had to fight her to take a nap at finally 2:30pm but it's a step closer, right?