The Kepplinger Family

Weekend

2012-02-13T15:32:00.000-05:00

We had a fun, but busy weekend!!

Friday morning Reaggie's friend came over to make some Valentine treats for their friends at school. WHY I didn't take pictures, I'm not sure...maybe it had something to do with Landon didn't take a morning nap and we were moving at a million miles per hour! ha :) These girls were PRECIOUS, both wearing their Cinderella dress up dresses, jewelry, crowns, and high heels to make some pink rice krispie treats. They both REALLY enjoyed the rice krispies, as they were poured all over our counter and then gobbled up. Reags even pulled the "tongue trick" and once they were poured in the measuring cup, stuck her tongue out to see how many she could get on it. Hilarious! Even though Landon man didn't nap, for some odd reason, he was a trooper and loved watching the girls busy in the kitchen.

SNOW!!

Saturday Reagan and I went to Virginia for Morgan's 7th birthday party. Oh my gosh, Reags was SO happy to see Mo-Mo! It even started to snow once we got there, which little miss was a LOT excited about. Bless her heart...she was so excited for a dusting. I can't even imagine what she would do if we got like an inch. It was so fun to see everyone, but it did make for a pretty long trip back to the NC state...Reaggie was out like a light and sadly, I listened to Fox News on XM with their live coverage of Whitney Houston's death. (seriously...I remember that I had one of her RECORDS and loved her! I remember at one of my dance recitals the BIG GIRLS were dancing to Whitney and I was so jealous. I will also never forget one summer at Jamie's summer camp they all sang "One Moment in Time" and did the sign language to go with it...talk about a tear jerker...I was telling Keith about it the other day and started sobbing just telling him...)

by this point in the night, ALL of the girls were dressed up and had glitter all over the place!

Sunday R and I ran errands and stocked up on groceries! I had to get my mani/pedi and then get a few more things done around the house. We are leaving VERY SOON for our trip and CAN.NOT.WAIT!!!!!!!!

6 Month Stats

2012-02-07T15:20:00.000-05:00

Weight: 23 pounds 11 ounces (>95%)

Lenght: 29.75 inches (>95%)

HC: 48cm (>95%)

Landon did great at the doctor yesterday! He had to get two shots and an oral vaccine. Everything looked great! The only concern the doctor had was for the size of his head...now of course I'm a hypochondriac, so I started tearing up. Basically, Landon grew a LOT since his last appointment at 4 months. His head grew the most. She wants us to go back in 6 weeks just to make sure it hasn't grown a lot more to be sure there isn't water on the brain or anything. Give me a heart attack!! She really isn't concerned or we would have gone immediately to have an ultrasound, but just to be on the safe side she wants us to go back. Keith did some research on it and neither of us think Landon sounds like he could have water on the brain, we pray that he doesn't. I mean, look at his Daddy, he has a big head too. Not to mention, I did give birth to him, he's had a big head from the get-go...trust me! Other than that, Landon man is a BIG, beautiful, healthy boy that got to go to Target with mommy after his shots as a special treat. ;)

Daddy/Daughter Day

2012-02-07T14:59:00.000-05:00

Keith and Reaggie had a fun day together yesterday. This is my volunteer week at preschool. Before knowing this, I had made Landon's 6 month doctor's apointment with the doctor I wanted to see and at a good time...soooo we were lucky enough to see if Daddy wanted to go to school or take Bubby to the doctor...he chose school. What a good guy!

They had a lot of fun together at preschool. Poor Keith was so nervous, but said everything was fine. He was even in charge of snack, but I assured him he could do it! ;) He got in a good workout on the playground too!

After a fun morning together they also got to go to Daddy/Daughter Date Night at Chic Fil A last night! What a precious idea! Reags was BEYOND excited. They went to the Chic Fil A at the mall, which wasn't first the pick, but the date night at our closer location was already full, plus Reags does LOVE going to the mall. Reagan decided she wanted to be fancy and wear her tutu with her "bootiful" shirt from Aunt Ellen :)

waiting for that Daddy to get home from work!

So excited!! We even had to repaint her nails and toes for the occassion, I promise that was not my idea!

Reags was so excited to ride some rides at the mall!

...and meet the cow! (who she told me when she got home had on a beautiful bow with all the colors in it!)

I guess they had the tables set with flowers on them, which is what R is showing in the picture.

Such a special day for a sweet little girl and her Daddy. I am so lucky to have a husband that ~~drives me crazy sometimes~~ LOVES spending time with his little girl and is antsy everyday waiting for Landon to be able to do fun things, like kick the soccer ball!

Last Week

2012-02-07T14:14:00.000-05:00

Better late then never I guess :) Here is our week, last week, in pictures!

Reaggie LOVES doing dishes :)

Reagggie playing with the iPad and Bubby watching intently!

Little coloring time at her "desk" :)

Sweet sugar

This is how Landon man helped mommy with laundry the other day :) Sometimes there just aren't enough places to sit!

Playdate at storytime and the playground with friends from preschool...Henry is one of her "princes."

Is that the look of a heartbreaker or what?!

Thursday night I was so excited to go out to dinner with some of my favorites! We went to the Melting Pot and is was SOOOO good...my Dominican diet was totally blown that night!

Watching a little TV with Daddy

5 Month Pictures

2012-02-05T14:14:00.000-05:00

Well I am not always exactly on time, but I have been getting Landon's monthly pictures taken...just like I did with Reags. I guess I need to take L at some point this week for his 6 month pictures, but here are the 5 month ones :)

6 Months!

2012-02-02T22:34:00.001-05:00

My sweet Landon-man, you are 6 months old today. I can not even believe it, as I know I say every month, but these montly posts seem to be happening much more frequently now.

This month Landon has learned to sit up pretty much entirely on his own, eat foods, got his bottom two toofers, and has gotten into the groove of a schedule. He ADORES, I mean ADORES, his sister. She can say "Hi Bubby" to him and the giggle that comes out of his mouth is a little too cute for words. Landon loves when we spin in a circle saying "a-du-da-du-da-du --- boo!" That cracks him up...why, we aren't sure, but he has real deal belly laughs on that one!

Landon is such a laid back little boy, just like his daddy. He is really settling into such a happy man. He does whine like nobody's business when he drops something or can't reach a toy that he wants. It's pitiful, but hilarious at the same time.

Landon loves his jumperoo, sitting on the floor playing with toys, sitting in his high chair to eat and drink water from his sippy cup, play on his playmat while mommy blogs ;), taking baths, and hanging out in his sister's big girl bed.

We have a BOY on our hands too. One day he will be mortified, but I think it's pretty cute...first he loves to bang his sippy cup all over the place and splash the water everywhere. He is soaked by the time we are finished with his dinner! He has also "found himself" when we are changing his diaper or in the bath, and giggles at each grab. ha!

We go to the doctor on Monday for Landon's 6 month visit and I can't wait to see how much he weighs. He is wearing 12-18 month clothes and size 3 diapers (only until we finish this pack and then we're moving onto the 4's). He is just getting too big!

Landon has had SUCH A GREAT day today! He SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT...we're talking from about 7:00pm (waking up a couple times between 7:30 and 8 for binky, tylenol, and sucking of the nose as he's getting over his second cold) until 7am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keith and I woke up at 6 and we asked if either had gotten up with Landon and neither did...can I tell you how rested we both feel today?!!? It's wonderful!! However, I won't get too excited, but we're hoping we're making progress. So he woke up at 7, we played in bed with sister for awhile, he chilled in the bumbo while I took a shower, he had a bottle, played in his jumperoo, took a great morning nap from 9-10:30, got dressed so we could meet sister's friends at storytime and the park on this BEAUTIFUL 70* day, had another bottle, played in jumperoo, snuggled with momma, took a great afternoon nap from 1:30-3:10, suffered through a photo shoot with mommy for his 6 month photo shots, and is currently lounging on his playmat while I type away. :) He will eat dinner around 5:30, (no rice anymore, just a container of food), play, bath, and be in bed at 7. That is pretty much our typical day...more for my own memory than your personal enjoyment ;)

Landon man is just such a sweet sugar! We love him, and those cheeks, SO much!! I can't believe how much he has changed in the past 6 months, now just 6 more months and he'll be one...unbelieveable!!

3-0!

2012-01-29T15:03:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we celebrated my parent's 30th anniversary of becoming parents :) ha! Yes, I turned THIRTY yesterday...hard to believe. I used to think 30 was old, but not I am convinced it is the new 20, right!?

It was a wonderful day that started off with Landon being up 5,000 times in the middle of the night...seriously Bubby, thank you! :) He couldn't wait to celebrate...he actually now has Reaggie's cold and the poor thing just couldn't breath. Breaks my heart! When it was really time to get up though I woke up to Reags singing "Happy Birthday to Mommy, Happy Birthday to Mommy, Happy Birthday to Mommy" about 15 times. It was precious. Keith made a delicious breakfast for us and I even had a fun few gifts to open. My very big and VERY fun gift this year is a trip to PUNTA CANA in February with my best friend, Ellen, and her hubby!! We are SOOOO excited!!!!! We told the boys last year that we didn't want a party, we wanted a trip! Oh my word are we all so excited!!

I had to cover my eyes so I couldn't see my surprises before...Keith was so cute and did a whole beach theme! Bless his heart, he said he looked everywhere for a new beach bag, but couldn't find one, so with the help of Ellen (thank you darlin'!) he ordered one from Land's End. ha! I had some fun treasures inside including a new cover up, suntan lotions, and a gift certificate to my toes did before we go!

Reags picked this out herself...she is a natural! :)

This is my favorite...do you see that "Mom." Oh my heart melts!

We have a couple VERY silly kiddos!

Our sweet neighbor Michelle said that she would watch the kiddos for us so we could go to lunch at my fav, Maggianos. BUT, since BOTH have colds and Landon was up a lot the night before there was no telling how long he would nap, yada yada. So we told her we would take a raincheck and Keith picked up Jersey Mike's instead. Once the kiddos were down for their nap I managed to pull myself slightly together to atleast wear "real" clothes, slap on some make up and head out to do a little shopping. I picked up a great new coat that I'm very excited about, a new dress for our trip (yay!), and some things for the kiddos. :) It was a nice, relaxing trip to the mall.

By the time I got home dinner was almost ready. I sure could get used to that ;) Keith made a yummy dinner of bacon wrapped chicken and it was followed by a delicious Coldstone cake. Reagan could hardly wait to bust into the cake, which is so unlike her to want sweets, but man did she LOVE it. Keith was so thoughtful and although I usually have the cookie dough cake, which has raw egg in it and R is allergic, he got the mint chocolate chip cake so Reaggie could have some. What a sweet daddy!

Sweet Bubby didn't know what to think about all of those candles...this is his first birthday celebration! I think he wished he could of had some cake...we assured him he could next year.

It really was a special day. I don't think I mind that I am 30 now at all because I am so happy with where I am in my life. I have a sweet hubby and two precious babies. I'm a lucky girl. I seriously remember turning 20 at Elon like it was yesterday. Danieley girls, that was the "it's a beautiful day for a beautiful girl" birthday :) ha! How much my life has changed in those ten years...I can only imagine how much more it will in the next. Bring it on!! Now let's get that countdown going for PUNTA CANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankful Thursday

2012-01-26T15:54:00.000-05:00

We have had a pretty low key week...kind of...Reagan has come down with a cold, poor thing. SO we are just trying to take it easy so that she feels better soon!

R and L hanging out together :)

Tuesday we just had a "hang out day" at home, which are our favorites. (I also much mention that on Monday night Landon slept ALL NIGHT...he didn't wake up until 7am!! Correction, he woke up around midnight, we gave him Tylenol for his toofers and he went right back to sleep...no bottle in the middle of the night!! It hasn't happened since, BUT we were so proud of him...and felt so refreshed in the morning!) Once the little man woke up from his morning nap, I just had to snap a few pictures of him. The below pictures are just too cute to me...Landon was given this onesie as a gift from my brother for Christmas...if you have different political views that is fine, just look at the cute face! ;)

Seriously...one day I will get a picture of this girl again where she isn't wearing a princess dress!! But for now, we are loving her little dress up stage :)

I just might just have to frame this...look at those legs! Oh I could just eat this little man UP!!

Oh to be almost 6 months old again...

Yesterday is when Reags woke up with the sniffles, but she was feeling fine so I still sent her to school. Landon man and I had SEVERAL errands to run, including getting my license renewed. Let me tell you how much I was DREADING this experience...A) the DMV and B) the signs test! I don't know why, but I was so nervous. On my way to take R to school I found myself watching all of the signs so closely...like I haven't been driving for 14 years!? Well we got to the bless-ed DMV and it really wasn't too crowded, thank goodness. HOWEVER, while I was waiting they made a lovely announcement that the camera was broken. SO you could take the test, but so sorry, couldn't get your new picture taken therefore, having to go back another day to get it done. I was NOT so thrilled with that news, but somehow remained calm... :) About 10 mintues later I got called back to take my test and thankfully, passed with flying colors! STILL no camera though...however, by some miracle about 10 minutes later they were able to fix it and I was able to get my picture done and I can be done with that whole process for eight years now! ha :) We were in and out in about an hour, which I was pretty impressed with. Then we were off to run a few more errands. We also had a last minute visit from my sweet friend Sandy last night too! She was on her way back home from her parent's house and was able to pop in for a little while. It was SO great to see her. Keith hadn't seen Sandy since her wedding, TWO YEARS ago! Crazy!! Too bad Reagan didn't really nap and Landon was a little cranky, so she saw my kids in stellar form ;)

Today we are home again...I wanted to run a couple errands, but it just didn't happen and Reagan is a total snot factory. We did manage to go for a little walk though in our Sit N Stand.

