First Step!

Reagan took her first step by herself today! We were over at Beckie's and her and Courtney were trying to get her to walk. Sure enough she took a step towards Beckie! I was at the bottom of stairs and only saw a sliver of her. We all got really excited and when I went on the stairs to take a video all she did was cry after that. Tomorrow's another day, right?

Goodbye goodbye number 6

So Trixie is gone. surprised? Well it turns out I was extremely allergic to her. If any of you saw Jane's eyes after she touched a cat, that's how half of my face was when I didn't wash my hands and then touched my face. She was a good dog. We gave her back to the original owner who was really excited to have her back and decided she would keep her. There will be a number 7 someday but definitely not anytime soon. I think 6 dogs in 2 years is good to keep us satisfied for quite some time.

9 months old today!

So this is me trying to get a picture of my clingy 9 month old. Ha.

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Yay. She finally did it! We've been trying to get Reagan to wave bye and she's done it twice today to her grandma. Yep. Well...that's all. I was excited.

Number 6 in 2 1/2 years

So, we've done it again. It was mostly my fault this time. Every time we go over to larry's parents house Reagan sees Chloe, their dog, and loves her. Well the kicker was when linda brought Chloe over to our house and seeing Reagan's reaction. She was so cute with her and so excited as she followed Chloe everywhere. So I said to larry that we should get a dog. That started us just looking at what was out there. Just curious. Anyway, larry happened to get on ksl one time and found this cute chihuahua/yorkie mix dog for free. A lady worked at an appartment complex rescued it. She had had it for a month, contacted the lame owner who said she was to much work and didn't want to pay the pet deposit, so she kept her until she went into heat. Her male dog, although neutered, was going a bit crazy, which in turn traumatized this lady so she decided it had to go. I was still pretty skeptical about this dog, if I even wanted a dog and how it would do with Reagan. Well we went and saw her last night and right when we walked in she was so friendly to us and especially to Reagan. The only problem the lady said she had was bolting for open doors. Well, problem solved already. She's great. When reagan has been crying, she'll go over and lick her or lay by her. And when Reagan has been a bit rough with Trixie (that's her name) she either moves away or just deals with it. We're really lucky to have found such a good dog.

What have I done?

So yesterday as I was trying to update my blog and pick a new backround I decided to click on the button for new templates. Bad idea. I have no clue what I've done and no clue on how to change it back. Blast it all. Well, yesterday as I was trying all this it decided to keep freezing making it so I couldn't do anything to it after I had messed it up. Oh well. Hopefully you can read it.
I was looking at previous posts and noticed that I didn't update you on Reagan's eye. It kept getting worse and more gross so we took her to the doctors and found out she had pink eye. Crazy. I took pictures of it but I don't have batteries in my camera so i'll have to wait to post those pictures.

do I laugh or throw up?

So Reagan is changing her nap schedule once again. She'll wake up around 7-7:30 and then go down for a nap around 9:30. Well, yesterday about 9 she was acting really tired. I put on a chistmas cartoon and while she was playing she would stop and lay down on the floor; like so. I didn't sleep so well so I was laying on the couch. I was talking to larry on the phone while Reagan had moved above my head by the front door. I forgot that earlier that morning/ last night I had put a poopy diaper by the front door. So as I turned around to check what she was doing I found her once again laying on the floor. This time, though, she decided to make herself a bit more comfortable by getting her poopy diaper, bringing it over to the carpet and using it as a pillow. Ummm... Gross. I wish I would have taken a picture because it was kinda cute in a sick way, but was far to concerned at the moment of removing her face as far from her poop as possible. Silly girl.

8 months old and what a day!

Yesterday Reagan turned 8 months old! She is growing so much and i love watching her do it. She is such a sweet girl and Larry and I are so lucky and blessed to have such a good tempered baby.

A few things about Reagan.

She's crawling around and pulling herself up on things.

She is such a cuddly girl (which i love!) any time of the day.

She loves paper. If you ever lose an important paper, just let me know and I'll bring Reagan over. She'll find it in a matter of seconds.

She loves Loves LOVES "Disneyland Fun Sing Along". No matter what mood she's in, if we put that on she will smile, crawl over to the computer by the TV, pull herself up and watch the movie while bopping up and down.

She's easy to make smile.

She has 2 bottom teeth that she cut 2 weeks ago. So stinkin cute.

