22 Months!

Today Miss Reagan is 2 months away from turning 2!!  I remember last year thinking I couldn't believe her 1st birthday was so quickly approaching...here we are a year later and I'm thinking the same thing.  I have started to do some research on ideas for a Dora birthday party...she is the OBVIOUS choice, even though I think Cinderella, Beauty, and Belle are in a close 2nd these days! :)

What is Reagan up to?  Everything!!  She is talking more and more in sentences and really able to express anything she wants/needs...which has its pros and cons :)  She is SO into her babies right now...LOVES her baby dolls, loves to give them milk in a cup (pretend), put diapers on, rocks them, sings, and reads them books.  It's pretty cute!  She says hi to her brother in my belly all the time and gives my belly kisses...I am praying she loves him this much when he arrives and mommy's time has to be divided!  She is going to be such a great helper!

Another thing Reags has picked up on is singing...she loves to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The Itsy Bitsy Spider.  She sways her whole body as she sings, it's so funny!  She has got some rythem as she shakes her booty!

What else?  She is counting and knows up to 12, with help, knows all of her colors, knows some letters of the alphabet, things that start with those letters, loves to play outside, slide, swing, color with chalk, run all over the place, play with puzzles, her tea set from Aunt Kristin with the "pin-cesses" on the plates and cups, and to read books in her rocking chair...she is just a very easy going, happy girl. 

We are so blessed!!  I saw that each month, but really we are.  We love our Reaggie SO much...even when we were away, we just kept saying how much we missed her!  She makes our day with her smile and melts our hearts with her hugs!

Jury Duty

Please allow me to fill you in on my week last week....also, please don't be too jealous!! :)

I was "summoned" for jury duty last Monday.  I was REALLY hoping to be dismissed since I am pregnant (legitimate reason right?), but if anything knew I would be there on Monday and that was it.  WELL I couldn't have been more off...

After sitting in the "juror lounge" at the courthouse for about 2 hours on Monday there was a group of 40 people called to report to a courtroom for a criminal case...as in a MURDER case.  (Those of you in the area, the Brad Cooper trial was adjacent to the courtroom we were in...)  So 12 random names were selected out of the 40, they were questioned by the lawyers, some stayed, some were dismissed, more were called to replace those that were dismissed, again they were questioned, some stayed, some left...this process continued on and on...I just KNEW my name would be called.  Just after lunch, I was asked to report as "juror #7."  I sat in the seat, answered my questions, and clearly had "sucker" written across my forehead because they kept me.  Once all 12 of us were chosen, along with 2 alternates, we were told a little more about the case.  I couldn't believe it!  At that time we were told to plan on being there for 3 or 4 days!  Just my luck!!

I won't go into all of the details of the case because I would be typing here forever.  It was a very interesting experience though and one that maybe I am thankful I had.  The deliberation is the hardest part.  The defendant was guilty of murder, we had to convict him of first degree, second degree, or voluntary manslaughter, plus he was charged with two accounts of child abuse for shooting a gun in his home where his children were.  In the end, manslaughter was the verdict and he was found guilty on two counts of child abuse.

Click here to read about The sentencing

I have to say what I was most upset about was that Friday was to be a day off of school, a random vacation day and where did I spend my day off?  In the courthouse!!!!  Ughh!  I am thankful it is over!  I do feel as though I gave my civic duty though and I had some very nice people on the jury with me as well...so it was certainly not as bad as it could have been!

Catch Up!

With jury duty last week, I am feeling behind on my blogging!  I wasn't getting home until later than usual and felt like the evenings were nothing but a blur.  Here is Reags on Thursday morning, I believe, reading books to Dora while I was getting ready.



Poor Bailey, he doesn't get a lot of peace and quiet these days! :)

On Saturday I went to Burlington to celebrate my friend, Erin, who is getting married in a couple weeks!  It was SOO fun to see a lot of the girls I used to work with, as they are such special friends of mine!  We had so much fun and the food was delicious...let's just say BBK (baby boy Kepplinger) wasn't deprived at all!!

