Not a Baby Anymore

I know I've probably said this many times, but Reagan continues to amaze us with how much she really understands and can do all by herself. These past few weeks have really shown us how grown up she is. She is definitely a toddler and not a baby anymore! I've been worried that with the baby coming in 5 short months, that I would have two babies on my hands. I'm starting to worry less and less about that. Here are some funny pictures from the past two weeks:

Reagan loves to wear her daddy's watch. I think she wore it for a good hour this day.

This was two Fridays ago when we woke up to -25 degrees. We still did go out, but she wore her warmest sweater and jeans before we left the house. I just think she looks so cute and grown up in this sweater.

Same day sans sweater. She was just sitting on the stairs looking like she wanted to cause some trouble but had run out of ideas.

Sledding: Take 2. A little warmer and a little less windy and we were able to stay outside for longer.

Once again she loved it and was all smiles.

She really enjoyed pulling the sled, but it was difficult to do going uphill so Daddy had to help.

After sledding we helped John shovel the driveway.

Reagan is obssessed with her highchair. She loves to play with the straps and sometime refuses to come out long after she's finished eating. We've started lowering the chair so she can climb in and out herself while we clean up the kitchen.

Reagan's new favorite spot to hang out while Mom and Dad get ready in the morning. Although we don't let her play with the bar of soap anymore!

For Sale

It's official ~ Our house is now listed on the MLS! If you know anyone looking to buy a great townhome in the Plymouth area, please have them check out our house. We think it's a great house, especially for roommates since both bedrooms have their own bathroom. If only there were one more bedroom for Baby #2 . . .

Here are some pictures since they haven't all been posted on the MLS yet:

Kitchen

Great Room


Foyer

Fireplace

Basement

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Living Room

A Weekend of Firsts

This weekend was full of firsts for Reagan, John and I. This was the first time I've had to take care of a 1 year old and a sick husband (it is not fun or easy I have to say). This was the first time John has had the flu since I've known him. This was also a weekend that we discovered a lot of Reagan's firsts.

On Friday, Reagan went potty in the bathroom for the first time. No, not in the toilet, but on the bathroom rug. And it was #2, thank you very much! I guess that's what I get for waiting too long to put a diaper on her after a shower. At that point I was just grateful that she chose the rug and not the carpet. At least the rug will go in the washing machine. That was right before the sick husband came home, so my day only got better!

And, on a happier note, John and I are now confident that Reagan's first word is "DaDa." She thought it was so funny, as John was sleeping in bed to run into the room, point at him and go "Dada." As sad as I am that her first word isn't MaMa, I'm glad we got anything out of her besides babble. At her 1 year appointment (almost two months ago at this point), the doctor said they would like a 1 year old to use MaMa and DaDa correctly. He wasn't too concerned at that point considering her motor skills, but I was a little afraid that he would be concerned by her 15 month appointment.

With all my friends having babies lately, I'm definitely back in baby mode and can't wait to hold our little one in June. More than once this weekend I found myself thinking "When, exactly, did Reagan grew up so much?" I barely remember those baby days. I do love the stage that Reagan is in right now and love her curiosity. I can't wait to take her outside this spring and really start to explore with her.

Silly Reagan Part 2

Reagan has been constantly amusing us these past few days. It's amazing all the silly stuff she is starting to mimic. We don't have a picture of it, but John will drape the vacuum cleaner cord across his neck while he's vacuuming and she will follow close behind with another section of the cord draped around her neck. Don't worry, Mom, we watch to make sure she doesn't choke herself. She's also taken to drape my (clean) unmentionables around her neck and wear both my bra and underwear as necklaces. It's pretty funny, but for my own privacy, I'm not going to upload those pictures on the blog. Reagan has also starting climbing, but I can't seem to find the pictures. We've found her sitting in her toy box and also standing on the dishwasher door as we were unloading the dishwasher. Here are a few more of the antics we actually caught on camera (thank goodness for the new SLR camera! Thanks Mom, Dad, MaMa and PaPa!)

Why use your hands when Daddy can hold you?

It's much less work to eat your Cheerios straight off the counter.

"Look, I'm a seal!"

"What's this that I'm holding?"

"My Starbucks, of course!"

I was drinking Starbucks while shopping at Target today and Reagan really wanted the cup. After I drank as many drops of coffee (decaf) as possible, I turned the cup over to Reagan. The first thing she did was try to take a huge swig out of the cup. Luckily it was upside down! Unfortunately, a co-worker of John's saw us as this happened and now thinks we caffeinate our 1 year old. When we got home, no other coffee cup would do. I tried to give her a clean paper cup with a lid when we got home, but there was no trading the beloved Starbucks cup. Next time I'll ask for her own cup filled with water.

Sledding

When Christmas with the Etters was cancelled two weeks ago, John took advantage of the snow we got and took Reagan out on her new sled that she got for her birthday from the LaFrance family. It had been 'warmer' that day and we had no idea until we finally got her out there that the temp had plummetted. She had a good time when the wind wasn't blowing in her face!

We (by 'we' I mean John) will have to try again on a nicer day.

Silly Reagan

Reagan has been getting sillier by the day. I have to admit, though, that John and I inflict some of the silliness on her. Here are a few of my favorite memories from the past month.

Carrying around a (unopened) can of Diet Dr. Pepper. A few times she even tried to drink out of it. Wonder where she learned that trick?

Tupperware hat day. I can't keep a hat on her to save my life, but if it is made out of tupperware she'll wear it for hours. Go figure!

Crazy outfit day. This was a combination of Reagan being too tired to change out of the top she had worn all day into the matching pajama top before she went to bed and then her picking up the tshirt from a pile of laundry and wanting to put it on. I blame this outfit on John.

The Evolution of the Nuk Trick

If you remember back to our June Videos post, Reagan used to pick up her Nuk in a push up postition. Now that she is no longer crawling, picking up the Nuk has evolved. Watch the video...