Good Birthday Celebration and then the Flu....

We enjoyed a great lunch on Sunday to help celebrate Grandma and Teona's birthday. It was a wonderful time but then the flu hit us! It started Monday night and went on for about 48 hours! She has been wonderful through the whole thing - you would never know she is sick. Today she finally made it without getting sick so hopefully we are through the worst of it.

Uncle Kyle and Reagan the big girl sitting at the table - she was so excited the whole meal.

The birthday girls


The sunshine!! Sunday is was nice enough out that we could take a walk outside. Riley got worn out before we were done so he stole a ride with Reagan.

Today on the way to being better. As you can see she is getting much more blonde hair - just enough to hold a hair bow.

Which character are you like...

Due to the writer's strike, there has not been a new Grey's Anatomy in some time so I am going through with draw!! I checked out the website to see when new shows would be back on again and to my dismay it will not be until late April. I did however find this great quiz to see which character you are most like. If you are like me and missing this great show check out this fun quiz here.

You must crawl before you walk....

Well at least that is what I thought should happen with a baby. Reagan has no interest in crawling - she hates to be on her stomach, she will only stay there for about a minute before rolling over. Instead now she likes stand up! A few nights ago she even pulled herself up to a standing position on Rob. This child may just skip over the crawling and go right to running!

Reagan is also a little lady - sometimes when she is playing she crosses her feet - I just think it is so cute!!

8 months old - what!

Reagan turned 8 months old on Valentine's day! It is hard to believe that we are more amazed by her everyday. Her little personality is really starting to show and we are really enjoying this stage.

What are Reagan's tricks at 8 months:

waving "hi" and "bye" like a little princess

clapping

eating lots of foods - fruits are her favorite

working on crawling but can't stand being on her stomach for too long

gets so excited when Rob gets home everyday - he just loves it!

talks all the time - just loves to make noise

This is her buddy Sam. We watch Sam and his little brother Joe a couple days a week so their mommy can get out. Reagan gets so excited when she see these boys and Sam is so in love with her - he asks his mom if they can keep Reagan!

Cold weather blues

It is cold here in Indiana and has been for awhile. We got a bit of snow and ice on the ground which is pretty but cold! Reagan woke up yesterday with a runny nose and sneezing all the time. She is not a big fan of the kleenex but who really is. Today the sun is out so we are enjoying it from the inside. Let's hope that the nasty nose goes away soon so we can go outside!

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Great little friends...

Today we had a play date with Caleb Reed while his mommy took care of some business. Reagan was so excited when he got here but Caleb was a little overwhelmed with her. Once they settled in they had a great time for about an hour! Finally, they both had melt downs before falling asleep. These two you can tell are going to wonderful little friends as they grow up! Man those toys taste good!

I tried to get both of them to look at me but they were way to busy.

Reagan clapping and Caleb saying "Hey what is that trick - you need to show me how to do that!"

Reagan and Riley both checking out Caleb.

This is just moments before our big sleepy melt down.

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Any good Dr's???

I just learned today that Reagan's Dr is no longer in network for our insurance. We are so sad because I just love Dr Gollnick - she is very calm and makes you feel so comfortable, a wonderful Dr to have in your corner for your first year of being a mother! Isn't it just awful that insurance companies dictate who we can or can not take our family to for medical care? We really should be able to take them to whoever we feel will give them the best care! Well, now we are stuck without a Dr for our little one, so I am turning to all my blogger friends out there for any suggestions of Dr's that you trust in the area. If you love your kiddo's doc let me know!

Doll Look-alike Meter

I was really surprised to see that this claimed that Reagan looked more like me - I think she looks just like her dad!

Update...

It has been several weeks since our last post...we have been very busy. Here is a brief update on what has been happening at the Doll House.

Reagan had her baby dedication at church. She did a wonderful job and even smiled when Paster Steve held her up for the church. She looked so cute in her dress - we had to have her wear it again for Christmas eve.

We took a family trip to Ft Myers Florida and enjoyed my Mom's new condo. It was very nice to get away just the three of us and spent a week together. We visited the beach a few times, Reagan took her first dip in the pool, ate lots of food and slept in!

Christmas Eve we spent with my Mom. We started out by going to church together for a wonderful Christmas Eve service and went to Mom's house for our traditional "dinner" of all kinds of finger foods. I just love the traditions we have at Christmas.

We had a lot of family in town and it was so nice to visit with them. Some how though I did not get any pictures of them but here is my sister who we also had a great time with.

