Cake, anyone?

These are the pictures we had made for Reagan's birthday. They turned out pretty well, I think. She wasn't all that crazy about tearing into the cake although she had no trouble at her party when it was time for the real thing.

Happy Birthday, Reagan!

As of this afternoon, my baby girl is officially one year old! I can't believe how quickly the year has gone by.

Every night this week I have thought back to and reminded JD that "one year ago right now, I was being admitted to the hospital"..."one year ago right now, I was calling everyone to tell them I was being induced." We have relived the whole year this week and although I am beyond thrilled that Reagan has done so well and is such a great kid, it is bittersweet for me that I don't have a baby anymore.

Still, I am sure it is only going to get better from here. I only hope that the next year is as wonderful as the first! Happy birthday, little monkey!

What a difference a year makes!

Opening Presents

Reagan wasn't sure what to do when it was time to open presents. Luckily, she had several older cousins who were willing to help her out. She sat through several and then decided maybe it would be easier to let them open them and she could watch from a distance. I caught the end of her flee from the presents in the video.

Birthday Toys!

Here are a few of Reagan's new birthday toys. Along with the eleventy-billion toys, she also got about eight new outfits. She wasn't too keen on modeling those today. Maybe tomorrow!

She has rode the zebra, horse and car repeatedly today. She bashed both of her baby dolls in the face with the baby bottle and stuffed her new teddy bear in the trunk of her new car. The stacking cups have been nested neatly inside of each other and then thrown across the room more than once. Overall, I would say she is pretty pleased with her birthday loot. :)

Happy Birthday...Version 1.0

Reagan's first birthday party went well over the weekend. We are having two because our house won't come close to holding everyone all at once. She got lots of fun new toys (which I will post some pictures of later) and one big, fat chocolate cupcake which she destroyed. See pictures and then video!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Unfortunately, through two entire Thanksgiving meals, I didn't manage to get one picture of Reagan. Thankfully, her Grandpa did get a couple. She loved the food, even the cranberry sauce. I can't believe that this was her last, first holiday. This was her first Thanksgiving, but she has already celebrated all of the other holidays. Hard to believe. Anyway, thanks to Grandpa for the pictures!

Bird Watcher

Reagan loves to look outside and "watch for birds." That is what I call it anyway. I am pretty sure she doesn't know what a bird is, lol, but she likes to look outside anyway. When she tires of that, she can always lick the glass to amuse herself!

I LOVE SPAGHETTI!!!

Although I think the video probably says it all, Reagan's newest love is spaghetti. She had it for the first time tonight and I think she thought it was a big improvement from the baby junk we normally feed her. This meal does require an immediate bath though! :)

Mmm, cupcakes!

Reagan had her very first cupcake on Tuesday to help Ellis celebrate his birthday. It only took her a minute of prodding it to make sure it was safe before she dug in. She seemed to enjoy it and it was good practice for her birthday coming up!

A Few New Tricks!

Reagan has learned a couple of new things this week. Her favorite right now is standing on her head. She does this repeatedly and randomly all day long. I think it is absolutely hysterical!
Her other new trick is clapping. We have been working on this for months and she finally got it. She will do it for her Daddy when prompted but for me so far, it is all random. She claps whenever the mood strikes and looks at me like I am crazy if I try to get her to do it. :)

Little Monkey!

Reagan was a champ about wearing her Halloween costume. We did have to pull the hood down a few times because she couldn't see, but otherwise she didn't seem to mind wearing it. She hung out with us while we gave out candy to the trick or treaters and also got to go next door to see the neighbors who of course had goodies waiting for her.

Happy Halloween!

This is Halloween day before getting her costume on. Scary monster shirt compliments of her Granbuggy.

I Love To Explore!

The many adventures of Reagan! She is all over the house now and loves to explore everything. One of her favorite afternoon activities is her "Daddy Jungle Gym." Daddy makes a great climbing toy and he always has something she wants like sunglasses. She is also really into the freezer and climbing into her toybox as well as tapping out a quick ballad on the piano.

11 Months Old!

Reagan turned 11 months old on the 28th of October. Hard to believe that in less than a month she will be ONE! I can't believe how quickly the last year has gone by but at the same time, it seems like she has always been part of our lives.

Notice in the first picture that she didn't seem to want to sit in the chair for her picture. She obviously noticed something I didn't. The first sign I made says 10 months old instead of 11. She was much more cooperative once I corrected the mistake.