Rehersal

Rehersal for Ashley/Jamie's wedding was Friday evening and Regan did quite well! She basically bolted up the aisle after daddy informed her that mommy had a present waiting for her at the front; but it worked! This picture is a little fuzzy....that just shows how fast she was running!

Gotta wear shades!

Regan wanted to be just like mommy and daddy this Friday as we headed down to NU! She was pretty cute sporting her shades. It was one of the longest trips of our lives, after this smile came a lot of screaming because she wanted to get out...now! We survived :)

Perfect night to play outside

which is pretty much any night in Regan's book. However, tonight was beautiful and we're lucky we got her to come inside for dinner and a diaper change! While daddy spent the evening watering the grass (yet again), mommy and Regan went for a bike ride and played in the yard.

If you can see the right side of her mouth, she has a fat lip and a scab/bruise. Unfortunately two nights ago she was taking a short walk with dad and got tangled up in her own feet (which happens frequently with Miss Independent) though she fell hard this time, and bit down on her lip. Little did we realize how much lips bleed! There was blood everywhere and mommy's first thought was "stitches!?" Thankfully it looked worse than it was and she came out with a fat lip and a three cuts (two on the inside and one on the outside, darn teeth). The biggest downfall of this all....Regan's a flower girl in daddy's cousin's wedding on Saturday! Hopefully we can get the "ouch" to heal by then! We realize there will be many more falls to come, and thankfully she didn't get hurt too badly.

Bibs are overated

...or at least that is what Regan would like us to think. She's officially decided she is no longer wearing a bib, no matter what we're eating (and she feeds herself these days). In other words, look out Shane, we've got a lot of pictures you'd probably rather not see! Tonight she had some yogurt with dinner and I think more ended up on her dress than in her mouth, but who's keeping track?

Lessons the hard way

Although this has nothing to do with Regan, it's a pretty funny story! I think the conversation went something like this:

Ryan~"why can't you use cocoa for chocolate milk?"

Liz~"try it and you'll know"

Ryan~"I don't want to try it"

Liz~"just try it"

Ryan~{see above pictures} mumbling something along the lines of "you're going to get it, this tastes like concrete"
Liz and Regan~laughing hysterically!
And now he knows, you can't use cocoa for chocolate milk!

Following her daddy

Daddy couldn't be more proud of Regan in hopes that someday, she too, will be a "bulldog". He just couldn't get enough of her in this bulldog sweatshirt.

For those of you not from Minneapolis, only in MN can we go from 90's to 60's overnight! So yes, there was a reason we wore sweatshirts on Saturday!

Stuck in a bucket!

Silly Regan decided herself to climb into this bucket! She had a hard time standing alone, but sure thought it was funny!

Pigtails!

Regan left for daycare with a barrett in her hair that she pulled out before we even arrived at daycare. Well, she returned home with pigtails! Alyson and the kids played beauty shop :) Jilly had one pony on top, Regan had two and Brennan (yes, it's a boy) got three! They were so adorable and proud of their new do's! Mommy is still amazed at how Alyson got Regan to sit still long enough to do anything, and then help her forget about the pony in her hair so that she won't pull it out. The other kids serve as a very good distraction!

Wallner Family Reunion

Today we went to a family reunion where, at times, I had to keep an eye on two kids! Ryan seemed to have as much fun playing with the "toys" as Regan did! She did have a great time on the slip n slide, but no she didn't actually go down the slide! She preferred to run next to it, getting splashed with water and then play in the pool of water at the end. She also LOVED the sandbox (hint hint to daddy!).

ChuckECheese

Mommy's cousin, Hope, came to stay with us for a long weekend and it's nearly tradition to spend an evening at ChuckECheese in Edina. Regan seemed to enjoy watching and playing the games as well as sitting on rides pretending she was a race car driver!

Cool chick!

Priceless

It's a party!

We attended Caden's fourth birthday party tonight and Regan couldn't get enough of her party hat! Caden is our daycare provider's oldest son. There were 8 children there, twice as many as she cares for everyday. Regan loved running around with all of her friends and really liked touching the new baby's toes.

