Creation Museam

Today we went to the Creation Museum with Grammy, Grampy and the Schansberg boys. It was a great day. Reagan was really easy and the kids had a great time running around, I got some cool pics and was generally impressed with the museum.

The museum is definitely a place that you could go back to over and over again. It was too much to get all at once and definitely too much with six kids in tow. I hope that we go back at some point when we can spend a little more time at each exhibit to read and learn more.

Reagan overall was pretty easy to manage. She didn't like being in the stroller - I think there was too much separation for her with the crowds. I ended up carrying her in the Jeep carrier all day. She ate and slept on me unless I had to use the restroom - then I gave her to Jim. :)

Jordan and I took Reagan to the doctor this morning because she has been so fussy this week. She’s been crying a lot – seemingly inconsolable – and is also very clingy with her me. The doctor just basically said she was fine and that the quick change from breastfeeding to bottle probably just shocked her a little bit. She told me to start again and let them know in a few days if her mood didn’t improve.

This afternoon, I breastfed my little girl. She seemed to be much happier. By tonight, she had calmed down drastically – although still somewhat fussy and clingy – she was manageable. I’m hoping that by Monday she’s back to normal.

One other amazing thing – she went to bed at 830 tonight. WOW.

On a personal note, my hair is starting to shed. I have in the last week seen more hair in the brush. But today is the first day that I was able to just run my fingers through my hair and pull some out. Eeek.

My Favorite Things - First Three Months

1) Mmmmmmm. Tucking of her bottom lip up underneath the top lip and loudly saying “MMMMMMM” or “MmmMMMMM”
2) Cooing at her mobile – I can listen in on the monitor.
3) Lalalalallaaaa. I can always get her to smile at me when I do that
4) Most favorite – watching her stretch everytime you wake her up from a good nap (or a night’s sleep). She stretches just like me.
5) Her favorite spot – on the changing tables. She LOVES to get changed.

I need a break

Grammy let me borrow two of her Baby Einstein DVDs for Reagan. I put her in front of the TV this morning so I could eat some breakfast and she cooed and giggled at the TV. It was such a nice break.

In our floor time this morning she started shrieking out loud. It was great. She’s done that a few times before, but not as many times as she did this time.

Tonight, Reagan finally did it – she cried straight for 2 hours. Because I’m taking an antibiotic, the pharmacist said to quit breastfeeding her. Since I did that on Saturday, she’s been really clingy with me and not very consolable. Last night (after day five), I needed a break. Jim took her so I could “run away” to the baby store and she didn’t stop crying for two straight hours. Not much of a break…

Morning Girl

Reagan is definetly a morning girl. She is sooo happy every morning – it’s cute. Today, I played with her in the mirror for the first time in about a week. She not only saw herself, but she saw me and reacted the same way she does when I play with her just face to face. She giggled and tried to touch the mirror. She’s amazing.

This morning I went to my doctor for a checkup to make sure stuff is working just fine. While I was sitting in the waiting room, I was playing with Reagan on my lap. There was a little boy – probably two – in the waiting room with his family as well. I guess that Reagan thought he was cute. Everytime she looked at him, she cooed and giggled. It was so cute. I think my little girl is a flirt. Oh No!

Girl time

Today was a rough day with Reagan – as rough as they go. She didn’t want to nap at all. She’s fighting me on everything. The one break I get with her whenever she has days like this are when I change her diaper. She LOVES getting her diaper changed for some reason. I hope it’s because we make it a game and play the whole time. Once you put her on the changing table, he mood completely changes and she gets really playful.

I went out with Cmo tonight to get some “girl time”. Of course my parents watched her. She was, again, moody. But my parents handled it in stride. I got back to their house in about 2 hours and they were so calm about her grumpies that I actually just didn’t worry about it. It’s really nice to be able to leave her for a few hours with them so I can get some time to myself.

She Shrieks

She is shrieking! When she laughs, she schrieks now if she is really amused. It’s hilarious.