Baby News

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!

Our little comedian

Our little girl is so great - she pulls the funniest faces. This is one where we caught her right before she fell asleep. Even if it is just gas, we thought it was pretty cute. She reminds us of Great Grandpa Pratt here.

Reagans First Impression

The first night home was kind of like this

Reagan Penelope Wilson

Reagan Penelope Wilson was born at 12:20 a.m. on June 2nd 2008. She weighed 7lbs. and 12 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. We went to the hospital on Sat. night so that Emily could begin the process of being induced (Reagan was more than a week overdue). She began having mild contraction and the nurse was worried that the medicine would make the contractions worse and make it difficult for Reagan, so they had to wait. After about 2 hours the contractions slowed down and the nurse gave her the pre- inducing medicine. To help her sleep through the contractions, the nurse gave her some Ambien which left Emily a little out of sorts. She was complaining that the lights looked like aliens with turbans. When morning came, Emily was having pretty strong and painful contractions, but Reagan was making little progress. The doctors were apprehensive to induce Emily while she was having normal contractions, but because Reagan wasn't making much progress, at 2:00 p.m. they decided to go ahead and induce her as planned. 10 hours later Reagan was born. It was a long and difficult process, but Emily was such a trooper. Both mother and baby are doing very well.

Easter, April Fools, yadda yadda yadda...

We had a fun Easter. I keep bringing my camera pretty much everywhere we go, but then we end up having too much fun and I forget to bring it out and take pictures...sorry! I do still need to take some pregnancy pictures of me, but to be honest, it makes me feel a little awkward. I don't like pictures being taken of JUST me, and I just don't like the way I look pregnant! What ever happened to what people say about pregnant women being just BEAUTIFUL? I don't believe it! I weight twenty extra pounds than I used to, I've got a new case of wonderful pregnancy acne, I'm greasy, my clothes don't fit, etc. But...maybe I'll grace these pages of my blog with a picture if I can get a good one...we'll see, keep your fingers crossed. Haha.
Anyways, for Easter, we went to church, which was wonderful, and then went over to my parents house for a wonderful Easter "linner" (lunch + dinner). A lot of my mom's family was there, and it was fun to catch up with them and eat delicious food. Although, I was not really able to enjoy it as I have in previous Easters, because there is just not enough room anymore in there! I feel like my stomach is in my chest, and I can only eat small meals before feeling a little sick. That's been the hardest thing to get used to! I used to be able to eat tons, and always had a healthy appetite, until these last couple of months of pregnancy. There is just nowhere for the food to go! But, I still enjoy it - no worries.
Let's see...oh! Well, we took a trip down to Seattle on Friday to go see a specialist at Swedish Perinatal. I was really nervous. I thought, if my Dr. isn't able to figure this out and has to send me to a "specialist," it can't be good. There were still concerns about the blood clots on my placenta, as well as an irregular heart beat, and my blood tested positive for the CMV virus. Eek! I was very frustrated, because you feel so helpless. Like, this could be hurting my baby, or it could not be, but I couldn't do anything about it - except pray...lots and lots of prayer. Jason gave me a blessing, and I felt very comforted that either everything was going to be just fine, or whatever we found out, we would be prepared enough to handle. Well, good news! Our trip to Swedish went very well. We had an ultrasound done, where we found out that the baby is over four pounds and has lots of hair - you could actually see it in the ultrasound! She was practicing swallowing like crazy too. Not just the normal gulps that you normally see, but like crazy swallowing - over and over and over again! This little (or big) girl is going to eat us out of our house! She will be a good nurser, that's for sure. Hopefully my nipples can handle it! haha. They checked my placenta, and, although the clots were still there, the baby is (obviously) having no growth problems or anything, so that was really reassuring. Then we had a consultation with one of the Doctors there that specializes in these sorts of things, and basically, he told me that there was nothing to be concerned about! He said that the baby is right on track of her growth schedule, that my placenta causes no immediate concerns, and that the CMV that came up positive in my blood tests just means that I had it at one time, but am now immune - as well as the baby. (yippee!) He said that I am not a high risk pregnancy, and that routine ultrasounds every three weeks will be good enough to know if things keep going as planned. He mentioned that it looks like at one time I did have a partial placental abruption, but that it has since healed itself, and just to take it easy. So take it easy we will! I was so grateful that everything turned out to be just fine - I had prepared myself to hear the worst, and it was truly a blessing to be able to hear that she is so healthy and spunky and feisty! We love our little girl so much and are so excited to meet her! I have such a strong testimony of the power of prayer and priesthood blessings, and I am so grateful to Jason for being so faithful and able to give me such heartfelt blessings.
So, other than that...I have decided to quit my job, and move to Costa Rica to carry out my lifelong dream of being a scuba instructor. April Fools! Haha, not that funny. Today Jason and his siblings decided to play a joke on their dad and all call him and ask for money or financial help in various ways. Surprisingly, he agreed to helping all of us (which made it not so funny, and kind of made us feel bad!). Whether it was car trouble, mortgage payments, hotels, or flight changes, he was willing to give us all the money we needed! How nice! Katelyn called him tonight and let him in on the joke, and he thought it was pretty funny. He did mention, however, that he had been very nice and understanding about the whole thing. Good one guys! Happy April Fools, all!
Tonight, we had another childbirth class, and I must admit they are getting a little better. We are finally learning about pain management during labor, and it is really helping to ease my fears a little bit.
I have been battling a cold/sinus infection lately that Jason had for about a week prior to me getting it, and I must say...it really sucks! I hate being pregnant AND sick and not really being able to take any medication. I just use Saline nose spray, and get lots of rest. It seems to be helping, but the cold still has to take its course, and it pretty much just feels miserable. Pregnancy is not a fun time to be sick. Pregnancy itself is somewhat painful and uncomfortable, and pairing that with not being able to breath is pretty bad. But, I look forward to getting over it soon!
That's all that's new for us lately. Thanks everyone for your prayers and thoughts for our cute little Bupley. It has really helped, and we know how blessed we are that everything is going so well. Now I'm going to go register for baby stuff at Target. Have a great rest of the week!

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