17 Months and Growing...

Today, peanut is 17 months and growing... Favorite words: Elmo, mommy, daddy, Pooh, Moo, Meow, MINE and has started two word combinations- what doing (what are you doing), come on, Hi daddy, Let go (Let's go). She is also full on jabber and loves to talk in her crib when she is supposed to be napping. It's so cute to hear over the monitor. Favorite foods: bean and cheese enchiladas, broccoli, corn, peas, mega noodles from Campbell's, applesauce, oh and anything Andy and I are eating. And did I mention all things chocolate?! The knee walking is finally retired! Peanut is full-on walking now and even likes to run around the family room. She is growing more attached to her blankie and loves having a toy to carry around, aka old cell phones or toy bottles. She still loves reading books and has started to share her toy ba ba (bottle) with her 'babies'. We have been working on body parts- so far she can point out her eyes, nose, mouth, belly and toes. She recently discovered her belly button which brings fits of laughter when she inserts her pointer finger into it. We are working on ears, hair and hands. She loves to look out the kitchen door for 'birdies' and gets so excited when she sees one. She is definitely NOT a morning person and I'm secretly hoping that changes before she starts school. She loves to sleep in and needs her morning sippy of milk before she is ready to start her day. Here are some pics from the past couple weeks, enjoy! Say 'cheese!' Good til the last drop!

CHEESE!

Researching college while mommy cooks dinner~

Bake Shoppe fun with cousin Jackie!

Giving Pooh his baba~

Trying on mommy's shoes~ I see pink plastic dress-up heels in our future.

New BFF- hot chocolate!

Loves her nook and cranny!

xoxo

Wordless Wednesday

Dogs in cars

Everyone has that one little thing... after a bad day, impending road rage, or trying to eat a candy bar while driving and bits of chocolate land in your lap and instantly melts and you think how in the world am I going to get melted chocolate stains out...that just stops them in their tracks and let's you breathe.....

God gave me dogs in cars.

It never fails- after I've had a bad day... feel road rage coming on.... or am eating chocolate in the car and making a mess, I look over and there is ALWAYS a dog in a car, doing their dog in a car thing... and I smile.

Something so little makes me feel so good and calm and at peace.

I love it because they look SO happy. They don't have a care in the world except feeling the wind blow in their face.

What's your 'dog in a car' moment?

Voicemail

"Hey Rochelle...yeah, uh it's me, God. Why don't you go ahead and take today off. I've got this one."

~Let go and let God

Toddler Lovin'

Oh how I love my toddler!

Reagan is learning so many new things each day... it's so fun that we can give her a direction and she can follow through!

Conversations with a toddler:

Me: "Reagan, are you ready to go night night?"
Reagan: *sweet toddler voice while shakes head back and forth* "No."


Me: *reading a book to Reagan, flipping pages*
Reagan: "I do it."

Me: "Reagan, what does a cow say?"
Reagan: "Mooooo"

Her new word this week is 'snack' and Lord knows my baby loves her some snacks! :)

Toddler pics:
Her new 'too cool for the camera' pose~




Huck Finn look~

Spring time is almost here~

Lil Bake Shoppe is now open!

Reagan received a 'Bake Shopppe' for her birthday from her Godparents (thanks Nette and Davy!) and this past weekend was the perfect opportunity for G&G K. to visit so Grampa K. could set up the shoppe! Of course, peanut had to supervise- she was so excited, she couldn't wait until it was done to test it out. I see hours and hours of Bake Shoppe fun in our future!

In progress~

Finished product!

Play time!

Hopefully the early exposure to a kitchen set will cultivate a lil baker in the family!

16 Months and Growing...

Today Reagan is 16 months and growing!

Unfortunately, her 15 month well child visit turned into a sick visit... on Friday, peanut had a 103 temp, ear infection and upper respiratory infection. Not a happy camper! She weighed exactly 24 lbs on the scale but was so upset about being weighed that the nurse couldn't check her height. She is still 60th percentile for weight, so she is right on track!

Favorite foods: Rice, mac n cheese, pita chips with hummus, (diced) grapes, pizza, veggie burgers, Boca chicken nuggets, and green veggies (let's hope that one sticks through adolescence!).

This week we switched out her night-time bottle for a sippy cup and she never looked back! Honestly, what I thought was going to be such a hard transition was so easy. We also added teeth brushing to her nightly routine. She is hesitant with the brush but loves to 'help' me brush.

Favorite words: Hi, bye bye, thank you, meow, woof, moo, mommy, daddy, birdie, uh oh, apple, nana, baba (for sippy) and night night.

She loves playing with her friends and cousins as well as playing on her Leap Frog piano and loves having us read her lots and lots of books. Here are some pics from the week, enjoy!

Her new high chair pose~

New buggy for walks outside in the springtime!

"Hey mom, is there any ice cream up here?"

"I better check it out..."

"I see a birdie!"

"I want the cheese!"

"And maybe some milk..."

xoxo