38 Weeks...

and 2 days :)  So I'm a little late in posting this! 

I went to the doctor yesterday and was VERY anxious to talk to her about all of these "pains"/contractions I have been feeling lately...each time I think, "is this it?!"  Needless to say it's all very normal, especially for a second baby since my body has a pretty good idea of what is coming :)  I am apparently no further dialated though, still just 1 cm, and my cervix is still pretty far back.  I was full of questions, annoying I'm sure, and asked if I had a good chance of going into labor early.  Obviously there is no way to really know, but she said based on my progress so far that she wouldn't be surprised if I have our little man right around my due date, being the 26th.  It is just wild to me that that is just a week and a half away!!!  However, I feel like several people have said to me lately "there is NO WAY you are going to make it to the 26th!!" and my personal fave "you look like you are going to pop any minute now!"  Seriously!?  Thank you!  I promise I feel that way too, but you don't neccessarily need to SAY it!  haha :)  The baby is at "zero station" though, which means he is as low as he can get, so we will just wait this one out and see when our sweet boy wants to meet us!

I am HUGE, seriously my stomach is just large and literally looks like a big beach ball is under my shirt!  I knew I shouldn't have said anything to a friend last week about how I was still sleeping pretty comfortably because that is not the case anymore...this belly is large and heavy, so it takes an act of congress just to hoist myself out of bed! :)  I'm not complaining though...we are so excited to meet our sweet little "brodder." 

I am enjoying every second I have with my (most of the time sweet, although getting very sassy) Reagan...I am just slowing down and don't have nearly as much energy, which is impossible to explain to a 2 year old!  I saw a mom at Staples the other day with 3 young girls and very pregnant...how was she doing it?  I was amazed and realized that I had NO room to complain having just one child with me!  I guess you just do what you have to do...although I know I am VERY thankful when Keith walks through the door after work. :)

I go back to the doctor on Tuesday, 39 weeks, assuming I am still "with child."  We'll see if there is any further progress then.

Reagan Lately

Reagan has been cracking us up lately with the things she is doing and saying...seriously, sometimes we wonder, where on earth did that come from?! :)  I have written a few things down because I just don't want to forget them!

"I stylin'!"  Yes...she said it...unreal! :)

* Clearly, she is obsessed with Dora and is learning lots of Spanish watching it.  She knows that red is rojo, blue is azul, areba is up, abaho is down, hola is hello, gracias is thank you, and I know there are probably several more I'm missing.  Oh there is also the "Ayúdame," which is help me!  Anyway...when she wants to get up on the counter and help me cook she will say "areba Mommy!"  The other night when we were leaving for Katie's party I was upstairs and she called up to me from downstairs by saying "Vamanos Mommy!" (which means, let's go!)  Thank you Dora! :)

* We love country music and have that on 99% of the time in the car, unless Reagan requests "Reaggie songs" or Daddy happens to put it on the Grateful Dead channel...anyway, a song that is constantly played on our local station is Taylor Swift's song that says "someday I'll be livin' in a big old city....why you gotta be so mean!?"  Well Reagan knows the chorus to this song and sings along to it everytime we hear it...cracks me up!

* It makes us laugh pretty hard when Reagan says "KEEEIIITTTTHHH!"  (just like her Mommy ;) )  I try to explain to her that he is her Daddy and my Keith, she says, "no mine Keith, your daddy."  ...and gets the biggest kick out of it!  A couple times she has pulled the "Steph" card on me, but we quickly fix that! :)

* She has been saying "no way Jose" a lot and we hear A LOT of "no, mine do it mineself!"  Miss Independent we have on our hands!  (Lately it's getting in and out of the car, in and out of her carseat, and in and out of her booster seat)

* Reagan has been playing with her babies so much lately and loves to put them to bed, either in her baby crib downstairs or in the bassinet in our room.  After she puts the babies to sleep she will say, "tiptoe mommy, baby seepin'"

* At Katie's party the other night, I took a bite of Reagan's pizza and she said to me, "mommy, no eat, dat special to me"  WHAT??  Where has she heard that one?!  Needless to say we were cracking up!

* Lastly, we are obsessed with the construction trucks on the side of the road these days.  Keith informed me that what I have been calling a "digger" is actually a "back hoe" but you know what, tomato tom-a-toe right?! :)  There is a lot of construction going on, so we like to see if any of the trucks are "movin" as we are passing them.