Well yesterday Reagan insisted on having her toes re-painted because her polish was chipping off...she chose a purpley pink color...today after our walk she asked me to paint her finger nails. She has asked before, but I would tell her she couldn't put her fingers in her mouth and that would steer her from wanting her nails done. Today though she promised she wouldn't put her fingers in her mouth...so we went for it :) They certainly aren't perfect because she is two and kept wanting to turn around and check out Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but she is sure proud of them!

Big news of the day is that little miss is wearing UNDERWEAR today!!!!! Seriously...it's so fun and I am SO proud of her, but I can't believe it! I ordered her a 7 pack of princess undies and she was beyond excited to open them. Now she insists on her undies matching her princess dress that she has on...she is currently napping in her Belle dress, therefore Belle undies are over her pull up. She gets it honest ;) Reaggie is wearing underwear, Landon moved up a nipple size on his bottle and a new binkie size this week...(I sound crazy I realize) but they are just getting a little too big. Time is flying!! There are days that I want to pull my hair out, that I cry, that I wish I could just go and not worry about feeding/nap times, that I wish I had a solid night's sleep, BUT I just remind myself how quickly this stage is going to pass and before I know it I will have all the time in the world to run errands, clean my house, and sleep for that matter too. I just cherish the fact that I am able to be home with my babies and take in every minute of it. I don't know how I got so lucky to have two sweet babies, but I sure am thankful that I am their momma!

Whirlwind Weekend

2012-01-23T14:09:00.000-05:00

The weekends just go by too quickly sometimes, don't you think? This one sure did...it was such a fun weekend!

Saturday morning playtime in some new BIG boy jammies...these bad boys are 18 months!!! Yes, you read that right, he won't be 6 months until February 2 :) LOVE it!

Reaggie was making Daddy beautiful :) Cutting his "hair"

Reags and I ran some errands together Saturday morning, but we had a VERY important date with two of her best friends to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D!! Oh.my.word. The girls were PRECIOUS!!! It was all of the little girls first time at the movies and they all did SO good. Reagan didn't know what to think about the 3D glasses at first, therefore didn't wear them...she did finally realize, after I told her a million times and her friends were wearing them, that putting them on did help her see the movie a little better. It was just so much fun!

...and since we were going to see Belle, Momma made a VERY special exception and let Reagan wear her dress up dress out of the house ;) She was SO excited to match Belle!

Once we got home from the movie I put Reags down for a nap and then we got ready for my friend Hillary and her new husband, Kevin, to come visit! Hill got married four days after Landon was born, therefore I wasn't exactly able to be in the wedding, which was such a bummer. I hate that I missed their special day, but it was SO great to see them this weekend!! We had a nice dinner, chatted, played a wonderful tournament of Catch Phrase (which Hill and I won, thank you very much!), and watched a movie. Then it was off to bed knowing our sweet Landon would be up before we knew it ;)

Sunday morning we made a big breakfast...I made this monkey bread that I found on Pinterest and OH MY GOSH, it was fabulous! Our fun continued because our sweet neighbors, that moved, were in town this weekend too. So they came over to have some leftover breakfast with us and hung out for a few hours before they headed back to VA. It was SO great to see them!! Of course Reags was in hog heaven playing with Mo Mo...Landon didn't mind the extra snuggles either!

Sweet girl giving Landon some snuggles

Kevin and Hill...getting good practice with a baby :)

Seriously!? I know I'm his momma, but does it get much cuter? :)

Maggie with Bubs

Cheesin' during lunch!

After everyone left and the dishwasher had been loaded and emptied five times, I decided I needed to get my butt to the gym. (I am DETERMINED to get back into some kind of shape and we have a VERY FUN trip coming up that I would like to look somewhat decent for.) I ran...something I haven't done in a long time. Zumba is fun working out, running is "you can do this" working out.

Well the kiddos are snoozing which means I need to be productive. Hope you had a great weekend!

Lately

2012-01-19T15:07:00.001-05:00

Here's what has been going on the past week...

Playing a LOT of dress up! (these phone pictures are terrible...I obviously saved them wrong onto the computer, but I don't feel like re-saving them...you get the gist!)

Playing with toys and getting REALLY good at sitting alone!

Our little ritual after he wakes up from his "way too short" nap, he plays on the playmat in the guest room while Momma checks emails :)

All by himself! A little fuzzy because I kept moving my arm to "catch" position just in case he toppled!

Today we made a Target run and then met one of Reaggie's friends from school, Emmy, at Chic Fil A. The kiddos were wearing their coordinating shirts that sweet Aunt Ellen made them and looked too cute not to snap a picture!

SO sweet!

who me?

...and on the verge of a meltdown because, well because she is 2 1/2!! Please note baby HAD to be in the picture (not sure if her name is Belle or Dinah, Alice in Wonderland's cat, today)

THE BIG NEWS AROUND HERE LATELY THOUGH IS THAT.....(drumroll please).....Reagan is just about TOTALLY potty trained!!!!!! In the words of Little Einsteins, "I can.not.believe it!!!!" (AND Landon is on his playmat as I type this and he just rolled from his back to his tummy and I missed it!! Such a big boy!) Back to potty training...it's been great! Let me tell you, whoever invented Princess pull ups and the princess potty seat is a genius!! She LOVES the pull ups and doesn't want to get them wet, ever...especially because a beautiful desin goes away! We are SO proud of her!! She even told me at Chic Fil A today that she had to go pee pee and then again she told me she had to go poopy! Thank goodness Emmy's momma could hold Landon while I took her, otherwise it probably wouldn't have been such a "yay" experience, more of a pain in the you know what. :) Everyone was right who said when your kid is ready, they are ready and it will be easy. TOTALLY right!! She is just getting a little too big! I have been telling Reagan all along that you aren't allowed to do ballet until you wear underwear...looks like I need to look into those lessons soon, she hasn't let me forget!

We signed her up this week for three day preschool next year too, now fingers are crossed we get into that class. Just one more preschool registration and then it's kindergarten...oh gosh, I'm crying....

Landon is "talking" (aka SCREAMING) on his playmat, so I am going to entertain him while sister is still, thankfully, snoozing!

My BIG Man!

2012-01-11T20:38:00.000-05:00

This sweet man (who is wearing Christmas jammies, whatever!)

is getting a little too big...

yesterday we discovered he is getting his TWO BOTTOM TOOFERS!!

And tonight...

while Princess Sister was dressing up her princesses on the iPad,

this guy had PEAS mixed in with his rice cereal! Getting SO big!!

A Day at the Park

2012-01-11T20:23:00.000-05:00

This January weather is pretty crazy, but we're not going to complain about some warm weather! This past Saturday was beautiful so Keith took the kiddos to the park while I was out an about running a million errands. I think this might be the first time Keith has taken the kids somewhere solo...they all survived and had a great time!

Reags is such a great big sister pushing her brother...Keith said Landon liked the swing so much he though he might go to sleep!

Camera Happy...

2012-01-08T14:13:00.000-05:00

These two just make me smile, have I mentioned that lately?!

singing "Happy Birthday to Bubby!!"

Got my toes! I love these things :)

attacking his sippy cup! (how big does he look??)

Reagan's idea of tacos for dinner is a shell and salsa

and that smile alone is why I wanted my "fancy" camera!

Do you see the drool on this kid? His bubbles are out of control!

Reagan Lately

2012-01-06T15:49:00.000-05:00

I feel like, for my own memory, I need to do a quick little post on our sweet Reagan and all that she is up to lately.

2 1/2 is in full swing, in fact, we are getting close to 3 and it shows!! She is quite the opinionated girl and likes things done HER way. She really doesn't like it when I sing a song on tv or in the car (I know my voice is not great, can't say I blame her) and she was saying, "NO MOMMY, don't sing" and I would correct her each time and tell her to ask nicely...thankfully she now says, in a calm voice, "Mommy, please don't sing." ha!

On the other hand she is such a sweet, compassionate, thoughtful girl. For being only 2 1/2 she does amaze me everyday. I am so proud of the sister she is to Landon. She is SO sweet to him and loves on him all the time. She constantly tells him, "Bubba when you get bigger you can ____" (usually whatever she is doing...for example, you can wear high heels when you get bigger! ha!) She is a good helper with him and makes Landon laugh all the time. My heart explodes when the two of them are playing together and laughing...I only hope that continues, although I am well aware my number is up eventually! I am also so impressed with Reagan and how gentle and thoughtful she is with my sister, Jamie. Reagan was helping her eat while we were home for Christmas, she helped me wash Jamie's hair, and she even was doing J's hair with her new princess hair accessories. She has always loved J and is so compassionate towards her. I love that and, again, I am so proud of her.

Reagan cracked me up the other day (one of her favorite phrases) because I always tell she and Landon to "slow down! You are getting too big too quick" Landon was sitting on the floor for a couple seconds by himself and Reagan put her head in her hands and started pretend crying. She said, "Bubby, you growing up too quick, slow down." haha!

Sister is also, in case you hadn't noticed, TOTALLY into princesses now. THANK GOODNESS we set the ground rules early that dress up dresses are only for our house, as well as the shoes. Oh my word! The girl wakes up EVERY morning asking to put on a princess dress and high heels. I love it! She loves her jewelry, crowns, high heels, and pretend make up, especially lipstick. I love when I catch her brushing her hair on the side of her head and singing in her so sweet voice, "a dream is a wish your heart makes..." just like Cinderella does. Pretty darn cute! Along with being a princess means having a prince. Reagan's is her daddy, which melts her tough guy, soccer playing, banker daddy into a puddle. She plays music on her Dora or princess CD player and they dance at the ball together :) I told her one day she'll have a prom and then her wedding where she will be a real princess and get to dance with her prince...she loved that. The CD player is not usually too far away from Reagan and recently she is saying she wants to take it everywhere with us so she can "jam." Seriously!? Again, cracks me up!

A couple more of Reagan's favorite things to say lately are "Mommy, I promise" and "where we going today?" (meaning if we get dressed, that obviously means we are going somewhere, otherwise we have a "jammie day.")

Reagan has quite the imagination and is always playing pretend. She loves to play restaurant and ask us what we want. She has a cute little clipboard that she puts paper on and writes all of our orders down. She is usually out of french fries, which is a total bummer! :) She also got a little doctor kit for Christmas and loves playing with that and using the little clipboard to ask us questions about why we came to see Dr. Reaggie.

She is still loving on all of her babies and is a very good mommy to them. She feeds them, used to change their diapers ALL the time (that is dying out a little), and takes them for walks.
We are just so proud of Reagan and her wonderful personality. While we certainly have our fair share of meltdowns and time-outs, we remind her that our job as her parents is to teach her to do the right thing. We love her so much and love listening to her...the things she says. I feel beyond blessed to have a sweet, loving, and kind little girl. I love this age and pray that she stays this sweet forever!

5 Months!

2012-01-02T23:03:00.001-05:00

Our sweet Landon is FIVE MONTHS old today! Time is flying by!!

Some new things Landon man is up to this month have been finding his toes, rolling from tummy to belly, on his back rolling to his side, can sit by himself for a few seconds, and LOVES his jumperoo. He continues to think his sister bear is pretty much the funniest, coolest, most amazing person ever! :)

Landon is still not sleeping through the night. He will sometimes sleep until 6, which is great, eat and then go back to sleep. Usually he is at some point between 4 and 6, has his bottle, and goes back to sleep. He is in bed by 7, wakes up whenever, and usually gets up in the morning between 7:15 and 7:45. He goes down for his morning nap between 9 and 10, depending on what time he wakes up. It's usually about and hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours after he gets up. I put Reagan down at 1:00 for her nap and then Landon goes down around 1:30. He was doing so great sleeping from 1:30-3ish or later, but the last couple days he is doing his cat napping in the afternoon. I do love that one on one time with him and he is just the happiest, sweetest baby so it is hard to be upset :) I keep telling Reaggie that she needs to talk to her brother and teach him to take nice LONG naps like she does!

I don't know what our Bubby weighs this month, but I do know he is just about totally in 12 month clothes now! He scored some super cute new outfits for Christmas that are even 12-18 months and NONE too big on him! I love it!!

Landon (by the way it's just so weird typing out Landon because we seriously call him Bubby ALL the time!) is still eating about 5 or 6 times a day anywhere from 4-7 ounces a feeding. We were doing rice cereal for awhile, but he started getting little bumps on his belly...so I stopped that. I am actually going to call the doctor tomorrow to see about starting real food or if I should wait. He seems like he might really want to eat because he is ALWAYS going after my cup of water or wanting what I am putting in my mouth...it's pretty hilarious! In fact, I gave him a sippy cup of water the other day and she seemed to like it. He obviously doesn't know how to tip it yet, but he sure was holding it great!