Stef (Swies) and Sandy

Stef, Sandy, Kelly, me, and the Bride-to-Be

Erin, the bride, and I!

Heinz, Keith's dad, and Liz were here this past weekend visiting again on their way back from a trip in Georgia.  It was great to have them and Reagan couldn't get enough of Opa!  Liz and I hit up a great consignment sale on Saturday morning and again on Sunday, when it was 50% off day!  We had lots of fun scoping out the deals!!

Mermaid Dora just HAD to be in the picture!  RMK is also obsessed with purple socks...I don't know why, but she loves purple socks :)

Look at those eyes! 

Reags was also having fun putting on my sneakers and walking around the house in them...it was cracking us all up!

Overall, we had a great weekend!  The weather felt like winter, which wasn't fun, but other than that it was great.  We had a yummy dinner and delicious dessert last night and then today I am home with Reags, which I'm not complaining about at all, other than the fact that I wish she wasn't stuffy and coughing!

We are getting ready for my mom and John to come down on Wednesday night...Keith and I are leaving on Friday morning for our little "babymoon" and I am getting pretty excited!! :)  The forecast is 80's and sunny now, hopefully it stays that way...we are staying here...



Little Man

My sweet little man has been a movin' and a shakin' quite a bit lately and I LOVE EVERY second of it!!  I happened to catch a glimpse of my unmake-up ed, sweatshirt, sweatpant wearin' self today and noticed that my belly is getting huge!!  I can hardly believe I am already 5 1/2 months pregnant and haven't really done anything at all to prepare for this little guy.  I have decided on bedding though and it will match the already blue nursery perfectly.  I can't wait to pull it all together!! 

One MINOR problem...little man is getting Reagan's furniture, which means we need to transition RMK to a big girl bed!!!  OH MOMS!!  HELP ME WITH THIS!!  I am a nervous wreck, but we will probably wait until school gets out so that still gives us 6ish weeks until the baby arrives to transition...she will be 2 then, so hopefully it's not too soon!?!?

The other day a Kohl's box arrived and I had ordered some sweet little boy outfits and one outfit for Reagan.  I showed Reagan her outfit and she thought it was "ohhh cute Mommy!"  haha...then she pulled out one of the many blue items and said "blue dress Reaggie."  I told her that was an outfit for our baby brother and she said "no baby, Reaggie blue dress."  Oh gracious!  The girl is used to whatever is in the box being hers...time for that mind set to stop!  haha!! :)

I will be 23 weeks on Tuesday!  It is crazy to me how quickly this pregnancy is flying by...and no, we don't have a name yet!!  Still tossing a couple around, but also trying to think of anything new and exciting as well.  As for now, he is just our little man :)

Reading

Reagan LOVES to read...LOVES it!  Well yesterday I was emptying the dishwasher and cleaning up downstairs while Reagan was upstairs entertaining herself (which by the way is so sweet!  I can't believe she is getting to the age where she CAN be left alone for a couple minutes and keep herself occupied!).  I came up to check on her and she was laying on her changing pad, reading to her new Dora doll (that I found at a yard sale on Saturday for FIFTY CENTS!  Best money I've ever spent!!) covered in her "geen bankie" (green blankie).  It was so sweet!!  She was showing her the pictures and talking to her...I just loved it!

Happy Spring!

It's officially spring today!!  Yahoo!!  Yesterday was warmer and sunnier than today, but the trees are blooming, the grass is growing, and it is only a matter of time before the yellow pollen cloud arrives!

Reags wore one of her new spring outfit on Friday and I just had to snap a couple pics...she is such a ham!!



Happy St. Patrick's Day...

...a bit belated I know!  I just didn't have the energy on Thursday night to blog :)

We had a great St. Patrick's Day...nothing too exciting, but the weather was beautiful!!  I was racking my brain for a "green" dinner all day, but when Keith called and told me he had to work late, I was somewhat relieved.  Reags and I settled with some delicious Bagel Bites...very Irish of us right?

Enjoying our afternoon snack outside on the porch!

I just thought Reags was too cute in her special shirt and overall it was just a good day!