So...I figured I would update this, since I don't do it often enough. But I have a good excuse...little Reagan! She has been taking up all of my time lately, and I absolutely love it! She is now 8 weeks old (I'm confused about the whole weeks vs. months thing...like eight weeks is not two months? Hm...), about 14 pounds, and soooo long. I actually didn't realize how big she was until I saw some babies on Sunday that were like six months plus, whom she is either bigger than or almost as big as! Whoa...we've got a giant baby on our hands. Haha, giant but adorable. And she really doesn't look all that giant at all. She's so much fun! She has developed quite the personality. Not to brag, but she loves Jason and me. She will follow us with her eyes all around the room if we are not right next to her at all times. She is smiling more and more at us, and is right on the verge of giggling...I'm not sure when they start laughing, so she might be doing this for months and months, but it's still fun. She is also the wiggliest baby we know! It doesn't surprise me since she was doing Tae Bo in my stomach all the time, but she is always moving around and kicking and punching, and has even hit her daddy in the face a couple of times. She acts all innocent, but we're pretty sure she had been planning her attack for days. She's also doing the whole tongue sticking out thing: we'll stick our tongue out at her, looking like idiots, and she'll do it right back. She thinks it's hilarious. One of her favorite things is when we "talk" to her (ie: la la, ba ba, da da) and make silly faces, and she tries to do them right back. It just ends up sounding like a raspy "ah-goo," but is pretty cute. You can tell she's dying to communicate, I can't wait for her to be able to do it more. She actually seems frustrated right now, because she knows what she wants, but just doesn't know how to communicate it yet. As for sleeping habits, she has surprised us a few times and given us an eight hour night sleep, but most nights she wakes up once at around 4 or 4:30 and goes back to bed til about eight. Needless to say, I am still pretty tired, but it's getting better and better. I love being Reagan's mom. I can't believe that I ever thought anything else would make me this happy. Being a mom is the most rewarding thing I have ever done, and I feel as if I'm in my dream job - I can't imagine liking anything more than cuddling and talking with her, and teaching her new things. We love her so much! It's been so fun for me to watch Jason with her. He has become the best dad, not that I didn't think he was going to, but he has definitely exceeded my expectations. He loves her so much and she loves him. Sometimes he won't give her up! And most of the time when she's crying and I can't figure out what's wrong, I'll hand her to Jason, and she immediately stops, her eyes light up, and she's calm again... I don't like to admit it but she apparently loves him just as much as me! All in all, we couldn't ask for a happier, more laid back baby. I'll try not to get used to this though because I doubt all of our kids will be this good...cross your fingers!
In other news...we are moving into a condo that my family purchased right down the road from where we are living now in September. It's super nice and we are excited. I can't wait, except for the packing and moving part...I should probably get started on that. We love living here, we love our ward, love living by my family, love it all! I hope we never have to move, but we'll see. The further Jason gets into his major, the more I am realizing that jobs could likely take us anywhere, but that's alright, as long as Ive got my two babies by my side!
In August, Jason's sister Katelyn and her husband Kaden are coming to visit. Jason's mom just got done visiting us for Reagan's blessing, and it was fun. We can't wait to show them around Bellingham/Ferndale. And the most exciting news of all... we leave for Hawaii at the end of August to drop Haley off at school! We are so excited...should be interesting travelling with a baby, but it will be a good experience. I am looking forward to sunning, surfing, hiking, chilling...all the best that Hawaii has to offer!
Work is going great, and although it is definitely not our dream job and one we do not want to have forever, it is flexible and not too hard and probably pays better than it should! It's great being so close to my family - they have helped us out so much and I couldn't be more grateful!
Well, if anyone actually made it through this novel, good job, and for your reward, here are some pictures of our favorite little friend. Enjoy!
p.s. We have to take Reagan in next week for her two month check up...that means shots...yuck! Does anyone have any tips (other than baby Tyenol) for making it bearable for her? It's probably going to be harder for me than for her, but it just makes me so sad! any advice would be appreciated.
I apologize for the lack of quality in these pictures - they are from my phone. I can't find the cord that goes to my camera, so for now...phone pictures!
1 comment:
That's so good she is a good sleeper-I don't think Olivia was sleeping that much until she was like 4 months-count your lucky stars ;) For shots I found if I gave her tylenol right before we left the house, by the time we get to the doctors and get to the shots part it has started to kick in. Olivia also gets mega sleepy after shots (like I think at the 2 month check she slept for like 5 hours) so don't freak if she is super sleeper that day. I found it's best that she sleeps b/c the shots make her irritable and if she's sleeping no one is the wiser-plus I got a big break on those days too (b/c of the sleep-a-thon) I also tried to make sure to give her the tylenol at reg. intervals thru the rest of the day for optimum pain management-sorry for the marathon comment-GOOD LUCK. She is such an adorable little sweetheart!!!!!
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