Dear Baby

Dear baby #2,

Your Daddy and I have thought a lot about you lately. Deciding when to have a baby is a very big decision, it changes your life in ways you cannot even predict. But Baby, we are ready for you!

Yes I am your crazy Mom, I love to write letters. Get used to it kid. Just promise me Baby, if you grow up to be an English major, please don't judge my grammar. Just love me.

How is it possible to love someone that hasn't been born, let alone hasn't even been conceived? (Thats right Baby, Im not even pregnant with you yet). But it's true, I do love you. You see Baby, my heart is made up of all the things I love in life. There is a part of my heart for your Daddy, part for your Sister, Family, Friends, Places, and Things. And Baby, there is a special part of my heart for you. But right now its missing something, its missing YOU in our lives.

So now begins our journey for you to come into our lives. I know that you will be here when you are ready. So please Baby, take your time. Come when you are ready, my heart will always be here.

Xoxo,

Mommy

Foodie

I first want to address the messy house in these pictures...I initially wanted to photoshop it all out, as I normally would. But decided to leave it, this is what the house looks like at least once a day. Dont judge.

 

Now onto the amazingly cute baby. She loves her snacks!

 

Reagan, I promise I change your clothes...but these are clearly a favorite pair of jammies.

 



I've probably mentioned before, but my goal is to give you whatever we are eating so that by the time you are one you will just eat what's on the menu, I grew up in a home where "we don't make special meals for special people" and you can bet your bottom dollar that you will too.

 

So far you've liked everything we've given you, some of your favorites are chicken sausage, pizza crust, pasta, rice, cheese ravioli...you even thought that the Indian food I gave you was pretty tasty!

 



Eight Months

Hello My Sweet Sweet Baby,

Reagan Grace, you have grown to be such an independent little thing! You love to play and explore by yourself, wandering around the house discovering new things to chew on and put in your mouth. You are a crawling fool, and getting faster everyday! We spend our days making messes, pulling books off shelves and DVD's out of the cupboards. I love it! It's so amazing to watch you figure new things out for yourself, and since our house is pretty much baby proofed I let you roam and do your thing.

You love to feed yourself and love little snacks throughout the day! Still no teeth yet, I keep saying annnyday now- but they still haven't popped through. You've been waking up more at night, I'm thinking it's either because of teething or growing.

You are such a happy girl, and your smile lights up my life and makes my heart full. You have such a beautiful little spirit. It is safe to say, that daddy and I are absolutely head over heels for you baby girl.

To many more months of growing, love and laughter!

XOXO,

Mommy

Reagan's Stats:

Weight: 20lbs 4oz

Height: 27 inches

Clothes Size: 9 & 12 Month



St Patty's Day

I'll be honest, I've been so wrapped up in Easter planning this year that St. Patrick's day fell by the wayside...until the Morning of. And then of course I was all about green beer, food and tipitty tap clogging all around the house.

I promise to put more thought into the great Irish holiday, but hey, this year wasn't all half bad...

Green food coloring came to the rescue, and Cody ran to the grocery for a quick St Patty's day dinner after we enjoyed a festive breakfast!

We feasted on green eggs, pancakes, Canadian...uhh I mean Irish bacon and beer!

Reagan had the same {minus the beer} and she even got a shamrock pancake! Lucky lil lass.

 



yeah..our kid eats and mean mugs...hardcore.

Reagan Grace LOOOOOOOVES to feed herself! Hey, buys me time to clean up the kitchen while she entertains herself eating! 

annnnd then it was bath time!

 

 

Cody made an amazing Irish dinner with Rye bread, Corned Beef, Cabbage and we drank our drink and sang our songs of a beautiful land far away.

 

 



Spring!

okay, I know it's technically not Spring quite yet...BUT tomorrow is daylights savings...and the weather has been particularly nice. So I'm celebrating!

The past two days have been GAA-ORR-G-OUS! Reagan and I have taken advantage of it by getting outside and loading up on Vitamin D.

 

 

 

 

 

I can already tell we are going to get a lot of use out of our new backyard! Lots of memories will be made with our toes in the grass this year. Can't wait!

Seven Months

 

Reagan Grace,

My sweet independent baby, this month you have been such a beautiful well behaved girl. You love to play on the floor with all our toys, rock out in your tea party bouncer or get jiggy in your jump-a-roo! I am so thankful for your patience with me as we move throughout our days, you quietly wait as I get my things in order so I can tend to you.

We have loved seeing your little personality shine through more this month, so many new sounds and silly actions you do. You love to babble and gurgle, and we love to hear it.

The days are flying by, and I cant believe how fast you are growing up. I try and capture so much on videos and in pictures but mostly I just watch you. When I find myself snapping away on the camera I feel like Im too busy to actually enjoy the moment that Im trying desperately to hold on to.

You have really been loving finger foods this month, in fact so much so that you now aren't a fan of the pureed baby food. You like banana, carrots, cereal puffs, yogurt melts, and you even just had pizza for the first time! Ok, it was really just whole wheat crust with a little sauce, but I count it as pizza!

Still no teeth, but I feel like they are sooo close to popping through! Annny day now. Speaking of any day now, crawling! You are so close, but still scooting around here.

My sweet sweet baby, I love you more and more each and everyday. I very clearly remember sitting in my Astronomy 401 class in college and listening to my professor lecture about how the universe is ever and infinitely expanding. I never could grasp the concept of something having no bounds, no starting and no stopping point. Until now. Now that my love for something so beautiful and special is infinitely expanding, I get it. You make my heart full and oh so happy. I know I have said it before, but I am so grateful that you chose me to be your mother.




Xoxo,

Your Mommy

Reagan's Stats:

Weight: 19 lbs 2oz

Height: 26 inches

Clothes Size: 9 Month

Hog tie diaper changes, seven month itch, and CRAWLING

We have official reached the stage where I have to wrestle Reagan down to change her diaper. I don't think I've ever in my life been so frustrated while also laughing so hard. That girl can squirm, wiggle and move so fast all the while locking her knees and scooting her poopy butt all over the place. Needless to say, snap pj's are quickly making an exit in our house. Zipper jams from here on out!

I've got the seven month itch for baby number two...maybe its because Reag is losing some of her "baby" characteristics and becoming such an independent girl. Somedays I really feel sad that I'm not pregnant, I loved how I felt to have life growing inside of me. And I definitely feel like since Reag is so much easier to handle I can totally take on a newborn now...we'll see where this plays out. Both Cody and I are thinking in another 4-5 months we will consider baby #2 a little more.

Crawling. Yes. Crawling. In her own special way Reagan can scoot around the living room pretty quickly, she reminds me of a newborn baby colt who is still a bit wobbly, she does these little leg flails and pitches her behind way up in the air. Its so amazing to watch! I will try and figure out how to post a video on here.

But for now, here are some pictures of what we've been up to!