It is amazing to us how big our little Reagan is getting and how funny she is...there is NO doubt this girl is TWO though and I hear three is even "funner."  :)  However, she is such a sweet girl and we just love her to pieces!!

Just Catching Up a Little

I think I win the award for "slack blogger"...haha.  Reags and I have been keeping busy, and I have been keeping Keith busy with plenty of projects around the house :)

Last week was HOT!  We went to storytime on Wednesday, ran a couple errands on Thursday, and hung out at home on Friday.  I honestly thought I was going to have this little man on Friday night, the same night we had a going away party for our sweet neighbors.  I obviously didn't, but I was just about convinced it was "time."  Needless to say I didn't last at the party too long and I made sure Keith was checking his cell phone about every 2 minutes.

Saturday Keith took Reags out for a "date morning."  They went to the post office (and saw the woman who just LOVES Reagan), the park, to the car wash, and then went to Mellow Mushroom for a pizza lunch.  I know Reags had so much fun with her Daddy!  Saturday night we went to a surprise 30th birthday party for my friend Katie, which was so fun.  I was so glad we were able to be there!  (Notice though I have not ONE picture from the going away party or from Katie's party...what is wrong with me?!)

Loving the twirly slide these days :)

Keith's attempt at a self portrait of the 2 of them...haha!

Sunday we just did some things around the house and ran a couple errands.  Reagan let me paint her tootsies on Sunday morning, which was just too darn cute!  We have been talking about it for awhile and our original "deal" was I would paint them for her 2nd birthday, but she does NOT like her feet touched or her toe nails clipped.  Sunday morning though, I filed her toes and then asked her if she wanted them pink like mommy's and she said yes!  Too cute!!  She is slightly obsessed with them now :)  The Mills came over for some kabobs last night and that was our weekend!

Watching very carefully...

"I's got pink toes Mommy!"

The finished product :)

Tomorrow is WEEK 38!  I go to the doctor on Wednesday, so we'll see if there is any more progress on this little man.  I am just getting really anxious about everything from the delivery to crossing my fingers that our "plan" for Reagan when I go into labor works.  My mom and John are on stand by and are ready to hit the road the minute anything starts, which is VERY helpful to know!  I'll do an update after my appointment on Wednesday, unless there is anything to report sooner! :)

Meeting Baby Evie!

This morning I had an early doctor's appointment at 8:45...that's not that early, I know, but we live a solid 45 minutes away from the doctor's office, so in that sense it meant getting up and at 'em early! :)

Everything went well at the doctor, Reags and I ran a couple quick errands, and then we were off to meet my friend Heather's (aka Taxis) sweet baby girl.  Evelyn was born last Wednesday and is just the cutest little thing.  I think I forgot just how SMALL little newborns are, and Evie's a good 9 pound baby!

I have to say Reagan was pretty darn cute with Evie.  She could NOT WAIT to hold her!  We set the pillows up and thankfully Taxis trusts us with her little girl!  :)  Reaggie rubbed the baby's head, touched her cute little cheeks and nose, snuggled with her, and gave her kisses.  It really was so cute, I almost cried!  I know she is going to be such a great big sister!

Heather looked great and is a natural mommy!  Congrats to the Greene family!!!  We are so excited for you! :)

4th of July Weekend!

What a great 4th of July weekend!  Hope yours was too! :)

We started on Friday night with dinner out with the Mill's...sadly our time with them is winding down, so going out to dinner on a nice night sounded like fun!  We went to a great place down the street, Shucker's, and we were able to sit outside and listen to the music.  Reagan had a blast with Mo-Mo, of course, and they loved dancing too! 

On Saturday Keith and Reaggie went to the pool with Darin, Mo-Mo, Jeff, and Parker.  They had so much fun apparently.  This momma stayed home to get things done around the house and enjoyed a little peace and quiet. :)  We went up to our neighbor's house on Saturday night for a little cook out, which was fun and then it was time for a bath and bedtime!

Sunday morning Reags and I went to our favorite, Wal-mart, while Keith got some yard work done.  We have been trying to get this house in order for the arrival of our little man in t-minus THREE weeks...more to come on that.  Sunday was a productive day to say the least!

Another precious creation from Aunt Ellen!