Christmas morning was spent at home with a little family time with just the three of us. Santa visited Reagan and brought her a piggy bank so she could learn about saving! Later in the day my Dad, brother, sister, and Rob's brother all came over. My dad wrapped a present for Reagan to open and she had more fun with the paper then the toy.

We headed down to Columbus later in the week to have Christmas with Rob's family. His sister was in town from North Carolina with her three kids. Reagan played with her cousin Lindsey who is just 9 weeks older than her. We could already see that they will have tons of fun together in years to come.
This is our niece and nephew, Rachel and Joel, who were having a little Christmas fun. Even though they live in North Carolina they are big Colts fan so we got Joel a Reggie Wayne jersey and he did not take it off for days.

We have had a wonderful few weeks with family and friends and really enjoyed having Rob off of work but it did wear us out. Reagan's schedule has been thrown way off so we have a rough couple of days ahead of us to get her back on track. This is a shot of her this morning as she looked so peaceful and relaxed while she slept until 9am. (sorry it is bit dark, I turned the flash off as I did not want to wake her up!)

First play date with Caleb

We had dinner with our good friends Chris and Tish Reed and thier little guy Caleb who is 8 weeks younger than Reagan. We had a great time and the two babies enjoyed checking each other out. The two I am sure will be trouble together one day!!

A new trick

Reagan has been working on her ability to sit up on her own. She is doing a pretty good job especially when she has her boppy around her. It will not be long before she is sitting up and playing with all her toys.

Thanksgiving

We did a lot of celebrating with family for Thanksgiving. It was very enjoyable to have lots of good food and time with family!! Here are a few of the highlights...

Hanging out with my Dad

Yes, we had a few snow showers on Thanksgiving so Katlyn had to take Reagan out side to see the snow flakes.

Checking out Rob's dad.
The girl's in my family always go shopping the day after Thanksgiving more than anything to check out all the crazy people trying to get good deals. Reagan got to experience the fun with us for a few hours. We converted her stroller into a cart and she went along for a fun ride!

Hands

I have been fascinated by hands lately. I look at Reagan's hands and try to imagine what God's plan is for her life and what she will be doing in her lifetime with her hands for His kingdom! Hands can also be so healing in so many ways. A few weeks ago one of my dear friends shared that she is fighting breast cancer. The ladies group that I am in with this friend got together and put our hands on her to pray for her during this difficult time. At lunch we all painted our hands and put them on paper as something for Carol to look at as she is going through this journey. She can look at it and remember this powerful time together and also have our hands there whenever she needs our support. It was such an amazing experience and I had to share the picture.

Trip to Orlando

Last week Reagan and I took a trip with my mom and Teona to Orlando Florida. Reagan did so well as a little traveler and it was hard to believe how much you have to pack for such a small person!! Here are some of the highlights...





On the airplace ride there she did wonderful. Took a little nap, looked out the window, laughed at mommy, etc.

We spent a little time on Disney World property. We did not acutally go into the parks but did everything that is free - downtown disney, eat at several of the hotels, rode the monorail, and visited the shops. It is so much fun to just explore the disney properties and really feel like you had a disney experience without having to go into the parks.

Reagan also got her first Mickey Mouse which is in love with. I gave it to her in the store and when it came time to check out she screamed when I took it from her. Here she is checking him out for the first time.

We spent a little bit of time at the pool but not much since it rained a lot while we were there. Here is Reagan all ready to go in her swimsuit and cover up.

But as you can see she never got to get her suit wet, instead she thought it was nap time!

A trip to Florida would not be complete without a visit to the ocean. It was pretty winding and rainy so we did not stay long but we got a feet sandy aleast.

We traveled home on Halloween so Reagan got dressed up. The hat did not last very long.

After a long trip we both caught up on a few zzz on the flight home.

Reagan and I had a great vacation but were very happy to get home and see Rob. We all went over to my mom's house to pass out candy and see all of the kids dressed up.

Cold weather is here!

The weather in Indiana can be so unpredictable! On Monday we hit a record high of 90 and on Wednesday we got down to a high of 57 - that is correct a swing of more than 30 degrees in a 48 hour period!! I have been walking with a girlfriend who has a little boy three weeks older than Reagan a couple of days a week. On Thursday I had to get her all bundle up for the adventure and she was not very happy to have so many layers on.

Talking baby

Reagan's newest trick is talking - she loves to hear herself talk! My favorite part are her faces, she looks like she has some serious things to talk about.