She loves baths and tries to get in when someone is in the shower.

Though her eyes were bright blue when she was born, now they have green in them on occasion.

Ok, well, i could go on and on but I'll stop for now. So...

Yesterday.

She started off the day with a few falls and following, a few bumps. But she's resilient and seemed happy. Later dad came home. We were eating lunch and dad decided to give Reagan a lick of cupcake. Well, a few minutes later when i was feeding her i start to notice some red splotches on her face. Soon her cheeks were puffy and those red splotches were spreading across her face. We called the doctor and eventually she was back to normal. Larry got a bit scarred and said he will now listen to mom and not give her food that mom says not to. So a bit later while we were getting ready to go to grandma Thorpe's for dinner,,,well, i won't get into details but we had an incident with canned air. Mom got mad and Dad learned another lesson. Dinner went fine and as it was time to go to bed Reagan was playing in the other room with her cousin. All i know is that i heard her scream, her cousin ran and she had a bruise and scratch on her face. Well, when i woke up this morning she had a bruise on her cheek and a swollen eye. Poor girl.Needless to say, it was a rough day,

New Links

So if the last like didn't work, try this one. It's the 3rd house down. http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list&freeTextAddress=Tooele,+UT+84074&countryId=1&numberOfBaths=1&minPrice=139000&maxPrice=140000

It's also listed on KSL, so here's the link to that. Hope something works.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=475&ad=12243282&cat=&lpid=&type=0&city=&zipcode=84074&distance=&sale=1&start=139000&end=140000&state=0&sort=&keyword=&sqftstart=&sqftend=&acresstart=&acresend=&bedrooms=&bathrooms=

Where in the wolrd....

AHH! So much has happened and i haven't put it down in my blog- which is acting as my journal most of the time - and now i can't find my camera computer cord and i feel overwhelmed with all the stuff that i'm going to forget!!! (breathe*sigh*... ok)

So our house is officially on the market.

http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list&freeTextAddress=Tooele,+UT+84074&countryId=1&minPrice=130000&maxPrice=140000#modalDetail

Who knows why. Well, i know why we were originally selling it - that's so Larry could go back to school and the only way we could afford it was if we lowered our house payment. So, up to the market the house went. Well, plans are looking as if to change and so i don't know what we're doing or where we're going to live. That is if our house even sells. Who knows. Well, so you can all enjoy a look at our humble abode, here is the link to the realtor co website. Enjoy. Ah, do you like how Reagan is asleep in the crib? That's because the guy said he was coming at 1:30 (even called to see if he could come early) and then didn't show up until 2:30. Well by 1:50, with Reagan crying because she was tired and hungry i finally said, "whatever picture guy" and so i fed her and put her to bed. And there she stayed, thus in the picture she be. Ok, well enough with feeling overwhelmed.

Reagan crawled yesterday!! She has been so close for a while but she was so motivated by some walmart bags that were on the floor that it pushed her over the edge and she did it! She's been scooting/rolling/falling around to get to things for a while but hadn't quite accomplished the crawl("the crawl" - it sounds like a dance) until yesterday. I got it on video, but i cannot share it with you until i find my camera cord - BLAST! So, until then, just use your imagination.

Well, i will try to post more in just a little bit. It helps to have pictures cause they help me remember what in the world has been going on. Hmmm...

That's My Girl!!!

Yesterday I had to take care of some stuff around the house. Usually if Reagan's not happy I'll put on Baby Einstein on You tube. She likes it and just stares at it. Well, yesterday i decided to show Reagan a little something different - "Disneyland Fun - Sing along". Not only did she stare at it but she was laughing/cooing at it!! She loves Disneyland even at 21 weeks old!! That a girl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnn7F34Cd0g&feature=related

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I sure miss her. She's so stinkin funny and i miss having her around. Thank goodness for the Plan of salvation. Our Heavenly Father sure loves us as he gives us the opportunity to see our friends and family again.

Fun events

This morning when i was changing Reagan's diaper after she woke up, she decided to play with her blanket a bit.

Yesterday after i changed Reagan's diaper i was talking to her on the ground. She had been trying to roll over and getting pretty close, but yesterday SHE DID IT!!!! I screamed really loud in excitement. Apparently too loud cause she started to cry. Ha. It was pretty funny. Hopefully i didn't make it such a bad experience for her that she's now afraid to do it again. We'll see.

