With all the stuff going on at my job, it’s been really hard to come home and just enjoy things. It’s been a little stressful because my project is officially on hold. If it got cancelled, I would go back on the bench. We are all hoping that it is not on hold indefinitely, but you never know.

I actually did not pick up Reagan from LRS today. Since I took Reagan this morning, Jim was able to pick her and Jordan up. Yea! It was really nice being able to stay a little longer than usual. I did get home about the same time as Jim and the girls.

After they got home, we all got changed and went right back out the door to Max & Erma’s for dinner. We had a little bit of a wait, but it was worth it not to do dishes for the night. :) Reagan ate three jars of food while we ate our dinners. She played with Grampy most the time and was completely consumed by his glasses.

After we got home, we all quickly relaxed and Reagan headed to bed quite early. She started fussing about 8pm so I took her off to bed. And she actually fell asleep around 830pm. I was really amazed that she would go to bed early. She only got disturbed when I took her pacifier out from under her cheek but went back to sleep fairly easily. I must say that it really didn’t take me and Jim long to head for bed as well. We were all pretty tired.

I'm worn out

Reagan had a good day today. She slept through the night and so did I. She woke up fairly happy - at least happy for her. Jim picked her up at LRS since I had therapy on my ankle and had her all bundled up for me in the parking lot when I was done.

We went home and hung out all evening - just me and her. We played and played and then she ate and played some more. I don't think I sat down one time between the time I got to work and the time Jim got home from karate except to drive (and sit in meetings at work).

10 Months Old

OH MY GOSH!! Reagan is now officially 10 months old. Only two more months til Christmas and her birthday. Wow!

Winter already?

This morning Reagan wore her "winter coat" for the first time. It's a tan suede coat with white faux trim all over it and a hood. Yes she looked adorable in it. I can't believe that it was actually cold enough for me to get that out of the closet for her. Ugh. I really don't like winter. Not only that, but both Jim and I wore a coat today too. That is really odd for us (especially Jim). I hate having to wear a coat before Thanksgiving... I try so hard to stay in denial that the weather is turning cold. But this morning we had frozen bushes and frost all over the ground, so I couldn't ignore it. Oh well. :(

Blink

Jim taught her how to blink. I didn’t know you had to teach someone that. It was really cute. We were at the dinner table eating and Jim said “ok Reagan, Blink for mama” and then he blinked in an exaggerated fashion. She then copied him and blinked back. And of course, she does it with a HUGE grin on her face. Then after she blinks, she wants you to clap for her, so she starts clapping herself. “Yea Reagan”. At one point, I had my hand on her tray and she picked up my hand and started clapping my hands together. I guess I wasn’t clapping enough for her. How funny is that?

Getting around more

It is amazing how much babies can change in a matter of days. I was just saying to Emily last night that "I'm waiting for her to 'connect the rooms together in her mind'" and today she is doing that. Not only that, she is also just getting better at getting around from place to place. She is more willing to crawl over things and is also starting to remember where certain things are (like the dog bowl).

Playing with Puzzles

I put Reagan's number puzzle underneath the coffee table in the living room to see if she'd find it and then to see if she'd play with it. She found it today. Right now, Daddy is sitting on the floor with her putting the puzzle back together and she is watching curiously. Every time he puts it together, she turns it over and then dumps everything out again. She's so happy when she does it.