Happy Birthday to Me!

Well...it happened...I turned 27! How is that even possible?? Sunday was my birthday and it was pretty low key. We went up to NoVa for the weekend. Devin and I actually went out on a date Saturday night while my parents watched Reagan. We went to Texas de Brazil and had a good time. We finished way too early for a date so we went back out to Toys R Us (exciting, I know) and bought Reagan a jumparoo...best invention EVER!! She loves it. Unfortunately, I left my camera at Mom and Dad's house, so the pictures will have to wait.

Sunday, Mana and Grandaddy came over for dinner and cake. Devin fell asleep right after the cake...definitely not the most exciting birthday ever. I do feel a little bit older this year...probably because I had to grow up in a big way becoming a mom.

Here's to a brand new year!

Big Day!

So, as I was downloading the pictures for that last post I walked into Reagan's room to see why she hadn't fallen asleep yet...And here's what I found!!!!

She rolled over onto her tummy for the first time! Of course her foot was between the bars, but you can tell by this picture how happy we BOTH were. We've been expecting this to happen for over a month now.

Here is a picture of her a little while ago during tummy time...this is pre-rolling over. She's 20 weeks today and check out those baby blues.

P.S. We haven't forgotten about Winnie...she's still our first child.

So...Um...Yeah...

Well, it's January at least. Sorry about that New Year's Day idea. Good thing I didn't write any new resolutions.

Here are some pictures of Reagan who has now graduated on to rice cereal! Woot! At her 4 month doctor visit, a few weeks ago, she weighed 14lbs. 11oz. and was 25 1/4 inches long. I'm sure she's well past 15 lbs. now.

Enjoy!

Reagan's First Christmas!

Well, Christmas certainly came and went. Boy, does it fly by each year! This year was a little hectic with too much last minute shopping/driving around...something I can't stand. So, we were all pooped by the end of the week and glad it's time to move on. Bring on 2009!

Reagan is getting to be more and more personable, so I know this is really going to be a fun year of growing and changing and really getting into her personality. It was almost this time last year when I found out that I was expecting, and what a whirlwind it has been!

We had a pretty busy Christmas - Christmas Eve was spent with Granbonnie, Pops, Uncle Todd, Mana and Grandaddy. (I guess we have to start calling him Great Grandaddy, too. Yikes!) We ate dinner at Red Lobster and headed to M and G's house for dessert, stockings and presents. Back at Mom and Dad's we read the Christmas Story from Luke 2, lit our candles and scratched our lotto tickets. I think Mom won $5. Ha!

Christmas morning we woke up, ate the usual John Wayne Casserole and opened presents. Around 11:00 we headed down 95 to Mark and Jerri's house. We were there most of the day, but decided to head home since Reagan woke up with a gross little cold. At home that night, our little family opened our presents to one another. Hey, Reagan didn't know it was Christmas night.

Friday, some good friends, the Perkins, were in town and came over for dinner. Saturday we drove with Mom and Dad to Giles for the Myers family Christmas. We came back that evening...Reagan and Winnie were troopers in the car and it was great for ALL of the family to finally meet her.

Here it's New Year's Eve already and we have NO plans. We did that on purpose. Will I even make it to midnight?

I'll try and post tomorrow to kick off the new year.

November and early December

Well, Miss Reagan celebrated her first Thanksgiving this year at her Granbonnie and Pops' house. She reached two big mile stones in a baby's life while on her visit there: her first sink bath and her first laugh.

Today she is three months old - My, how the time has flown by! She celebrated by sleeping through the night again. This time she lasted from 9:00 p.m. to 7:15 a.m. Is this something that we can count on? Let's hope so.

Since she doesn't have a 3 month doctor visit, I'm going to guess at how much she weighs....I'd say 13 1/2 lbs. Maybe I'll get Devin to stand with her on the scale later on tonight.

Reagan also attended her first Miss Va local pageant this weekend. Miss Greater Richmond will go down in the baby book as her first pageant experience. She didn't last all night unfortunately. Talents and clapping are a little scary when you're 3 months old. It was so sad.

Rainy Day Blues

Why is it that when I stopped getting a pay check the economy began to tumble? Things were ok up until then. Maybe I just notice this more because of Devin's chosen line of work and because I no longer help out financially. October and November have been rough. Not to mention we had to shell out mucho pesos for a new transmission in Devin's car. I guess when it rains it pours. Hmm...pouring...that's something it is doing now both literally and figuratively. I have a case of the blues this afternoon. It is a chilly, rainy, blustery fall day - something I love. It would be great to curl up in a blanket with a good book, but Miss R won't really let me do that yet. At least not for any long period of time. But these economic blues are keeping me from enjoying this fall weather anyway. Instead, I have been making many a to do and check list. Mr. Obama, when are you going to fix the economy? Ed McMahon, when will you show up at my doorstep with my million dollar check? HCPS, when will you send me a pay check even though I don't work for you anymore?

Probably contributing to my blues, Reagan had her two month shots on Monday. That was a painful experience for both of us. She survived, but it was not a nice visit with Dr. I. That's after her first snotty nose cold of her life last week. She has been a little fussy and sleepy today - and rightfully so. Can you blame the girl? She's had a rough week.

I should make some soup or something...too bad I need to go to the grocery store. This being a grown up business is hard. Very hard.

8 Weeks Old Today!

For some reason this picture of Reagan didn't rotate...still cute though.