New Trick and New Do!

Today was such a pretty day!  Reaggie and I went to story time and then ran to Kohls for some new summer pj's, to the Dollar Store, and then to the grocery store.  They are all in the same shopping center so we could walk, which was nice and Reags loves the fresh air!

Well you all know how devistated I am that Reaggie won't keep a headband/bow in her hair anymore..haha!  I bought her some small bows at Wal-mart the other day and decided to give them a shot today.  THANKFULLY she didn't rip it out!  I don't think she even feels it!  She barely has enough hair to hold it in, but guess what, it stays!! :)

After nap Reagan was playing in her room and loves to read her books.  I love it!  She will grab a book and hold it out for me to read it to her :)

This afternoon I also had success getting this little video of Reagan doing her new trick!  It's pretty cute if you ask me! :)

First Soccer Game!

Yesterday we were able to go to Keith's soccer game.  For one reason or another we haven't been able to go to the previous four...either the weather was bad, the game was during naptime, or whatever else.  It worked out that we went for the second half yesterday and the weather couldn't have been better!  Reagan, obviously, didn't pay too much attention to the game, but climbing around her stroller and along the fence was a lot of fun!  Little does Reaggie know how much time she will be spending on the soccer field one day!

TEN Months Old!!

Not too many pictures!  The tape was a lot more exciting than trying to smile at mommy too!  Notice she is STANDING all by herself AND there is NO hairbow in her hair!  I'm afraid my days are over...she pulls them right out!!  I'm so sad! :)

On Monday Reagan turned TEN MONTHS old!!  How can it be!?!? Reagan is already TEN MONTHS old!! Double digits!! I remember when I blogged about her being ten DAYS! Oh our sweet little girl is getting so big!

This month Reagan has been VERY, VERY busy! :) She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on everything!! She walks around any and all pieces of furniture and wants sooo badly to just move on her own! It's too cute! Reags also loves to "shake her booty." She responds to this, is that bad?! :) She will bounce up and down standing by herself and when a song comes on the tv or the radio in the car that she likes she will dance or wave her arms around! The girl has rhythm too! ha! 

Reagan is eating pretty much all "people" food now.  :)  She will occassionally have some baby food, but doesn't really care for it too much anymore...can't say I blame her!  She really will eat anything I give her, I am so hoping this lasts!  She even eats veggies!  Yeah!  When she is eating something that she really likes she says, "mmm."  It's pretty cute!

Her newest trick is copying what you do.  Keith has taught her where her belly is and also to put both hands behind her head on command :)  When you say, "Reaggie, where is your belly?" she will rub it!  Precious!  Also while we were in Rochester she would stand up along the coffee table and duck down when you said "where is Reagan" and then she would pop up for peek a boo!  This girl has the best personality!!  I could just squeeze her!

Uncle Mike...do you like my dress?!?!  Thank you!!

Reaggie is still a good sleeper taking about an hour morning nap, about 2 or 3 hours for an afternoon nap, and sleeping from about 7:00pm until 6:30ish am.  We are VERY lucky!!  The girl needs her sleep! :)

I recently heard someone say they love their kids so bad it hurts.  I totally feel that!  I can't believe she is so close to turning ONE!  She is such a sweetheart and just brings so much joy to our lives everyday.  I love taking her out and about because she just smiles and waves at everyone she sees.

We love you so much Reaggie!!!  Happy TEN MONTH Birthday!!

Happy Easter from Rochester!

Easter Sunday was a wonderful day!! The night before was a little rough because Missy Reagan did NOT want to sleep!! She does NOT like that pack n' play and even sleeping with mommy and daddy didn't help! Keith wound up sleeping with Reaggie on the sofa for half the night...he loved his snuggle time with her!!

We woke up and the search was on for the Easter baskets!! The Kepplinger tradition is to hide the baskets...did you do this growing up!? We never did, but man do the kids LOVE it! Obviously Reaggie didn't "get it" this year, but to watch Alex and Lyndsey run for their baskets was too cute!! Reags had a basket from her aunt, uncle, and cousins and also a basket from the Easter Bunny! She got lots of new books, a new beach towel, bunny ears, sunglasses, a "Baby's First Easter" bib, and a new outfit.

Alex found his dinosaur themed basket and was SOOO excited!  Lyndsey found her bag from Reagan!  Alex gave Reaggie hugs and kisses for his bag from Reagan too!

Kristin was hosting Easter lunch, so after the baskets were opened, we had to get busy! Lunch was great and all of Tom's family came plus Keith's dad, Heinz. It was a fun day! There was a big Easter egg hunt for the big kids. Kristin walked Reagan around to see what the big kids were doing!

All of the Kepplingers!

On an egg hunt with Aunt Kristin!