Landon is so sweet...he laughs a LOT, smiles constantly, and is so laid back and easy going. (He gets that from me...hahahahhahahaha) We just love him to pieces and Reagan is his second mommy, poor kid! I was putting him to bed tonight and as he was falling asleep I just teared up (cheesy, I know) but it just amazes me that I have been blessed with two beautiful, healthy kids. I just love them both so much and this baby phase is going by SO quickly! Each day I remind myself how fast this is all going and to slow down and enjoy it.

Bubby, Bubby Thomas, (as your sister sometimes calls you) Bubba, Bubbers, Landon, we love you to the moon and back!! Can NOT belive you are five months old already!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T22:27:00.001-05:00

Happy 2012!! Can you believe it?! 2012! Crazy!!

We had a fun New Year's visiting our good friends the Mills at their new house in Virginia. (another car ride! However this 2 1/2 hours felt like nothing compared to our trips to PA)

We left on Saturday morning, so we go to spend the whole day visiting. Keith and Darin "bonded" over several cocktails and Reagan had SO much fun with her Mo Mo.

We all got changed and "fancy" for the night. All the girls happened to have sequins on!

Can you tell there had been a few cocktails in Keith?

The girls enjoying a fancy chicken nugget and applesause dinner

LOVE!

Morgan getting some makeup on

Thank you Mills for hosting us for the night! It was great to see you!

...and this was the car ride back to NC...all three sound asleep in the back!

Christmas on the 26th

2011-12-30T15:45:00.000-05:00

The day after Christmas Heather and I had our annual day after Christmas shopping extravaganza! Although our shopping has changed quite a bit over the years, just getting to see each other and spend some time scoping out the deals is what it's all about!

After I got home it was time to celebrate Christmas with my dad! We had a delicious dinner and then got to the good stuff :)

Reagan wanted to help Bubby open his presents before she even touched hers...she really is a sweetie!

Diane and Jordan came too!

those cheeks!! love them!

Happy girl! Do you see that collection of princess Barbies on the right...someone is in LOVE!

a princess vanity and "pe-an-e-oh"!! Reagan LOVES to play the piano withe Grandpa, so now she has her own! Yay for us ;)

JJ got an iPhone!

We had such a great Christmas!! We love being able to go up and spend so much time together. Sometimes it REALLY makes us want to be closer to home...maybe someday! Anyone have banking connections up north?? Just kidding...kinda!

Hope you had a VERY Merry Christmas with family and friends!!

Christmas Day!

2011-12-30T15:03:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!! The BIG DAY is FINALLY here!!

Reags knew just which pile was hers...it's blurry, but she was moving so quickly!

Yes, Jamie got a sweatshirt with the kid's picture on it...total hit!

Sweet Reags helping Aunt JJ with her presents!

Christmas snuggles with Pop-Pop

Reagan was drying J's hair with her new princess hair accessory kit...precious

Love this picture!! My beautiful Gran with my sweet man!

my favorite present of 2011!

Thanking Uncle Mike!!

Daddy with his kiddos!

After we were finished unwrapping, around noon, and Landon hadn't touched but maybe one of his presents, it was time to get ready for the day!

Three Generations

Decided the afternoon was a good time for Landon to get to opening his gifts!

We were SOO happy that Keith's dad could drive down from New York for the day to celebrate Christmas with us! It was sooo great to see Heinz and the kids were happy to see him too!

We had a GREAT Christmas!! It's hard to believe it has already come and gone!

Christmas Eve

2011-12-30T14:44:00.000-05:00

We were on our way to PA early on Friday morning, thinking we would beat some traffic...that was NOT the case. Oh well...we got there and although there were plenty of tears in the car, we made it!!

Brother/Sister Christmas Eve morning snuggles

making cookies with Mum-Mum

we decorated the tree...Reagan likes to do the ornaments HIGH up!

such a ham!

The kiddos napped, short ones, and then it was time to head to my Grandpa's to do Christmas with him. Before we left they got their Christmas pj's!

Landon's First Christmas Eve!

The best we could do :)

We headed out to Firebirds for dinner after we left Grandpa's. (usually we go to Outback, but we switched it up this year!) The service was SUPER slow, which was interesting with two small kids, but everyone did great and the food was pretty good!

My sweet cousin Emily with Reags and I

My pops, who was the main Landon holder/taker carer of, and my cute sissy

Grandpa and Uncle Gus

Aunt Linda, cute Vanderbilt cousin Jake, and my cutie

...sweet sugar is SO ready for bed by 7, so Grandpa's arms made a good bed! Turns out Landon thought this was a little power nap because it took him forever to fall asleep that night...oh well, it all worked out!!!

Now we are just waiting for Santa to arrive!!

Christmas: Part 1!

2011-12-30T14:18:00.000-05:00

We started our Christmas off early with a special early visit from Santa the Wednesday night before Christmas! Reagan (and Landon..ha!) were beyond excited!

Before bed on Wednesday night they both got to open their new pjs. This is a tradition my mom started, so we're keeping it going! (I learned my lesson though to shop early for winter jammies...by Christmas they are not the easiest thing to find and my selection was very limited!)

Reags helping Bubby open his jams

so excited!!!

I thought I'd give the one piece zipper jammies a try and it was a fail! Reagan didn't like how they felt on her toes one bit, sooo we opted for her Christmas two piece Minnie jammies that night instead.

leaving cookies and milk for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer

SANTA CAME!!!

Her prized possession....Sleeping Beauty!!!

"oooo...what this big one Da-da??"

Sweetness slept in on our Christmas morning...of all mornings!

This melts my heart...Reagan and I went to Target to pick out a present for Bubby and she really wanted to get him new binkies, so that is what we got. She picked out a beautiful princess potty seat for Landon to give to her! :)

The BEST Christmas presents EVER!!!!

(I can't believe I'm posting this...I am GROSS, but my kiddos are pretty darn cute!)

More presents!!!!

Can't wait for it to rain to use that princess umbrella!

Landon opening his first Christmas present!

Busy at work...do you see a trend around her...princesses, princesses, and MORE princesses!!

My fingers are a lot more exciting than some boring clothes...

stop.it. :)

Getting all fancy!

The full ensamble!!

We had such a great little Christmas Day in NC! I think Reagan FINALLY finished opening presents around lunch time! It was so nice to not rush through a thing, take our time, and soak up every bit of Reagan's excitement. Little did she really understand that she still had about three more Christmases (spelling?) to look forward to!

Sweetness

2011-12-21T14:39:00.000-05:00

This morning Reags, Landon, and I made some cut out sugar cookies...finally! They are Keith's FAVORITE and they are NOT my favorite to do, but I knew Reagan would have fun making them. Her favorite part was by far the decorating!

Seriously...I could eat him!

Yesterday when Brooklyn came over, Reagan gave her a little gift that she had picked out for her. She was beyond excited to wrap it and give it to her bestie! Well today Brooklyn wanted to give something to Reaggie, so they stopped by with a cute little princess jewelry box, stick on earrings (A HUGE HIT!), and a Cinderella ring. The girls were just too cute to not snap a picture. Oh and the necklace and bracelet that Brooklyn has on is what Reaggie picked out for her...her mom said it hasn't come off since Reagan gave it to her yesterday, except for sleeping!

So proper...

Such cuties!!

Well there is a 2 1/2 year old in this house that is having trouble taking a nap right now because "Mama, Santa is coming to Reaggie's house TONIGHT!!!!" She is slightly excited! :)

Oh What Fun!

2011-12-20T20:44:00.000-05:00

Merry "almost" Christmas!! Hard to believe the big day is just a couple days away :) Santa is making a special appearance at our house tomorrow night and there is a certain 2 1/2 year old that can NOT wait!!

We have been busy the last several days getting ready for Christmas and the traveling that requires, but still trying to enjoy everything this holiday brings!

Wednesday was Reaggie's last day of preschool before Christmas! As I mentioned before, a sweet mom volunteered for me, so I didn't have to take Landon. That allowed Bubby and I to run a couple last minute errands together and then come home for a quick nap before picking up sister at school.

On Thursday we met sweet Heather (Taxis) and Evie at the Durham Museum of Life and Science. We had so much fun! I have to say I was pretty darn proud of myself for getting out the door as early as we did. We left our house by 8:10!! That is a record for me so far :) We picked up Evie and her sweet momma and headed to the museum. It was a beautiful day and Reagan had so much fun! Landon was such a good boy and eventually fell asleep in my arms.

Friday night, I wish I had a picture or two, but I don't...anyway, it was Keith's work party. It was at a local restaurant and there were about ten of us there. We had WAY TOO much fun...oh my, I don't know WHAT I was thinking! However, we don't get out much, so it was fun! We had a sweet friend of mine from the elementary school come and babysit. Reagan was SO excited for her to come!

Saturday morning was a struggle, but with two small kids there is no just lying in bed and relaxing...we had Bojangles for breakfast. Yum! Later in the morning Keith and Reagan went out to do a little Christmas shopping. Reagan LOVES to go shopping! She certainly gets it honest.

Being a goof, heading out with Daddy!

Saturday afternoon Keith was able to open a couple Christmas presents early. Keith was like a kid on Christmas morning all day Saturday because he was going to the Syracuse/NC State basketball game, his two favorites. He went against the Wolfpack though and had to pull for his all time fave, Syracuse! We had to get him some special new things to wear to the big game, so that is what he opened up. Reagan was SO excited to give her Daddy presents and help him open. We can hardly wait for it to be her turn!

The kiddos and I had a good night together, they got baths, went to bed, and that is where I went right after I got Reaggie down. Phew!!

Sunday morning I was up and at 'em to finish up some Christmas shopping. I really wanted to get to the Disney Store, which is at the mall about 30 minutes from us. I looked online and saw they opened at 9 and I was there at 8:59, after a quick stop to Dunkin' Donuts ;) Well the parking lot was pretty empty, so I thought I was the only crazy one there at 9...as I approached the sliding doors to enter the mall, the hours were posted and ELEVEN was the REAL time the mall opened. I was NOT a happy camper! Clearly I couldn't just go back with the kids...thankfully Macy's was open, so I went there, ran to North Hills (another shopping area), and by that time it was getting close to 11, so went back to the mall. It all worked out, but isn't that just the way. I then had to quickly come home, after a quick trip to the grocery store, to make six dozen cookies for our neighborhood cookie swap. I was seriously considering not even going at that point, but sucked it up and with the help of Reagan and Keith...we got the cookies done!

Now this was my first exchange so I didn't really know what to do other than bring six dozen cookies. So I wrapped them up by the dozen with a cute little tag, all while Keith was at the gym, Landon wasn't napping, and having to tell myself if my cookies are the cutest, that is fine...well I get there and there was NO wrapping of the cookies required, just spread out on a platter. SO all of my wrapping came off and were tossed in a bowl...sigh. It was a lot of fun and I really liked getting to hang out with some of the neighborhood girls! Reags and I made a quick trip to Target after that and then it was home for dinner...I was exhausted!

Monday was grocery shopping and a fun day with Klein, Shae, and baby Charlotte coming to visit. I didn't take A picture...ugh. I made chili and some homemade cheddar cheese scones for dinner and we just chatted and hung out with babies. It was wonderful!

My sweet man in his sweater vest and cords (which you can't see)...he was dressed like a little man!

We had a playdate with Reagan's sweet friend today, I finished wrapping (yahoo!!), both kids napped GREAT, and Reags and I made some fudge (white chocolate oreo...it's calling my name right now).

I'm so excited for "Christmas Eve" tomorrow night...Reagan is BEYOND excited, as are her Mommy and Daddy!

Merry Christmas!!

School and Stroller

2011-12-14T14:34:00.000-05:00

This is Reagan's last week of school before the Christmas break and lucky me, it was my volunteer week too! Keith has been able to stay home with Landon while Reags and I go to school, but today he had a meeting downtown. THANKFULLY a very sweet mom in the class covered for me today or I would have had my little man with me, along with 9 two year olds! :)

Posing with Mommy before school

Monday was my snack day...I took in bananas too, but found this idea on Pinterest and had to try them. SO easy and they were a hit with the kiddos!

Playing with friends

Reags and Emmy playing play-doh. Whenever you ask Reagan about Emmy she says, "Emmy crack my up!"

Reags and her bestest friend Brooklyn and Shelby

Someone decided they didn't need a nap, so I put her to work cleaning :)

Yesterday the weather was pretty wonderful! We hung out at home in the morning and I wanted to go for a walk. WELL...we delivered Christmas cards up our hill and then, after Reagan's stroller and baby rolling down the hill twice, she was over the idea and wanted to play on her swingset...which probably worked out fine because our track record of Reagan walking her stroller usually results in me holding it and eventually carrying her...oh and pushing the stroller and holding Bailey's leash. ha!

This cutie sat in the stroller like a big boy yesterday! He loved it!!!

As you can see Baby Cinderella (Aunt Diane...it's her FAVORITE!) was about to face plant...

...but Mommy Reagan was right there to comfort her!

After naps yesterday we ventured out to Walgreens, Target, and Chic Fil A drive thru. We don't go out in the evenings ever and I was reminded why as Landon was screaming on our way home at 6. We accomplished what we needed to though and had a great day!

PS...10 days until Christmas!! :)

Disney on Ice!