The 4th of July was relaxing and fun!  We ran a couple errands in the morning, Reagan enjoyed the slide in her pool in the backyard, she took a great nap, and then we had the Davis' and the Mill's over for a little cookout.  We were all set to eat outside, let the kids run around outside, just be outside...well doesn't it figure that as soon as the burgers and hot dogs were off the grill the sky opened up!  Lovely!  It all worked out and we were fine inside, but do you know the last time it's rained?  I don't!  It just figures.  The kiddos still managed to have plenty of fun inside and were running laps around the house...pretty hilarious!  Our town was to have a fireworks show at 9, but even at 8:50 it was still storming pretty badly.  We decided we would just go up and check it out and see what happened...after waiting for about 45 mintues the fireworks FINALLY went off and we were so glad we stayed.  We literally were at the point of waiting 2 more minutes before we packed up and went home.  They were great though and we were SO glad Reaggie got to see them!  We have been reading a book called "Summer" before bed and there are fireworks in it, so we've been talking a lot about them and she was so excited to actually see them.  Reags was jumping up and down and telling us what colors they were, it was precious!

Our attempt at a little patriotic photo shoot...

Total hit!  This is going to be LOTS of fun this summer :)

Look at this hand business while trying to eat dinner... :)

Daddy D and Mo Mo lookin' cute!

Morgan hosted "story time" for the little kids

This picture cracks me up...Jeff and Keith were swinging each other's kids up and down.  The kids were laughing so hard and the dads thought their arms were going to fall off!

Waiting in the back of the van for the fireworks to start...can you tell Reaggie is saying "cheese"?!

awww...the little love birds!

Nothing like Hardee's as our backdrop :)

"Look!  Look!"

Needless to say she went to bed later than she ever has, but slept great and then we were up and at 'em this morning for my weekly visit to the doctor.  It was a great weekend though and it's hard to believe another 4th of July has already come and gone :)  Hope you had a great weekend!!!

Allergist Update

The allergist is terrible...he was a nice man, but the process of "testing," oh my word.  We took Reagan this morning about her reaction to peanut butter and I mentioned that at some point in the winter she had scrambled eggs and threw up that night.  After filling out 22 pages of information yesterday, I noticed a lot of questions about if she had eczema as a baby, which she did, not terribly, but she did.  Well it turns out there is quite the correlation between eczema and food allergies.

They wound up doing 3 tests, which each had 8 "pricks."  Reagan knew when that nurse came in what was happening and of course we were both crying.  I tried to stay strong, I really did, but add in being very pregnant and it was a lost cause.  Thankfully it was all finished in about 30 seconds and I could snuggle her.  Oh my heart just hurt SO badly for her...her eyes were just looking at me like "help me mommy!!!"  I could cry just thinking about it...

Anyway, we had to wait about 10 minutes for the doctor to come in and look at the results in her back.  She is very allergic to peanuts and eggs.  This would explain why she threw up when she ate scrambled eggs and also the peanut butter cracker incident.  He said she could grow out of this, but we'll have to re-test her in a few years for that.  The good thing is that pancakes and other "cooked" items with egg in them seem to be fine for Reagan because it is a small amount of egg mixed with other ingredients.  However peanut products we will stay FAR away from!  We were even given an epi pen prescription to keep with us.  Kind of scary, but at the same time I'm so glad we know.

Reaggie was such a brave girl and did so well.  At the beginning of her appointment she laid right down on the table and picked up her dress so that the doctor could listen to her heart and then let him look right in her ears, no problem.  As we were leaving she was saying "bye, thanks" to the nurses.  Pretty hilarious!

We went to our overly fancy Dollar General in town and she got to pick out a couple treats.  She got a Mickey Mouse figurine, a Minnie Mouse figurine, and a very pretty princess tiara.  We stopped by McDonald's for lunch too, which she was pretty happy about too!  What a day for my sweet girl...I was dreading this appointment so much...I am SO glad it is OVER, obviously Reagan is too!

New Slide!

(I could NOT get this to post last night for the life of me...finally today it seems to be working!)

Craigs List is my best friend...well it can be anyway.  I have been searching for a slide for Reagan for awhile, but everytime I would email about it, I would get a response back saying "it's been sold."  Ugh!  The other day I happened to find one, emailed, and it was still available.  They lived in the facinty of Keith's office so he was able to go pick it up yesterday.  He could hardly wait to show Reagan when he got home!

Thankfully, she understood it was dinner time and that it had to be scrubbed!  Tonight we went outside after dinner and she just couldn't wait any longer, which I have to say I can't blame her.  Keith put it in a soft patch of grass and she went to town!  Oh.my.word!  She had SO much fun!  It is just so precious to watch her having such a great time!