Loud Noises

She’s found her vocal chords. She can make any noise you want and make it really loud. I am sure it is her version of talking, but it’s just funny. She opens her mouth and looks at you and then just “ahhhhhhhhhhhh”. And then again “ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”. And if you don’t respond, she does it louder. “AHHHHHHHHH”.
Anyway, I’m sure you can imagine. She just gets a kick out herself too.

Hands and Feet

She really likes checking out her hands – not only does she like looking at them; she also enjoys opening and closing them. She also enjoys examining other people’s hands and holding them. And her feet – oh my – I think she was able to stick her whole foot in her mouth this morning while I was changing her. Not really, but it amazed me that she got most of the toes on her right foot in her mouth. Geez.

So smart

Reagan is so curious it’s funny. She looks for stuff all the time and seems to really be remembering things or patterns. When we walk down the stairs in the morning, she looks for the dogs and dad. When I ask “where’s the doggies” she looks for them until she sees them. She also has been making choices for things too. When I hold a couple toys in front of her I say “which one” and she’ll actually look at each one and then reach for one. It’s awesome to watch her grow!

Geegee

Earlier this year my Grandmother passed away. Her 90-something birthday would have been this weekend. It’s just a little sad. I really miss her and had hoped that she would meet Reagan before she passed. I know she looks in on us from time to time. I know she’d be oozing with pride and joy for me and our family. But I still wish she could have held her just once. I do miss her.

Food issues

Today she ate more than I think I’ve ever seen her eat. She had the normal food intake up until her dinner time. She ate the equivalent of 4-stage 2 jars of baby food. Oh my. She just kept eating and eating and eating. I’d turn around to give her a break and to see if she still wanted more. When I looked at her again, her mouth would be open. My little birdie is not so little anymore.

Noises are fun

Ok so it’s been over a week since Reagan has decided that REALLY loud noises are fun. She tries to make every noise possible and then waits for you to react. It is the most hilarious thing I’ve heard from her in a while. I’ve been asked if she’s upset or crying – NOPE, just expressing herself.

I have also figured out that she definetly has some likes and dislikes. She is starting to protest when I take her away from things too soon and also “asks” to be doing other things. It’s really interesting to see how she is communicating. I’m trying to teach her some sign language with the help of the Baby Einstein videos. Everytime I show her “mommy” or “daddy” she laughs outloud. Her noises range from the Gilamonster (as Andrea called it) to just all out screaming and also her famous “UMMMM” noise. Her protest noise is the “ahhhhhhhhhhhhh”. It just cracks me up. But don’t forget the zerbert noise or the motor boat. Oh my.

Scared to death

Ok last night completely scared me to death. The monitor we use for Reagan has a sensor pad that alerts us if she stops breathing. Well, it went off last night three times. I freaked out. But each time I got to her bed, she was breathing. So I laid down on the floor using the boppy as my pillow and waited. It went off again – I popped up and she was breathing. Next I stood there and waited. Yep – it’s dysfunctional. The stupid thing was going off for no reason. Thank goodness – but now I’m super irritable cuz I’m exhausted from watching her sleep!

Flap flap flap

Yes, she flaps her hands together – or she opens and closes her hands all the time. She’s moved passed the staring at her hands and moved on to being mesmerized by the fact that they move in certain ways.

Today I wanted to just chill with Reagan and really enjoy her. She wants to be out of her toys more and more and just hang out on the floor to explore. She is bored easily and always wants to do more with new stuff. We went outside to see “life” and played a bunch on the floor. She slept pretty well during the day, but didn’t ever seem to be fully rested. She had a hard time going to sleep tonight, which is pretty normal considering all the excitement from the day before.

Going to Lynn's again

Well – today is a big day. I’m dropping Reagan off for her second trial run before I go back to work. I’m such a spaz – I’m already having trouble thinking about going back to work much less actually being gone from her 45 hours a week. I hope it goes well.

Update
Reagan did GREAT today. She didn’t cry. Matter of fact, Lynn called bragging about the fact that she didn’t cry after I left. So hopefully she’ll make the transition ok. I still worry – but I always will I guess. After we got home, she was wiped out. She ended up going to be a little early and sleeping through the night.

Hands are cool

She is cracking me up. She has been checking out her hands lately. She’ll start reaching for something and catch a glimpse of her hands and just stop and stare. She’ll move them around just completely mesmerized by them. How funny is that?

Pick me up!

Oh my gosh – she reaches for me. It is just the cutest thing. Whenever I approach her to pick her up I clap my hands and say “want up?” She looks up and reaches up for me. I just love it so much. I can’t believe how much she is growing up.

Today I thought we would just hang out to get a little rest from the weekend. We were very busy and I wanted to give her some “down time”. She really enjoys playing on the floor, so we did that quite a bit today. She slept so well during her naps that I was able to get a really good workout in.

Grammy came over to see us today too. She was watching Eric’s two youngest boys for a few days while he and Tonia were gone. Reagan and I went down to meet Grammy at the model home to walk around and check stuff out. Anytime we go someplace new, she gets so curious. She cranes her neck around to look at everything she can. She watched Daniel and Joseph quite a bit while were there. Afterwards, we all came back here to relax and get some water. What a hot day.

Weekend with Andrea

Well, we picked Andrea up on Thursday afternoon and took her back to the airport today. The weekend was wonderful in so many ways - I just hated to take Andrea to the airport. I didn’t want the weekend to end. Reagan really got attached to her very quickly. It was amazing. She went to her almost right away and really clung to her the whole time. Reagan was in great spirits all weekend and things just couldn’t have worked out better.
Andrea (or Aunt Andrea as I call her to Reagan) seemed to really enjoy her as well.
It was a little odd this morning – Reagan actually did her little “I’m rebelling cry” after Andrea said goodbye to her. I know she probably didn’t have a clue that she was leaving town – but I wondered for a brief moment if she did.

Aunt Andrea – thanks for such a great weekend! We can’t wait to see you again.