2011-12-13T16:12:00.000-05:00

Reagan and Keith had a very special date night on Saturday to see Disney on Ice! She was SOOO excited, as was Daddy. Keith was able to get box seats through the bank, so she got to see the show in luxury! There were several other little girls there too, so apparently Reagan had lots of fun with her new friends. Keith said she was dancing around and singing the princess songs...she was in heaven!

We went out that morning and bought a special new princess shirt (and hairbow!)...Reagan accessorized with her princess necklace!

I mean seriously? Cuteness!

Keith isn't usually, well rarely, the photographer in the family, but I begged him to take some pictures. I was very proud of him for taking as many as he did :)

Since Reagan was having a date with her daddy, that meant special time with this little cutie...

this quickly turned into...

this! ha!

Everyone had a fun night and I even had a couple hours of quiet time! All in all a great little Saturday!

4 Month Pics!

2011-12-09T14:46:00.000-05:00

On Thursday, after we dropped off Gran at the airport, I took Landon to have his 4 month pictures taken. December 5th Reagan officially turned 2 1/2 too, so I thought I'd try to get a cute shot of each and maybe a cute one of them together! They were hilarious and we really had some cute pictures!

This one cracked me up!

After we were finished it was going to be about 20 mintues before I could pick up the pictures, so I thought we'd run to McDonald's for a quick lunch and then get the pictures and head home. McDonald's drive thru was fine, but as I was about to pull out of the shopping center, I realized there wasn't any ketchup in the bag, even though I asked for it. Lord knows 2 year olds can't eat nuggets without dippy! SOOO 3 point turn I did, in the minivan, and back through the, now, long drive thru line to get ketchup. At this point Landon is SCREAMING! SOO I park, give Reagan some of our smoothie that we got to share and give Landon a bottle. He was okay for a minute and then started SCREAMING again! Poor thing! I took him out of his car seat and sat with him in the way back and finally he calmed down, ate a little more, and was falling asleep. Phew! I climbed back up to the front and put ketchup in Reagan's chicken nugget box and went to hand it back to her, just as she was picking up her foot to rest it on the back of the passenger seat. KETCHUP WENT EVERYWHERE!! All over her tights, thankfully her jacket was on the floor and that was covered, not the carpeting, on the seat, on her book...everywhere! This is when it was time to cue the "mommy tears." It had just been one of those mornings and I had HAD it! I got out of the van, took a few deep breaths and got Reagan cleaned up and situated. Bless her heart, she said "Mommy, I really really sorry. Don't be sad." I was fine by that point and we were off to get the pictures and come home for NAPTIME! :)

Tis the Season!

2011-12-09T14:22:00.001-05:00

Cutie pie before school on Monday! Her sweet little friend Brooklyn was coming over that morning for us to give her a ride to school and Reags was SOOO excited!!

What a fun week we've had! My Gran flew in on Monday morning to spend the week with us, and while we really didn't do a whole lot, we were busy!

twirling in her tu-tu

after nap snuggles with Gigi, watching a Christmas show!

Gigi has her hands full with her great-grandbabies!

Tuesday we made cookies! While I had high hopes of making several different kinds, the spritz pretty much wore me out. :) We did make the dough for sugar cutout cookies, which are Keith's favorite, but haven't quite gotten around to making them yet. Reagan had SO much fun baking! She was precious and especially loved sprikling sugar on the cookies. We had so much fun!

Reagan did her own hair for the event ;)

please note the tongue...extreme concentration!

This little man was such a good boy! He slept for most of our cookie baking time, but didn't mind hanging out with the ladies in the kitchen while we finished up!

drool, drool, everywhere there is drool!

Poor Bailey...he hasn't had much blog love lately! He was a helper "cleaning" the floor of anything we spilled.

Gran left on Thursday morning, but we had so much fun with her! I get very spoiled when someone is visiting and I have an extra set of hands around! Thank you for coming Gran, we LOVE having you!!

Cereal?!

2011-12-04T20:54:00.000-05:00

Well, we tried the cereal thing today with our Bubby man and to say he was less than thrilled is probably an understatement. :) He really wanted NOTHING to do with it! Oh well...we had fun trying and we'll just wait a little bit to try again. Reagan had fun watching and telling Landon how "delish-i-o-so" his food was!

What is this stuff momma??

Laughing at my sister is MUCH more exciting!

Christmas Parade!

2011-12-04T16:28:00.000-05:00

This afternoon was the Rolesville Christmas Parade! I wasn't sure if we were going to go because 2:00 is naptime, hello!! However, Reags was still putting diapers on her baby at 1:40, soooo I told her we would go to the parade. She was pretty excited! Keith and Landon man stayed home, since he was sleeping. Reagan loved it, but not the loud fire trucks! We found a good spot and had fun watching the floats, the bands, and the dancers. She REALLY loved the people that were throwing candy...ha! The weather couldn't have been nicer either. On our way home at about 3:15, Reagan told me she wanted to lie in her bed to rest and get some energy...seriously!? She was SOUND asleep 2 minutes later...sweet girl!

of course she had to bring a baby with her!

4 Months!

2011-12-04T16:09:00.001-05:00

On Friday, Landon turned 4 months old!! He is just getting so big!

We went for his 4 month check up on Thursday and I was so hoping to get the "ok" to start on cereal, which we did. I'm hoping that fills this man up a little more so that he starts sleeping through the night. Poor thing had to get three shots again and an oral vaccine, they were no fun for anybody. I had Reagan with me and we talked a lot about Bubby getting shots and that he would cry, but we would give him hugs and kisses to help him feel better. Well...talking can only do so much. I don't know who was screaming louder, Landon or Reagan. Bless her heart...she hated seeing her brother in pain. I didn't cry this time, which is a first, but I couldn't even think about crying when I had 2 crying kids! They both calmed down, but it was a pretty "enjoyable" 5 minutes. :)

Here are his 4 month stats:
         * Weight: 19 pounds!!! (95%)
         * Height: 26 3/4 inches (90%)
         * HC: 44.5 cm (95%)

I was getting Landon undressed for his weight and the nurse was asking me a ton of questions, one of which was "does he have trouble eating?" I looked at her and said, "does it look like he does?" :) It was pretty funny! My big man!

Landon is starting to "talk" more and more with his latest being making raspberry sounds. He is laughing up a storm and thinks his big sister is one of the funniest people around. He is grabbing at everything and is really liking to start playing with little toys...perfect timing for Christmas! Landon loves to be sitting up...he is getting really good at it...I think he will be sitting up pretty soon. He is not rolling yet, but is getting SO close. He will lie on his back and very far over on his side.

My favorite thing is probably how he knows when his momma or daddy is close by. He knows our voice and when he hears it he laughs and smiles so big! It's precious, cuter when it's not 3:15 in the morning, but cute none the less! I also love how he grabs the top of my shirt when he is falling asleep, it's like he needs to know I'm still there....love that!

We think LTK is going through a growth spurt because his sleeping lately has been pretty terrible, but hopefully that's on the up swing! There were a few very rough nights this week, but to be expected I guess!

Let's see...Landon is wearing mostly 9 and some 12 month clothes right now and is SO ready for a size 3 diaper. We have a few more size 2's to use up and once we do, 3's are in full force. When Reagan was a baby they had the size 2-3, I haven't seen those anymore...I guess they did away with them.

We just love him to pieces and know he is just going to keep changing so quickly!! His smile is the sweetest and his cheeks are beyond kissable!! I keep reminding myself that this is all so temporary and he will be a crazy 2 year old like his sister before we know it!

LTK 3 Month Pictures and RMK School Pic!

2011-12-03T14:51:00.000-05:00

Only slightly behind in posting these, but guess what??! We figured out how to scan! (Carrie, are you proud?!?) Ha!

LOVE this one!

Preschool 2011

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

2011-12-03T14:38:00.000-05:00

Well here it is...our 2011 edition of our visit with Santa! As you can see it had to turn into a family event, which we were obviously not planning on. Reagan got a little scared of Santa and would not sit on his lap, while Landon was just chillin' with Santa, he doesn't care who is holding him! :)

Reagan did tell Santa that she really would like Sleeping Beauty for Christmas and that Bubby would like new ba-bas (bottles). Ha! That was so cute! We told Reags to tell Santa what her brother's name was and she said "Bubby." I think it might be time to start calling him Landon a little more often!

We got to the mall this morning and had purchased the "Fast Pass" again this year...TOTALLY worth it. I think it was $2, but you don't wait in ANY line, which is so great! We waited for about a minute and the other line was getting pretty long.

Of course it wouldn't be a trip to the mall without a ride on the choo choo train, some of the rides, Chic Fil A, and ice cream! So we covered all of our bases and had a great morning at the mall!

Jingle Elfie

2011-12-03T14:21:00.000-05:00

This year I really wanted to start the tradition of "Elf on the Shelf." We bought it at Target last weekend (with a free $5 gift card!) and on Sunday night Keith and I read Reagan the book and she seemed pretty excited about it, but we don't know how much she really "gets it." It's still fun though and she does love finding Jingle Elfie, as she proudly named him, in the mornings. He has been in all kinds of crazy places!

O Christmas Tree!

2011-12-03T13:52:00.000-05:00

Last Sunday we went out to get our Christmas tree! We have a great spot down the road that has beautiful trees...it's not the Griswold family tree excursion, but for now, this does us just fine!

Reagan was soooo excited to find the MOST beautiful tree in the WORLD! (This is her newest expression) She was running up and down the aisles and then we found this beauty and it's a beast, just the way we like it! Keith was nervous it would be a little TOO big! I told him there is no such thing :)

in front of our most booootiful tree!

this face...just says "Reagan"

watching as they wrapped it up

Getting it ready to decorate...they delivered for free too! Total bonus!

Let the decorating begin...we only did the balls Sunday night and we were going to decorate the rest Monday night...

...good thing we hadn't because this is what happened on Monday morning! I was putting up some of the more fragile ornaments while Reagan was at school and BAM! It was seriously one of "those" days!! Thankfully Keith was working down the street and could come home to pick it up...I couldn't even lift the thing!!

So after two days of the tree sitting in the kitchen while the carpet dried from all the water, the tree is up, decorated, and beautiful!

Thankful...

2011-11-27T20:32:00.000-05:00

SOO thankful for these two!

During the month of November we talked to Reagan a lot about being thankful and what that meant. She "got it" pretty early on and I wrote down several of her responses to the daily question of, "Reagan, what are you thankful for today?!" From a two year old's eyes it was pretty cute :) Her list included...
* toys
*Ziggy's (where we get pizza on Friday nights)
*TV
*her play kitchen
*her bedroom
*the light in her room (dimmers are a beautiful thing and she likes to have it on just a little at night)

We all have so much to be thankful for! I don't deserve all that I have, but I am SO grateful and appreciative...God is so good! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-27T20:25:00.000-05:00

How did Thanksgiving already come and go? The past week has flown!

We left on Tuesday evening after Keith got home from work. I had everything packed and ready to go so we could just get in the car and GO. The car ride was LONG...it was raining, there was traffic, kids had had it, but we made it, eventually.

Wednesday we had a great day with Gran and Gramps who came to my mom's for the day!

busy playing!

Thursday morning we were able to hang out until after naps and then we headed over to my Uncle Gus and Aunt Linda's. As always, it was a great Thanksgiving, but crazy with two kiddos!

First brother/sister bath together! (Landon is a slip-per-y little man in the bath!)

SO thankful for this little man!

Watching football...

My little stud with Auntie Em :)

I wanted SO badly to get all the generations with my Grandpa this year...and it worked! At first Reags wanted NOTHING to do with it, but you'll notice she is holding a little tea set, which was what she wanted to hold in the picture...FINE!

Grandpa with his two great-grandsons, Logan and Landon

Pappy with all three GREAT-grandchildren!

Grandpa with all 8 of his grandchildren

Grandpa with his three kiddos :)

I didn't do Black Friday this year...just too dag gone tired! Maybe by next year I will have some energy to brave the crowds, but seriously the sales last two days and a lot of times the deals are online too...we'll just have to see about next year!!

Now Christmas preperations are in full swing!!

Little sweetness munching on an apple :)

Tuesday Update :)

2011-11-22T22:08:00.000-05:00

Here we go again, another Tuesday update! I don't know why it is that Tuesdays seem to be the easiest day to update, go figure.

SOOO last Thursday night my best friend from PA, Heather, flew down for a weekend visit. It was so great to see her! We started off our fun filled weekend with a haircut for Reagan on Friday and then we went out to lunch. The kiddos took good naps and we picked up pizza for dinner.

Watching Blue's Clues in the booo-tiful pink car!

Saturday morning Heath and I started our morning bright and early. I had a haircut appointment at 9:15 and Heath was able to get squeezed in for a chop as well. She got a LOT of hair cut off and it looks sooo cute!! Seriously, I think 11ish inches got cut off...love it! Then we headed to a craft show, to outlets, and out to dinner. We left the house at 9:00am and got home around 9:30pm...long day, but so fun!

