Oh, Snow!

We got 16-18 inches of snow on Saturday, along with most of the rest of the east coast. It made for a quiet weekend, which was kind of nice before our upcoming travels this week.

The left picture here is from the front door sometime mid-morning and the right picture is from Sunday, once we were pretty well cleaned up.

Reagan and I were quite happy to stay in the house all day Saturday. Tim shoveled the sidewalks 4 or 5 or 6 times, we kind of lost count.

Sunday, we decided to leave the house, first heading for Sidamo, which wasn’t open yet. So, I cleared out the car and we took a drive to Ikea to wander around and play with the kiddie toys.

 

A Busy Week

With Tim down in Atlanta this week, Reagan and I have been very busy. After dropping him at the airport Monday afternoon, we made a quick run through Costco, mostly to get diapers and formula, which made Reagan pretty happy. She's getting so big that she can sit in the cart seat and loves it.

Tuesday night, we had ladies' night at book club. It was a great night and despite it being a bit late, Reagan was a trooper and had a fabulous time with a wonderful group of women. Tonight, we took a drive through rush hour to my boss, Charles' house. It was busy and loud, but I think it was good preparation for travel and family visits for Christmas next week!

The biggest thing Reagan's done, though, is start crawling on her hands and knees. She's an expert army crawler, but this is a new skill. It's pretty funny, because she's kind of reluctant at first and really, most likely to try this when she's mostly naked. She's having fun, though, and I think she's going to just get moving faster.

Picking out our Christmas Tree!

Happy Half-Birthday!

Reagan, our wonderful, lovely, squealing, smiling babe-

Your first summer and fall have come and gone. You’ve traveled to and visited family and friends in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. You’ve ridden in the car, on the Metro, on escalators, in elevators, in your stroller, in various carriers, on a plane, and on a tractor/hay ride and you love almost all of them, except the stroller sometimes.

We’ve celebrated Father’s Day, the 4th of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving, and we’re getting ready for Christmas!

 

You’ve been to the doctor, mostly for check-ups and you’re usually okay with being there – even when it takes forever and mom and dad are really impatient about it. The only part you don’t like are the shots, but we don’t like those, either.

   

You really hated your first bath, but then you loved your SpaBaby. Now, you sometimes take a shower with dad and sometimes get a bath in the sink.

As we hoped and expected, you love to eat and had no problem adjusting to bottles and working on solid food. You love apples, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, acorn squash, rice cereal, oatmeal, and peas. You have even starting to pick up small food pieces with your fingers and feed yourself. And, your first tooth started coming in just this week.

One of your favorite thing these days, though, is crawling. You love exploring the floor and can get to many of the places you want – even if we think you shouldn’t be there. You love play with and chew on your board books, legos (especially the little man), plastic shapes, and Freddy the Firefly. You really like playing in your exersaucer, though you’re almost too tall for it already, and you really love climbing underneath it.

This first six months have been fabulous and we can’t wait to see what the next months and beyond bring for all of us. Happy Half-birthday!

Love ~ Mom and Dad