GeeGee and the University of Lousiville

I've thought about my GeeGee a lot lately. The March Madness tournament is going on now and her team - the University of Louisville Cardinals - were seeded #1. I think that's for the first time ever. They won their first round and is going to play again tomorrow.

I hope she has a TV up there in heaven! I bet she's watching. She must be so proud of her Cards playing so hard. That and Pitino is awesome.

I think of her almost everyday. I can't wait to tell Reagan stories about her and have her really understand them. Some days I kick myself for not taking Reagan to the nursing home before GeeGee passed away - she died about 2.5 weeks after she was born. I really miss her... and Reagan would have loved her.

More words really?

My walkie talkie is saying even more now. I got new flashcards today - shapes, number and colors. They are really very cool. Reagan LOVES them of course. She was very intrigued since they were so different from her other ones.

So we were going over all her colors and every time I'd say a new color I'd ask her to say them after me. So what color does she actually come out and say - not the easy ones... PURPLE! WHAT! Yea, she said "puuupleee". Geez louise girl. Say something easy. She also tried to say "pink" and "red". But purple was definetly the best one.

I was so impressed I told Grammy. She got her to say "bubble", "blue", and something else I just can't remember. Geez! Then before bed, she said "clock" and some of her old favorites. :)

First day alone part deux

So tonight, after Dad got home, he came up to get me and Little Miss. We packed our bags - toys and food - and headed down to Grammy and Grampy's house for an evening "out". We hung out there and chased Reagan around until about 630 pm when Grammy got home from choir practice. Once she was there, we piled in the car and went to Bob Evans for dinner.

It took forever for them to bring us food - Reagan was getting restless. Thank goodness for toys and crayons. We kept her busy, busy, busy! I was really happy when the food got there - so was she. She ate fairly well - even had turkey (WOW). I have never seen her eat "white meat" before.

After we got back to my house, Grammy went home and Grampy came up to help me out. She wasn't really ready for bed, so he took off leaving us alone for the second time. I wasn't sure how she and I would do because my foot was pretty swollen, but I figured I'd just manage. I couldn't keep him awake any longer - he was tired.

We played for a while and I finally coaxed her into her room about 930 pm. She's up there knocking around and making noise, but I'm not budging. I've got an icepack on my foot, the college tourney games on the tv and beer in my hand. :) She'll go to sleep soon.

First day alone

So far since my surgery, I've picked up Reagan once or twice completely by myself. I've only had to take care of her alone for short periods of time alone because that's all I've really been able to handle.

Today is the first day since surgery that I was left alone and will be alone for a few hours. I had to put her down for her nap, wake her up, get her a snack and run around after her until my dad was available to help me.

So far, I'm doing ok. I'm a little sore, but I'm ok. She's pretty easy as long as I can keep her busy and not running around. :) Thank goodness my new flashcards came in the mail today. Right now, she's playing at the refridgerator with her magnets. That will get old her pretty soon and I plan on getting out the new flashcards. :)

I'm at four hours and counting. Cross your fingers she doesn't do anything too crazy!

Don't touch my hair!

Wowza - Reagan absolutely HATES getting her hair put up in a ponytail. Her hair is getting so long that it hangs in her eyes. Jim has also started threatening me that he'll take her to get her haircut. Ugh. I'm not ready for that milestone yet. So I bought some hair thingys and started putting her hair up. It looks super cute.

Where do they get energy?

I have been watching Reagan a lot over the last week. She is just full of energy. She doesn't stop. When we get home, she starts running and really doesn't stop until we say "ok time for bed". It doesn't matter where she's at, she has to run. I aksed Nicki how she was doing on the playground. She said, she likes to run, but hasn't quite figured out the slope in the yard, so she clings to the gate a lot. I can't wait to see her figure that out.

Yea Mommy!

Today, I walked into LRS without my crutches after work. I was limping a bit, but I really wanted to walk into Reagan's room and just pick her up. As soon as I walked in, she saw me and squealed. She ran towards me with her arms up squealing! When I picked her up, she patted me on the back and just giggled. I love it. She was so happy to see me. It just made my entire day. I've been wanting to do that since I had surgery. It was such a huge milestone for me.