On Sunday we pulled out the Christmas decorations and started getting the house all decorated! Sunday night Reagan and I had a date night to see the Rockettes. It was sooo much fun! I was so thrilled to get to take her. Growing up we went to New York City several times to see the show and I have such great memories of seeing those girls kick their legs :) I thought Reagan would love it and hoped she would sit through the show...thankfully she did and loved it! We were going to go out to dinner, but she "no want to go to a restaurant." ha! We went to McDonald's and that actually worked out better. She ate outside of the DPAC before the show started and was able to run around a little bit, get out some energy!

all dressed up and ready to go!

Keith took Heath to the airport while Reags and I were off to the show!

Waiting for the Rockettes to come out!

Such a big girl, reading the "book" during intermission!

I seriously had tears in my eyes watching her enjoy the show. It was such a fun night and a tradition I hope we can continue to have!!

Monday morning Reags was off to school and Bubby and I had a few errands to run, decorating to finish, and packing for PA to do!

This little cutie makes my heart melt!!

We are safely in PA now for Thanksgiving after a LONG car ride. SO thankful to be out of the car, SO thankful for great family and friends, and SO thankful for our sweet, sweet babies!!

What's Been Going On

2011-11-15T20:14:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday! I seem to be on this trend of updating on Tuesdays...our house has been hit with the cold and cough, so there hasn't been a lot of time for blogging, or sleeping, lately!

Last Wednesday Reagan had school and Landon and I had a few errands to run around town. It was so nice out that we went to the park and I walked for awhile while LTK slept. Keith was able to pick up Reaggie at school, so I was able to pick up and clean around the house to get ready for Keith's sister to come on Thursday night.

Thursday morning we went to Jumping Beans, an inflatable playhouse place, with two of Reagan's friends from school. The girls had a BLAST together! It was precious!! I didn't take ONE picture though, can you believe it?!! The moms got to chat, the girls got to play and eat pizza...it was a good day! (However, we aren't going back there for a long time...I am CONVINCED that is where Reagan and Landon got this cold/cough...last year Keith had taken Reagan and days later she had croupe. Do you think they ever clean those things?!?!) That night, I picked up Kristin from the airport and we went out for a couple drinks...it was very fun to get out. Seriously, the last time I drove in the dark...I don't know. (I know, I need to get out more!)

Friday was Veteran's Day and also a day off for Keith. We hung out in the morning, went out to lunch, and Kristin and I did some shopping during nap time. That night Keith had box seats for the NC State home opener, so we were able to go to that. We had a blast!! I might have had a little too much fun ;)

could you not just eat him?!

Reags and Aunt Kristin

my favorite boys

Reagan's first happy face, upside down

Go Pack!

Saturday Kristin, Landon, and I went out to lunch while Keith and Reags had a playdate with Parker and Jeff. Those kids are a little too cute together! Keith and Kristin were able to get out that afternoon for pedicures (yes, Keith too!) and wine tasting. They had a great time together, but doesn't it figure the kids didn't nap because it was me home and not their daddy?!?

Getting pampered...and don't tell, but he loved it!

Sunday was pretty lazy, just grocery shopping...wooohoo! We made a nice dinner though and had homemade apple pie for dessert :)

Big News! The Jumperoo is back out...

...and someone looks too big in it!

Sunday night Dora Saves the Snow Princess was on so Reagan had to wear Dora jammies, Dora slippers, and she got her Dora and Boots to watch with her...pretty cute!

Monday morning we were up and at em to take Reags to school and Kristin to the airport. (Sunday night was pretty much a sleepless night...) On our way to school Reagan was coughing and (sorry if TMI) she threw up mucusy stuff from her throat. Lovely! I cleaned her up, called school to let them know she wouldn't be there, came home to change her, and THEN we were off the airport. There was little napping done around here yesterday, which made for a long day, but the kids were pretty happy, until the bewitching hour of about 6:00...HOLY, I thought I was going to loose it with a certain two year old! We were ALL exhausted by 7 though, that is for sure! I was in bed by 8:30 last night...am I fun or what?!

We went to the park this morning for awhile, since we are having very warm weather, and figured the fresh air would do us all good! Landon fell asleep at the park and Reagan went down for her nap early. Hopefully a good nappy will help my babies feel ALL better!

Playing on the "really, really big rock!"

Swinging...I think she officially thinks she is too big for this swing, kind of sad!

Evening Update: I wound up taking Reagan to the doctor this afternoon just for my piece of mind. Turns out her ear was pretty pink with some fluid in it and the doctor gave us an antibiotic to get this mess out of her system! Thank goodness! So a lovely afternoon was spent schleping two kids to the doctor, pet store for dog food, Harris Teeter for popsicles (did I mention all FOUR of Reagan's 2 year molars are coming in?!), and then to Walgreens for the prescription. :) Now it's 8:13 which means I am about to head to bed!

Leaves, Drool, and Soccer...oh my!

2011-11-08T16:19:00.000-05:00

I have gotten a little behind in the blogging world...nothing too terribly exciting to report, but staying VERY busy with my two little guys, sometimes three if you count their daddy. ;) (on a side note...today the Duggars announced they are having baby number TWENTY...TWENTY!!! How in the living world does she do it?!?!?!!? I just think it's crazy...I LOVE my babies to pieces, but seriously, this momma can hardly think about having another one right now...let alone 18 more!)

Reagan getting her shoes on all by herself before school last Wednesday!

do you see the drool on this kid? Oh MY Word! I don't even want to think about what teething will be like!

Reags and I before school, last Wednesday was the last of my volunteer days for the month.

Last Thursday we took Landon for his three month pictures. They turned out pretty cute, I should have them on Monday! Both kids did great. :)

This past weekend was pretty low key, I think. To be honest I don't really remember...we did go to a little "fall fest" in our town on Saturday morning, which was cute, but we didn't stay too long because the wind was pretty chilly and it was cash only, so the $3 Keith had didn't get us too far! :) Reags enjoyed the boune houses and huge slide though...she even got to sit in a fire truck! I snuck out to run a few errands on Saturday and Sunday was a total hang out day. Reags stayed in her pjs all day!

Sweetness, getting just a little too big!

Keith raked up some leaves on Sunday afternoon for Reagan to play in...she had so much fun! Oh and for the record, Sunday was the LONGEST day EVER!!!! That extra hour felt like 10, especially because little guys don't understand "sleep in." :)

This is only the beginning of Reagan and Keith playing soccer in the backyard

Yesterday RMK had school and Landon and I ran errands the whole time, we were both exhausted. Landon fell asleep in the car on our way home from picking up Reagan so I just left him in the car, with a door open to sleep. I kept going out to check on him, literally every 5 minutes. Well one of the times I slipped on our steps and banged my back pretty hard on the steps and thankfully stopped myself with my hands. It hurt, for sure, but I didn't think too much of it...I was just hoping my thud didn't wake up Landon. Last night my back hurt a little, but again, didn't think too much about it. Let's just say this morning I had a little scare and I was off to the doctor, so Keith was in charge (thank goodness he was working close by!). Everything is totally fine, THANK GOD, but I came home to this little princess...

About 5 minutes later I was putting her down for her nap and we had a MELTDOWN about where her babies should sleep in her bed and the fact that her crown was falling off and her earring wouldn't stay in...oh my!

This little man will NOT take a long nap (or sleep through the night, but that is for another day)...I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I keep telling myself all babies are different, since Reagan took two great long naps by this age, Landon just takes little 45 minute to an hour naps throughout the day. As long as he is happy though, that is all that matters for now. I'm not going to lie though and say I would enjoy being able to count on a couple good naps!

...and this is what Landon has to say!

Must Try Recipes

2011-11-08T14:23:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of my new fall favorites...you MUST try!! :)

Apple Crumble Bars (addicting!!)

Crust
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 t. salt

Filling
3 1/2 cups apple pie filling (or 2 cans...I used Comstock I think)

Crumble
1 cup flour
1 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
10 Tablespoons of butter, cut into small pieces

1. Heat oven to 375*. Grease 13x9 inch pan. In large bowl beat crust ingredients with electric mixer on low until mixture looks like course crumbs. Press in pan.

2. Bake 15 minutes or until golden and let cool 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350*.

3. Spoon pie filling over crust. In medium bowl mix crumble ingredients together, except the butter. Add butter and mix with a fork. (Works best to coat the pieces of butter with the other ingredients in the bowl) Sprinkle mixture over filling, press lightly.

4. Bake 40 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Cut and ENJOY!!!!!

I'll leave out the nutrition information so you can enjoy them more ;)

EASY Pumpkin Muffins (SERIOUSLY...)

**my favorite pumpkin muffin/bread recipe is Ellen's...SO good!! However, when short on time, this works great too!**

1 box of spice cake mix
1 15 oz. can pumpkin

THAT'S IT! I read this on a blog and thought there was no way it could be good, but they are!! I also added some chocolate chips, which made them that much more delish!

3 Months!

2011-11-02T20:19:00.000-04:00

Our sweet Landon man is three months old today! He is just getting so big, I can't believe it!

Let's see...Landon's latest tricks are laughing, talking up a storm, grabbing at everything, always wanting his hands in his mouth, and he is still trying to pull himself up from laying down. He has also started watching tv, poor guy is going to love some Kai Lan and Dora! :)

I am officially finished breastfeeding...part of me misses it, another part of me feels relieved that it's over. Bottles are so easy! He eats 5 or 6 bottles a day (depending on if he is up in the middle of the night) and eats 4-6 oz. per bottle.

We are not on too much of a schedule yet, but hopefully by next month!? I feel like he has a couple depending on what time he wakes up in the morning, which is determined by how he slept the night before. He takes a good morning nap, usually between 9 and 10. He'll sleep in the afternoon and then needs a little evening nap between 5:30 and 6, not for very long though. He is usually in bed between 8 and 9. He is inconsistently sleeping through the night...he'll do it a couple nights in a row and then be up for a few nights. The hardest part about getting up in the middle of the night is that I can't get back to sleep. It's SO annoying!! I have even started just counting in my head to get myself to sleep!

I don't know how much LTK weights, he's got to be pushing 18 pounds I would think. My big man! He is still wearing SOME 6 month clothes, but we are mostly onto 6-9 and 9 month outfits. He is still in size 2 diapers.

You're kidding...I'm 3 months old already!?

This was our first attempt, he fell asleep about 2 mintues after this picture was taken!

That smile...sweetness!

Landon man is just such a sweetheart! We love him to pieces and he puts up with lots of noise and "love" from his big sister. :) This age is so fun and it's always fun to see all the new changes that will come in the next month!

We love you Bubby!!

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-01T15:53:00.000-04:00

Another Halloween has come and gone and now it's NOVEMBER! Crazy huh?! Are you ready for Christmas!?!? :)

Sunday afternoon was pumpkin carving time and Reagan really wanted NOTHING to do with it! She was perfectly fine just watching Mommy and Daddy do the dirty work. She had said she wanted a Dora pumpkin, so we printed off a template from Nick Jr.com and Keith worked so hard on it, and it looked great! Once Reagan saw it, she decided she didn't like it anymore and wanted Minnie Mouse...isn't that just the way it goes?! Another last minute change was her costume. She had found a lovely purple butterfly princess costume in a magazine over a month ago that she was insistent upon being for Halloween. I wound up getting it from Kohl's because IF I needed to return it for some reason, atleast I could with no problem (and I love Kohl's and they always have a great coupon!). Don't you know last week she announced she was going to be Sleeping Beauty. Worked out well because she has the dress, Gran bought her a pink crown, and I did get her some pink glittery shoes from Target to go with the dress. She was happy as can be and really isn't that what Halloween is all about?! :)

pumpkin carving...obviously casual Sunday!

the closest she would get to getting the "gunky" out

so excited! :)

Halloween morning we were on our way to preschool. This is my volunteer week and it was my snack day, so being the dorky mom that I am, I was pretty excited. We had a fun day at preschool and all the little girls had on the cutest Halloween outfits. (Aunt Ellen, we need to send your name to the mom's of the boys! ha!) Thankfully my mom and Gran were still here so they stayed home with Landon man while Reags and I went to school!

After naps it was time to get ready for dinner and getting dressed. Sadly, it was POURING rain outside...literally pouring. We did manage to trick or treat to the houses on our little hill, which thankfully Reagan was thrilled to do. She was so sweet in holding out her little treat bag and saying "trick or treat" and very politely said "thank you" after being given the candy. When we got home she was more than happy handing out the candy, except she did not like the big kids that had scary costumes. I had to warn her if there was a scary mask costume before she would give out the candy...bless her.

Here comes Sleeping Beauty!!!

Oh yeah, I'm beautiful!

this IS Reagan and sweet little Bubby

The cutest little tiger around!

Such a beautiful princess

and so the family shots with a 2 year old go...I'm already excited for a Christmas card picture (sarcasm)

...that's a little better!

Landon and Reagan's pumpkins (Reagan wanted to use her VERY bumpy pumkin that we got last weekend at the pumpkin patch...whatever, it has character!)

As you can see Daddy pulled through and made a Minnie/Mickey Mouse pumpkin. I guess that was Keith's, I was Dora this year, and our standard Bailey bone!

So fun in the rain!

checking out her loot!

I think my sweet daughter takes after her mother...she organized all of her candy into piles, on her own.

Even with the rain it was a great Halloween! We didn't get nearly as many trick or treaters as usual, which sadly means I have a few extra bags of candy...oh well, tis the season!