A visit to Uncle Shane and Aunt Amy's

Considering our place at Izaty's was only 30 miles from Uncle Shane/Aunt Amy's park model, they graciously invited us up for a drink Saturday night....little did they realize what it would be like to have Regan around! Good thing Shane thinks she's so cute, otherwise he probably would've told us to leave after only 2 minutes! As Regan snacked on her puffs (outside of course), we joked that Shane would want to vaccum the grass after we left!

more vacation pictures...

as you can see, it was a good time for everyone, a great way to relax and the sunsets were amazing!

Shrimp?!

She's a fan of shrimp, what can we say!

Summer vacation!

We had a long relaxing vacation at Izaty's on Mille Lacs Lake last week/weekend. As you can see, Regan couldn't wait to get down to the lake; as soon as we opened up the back door, she was out running! She also enjoyed hanging out in the tv room in our townhome where she insisted on being in charge of the remote :) It was a fabulous vacation and we had some gorgeous weather. Daddy and Papa Wallner went golfing two days and ended up in more water than they had planned. The 3 of us girls couldn't help but laugh as the water sprinklers came on just as daddy was about to hit a shot...that's the fastest we've ever seen those two move!

Water please

Regan has this need to drink from mom's water bottle at every chance she gets. Needless to say, we try to hide it most of the time or we end up with water everywhere! We thought this was a pretty cute picture of her sitting and watching daddy in the kitchen just drinking her water.

17 months old today!

What a big girl she is getting to be. Regan happened to step on Nana's scale today and it said 24 lbs! Not sure of her height, but she's definately growing that way too. It's fun to ask her to repeat something, although that also means we all have to be very careful what we say. Anything can come out of her mouth now! Thankfully the worst she has said is "shoot", but it sounds a bit more like the word she shouldn't say.

MN Zoo

Saturday afternoon we went to the MN Zoo where Regan was toted around on mom's back for the bulk of the day. She was in her glory looking at all the "puppies" and seemed pretty confused when we told her the actual name of the animal!

"Pretty power"

Translation.... Pretty flower. OK, so it was a wilted dandelion, but she didn't care! Now that I look back at these pictures I have no idea what was so intriguing that she was focused on in the distance, but I do remember she wouldn't look at the camera for long tonight. O well, still a cute picture.

Ring pops, pony tails and a new ride!

A blue ring pop!? Can anyone say grandma? All Regan had to do was point it out and next thing we knew it was in her mouth :) That's alright, she was being such a good girl watching Hunter's softball games on a super hot day.

This weekend we went searching for a backpack carrier in hopes that it would free up mom's hands both in and out of the house (she absolutely insists on being held by mom whenever mom is around). Today we were lucky enough to find one online and after a quick trip to Edina to pick it up, we couldn't get Regan out of it! Thankfully she's in love with her new ride; now it's mom's turn to get used to carrying 20-some lbs on her back.

Lake Harriet-ducks and puppies

The intent was to spend the evening listening to music at the Lake Harriet bandshell, the reality was we spent the evening chasing ducks and puppies!

Giggly little girl

Regan had the giggles yesterday when mommy was trying to take her picture :) She was so cute eating her strawberries but kept shying away from the camera. Silly girl.

Most people have been mentioning Regan's hair in all the pictures we have posted. Yep, she's got quite the mess of curls! It's also much more blonde than anyone would anticipate given mommy and daddy's hair color (and no, it's not the "mailman's kid....he's Asian)!

Have a great weekend! We plan to spend it outside as much as possible (ok, well, minus daddy who is going to spend as much time as possible inside; we all know how much he loves the heat).

Happy 4th of July!

We celebrated the 4th of July with a BBQ at the Helm's house; and as you can see the kiddos enjoyed an afternoon swim! No fireworks for us this year though, Regan was ready for "ni ni" by 8:30. She gave it a good run at staying awake, but just couldn't make it. She couldn't even stay awake for either of the two nearby parades going on because of her twice daily naps. We hope to see it all next year!

One for you, and one for me

Grandma Sheri bought Regan some books, a baby with bottles, and a baby stroller for the 4th of July (it looked like Christmas at our house this morning!)! Regan just loves her baby and stroller and showed us how she can not only feed the baby, but can feed herself at the same time; now that's talent!

And yes, I realize she's running around in her diaper, but if you look back at her blog, you'll see that every night we struggle with getting dressed after a bath. Sometimes it is just easier to let her run for a while with just the diaper. I pick my battles, and that's not one of them!