Friday night temper tantrum

Oh my gosh - it was probably the funniest thing that I've seen her do yet! Reagan threw a FIT! She was so tired, but also refused to slow down to sleep. So we let her stay up and play. It was 845pm and she was playing in the corner with all her toys. I went over to "hang out" with her for a bit when she started to show signs of getting squinky. (squinky is our term for anything other than normal behavior that we don't like) Usually when she gets "squinky", she wants some attention. Tonight she did not. She sat up and started crying - but not crying - fussing. She threw her arms up and I sat back to watch the show. She stood up on her toy, fell down, pushed me away and then threw herself back on the floor! Wow! Oh my gosh. I picked her up and said "okay - sleepy time". She didn't actually go to sleep, but then she did calm down some. She stayed up Friday until 11pm only because I didn't want another tantrum. Jim said that his Dad used to just "let him go" until he passed out. I personally thought that was a good idea tonight.

P90X do or die

Ok, I have definetely lost my mind. I only have ten more pounds to lose to get to my ultimate goal weight (the weight I was when I met Jim). I have, however, lost all my baby weight and fit very well into all the clothes I was wearing before. Yea! And I must thank P90X for my success.

So now that I'm so close, my Achilles tendon decided to throw a monkey wrench into my plans. I am now wearing a boot (which most of you know) to immobilize my ankle. The doctor wants to keep the tendon from flexing and hopes that it will help heal it. We'll see.

So I thought that meant that I wasn't going to work out. I was very sad. Very very sad. Actually, I was getting depressed about it. That was until I decided "come hell or high water" (a phrase my mom used to use a lot) I was going to find a way to get it done.

Thanks to the way P90X is put together and my crazy will power, I have figured out that I can do most of each workout on the DVDs with very little modification. The cool thing about the boot is that it does keep my ankle steady. Any yoga poses or squats are done with wonderful accuracy because I literally can't bend my knee to an improper position. He hee. And even better, while I can't do that cardio, the extra weight of the boot seems to add enough challenge to make me huff and puff doing very little. Yea!

So the other night I did the "Core Synergistics" workout and realized that the flat toe area gives me such balance when doing pushups. Even Jim was helping me figure out how I could leverage "the boot". Last night, I did the Cardio routine - yes I did. Instead of the jumping up and down stuff, I just did the "Steam Engine" multiple times. Yes that is very intense.

So while I might not be getting the total workout I had been getting "before the boot", I am definetly getting a good workout in and my achilles does NOT hurt.

I guess it's true - "where there's a will, there is a way".

Thank you God!

Moo Cow

Well Reagan is really learning a lot. She has a few stuffed animals in her toybox that she can now identify. So if I ask her where her duck is, she'll get it out. How smart. Well tonight, she had her cow. It actually will make the MMMM sound. I call it her moo cow. And I guess so does she. When she would hold it, she'd say "mmm ca", over and over again. I couldn't believe it.

When Jim got home, I said hey Reagan where's your Moo Cow. She went to her toybox and got it out saying "mmm ca". HOw cute is that?

Eyeballs and books

Tonight she showed me how to turn pages of a book. Typically when I read to her, she tries to grab the book and pull it from me or turn the pages before I'm done reading. For some reason, tonight she didn't do that. I was able to read the pages and before I could start to turn the page, she reached over and turned it at just the right time. Wow. Everytime I'd take a break, she'd turn the page. WOW!!

Oh yea and she now knows where your eyeballs are. Watch out - those pokes in the eye hurt. :)

Bath time

Tonight Reagan was extremely entertaining. I stuck her in the bath tub after her dinner because she got so messy. For some reason, she thinks it's necessary to put her hands in everything and then also her hair. Hmmm. So anyway, I stuck her in the tub and she started playing with her toys. She likes to sit away from you and stick her letters on the side of the tub. When she gets enough up on the side, she'll turn around a look to make sure you are paying attention to her. And yes, I always clap and cheer for her.

She usually has one letter that she attaches to during her bath time. It used to be the letter "I". Not sure why - she just does. Well tonight, it was the letter "O". She had that thing in her mouth, making zerbert noises while splashing as hard as she could. I wish I had my camera. I would have taken a video. She splashed so much that the floor outside the tub was wet! She didn't care - she laughed so hard. She'd kept making the weirdest noises when she was splashing around all the while holding the "O" in her mouth. Weirdo. :)

When I went to take her out tonight, she cried. Poor thing. She was getting cold but really didn't care. Oh well.



She actually

I love Jordan

Jordan really makes Reagan smile. It doesn't really matter when she shows up or what mood Reagan is in - Jordan can make her smile and laugh hysterically. I think that has such a huge impact on Jordan. I enjoy it myself. I can only imagine that she does too.
Tonight, I was upstairs with her on the floor when she got home. Reagan heard her coming up the stairs and leaned into the hallway to watch for "whatever the noise was". She started laughing and bouncing when she saw Jordan. So darn cute.

Baby Einstein ball

Well she finally did it folks, she got the ball through the hole. She has tried for a week or so now. Over and over and over again. This was the last thing she had to learn on this toy.


Tonight she consistently got it in correctly and set off the music (the trigger to reward them). She was so darn happy. Every time she did it, she'd turn around and look for one of us to clap!

I was so happy I almost cried. She's so cute.