Photo shoot!

Regan will turn two in just a couple of weeks! In preparation for her birthday, we had her pictures taken last weekend. She did great and we love how they turned out :)

Today we will head to Washington DC to visit Uncles Ben and Jon again. We're looking forward to a little warmer weather (Ben thinks I'm nuts to say 50's is warm...how quickly he forgot what -5 feels like!). We've received security clearance to tour the White House on Friday and everyone is really excited! Unfortuantely we aren't allowed to take pictures so I won't have any postings for everyone. We also plan to go up the Washington Monument and visit the DC Aquarium. I've been to DC at least 5 times now and this will be my first trip up the Washington Monument so I'm looking forward to that the most! Hopefully the flight will be uneventful and the Barney DVD's will keep Regan occupied!

Evil Eyes!

Thankfully this face isn't as common as it used to be! Now that she can do it when asked, it's pretty funny! Instead of giving us these eyes, Regan now stomps her feet, throws her head back and whines when she's asked to do something she isn't happy about.....I think I prefer the face.

She's Miss Independent these days, "Regan do it" or "my turn" is heard hundreds of times a day. She's also picking up on everything said by mom and dad, including sighs or groans! Oh and does she repeat things: the other day an airplane flew REALLY low over the house and Ryan commented "what the hell was that?". Well, wouldn't you know it, Regan asked me "what the hell was that?".

Lesson learned.

Sesame Street Live!

Tickets-$41 each

Nacho, 2 pops and popcorn-$18

Elmo balloon-$8

Seeing Regan's face as Elmo and Cookie Monster shook her hand-Priceless!

Tonight we went to see Sesame Street Live-Elmo Grows Up! It was such a great show!! Our seats were only 5 rows from the stage and the characters spent a lot of the time running up and down the aisle next to us, stopping to give a high-5 or shake a hand. Regan got a little scared at first when Cookie Monster came by (see the picture of her/dad saying hi), but she didn't have time to get scared when Elmo surprised us from the other side! All she kept talking about was that Elmo touched her hand; she was so excited! I'll admit it, I cried more than once watching her face light up, or trying to sing along, or dancing to the music...I'm such an emotional mom!

Approaching two

Regan decided this week that her baby needed a "time-out" and here's a shot of it. It was hilarious to watch her take her baby to time out and tell her baby it was time to come out and say she was sorry! At least she's understanding it, I hope!

We've had many successful days with potty training and I'm going to knock on wood when I type this, but at this point, I think it's safe to say we're officially potty trained! We are so proud of her and she's definately showing us her independence, especially when she announces it's her turn to use the potty and to please get out of the bathroom!

This week, we really learned how much she loves daycare. It's been obvious lately considering she has been telling mom to go back to work at 5pm pick up. But recently we arrived at daycare and she's run off to play with another little girl as soon as her boots are off! They love to dance, learn numbers and letters and play in the kitchen together. And yesterday when we were leaving, Jillian asked for a hug and wouldn't let Regan go! How cute!!

I'm this big!

As we approach Regan's 2nd birthday, we bought a growth chart to track her height. She's roughly 32.5 inches right now (hard to get her to stand still next to it). We'll let the doctor make the official mark next month.

Daddy dressed me today

Regan hung out with daddy on Saturday while mommy judged a competition and this is what she looked like; can't say it's my favorite shirt. We owe a big Thank You to Uncle Shane for this shirt :)

In this picture, she's showing us her muscles and making her 'tough-guy' face!

Building a snowman

Last weekend proved to be great weather (and snow) for building a snowman! Daddy commented that it was a pretty pathetic snowman (his words exactly "I didn't think you were making one that was Regan's height"), but he wasn't helping so he didn't get to comment much more! Regan still struggles with standing in the snow and prefers to be held so I couldn't really make a gigantic snowman. She did enjoy picking out the rocks for his eyes and smile (notice the rock for a smile is even slanted like a smile!). Unfortunately, less than 5 hours after we built him, he tumbled over due to the warm weather! Thankfully she wasn't upset...this time!

That face...

....is so precious! Regan is really into pretend play these days; the other day I caught her using her toothbrush on the rubber duck, telling him she needs to clean his teeth! Sometimes we'll come upon her and she's saying things we've told her like "sit down" to her baby in the high chair, or "play blocks?" to her dolls. Lately her favorite nightly event is to play Guitar Hero with dad, what a sight that is!

FORE!!!

In other words, look out mommy, daddy's teaching me how to golf and you're in the path of this shot! Sometimes we think she'd rather use her new clubs as a hockey stick, or her pull bag around like a stroller but eventually she'll get the idea! Occasionally she'll get a real good shot and everyone better look out or the ball is likely to wind up hitting you!

Daycare Holiday Spectacular 2007 (in 2008)

Our daycare holiday party was post-poned until tonight but it was well worth the wait! Here's a few shots of the evening; the whole crew is sitting on the stairs with Alyson; our little elf in green; and everyone singing Rudolph with their red noses! Regan really got into the dancing and singing this year and even put on her own little show with her green hat pulled down over her eyes during an entire song. She lifted it up at the very end when she, along with everyone else, yelled "Sleigh Ride"-it was so cute!

Sledding!

When mommy heard it was over 30F outside, she headed straight outside to take Regan sledding. Unfortunately, no one mentioned the wind so sledding didn't last real long. We run down the street pulling the sled and stop quickly so that the sled turns real fast (think "crack the whip") and Regan has a blast! We had the camera all set up to take a few pictures as soon as she whipped around, and here is the result!

Why?

Ohhhh!!!, here we go! Regan has recently started in with the "why?" questions. At this point, it's still cute and funny, but we know it's going to lose it's excitement quickly! We can definately feel that we are approaching the "two's"-from the attitude to the tantrums, to the ability to express herself better to the questions, it's all so much fun! We continue to work on potty training and she's got a good handle on it at home and today we started working on it at daycare too. She did quite well and I think she has amazed the provider! She still has her moments when she gets caught up in playing and forgets (but we often forget to ask her so we're to blame as well). Last night she actually woke up from a complete slumber and started crying because she had potty in her diaper and wasn't calm until mommy changed her diaper.....there could be some long nights ahead if this keeps up!

Penquins in the snow!

This one is for Uncle Ben out in DC; hope you like them! He bought Regan snow decorations for Christmas and wanted some pics of the sculptures. Lucky for him, we went sledding (the winter version of going for a walk these days) and Regan spotted a snowman and wanted one in her yard too. Now, I have absolutely no clue how anyone built a snowman with snow that doesn't stick together, but putting together these guys was a piece of cake!