5 Years!

2011-11-01T14:00:00.000-04:00

I will say this every year I think, but it is hard to believe 5 years have passed since Keith and I got married. I love thinking back on our wedding day...it was wonderful. (although it started out a bit wet!) We had friends and family travel from all over to celebrate with us and since we got married at 11 in the morning, it was a FULL day of celebrating!

With my mom and Gran here Keith and I were able to have an all day date day on Friday! Keith even took the day off of work, which was a special treat. He made us all breakfast in the morning and then we were on our way! (I had told Reagan earlier in the week that Mommy and Daddy would have a date day on their anniversary while Mum-Mum and Gigi were here and that we would say 'buh-bye see ya!' She told me that she would miss us "really much" and I said I would miss her too, but that mommies and daddies need breaks sometimes too. WELL...on Friday as we were leaving Reagan said "buh-bye see ya guys!" It was pretty hilarious...she was SO sad we were leaving! ha!)

We started our day with lunch in Chapel Hill at Cafe Carolina. It was so tastey and let me tell you how weird it felt to not have a child with me and to be out during naptime. We had a great lunch though and sat and chatted for awhile. Then we headed to Southpoint Mall to do a little perusing before we went to see Moneyball. (the Brad Pitt movie about the Oakland A's) I HIGHLY recommend! I really just wanted to see a movie, I can't tell you the last time I'd seen one, so I didn't care what we saw, but this was a good one!

After the movie we headed over to the Melting Pot for dinner. It was DELISH as always, but HOLY was it a long meal. Seriously, we were there for 3 hours. I enjoy Keith's company and the food was good, but goodness! You start to get antsy sitting there for so long :) After dinner we came home to hear about the kiddo's day and relieve the "babysitters", even though the kids were asleep!

my BEAUTIFUL flowers! Thank you honey!

Saturday we took advantage of our babysitters again and headed out for the afternoon. We went up the street to The Factory and went to a bar to watch the last half of the NC State game. It was terrible, horrible, but we got wings and a beer and had fun. After the game we went to a place called Clay Fusion and made a plate. You should have seen us...not so creative people trying to figure out what to do. However, I have to hand it to my hubby for coming up with the idea of making a plate with different milestones from the last five years around the sides. It was fun, took forever, but it will be a fun memento to have!

working on Bailey :)

working on our house

Our finished product! It will hopefully look a little better once it's fired. We started with our wedding day, then St. Lucia (our honeymoon), Bailey, our house, Keith graduating from NC State, Reagan, our minivan (yes, it was a milestone! ha!), and finished up with Landon.

We grabbed some dinner afterward and then headed home!

What a great couple days out we had...sometimes we forget that it's important for us to do that. We don't have the perfect marriage and we drive each other crazy, but we couldn't imagine doing it with anyone else!

Happy Birthday Bailey!

2011-11-01T13:42:00.000-04:00

Friday, October 28th was our sweet Bailey's 5th birthday!!! We celebrated him that morning by giving him a new cupcake toy (that was destroyed and thrown away about an hour and a half later) and a new bag of treats. Reagan wanted us to sing Happy Birthday to Bailey, so we sarenaded him as well.

Bailey is our "first born" and although he might not get nearly as much attention as he did before kiddos, we still love him to pieces and he is a big part of our family. Now if only he could learn to play pretend with Reagan like she would really like him to!

Special Visitors

2011-11-01T13:39:00.000-04:00

On Thursday afternoon my mom and Gran arrived to be on kid patrol this past weekend for our anniversary! I just can't thank them enough for all of their help and for coming down to visit so Keith and I could enjoy a couple nights out. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Mum-Mum with all of the grandchildren :)

Gigi multitasking!

Out for breakfast on Sunday morning...Reagan with two of her favorite girls!

FUN Weekend!

2011-10-24T21:01:00.000-04:00

What a fun weekend we had! It was the last weekend for the North Carolina State Fair, so we had to make it apoint to go. We went with the Davis' on Saturday morning and had such a great time! Reagan and Parker had SO much fun together and were SOO excited to see each other. Reagan could not wait to see him...in fact we had tears on Friday that "Reaggie go fair now see Parker." Trying to explain that we would see him tomorrow wasn't cutting it :)

This picture is just too cute I think! The daddies (friends since forever) and their kiddos all holding hands!

Gazing adoringly into each others eyes

Checking out the cows, chicks, and horses

Sweet Bubby was such a good boy...next year you can enjoy the fair a little more

Stephanie, Jeff, and Keith

Driving...one of the several rides they rode together

This just makes me smile :)

Sunday we were up and at em again to meet the Davis' at Hill Ridge Farms. This is the third year in a row we have gone and just love it there. Reagan had SO much fun this year, especially because Parker was there! We couldn't have had a better day either, the weather was perfect.

This slide was seriously a little too much fun!

Riding the train (adorable shirt from Auntie Ellen...thank you!!)

The hayride to the pumpkin patch, you can see Reagan's bow popping in the bottom of the picture...we were getting close to melt down at this point of the day

Sweet man couldn't quite sit up by himself well enough against the pumpkin for a picture, but he has on an adorable Aunt Ellen creation too!

This is just so "us" right now! :)

Such a great weekend...we are going through Davis' withdrawl!

High Heels

2011-10-20T13:55:00.000-04:00

This weather...AHHmazing! Loving it...windows open, a crack anyway...fabulous!

Thankfully Reagan is pretty much over the cold! I'm so glad she is feeling better...I just hate it when she is sick, I am a total worry wart. Not to mention we have a very busy weekend at the State Fair and Hill Ridge Farms coming up that she has to be feeling her best for!

On Tuesday we met Heather (Taxis) and Evie at Crabtree Mall. (That is where Harold's was when I worked there part time...crazy that I used to be there all the time and until Tuesday, I can't remember the last time I was at that mall.) We made a wonderful discovery there...THE DISNEY STORE. I secretly was VERY excited to slip in with Reagan...I knew she would love it. I told her she could get one treat for being such a good girl at the mall. She found some "high heels." They are lovely with a Cinderella and bow medalion on the top of the foot and the heel lights up :) The girl LOVES them!!!! Oh my gosh...she has worn them every second in the house since she got them. We're talking she has napped and slept in them at night...last night I convinced her to give her feet a break from her high heels and she could wear them as soon as she got up in the morning! (which she did!)

dressed down today in only the tutu and not the full on Sleeping Beauty gown ;)

Reagan was feeling much better on Tuesday night and we decided she could go to school Wednesday. I was running WAY late somehow and had to get to a 9:30 appointment for blood work for Keith's insurance...annoying since I have just had all kinds of blood drawn while I was pregnant and then in the hospital having Landon. I was five minutes into my drive to school and realized I forgot all the paperwork I needed for the bloodwork. I had to turn around and now we were REALLY going to be late to school. We finally made it to school, dropped Reagan off, couldn't find the bless-ed Lab Corp office that was apparently "right down the road" from Reagan's school, finally found that, oh and did I mention it was pouring down rain?! As I rushed into the doctor's office with Landon at 9:45, 15 minutes late, I realized I was the only one there and was stressed over that for nothing! (typical me) The "nice" receptionist didn't really care to hear how it had just been "one of those mornings." LTK and I had a couple quick errands to run after the blood work and then we came home for a little bit before we went back to get Reaggie.

Today has been a hang out at home kind of day...we were going to go to Sam's, but LTK was taking such a great nap, I just let him sleep. Reagan and I did some baking and I got all my laundry done! Speaking of Mr. Landon, he is getting too big! He has started laughing this week...talk about precious. When I kiss his cheeks, which the poor kid has to suffer through SEVERAL times a day, and then nuzzle my nose in his neck he just cracks up. :) Adorable!

Next week is our FIVE YEAR anniversary...I can't believe it! I am looking SO forward to going out on a date, nothing fancy, just a nice night out! Thinking back to right now 5 years ago I was so excited, a lot thinner, and going crazy pulling all of my 10 days out of school lesson plans together...sure doesn't seem like that was already 5 years ago!!

Sweet Saturday

2011-10-17T14:52:00.000-04:00

Saturday was such a fun day! I got to see several friends in one day, that made me happy. :) Landon and I headed over to Heather's in the morning to see Starks (Sarah) who lives in Florida, but was in town for a wedding. It was SO wonderful to see her!! We held babies, chatted, and chowed down on some delish donuts! What a fun morning!

After we left Heather's we were on our way to Panera to meet my sweet friends from New Hope for lunch. It was so great to see them! We hadn't all seen each other for SIX MONTHS, since Erin's wedding. We sat and chatted for hours, which felt like minutes. SO great to see these wonderful ladies!

While Landon was hanging out with the ladies, Keith took Reagan to Marbles Kid's Museum for the morning. They had a blast together and even went out on a daddy/daughter lunch date. Keith took some pictures on his phone, maybe one of these days I will learn how to transfer them to the computer...they had a great time together though!

Friday night Reagan started with a snotty nose, tis the season?! Ugh! Poor thing! She was up every two hours on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday night...yahoo! I kept her home from school today because she is still pretty snotty and has a very low grade fever. I found some cold medicine at the store that says is fine for 2 year olds, so I have been giving her that and it seems to be helping. As much as I love the fall, it just means cold season is right around the corner. It's crazy because it was this week last year that Reagan had a cold as well, like her body knows "it's time to get your first cold." Fingers crossed this passes quickly...

Random Update

2011-10-14T14:20:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday!! We are enjoying a day at home today and I can finally say I have packed up Reagan's summer clothes...it has been one of those things that has rolled from one to do list to another and FINALLY this morning I just knocked it out. It's the little things :)

We hit up the library yesterday for story time and got some new library books and then headed to Target. Both kids were more than thrilled to be at Target, but the good part about that is it hurried me up and forced me to only get what I was there for!

For the past several nights Landon has been having a screaming party around 8:00 or so, we have no idea what the problem is! It breaks my heart and by that time of the day tests my patience too...however, we have found that going outside tends to help calm him down...thank goodness the weather has been warm enough to do that and fingers are crossed that this is just a short lived phase. We had a slumber party in the guest room the other night...whatever worked to get some sleep!!

Reagan is just as crazy as ever and driving me crazy, but in a good way, most of the time! :) She is just "two" and having plenty of fun. She is totally loving her Halloween books right now...we sure have accumulated SEVERAL and we read them over and over and over and over. I love how excited she is for Halloween this year!

Watercolors are wonderful!! :) Hours of fun entertainment!!

Look who is big enough for the Bumbo now?! Such a big man!

ha! Reags was excited to see it out this morning too...I can't believe how big she looks in it, it doesn't seem like THAT long ago that she was just starting to sit in it!

Just a little update on the week, have a wonderful weekend!!

2 Month Pictures

2011-10-14T13:58:00.000-04:00

On Wednesday, while Reaggie was in school, I took Landon for his 2 month pictures. :) He did so great! Of course, yet again, these are pictures of pictures. One day I will learn...

Three Years and Ten Weeks

2011-10-11T21:35:00.000-04:00

Today marks the three year anniversary of me finding out I was pregnant with sweet Reagan! I will never forget that day...I took that pregnancy test and just left it in the bathroom for a good 20 minutes, totally forgot about it! MUCH to my surprise it was a positive test! It's amazing to think back over the past three years how much our life has changed and how much our family has grown...I love it!

Today also marks Landon's 10 week birthday...TEN weeks already! I think all of his shots got the best of him yesterday and last night as he was totallly off going to bed and waking up several times in the middle of the night, I think he might have had a slight fever too...poor thing. At ten weeks Landon is talking up a storm, eating 3ish bottles a day, sitting up holding onto our fingers, and growing bigger and bigger each day! He also celebrated his "birthday" tonight by giving daddy a LOVELY present in his diaper...let's just say the kid hadn't pooped in two days ;) Those jammies are now in the washing machine to say the least... :)

2 Month Check Up

2011-10-10T20:09:00.000-04:00

We took Landon for his 2 month check up today, Keith was off today and Reaggie was at school. Landon did great and is a perfectly healthy little boy, we are so blessed. The shots were not fun at all, as he had to get 3 and then 1 oral vaccine...my poor man. I think I cried just as much as he did. Thankfully some snuggles and a binkie helped everyone feel better! :)

Here are our BIG man's stats:

(he was >95% for all of these!)

WEIGHT: 15 pounds 12 ounces

HEIGHT: 23 3/4 inches

HEAD CIRCUM: 42.2 cm

Over the River and Through the Woods

2011-10-10T19:54:00.000-04:00

WARNING: Picture overflow and LONG post! :)

Last Sunday I was feeling quite ambitious and decided to call Gran and Gramps to see if they would like us to come visit them for a couple days. Of course they were SO excited and the packing began to leave first thing Monday morning!

Reagan was a very sylish helper :)

On Monday morning we were out the door by 9:00 and on our way to Maryland! Landon had just eaten, so he had a full belly, and Reagan had her movies. I bought her Barney's Halloween as a "special treat" and she LOVED it. She has been rather into Barney lately...brings back memories of when my brother was little! ;)

The drive was WONDERFUL! We stopped at about 11:30 at a Chic Fil A in Virginia, in the rain. Thank goodness for my minivan (insert scarcasm) because there was plenty of room to eat and change diapers without going into the rain with two kids.