So, the Friday before last i went to the Hoggle Zoo with Beckie, Courtney, Nikki, her kids and Linda. It was pretty cold, overcast, and rained a little, but it was a blast. I love the zoo and it makes me wish i would have stuck to wildlife biology as my major in college...and finished it! It's a really nice zoo and i'm excited to take Reagan there when she's older and actually knows what's going on. Before leaving the zoo we went to the gift shop where they had a lot of fun decorations. Well, i decided then that i should do Reagan's room jungle instead of surfer-ish girl theme. Money's tight, as always, and i figured i already had a bunch of stuff that i got from home where i could do her room for cheap. So i got out my stuffed animals, paper, and bought some paper grocery bags from the store for 90 cents and went to work. It's still in the making, but for only spending a couple bucks total (i had to buy more white paint) i think it is turning out pretty good. I'll take pictures and post them when it's finished.

Well here are some pictures from the zoo (i'm gonna try to get more from the other's i went with) and some other random pictures.

I know you can't tell, but we're looking at the penguins.
Diaper changing station - in Nikki's wagon.

There's a playground to play at and there are also prairie dogs that you can look at. She was watching them at one time.

In the front of the zoo there was this huge wooden elephant that every once in a while would make a sound and squirt water from it's trunk. Well, Reagan didn't like the sound it made when squirting water so much. Kinda funny.

Sick and Wrong!!

So when i got Reagan out of her crib this morning she had had a bit of a blow out. No problem. I've dealt with quite a few already so nothing too new. So i lay her on the blanket that she had slept in and began to change her diaper. It had gone up her back a little so i cleaned it off with wipes. Before putting her new diaper on i folded the blanket so she was laying on everything clean. (I didn't see any mess on the blanket, but wanted to make sure). So, i had to pee really bad so i left her on her blanket in just a diaper. After going pee i went to get a onesie on her and feed her so i put her on my lap while she's sucking on her fingers. When i go to put her hand through the hole i have to take it out of her mouth and guess what i saw!!?!! POOP!!! THERE WAS A GLOB OF POOP ON HER HAND! Sick. Sick. Sick. I grabbed a wipe and cleaned both of her hands really well. How did it get there? Did she eat some poop and just suck of the evidence?? All i know is that i wanted to throw up a little. Nasty.

Well, Reagan is growing up fast. She's been playing with her hands and legs a bunch and of course loves her fingers. We took her to the doctors cause she was sick and she's now 14.5oz and 25 inches long! She's still in the 80% of her weight, but now in the 90%of her height. Larry thinks she's gonna be a giant. Hmmm... She's still lots of fun and smiles so much. She tries to push herself on her side with her feet. She'll be in one position on her play mat and when i look at her next she'll be flipped 180 degrees or will push herself off the mat. Crazy girl. She loves her fingers. Tummy time! Getting ready to go on a walk and not get sunburned.

Larry turned 24!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!!!

Wow. So now with Larry being the big 24 it's almost like we're only 3 years apart. Too bad i turn 28!!! this year. Yikes.

So, this year for Larry's birthday I had a lot of fun. I'm not sure if he did, but that's not really the point, right? Just kidding. So with a lot of help from Marie I did a scavenger hunt for Larry. One of his gifts was a trip to the aquarium so i did a pirate/beach theme. After he got done with work there was his first clue. He had some struggles along the way, but he eventually found all of his gifts. He got movie tickets, tickets to the aquarium, and a trip to his favorite restaurant, Rodizo grill. Yumm... We weren't able to do any of that on his birthday but on saturday we went to Rodizo grill with his parents and someday will do the others. I also made him a cup with candy in it full of "sweet thoughts". It was candy with compliments and "sweet thoughts" wrapped around the candy bars. Good fun.

On Sunday his family came over for cake and ice cream. I made him a pail of sand cake on his birthday (keeping with the beach theme) and a sand castle cake for his family. The sand castle cake sure didn't turn out how it was supposed to. The circles were not the right size and the middle cake fell apart. It was a pain to frost and as you can see in the picture, i couldn't cover it up as well. Towards the end of making it i just got frustrated and finished it really fast. Not my best cake, but at least it tasted good. So i took a picture of the cake after Larry had moved it a little. So it looks like there's cat poop in it, but originally it was all covered and looked like sand.