This is Reaggie's Easter dress from Aunt Ellen!  Isn't it ADORABLE?!?!  It was perfect!!

It was a great day and a wonderful last "first holiday" for Reagan. I guess she does have Memorial Day and Mother's Day...but last "big" holiday!!

We hope you had a wonderful day!!

Leaving On A Jet Plane...

Saturday morning, April 3, we left for Rochester! I was so nervous for the flight...I just didn't want Reaggie's ears to hurt and be those parents with a screaming baby! Well, needless to say I worried for nothing because Reagan did great!

We had to leave our house by about 6:00am on Saturday, which was early!! Reags was just pretty much in a daze the whole way to the airport. We parked, shuttled to the airport, and didn't have to wait too long before we boarded. Security wasn't bad at all...they just ran a little scanner over the formula, water in the bottles, and baby food to make sure we weren't smuggling drugs or anything! :)

Reagan and I infront of our tiny plane to DC.  She was still comfy in pj's!

We flew from Raleigh to DC, Reagan International Airport! It was SO nice because our flight wasn't full at all. Keith and I each sat in an aisle seat and could disperse all of our "stuff" on the other seat. It also gave Reaggie some room to stand up and move! We just waited there about an hour, but with bathroom breaks, diaper and outfit changes, snack, and stretching the legs time...it went by very quickly!

The best sign we could do for Reagan's airport!

That stroller was too much fun to play with!

Second flight to Rochester was just as easy! Same thing...pretty empty flight so we each got aisle seats again. Reagan fell asleep in my arms before we took off and stayed asleep for about 20 minutes, take off didn't phase her at all! I think her ears might have started bothering her though because she woke up grabbing at both ears, but then yawned and was totally fine! Keith bought a portable DVD player before we left and we popped in some Blue's Clues and that kept Reaggie's attention for a little bit. She did great reading her books and playing with a couple little toys.

Sadly, this is the last time we saw both of these cute pink shoes.  One of them is lost forever in the Rochester airport.

Watching some Blue's Clues!

All in all it was a GREAT experience!! THANK GOODNESS!! :)  Now on to see the Rochester crew!!

Love the Blankie!

So lately Reagan has been very attached to the blankie that Aunt Kristin gave her when she was born.  This is the blanket that we always lined her carseat with, when she still slept in it! :)  Well I was doing laundry this afternoon and her blankie wasn't dry yet at nap time, so I gave her another one thinking she wouldn't know the difference.  Well guess what...I was wrong!  She wouldn't go down for her nap and I was thinking, of all days!  I had so much packing to do!!  The dryer went off about 20 minutes after I put her down, I took her blankie in, rocked her for two minutes, and she was out!  It was precious!  I LOVE that she has a little blankie now...it's so cute!!  Needless to say after naptime I took just a couple (ha!) pictures of Reaggie with her blankie!  She is just getting too big and is too sweet!

Here We Go!!

Well we are just about set for our first "vacation" with Reagan! We are heading for Rochester in the morning and we are excited to take Reaggie to Daddy's stomping ground. :) Keith already has places picked out to stop, Pontillos being #1. (It's a yummy pizza place and NOTHING compares to it down here, Keith will ALWAYS say that when we have pizza!)

I am feeling a little anxious to travel with Reagan...I just really don't want her ears to bother her! I have a bizillion snacks packed, we bought a portable DVD player, I have toys and books packed, bottles...hopefully they all do the trick! The good news is that we won't be on the plane too long. We do have a layover in DC, at REAGAN International Airport (I'm going to try to get a picture!) so really we fly for an hour, get to DC, wait an hour, fly an hour to Rochester. If this is a long three hours I will just keep telling myself it is better than 12 hours in the car!!

We are looking forward to this trip though! I can't wait for you to see Reaggie's ADORABLE Easter dress made by Aunt Ellen...it's precious!! I have a feeling the Easter Bunny will be visiting her too. :) Oh and how lucky are we that the weather is even supposed to be nice in NY! Literally everytime I've been there it has been cold and/or raining...even in the summer! So this nice weather will be a great treat!

Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!! :)

Reaggie LOVES to read! It's so cute! She stands by herself and holds the book...yesterday she even crawled to me, book in hand, for me to read to her. Precious!

Reaggie giving Bailey his toy! She just doesn't understand why he doesn't come galloping for it when she holds it out for him. Sometimes he is a good sport, but really he would prefer it to be thrown! (Adorable Easter Egg basket shirt courtesy of Aunt Ellen!  So cute!)

Oh do you see this picture?!! Reagan is on the SECOND step! She was determined to get her shoes off the steps! She is not climbing the steps all the time, this is only the second time, but she made it an extra step this time!!