Reagan wanted to sit in her seat in the back and enjoy her lunch...I sat on the floor and gave Landon man his bottle.

Landon's lounging chair while I changed Reaggie :)

We made great time to Gran and Gramps' and both kids slept, even at the same time! It was a perfect car ride...they did super!!

Reagan wearing her new princess jammies that I had to run to Kohls to get...it was COLD up there!! She was ready to sleep in Gigi's special big girl bed!

Tuesday morning we were up and at em. We started the day at Baughers for breakfast, then headed to the mall, and then Huffman's for ice cream, which was our lunch. Yum!

Reagan decided to eat Gramps' toast and bacon instead of her own pancake!

Notice the new "bootiful" pink princess crown? That was a purchase at the mall and had to be worn while enjoying a delicious ice cream cone.

Sweet man playing on his playmat!

Tuesday afternoon my Aunt Diane came over to visit and it was SO great to see her. I wish I had taken a picture. She brought the kiddos a few goodies and we chatted for awhile. A little later Gran's friend, Celeste, came up to visit and we all had a delish Panera dinner of soup in a bread bowl...yummmmmo!

Wednesday morning we were up and at em again to make the trip to my mom's. It is ONLY an hour and a half from my Gran's to my mom's and that trip felt AH-MAZING!

Reagan has a new favorite activity...playing in the sink and doing dishes! This kept her VERY busy!!

Sweet Landon ready to cheer on the Phillies (even though it turned out to be a failed attempt)

Cutest little Phillies Phan!

Thursday morning...up and at em again! We were heading to visit my Grandpa that morning. Reaggie was happy to see her Pappy and he was excited to see her and meet little Landon. Of course it was nothing buy craziness, but it was a great visit! My grandpa is a pretty amazing guy :)

Grandpa with 2 of his 3 great-grandchildren!

With his "oldest" granddaughter :)

After we left Grandpa's we headed over to Mary Campbell to see Jamie! My dad had to switch vans with me and my mom came to get Reagan. J, Landon, and I went out to lunch and made a Target run. We had a great afternoon! I was pretty exhausted by the end of the day ;)

Hey guess what? Friday we were up and at em...AGAIN! :) We planned on going to the Plumpton Park Zoo, which I had never been to. It was only about 15ish minutes away and great for Reagan. She loved seeing the animals! Slight glitch was that my stroller was at my dad's from the day before and I didn't even think about that until I opened my trunk to find NO stroller. Lovely! We made it work though with wagons that they had for rent...not the best, but it worked.

My mom pushing Landon in his makeshift stroller...backwards so that the sun wasn't in our sweet man's eyes!

What are you guys doing to me?

Loving it!

It was by no means a large zoo, but perfect for Reagan's age. I know she would LOVE the "big" zoo. We went to an Amish farm afterwards, which was a lot of fun. My mom picked up a few things and Reagan picked out a couple "little, little bootiful pumpkins."

My sweet Heather stopped by that afternoon, which was wonderful! She is coming to visit for a weekend in November, which will be fab.

Friday evening we headed over to my dad's to play/eat/hang out. We had fun and by 7:30 it was "time" to head back to my mom's with the kiddos...exhausting. The Phillies were on and I stayed up until 11:15 to watch that bless-ed game...good for you St. Louis fans, bad to be a Philly fan.

Saturday morning...NO RUSHING...it was so nice! We did get ready for the day early because Reagan had a date with her Grandpa to play on the swingset and Gran and Gramps were coming for the day. It was just nice not to have to go out and about and rush around :)

Playing with Cory the kitty, more like annoying him!

making pancakes with Pop-Pop

this boy MELTS me!!!

My sweet babies!

After a delicious dinner Mum-Mum made Reags and ice cream cone with sprinkles...to avoid a total MESS she wore a beautiful apron, too cute!

Snuggles with Gigi!

J loves when the flash goes off ;)

Sunday morning we were off for our long trip back to the NC state. We were on the road by 8:15, so I was happy with that. About 20 minutes later, while Reagan was watching a movie, I could tell she didn't feel so good. She gave me the DVD player and I thought she was looking like she might get sick...don't you know 2 minutes later she threw up. NICE! I was half tempted to turn around and go back to my mom's, but Reagan seemed fine and wanted to go to "Reaggie's house." She didn't eat much for breakfast, so I'm pretty sure she just got car sick. She just hung out and then fell asleep until we stopped for lunch. After an oh so enjoyable lunch stop at Wendy's, (where they messed up my plain burger and I had to go to the bathroom while holding Landon and making sure Reagan didn't touch anything) pulling over on the side of 85 to give Landon a little more bottle, the rest of the ride was great and we were home by 2:30.

It was a great time and wonderful to see everyone, but it is nice to be back home!

Two Months!

2011-10-02T21:05:00.000-04:00

Today our sweet Landon man turns two months old! He is just the sweetest baby around and is "talking" and smiling so much these days...I ADORE it!!

Landon already has a nickname that I think he is called more than his name and that is Bubby. I think Reagan might sometimes forget that his name really is Landon. :) It's pretty cute though and boy does she LOVE her brother...a little too much. She is always up in his face, but thankfully he doesn't seem to mind too much!

Landon is starting to get a little more predictable, which I am really enjoying...I am all about a schedule. :) I swear it's the teacher/OCD in me. He has been sleeping until anywhere from 5-7am and going to bed between 9 and 10. He is napping in the morning, afternoon, and evening as well. Such a good boy! He is eating every 2-3ish hours, doing both formula and nursing. I am so anxious to see how big Landon is at his 2 month doctor's appointment next week...think he will be off the charts?! :)

His biggest trick is pulling up. If we have him on the boppy pillow and we hold his fingers he will help us pull him up to sitting. It's amazing! Landon also loves the playmat, just like his sister did. He talks to that light up sun a lot!

He is so precious and we just love him to pieces!!

Pumpkin Time!

2011-10-02T20:47:00.000-04:00

What a BEAUTIFUL weekend we have had! The weather has been just perfect :) Today we ventured to the same place we went to get pumpkins last year, Belinda's Pumpkins. Everything is set up pretty much in someone's yard, but it is still cute. I love that you pay based on the honor system...it's out in the country!
Reagan had so much fun picking out everyone's pumpkin. She found good ones for everyone! Our sweet Landon man was snoozing in the car and missed out on all the fun, but next year he'll be able to pick his own, plus it was pretty darn windy and chilly, so it was best that he was in the car.

Success! This is the one for her room :) The girl loves to decorate!

Finding a good "Daddy" pumpkin

we couldn't leave without a couple new mums too...Reags was such a good helper!

My sweet girl, swinging away!

Brother/Sister Love

2011-10-02T19:57:00.000-04:00

We had a fun little Friday with my friend Katie and her sweet little man Will coming over. Reagan was able to sqeeze in ONE MORE wear out of this "bootiful" dress that Gigi bought her...I seriously would like to start a bonfire with this one ;) (no offense Gran, she has certainly gotten her money's worth out of this one!) She was talking to Grandpa and then to Gigi telling them she was coming to see them next week! ha!

I thought this little outfit was too cute...Keith disagreed, and I'm sure Pop-Pop does too!

I love those sweet toes

snuggle time after nap...

...and snuggle time before bed!

Cuties

2011-09-29T22:12:00.000-04:00

Just a few cute pics of my cuties!

Lovin' on our "bubby" :)

I finally caved today and busted out the watercolors since our planned trip to storytime didn't happen since Landon was taking such a good nap, I didn't have the heart to wake him! Anyway...Reagan LOVED painting!! She was so careful and wanted to do it just right, of course in her "gown!"

Catch Up!

2011-09-27T16:31:00.000-04:00

Here's a little run down of the past few days in pictures!

sweet man is really holding that head up strong!

Saturday afternoon my sweet friends Nancy and Ms. Evans came to meet Mr. Landon and see Reagan! I worked with them at New Hope and was SO happy to see them!!

This was a sad weekend for us too...we had to offically say good bye to the Mills... :( They moved out their last load from their house and are officially living in Virginia now. Keith and I both teared up watching Reaggie say "bye bye" to Mo-Mo...we already have New Year's plans with them though. Gosh, I will be so different not having them here anymore...

ughh...does that just not melt you? Reagan sure does LOVE her Mo Mo!

Daddy had a fun weekend project though...since the Mill's were moving, they were SOOOOO nice and GAVE US their swingset!! Reagan has spent MANY a afternoons over there playing. Keith and a couple neighbors moved it across the street. She is obsessed! I love having a little swingset in the backyard!

this guy held up his head for such a long time!! SOO big!

please note the Sleeping Beauty dress...this is a STAPLE these days in our house. Thankfully she undestands that we only wear it in our house, not when we go out. haha! Miss Wendy gave this to us, it was Emma's, and told us to "have fun with dress up." We sure are! Reagan is currently OBSESSED with princesses!!!!! We just might have to tell Santa to hit up the Disney store this year ;)

and this is just SO Reagan! My mom and John came back on Sunday evening and left this morning...Reaggie has LOVED having her Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop here so much. Next week I am road tripping it with the kiddos for a few days to PA...should be fun?! :)

LTK's Announcement

2011-09-23T16:09:00.001-04:00

Much Better!

2011-09-23T16:08:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday and first day of FALL!! This is one of my favorite times of the year...and you better believe the Harvest candle is buring strong and the fall decor is out! :)

Now time for some catch up from the week...

After Monday's fiasco of a day at school I had a voicemail from my mom saying they might be coming down this week to visit...awesome! I talked to her later in the day and jokingly asked if they could be there for school on Wednesday so Landon could stay home with them...as it turned out, I had a message on Tuesday morning "we're on our way!" How lucky is that?

We went over to one of Reagan's friends house from preschool on Tuesday for a little playdate, talk about precious! The girls played with babies, jewelry, princesses, purses, strollers, play food...it's just so funny how girls at this wonderful age are attracted to the same things naturally, without parent persuasion! It just amazes me. :)

Reagan chose NOT to nap on Tuesday, she wanted her Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop (doesn't quite understand that it's a LONG drive!). I decided to just give both kids a bath and get them ready for bed early so they could have as much play time with grandparents as possible! Oh and did I mention during "nap time" that Reagan decided to take off her diaper, which she has never done, and then PEE all over her bed?!! She called to me, "Mommy, I need diaper change!" So I went in and there she was spread out in her bed with no diaper on and a soaking bed...lovely!! Keith assured me I would look back and laugh at that...now I can, but Tuesday afternoon I was NOT amused! It was one of those afternoons that I had sweat dripping in all crevaces possible and it just didn't stop until after dinner!

Wednesday was SUCH a better day at school! Reagan did GREAT and all the kids were pretty happy in the class too. :) The minor drama of the day was in the sandbox on the playground. One of the little girls was raking the sand pretty hard and I asked her to not rake so hard with other kids around and a second later she got Reags in the head with the rake and sand all over her face and in her eyes...good thing Mommy was there!! Then she bumped her lip on a little "rocky toy" and her top teeth went into her bottom lip and made that bleed...poor thing! I swear she is a mess!! Other than that, we had a great day!! It was our snack day too and Reagan wanted to take in strawberries and animal crackers...it was a hit!

Landon is very stressed :)

Having TOO much fun with Mum-Mum

You'll never guess what we did on Thursday...yup, went to the mall! This is a grandparent tradition, clearly. Do you recognize Reagan's dress?? You haven't seen that one 1,000 times have you? There are certain things that aren't worth arguing over...ha!

Reagan rode on some of the rides and my mom and I, and Landon, were just going to "run into Dillards." WELL...we just happened to find a few, well several, VERY cute outfits for RMK and LTK! Reaggie and Landon are going to be two very cutely dressed kiddos...who can resist the cute fall fashions?! Thank you Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop for such cute new outfits! As my mom was paying, Reagan found a very "bootiful petty" new suitcase...there was a Dora one and a princess one...she chose princesses! It was pretty cute to watch her pull her suitcase like a pro through the mall on our way to the food court. ;)

The damage or success, depending on your view! :)

Enjoying our ice cream

Could you just eat those cheeks!?! I could!!

Mom and John are off to Charleston today, but I am so thankful they were able to come down and help us!! THANK YOU!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

A Day at Preschool

2011-09-19T19:52:00.000-04:00

Reagan's preschool program is more of a "Parents Morning Out" program...she is in the 2's class, which means that parents are asked to volunteer in the classroom one Monday and Wednesday each month. I have been looking forward to being able to help out in Reaggie's classroom!

This is my week, so today was my first day...I have been so anxious...thinking about how Landon would do, would it be okay if I had to step out to nurse him!? Surely I'm not the first mom that has had to do that...What if I had to hold him the whole time and couldn't be as helpful to her teacher as I needed to be?! My worries were centered around Landon and guess what??? He was an ANGEL!!!!!! Sweet man slept the whole time, except for when I fed him. I had NO idea I should have been worried about Reagan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She CRIED and CRIED and CRIED!! She was so "un Reagan" today at school. She did not want me around the other kids...wanted to be held...didn't want to do what the other kids were doing, it was unreal! I stepped out around 11 to nurse Landon because the class was having snack, so I didn't make a big deal and just slipped out. I found a little corner near the sanctuary to feed him and thought I heard the distant scream of "mommy!" Next thing I know I hear Reagan's teacher saying "now where did Reagan's mommy go?" I stood up, feeding LTK, and saw her teacher holding her hand walking down the hallway. SO needless to say Reags sat in a chair next to me while I finished feeding Landon.

