35 Weeks and growing...

Today Reagan is 35 weeks and growing!

This week brings... turning 8 months! What a big girl! We have officially transitioned out of her infant car seat and it actually went quite well. I think she likes the plushness of her new convertible seats. Reagan also had a play date on Friday night with her friend Jules and got to see both G&G Kollenkark and G&G Wallace this weekend! It was a good week!

We are slowly working on crawling- she'll hoist up on one knee, look around, and then promptly sit back down. Just not gonna take the leap yet... She is loving her baby food, but the bottle will always be her favorite. I'm trying to teach her to clap and so far, have only witnessed her do it once on her own so we'll see how she does with clapping over the next few weeks.

Here are some pics from the week:

Her security blankie, aka her thumb~
"Oops, better put the thumb away, mom has the camera out!"

Loves her stackable rings~

Girls night out with Adrian and Jules at CiCi's Pizza~

Thumb, part 2~

"Oops, camera is out again!"

8 months!!!

Blurry pic but I love her expression~

Testing out the new seats (for worry purposes, this pic was taken in the family room, not in a moving vehicle)~

"Can I get out now?"

Crawling: Step 1~

Step 2~

Step 3~

Until next week! xoxo

34 Weeks and growing...

Today, Reagan is 34 weeks and growing!

This week brings...more teething, celebrating Andy's first father's day and getting new convertible car seats! We decided before we actually break our backs carrying peanut around in her infant seat that she was definitely ready for her new big girl car seat! Of course, we needed 2 so we used our coupon sleuthing skills to get a couple car seats for a great deal at Babies R Us. We'll try to switch out the seats by this weekend.

Reagan is also working on 2 more bottom teeth- and since 2 have poked through, we bought her her first toothbrush and toothpaste! I want to get this healthy habit started now because I remember how I was as a child- and our goal is no cavities for peanut! *ahem* Not like her mother.

We had a great time celebrating father's day at Steve and Alyce's on Sunday. Here are some pics from the week:

Chillin with great Gramma and Grampa Wallace~
Copying Grampa Wallace's actions, patting the table~

Testing out her new shopping cart cover- she loves it! And so do I as it keeps her entertained while I shop~

CHEEKS!

Teething anyone?!

"Life is good...."

"So good..."

Sweet baby girl~

"Hi bug!"

Sportin her 'Okoboji Cutie' outfit~

Until next week! xoxo

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to the best daddy there could be!


"A little girl needs Daddy
For many, many things:
Like holding her high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music
That tells her all is right
When she awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in her heart
And shows her how she might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love
That is her sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
She'll always find him there."

xoxo

Take me out to the ball game...

On Friday night, Andy and his boss hosted a Principal Sky box for some of their clients which meant...peanut got to attend her first Icubs game!

She did great and even though she was initially hesitant when 'Cubbie' came around, she was still in awe of him! We had a great time!

A few pics:

Daddy with baby girl outside the stadium- the clouds look ominous here but it turned out to be a beautiful night!
Reagan with Andy's boss 'aka Uncle Rick'~

Family shot~

Reagan meeting Cubbie!

You can always tell...

When my parent's have been here to visit.


The drains are mysteriously unclogged, the sinks and mirrors are clean, some major woodworking/construction project is completed, our cars are running smoothly...


I've decided that this is all due to the fact that Scotty is superhuman. Whether it be plumbing, electrical work, construction, auto repair- he can do it all. Seriously- if we didn't live in the 'house that Scott built,' our current home would look like this:



But since we are so fortunate to have Scotty, here are some recent fruits of his labor. Completely refurbished bar stools- beautiful smooth wood. No more scraping your leg on a staple!

Curtains! It only took me 5 years to buy curtain rods but Scott seriously hung both rods in the living room and family room in under 15 minutes. Genius I tell you.

In addition to this, building our fence and re-hanging our overhead kitchen light, our drains are unclogged and my car runs perfectly. Thanks for all your hard work Scotty! xo

33 Weeks and growing...

Today, Reagan is 33 weeks and growing!

This week brings... new funny faces (she's not used to having teeth!), a sleepover at our house with cousin Jackie and *gasp* a possible temper tantrum?!

I can't really say for sure but... when she doesn't get what she wants, she has started to thrust her fists in the air and kick her feet! It was cute until I realized, Oh. This could be a temper tantrum. I'm not sure if she's too young to actually realize what she's doing? But it's so darn cute and hard not to laugh at!

Her new thing is scrunching up her nose and snorting- she knows it makes us laugh so naturally she does it again and again. :)

Here are some pics from the week:

She loves her buddy 'cousin Jackie!'~

"You don't say!"
"You are so interesting!"

Petting Precious~

Okay... too much Precious!

"Ahoy Mate!"

Me and my baby girl~

"Say what?! We ran out of Dora episodes on the DVR??!"

*Sigh* Sadly, we had to bid farewell to the pappasan chair. In its place- a pack-n-play that my mom got a great deal on! She loves it~

Her new favorite toy~ Thanks Davy!

Until next week! xo