Reagan was sweet while playing play doh today and at "recess" there was a little girl that was crying, she had been for an hour, and Reagan went up to her and said "it's okay, it's okay."

I tell you what...I am NOT cut out to be a 2 year old preschool teacher and God bless her teacher! ha :) It was fun to be in the classroom with her (while Reagan was happy), but I am not going to lie...next Monday I will not be too sad saying buh-bye sweet cheeks! :) She does SO much better when I'm not there, obviously.

Do you see this face?! This pretty much sums up the day :)

I have NO idea what her deal was today, but I am PRAYING that Wednesday goes better!

Weekend

2011-09-19T15:35:00.000-04:00

We are FINALLY having some cooler weather in NC and it feels great!! Our weekend was pretty low key, but that is not a bad thing at all :)

On Friday we went to a little consignment sale with Taxis and Evie! We didn't last too long because it was getting close to lunchtime for everyone...especially the babies :) We did get a few good deals though!

I pulled out the fall decorations on Saturday and Reagan was so excited to be decorating for fall...I told her we weren't going to get our Halloween stuff out quite yet and she said "it's not time yet Mommy." ha! Although the girl is already talking about Halloween and changes her mind everyday of what she wants to be! Landon man was excited for the State football game and looked pretty darn cute in his little outfit!

Sweet boy on Sunday wearing his "I love Mommy" outfit...Reagan's clothes were all about Daddy, now my sweet man can wear something about his momma!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Snuggle Buddies

2011-09-17T10:22:00.000-04:00

The past couple of days after Reagan's nap she has requested that Landon snuggle with her in bed...pretty sweet! On Thursday they were just a little too cute for words and I had to snap a couple pictures...please also note that Reagan is wearing a t-shirt and shorts and there were no tears involved. She liked the "sparkles!" ha :)

Pretty Random :)

2011-09-14T21:52:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday! I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday already...this week has flown!

On Monday Reaggie had day 2 of preschool and did great. It was hilarious dropping her off because there were about three kids screaming their heads off. Reagan was all excited to walk in the room and then we're in there and she was looking around like what the heck is going on! It caused a little sadness, but when I suggested she go play with the babies she went right over and was fine. Such a sweet girl! Landon and I just came home and got some things done at home...I kind of didn't know what to do with myself having only Landon and he slept...it was nice though and I kept busy! :)

Tuesday we just hung out at home and had a great day! It was just one of those days that I just couldn't love on my babies enough!

Today we dropped Reags off at school and LTK and I were off to the doctor for my follow up. The good news is that the doctor's scale weighed me 5 pounds less than our scale at home...bad news is I still have some weight to lose. The bag of M&Ms I have eaten this week and the brownies Reags and I made tonight, do NOT help the situation!! Nursing a hungry boy keeps me very hungry too :)

I have been in a recipe funk...do you ever get that way? I have looked into the "Caple Family Cookbook," which is my mom's side of the family, and tried a couple new things this week. Both were okay...something about the fall and winter makes me want to try new recipes and cook a lot more. In the summer I feel like it's a vacation from cooking...not really obviously, but there is NO creativity! Do you have any good recipes to share?

And here's a couple updates on the kiddos...

Landon is just adorable, if I do say so myself. He is just so sweet and being such a good boy! This past weekend he really started smiling at us and talking...it's precious. I love this phase in babies...isn't it just too cute?! Other news on LTK is that he turned 6 weeks old yesterday, and yesterday I packed up his 3 month pj's and put out the 6 monthers!! Can you believe it!? He is so tall that his little toes weren't comfy in the 3 month jammies. Reagan has always worn a size bigger in pjs than clothes too...(I just bought her a pair of 4T, AH!, jammies for the fall...crazy!)

Speaking of Reagan, I don't think I have commented on her LOVE of "bootiful pitty dresses." Seriously, you have probably noticed in pictures that she is always wearing the same thing, or atleast a rotation...I would take a picture of her closet and drawers to show you she does have WAY TOO many clothes, but if you know me, you know it's true. ;) The girl just LOVES her dresses and pretty much refuses to wear anything else. Some mornings you wouldn't believe the tears if a dress isn't clean or if I try to sway her to wear something else...she is TWO! TWO!! What on earth is getting dressed going to be like when she is 6 or, God help me, 13!! Oh my! I am VERY excited for a change in seasons because to be honest, there are a couple dresses I am ready to burn she has worn them so many times! :) She is very aware of what people are wearing and will tell me "mommy wear comfy clothes today" if I just wear sweats (which is most of the time!) and if I get "dressed" she'll say "mommy you look cute!" ha! She would love it if I would wear a bootiful dress like she does everyday. :)

see those eyes?? those are trouble eyes!! (and I love them to pieces!)

The other night I was putting Reaggie to bed and she told me she "wasn't a pincess anymore." I asked her why not and she said "because I don't have on bootiful pitty dress." Reagan loves the Disney princesses and sees them wearing dresses and I think she thinks that is all they wear, which I guess in the movies/books we have it is. I told her that princesses wear pajamas to bed, they were dresses, pants, skirts, sweaters...can you believe this!? Again, she is 2!

I am so excited for the cool weather we are to have this weekend...I can't wait to open windows and wear a comfy hoodie! :)

September 11th

2011-09-12T14:57:00.000-04:00

September 11, 2001 does not seem as though it was ten years ago. I remember it exactly. Ellen and I got out of one of our classes early, it was being held that day in the computer lab at the library. We got out of class and on one of the tvs saw that one of the trade towers had been hit. I remember how we thought that was terrible, but didn't think all that much of it. I know it was a Tuesday and I'm pretty sure we had "fun" the night before and wanted to get a nice greasy breakfast from Danieley. As we were eating our breakfast we were watching the Today Show and saw the airplane hit the other tower, then the pentagon, and then the crash in Pennsylvania. We were glued to the tv and were sickened with what we were hearing/seeing.

We went back to our flat and we all watched the news coverage the rest of the day. I can't remember if classes were cancelled that afternoon, but I am pretty sure I didn't go to my other class. I was in shock. I remember trying to call my dad to make sure he wasn't in New York City on business that day and thankfully he wasn't. My aunt was though and it was just so scary...I had been in those trade towers several times, mostly on school field trips growing up.

It is a day I will never forget. I read on Facebook that "9/11 is the Pearl Harbour of our generation." So true. My heart ached all day for the families that were affected. All the young children that read one of their parent's names that probably doesn't even remember life with that parent. The wives, the husbands, mothers, fathers, the children...it is just so sad.

September 11th is a day that my children, my grandchildren, my great grandchilden, and several more generations to follow will learn about as a day that changed the United States forever. It's a day we will never forget.

Weekend Visitors

2011-09-11T17:14:00.000-04:00

My dad and J were able to come down for the weekend and we had such a good time! They came on Thursday afternoon and left this morning. Reaggie played outside with Grandpa a TON and knew he was a sucker for whatever she might want to do...including changing the outfit on her Raggity Ann doll about every 5 minutes! :)

On Friday we went to one of Reagan's favorite places, the mall. NOT for the shopping, but for the choo choo, rides, Chic Fil A, and ice cream of course :) Grandpa was armed with quarters and Reags was in hog heaven!!

Saturday we made a quick trip to Target and that was our exciting adventure of the day! We had a delish burger dinner and hung out.

Lovin' on JJ!

Sweet man snoozing after a nice bath...too cute!

It was so great to see both my dad and sister! Reaggie cried when they left saying "I miss Gandpa and JJ!" I am thinking I might make a road trip with the kiddos in the next few weeks to go see everyone up north.

Oh and how about them Eagles!?!?! Great start to the season!! Don't you just love football!? :)

Sweet Landon rooting on the Eagles!

And just for fun...here is Reagan in the same onsie at 3 months old :)

First Day of Preschool!

2011-09-07T22:09:00.000-04:00

First Day of Preschool

September 7, 2011

SO Reagan!

This morning we took Reagan to her first day of preschool! Today was also Keith's last day of vacation, so it was very nice to have the extra set of hands to get out of the door on time this morning :)

We have been talking a LOT about school and all of the fun things she will be doing and Reaggie has been SO looking forward to school starting! We got to school and she said "all other kids here mommy!" She was so glad there were other people there :) ha!

We went into her classroom, the Bunny Class, and she immediately went for the puzzles and toys! The teacher asked that we stay for about 15 minutes just to make sure the kids were comfortable in the class. Reags did great! It was classic though because a little girl took a "baby bottle" out of Reagan's hands and she said "mommy she took the bottle right out of mine hand!" I told her we would let the little girl have a turn and then it would be Reagan's turn...bless her heart!

As we left I just gave Reags kisses on her cheek and told her to have so much fun...that is when I welled up with tears, so I just got up and left. Keith gave her kisses, we walked out, and she was fine! We checked back in a couple minutes later and she was just playing away...thank goodness!!! I'm so glad she had fun :)

Landon and I went to Walmart to stock up on groceries, came home to unload, fed him, and then back to pick up sister. I was so excited to get her!! She told us all about her day...it was fun, strawberries for snack, fun playground with a house, did ballet in the house, played with a new friend...precious details!

Who doesn't like a little something special on their first day of school!? Landon and I picked up a couple goodies while we were out :)

Reaggie got some new Dora underwear (fun huh?!) and a Minnie movie (she is obsessed!)

My favorite thing of the day, her first preschool artwork!! I LOVE it!!! :)

Rehoboth Beach 2011

2011-09-07T21:46:00.000-04:00

"Wishing I was (still) knee deep in the water somewhere got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair..."

On Thursday we left for our first family vacation to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. We had so much fun and were so fortunate to stay at my Grandpa's condo. It is right across from the beach and we got to listen to the waves all day and all night...glorious! Reagan LOVED being able to see the ocean and could not wait to get her feet in the sand!

Our trip started with a smooth car ride, as I was pretty anxious about it. Both kiddos did great and Landon slept pretty much the entire time! When we got to the condo we unpacked and then went to dinner with my mom and John. They got a hotel and were there the whole time we were too! We went down to the boardwalk and got some Grotto's pizza for dinner and let Reagan walk on the beach and feel the ocean...the girl was in heaven! :)

Friday morning we were up and at 'em to get ready for our first beach day. Mom and John brought donuts over and then it was off to the beach! Reagan was a sandy, sandy mess, but had SO much fun! The girl has NO fear of the ocean and the waves were pretty rough. There was not a lot of beach at all since the hurricane the weekend before. The tide did reach our chair several times and we had to keep moving back until we were pretty much on the dunes. :) Friday night we went to Jake's for dinner, which is always delish! Reagan opted out of a nap that afternoon, so we didn't last out and about too long and Landon man was a little fussy too...it happens!

our view from the condo...can't beat that!

I think Reags will have sand in her hair for another week!

Saturday morning we were off to the beach again! During nap time Keith stayed with the kiddos and I stayed on the beach...I have to say it was pretty fantastic. I almost felt antsy though...just sitting. It was nice though! Reagan took a good nap and we were off to Funland for the rides and games on the boardwalk. She had so much fun we could hardly stand it! She won lots of prizes (lovely stuffed animals) on from the games and got a kick out of beating me at the water gun game. :) We went to the Summer House for dinner and had a GREAT dinner! It was delicious...Landon was jealous though and wanted his dinner too, so he and I made a trip to the car. (I have never nursed so much in a car before...we have it down to a science now! ha!)

flying the kite she and Pop-Pop picked out!

On Sunday morning my dad, Diane, and Jamie came to the beach. We were so excited to see them too! They hadn't met Landon yet, so we met them on the boardwalk and then went to Jake's for lunch. Keith stayed with the kids again during nap time (such a good Daddy) so that we could all walk around downtown. We were on a sweatshirt mission! We walked around a lot, got ice cream, and then met Keith with Landon and Reagan at the rides again. Reagan tried some different rides and did some of the same ones and had a BLAST!! We decided to take take out from Five Guys/Nicola's and take it back to the condo. That worked out perfectly! We had a fun night hanging out and then the "PA crew" had to head on back.

Our last full day was on Monday and we had another day on the beach. My mom stayed with Landon up in the condo (thank you Mum-Mum!) so we had full attention for Reagan. She was running into that ocean like she owned it. It made us a little nervous, but she never got too far in. Her trick of the day was running from our spot down to one of us in the ocean waiting for her...she probably ran five miles doing that over and over and over again! We went back to the condo at lunch and Reagan took a great nap. We went to an early dinner at Big Fish, which was also so GOOD, and then had one last hoorah at the rides and on the boardwalk. It was sad that our trip was coming to an end.

Tuesday morning we got all packed up and headed home...it was a rainy, yucky day which made it a little easier to come home in. If it had been beautiful we wouldn't have wanted to leave!

Overall it was such a great trip with so many memories! Reagan's excitement about everything made it so much fun! :) She came up to Keith and I seperately over the course of our trip and said "thank you so much for bringing me to the beach." It melted our hearts! We are already looking forward to another fun trip to Rehoboth next summer...where we will be chasing two kids into the ocean! :)