Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Big ouch - so sad

Monday afternoon a call came into mom's office from Alyson....Regan had fallen down a couple of stairs. Here's the full story as relayed by Alyson : Another boy (11 months old too) was playing with a "play" rolling pin from the kitchen set. Regan decided she wanted it so there was a bit of a chase back and forth between the two. He then set off towards the stairs where Alyson was sitting. She thought the two had finally lost interest in their little "game", but Regan came out with a surprise. Regan bolted towards the other little boy and up two stairs in an effort to get the rolling pin (for whatever reason, the gate wasn't on the stairs). She grabbed the pin from him and quickly turned around for her big "getaway", only to see she was on the second step and therefore, fell to the floor, smack onto her face. She made two pouty sounds, realized she had the pin in her hands and never even shed a tear. I guess she saw victory and it was well worth the fall down the stairs! Unfortunately, she's now left with a big rug burn on the tip of her nose and it looks like a big old birth mark. Once mom arrived at daycare later that afternoon, the rolling pin had been put in the "not to play with" bin for the rest of the day! Alyson got it out to see what Regan's reaction would be....now here's the funny part; she took it from Alyson and almost automatically waved it in the other little boy's face all the while laughing!! It was as if she was saying "ha, ha, I still got the pin!" We all laughed at her little attitude shining through!

As you can see from the picture, she's her happy self and no harm done, not even to her ego! But the gate on the stairs is up permanently now at daycare (I hope!).

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Big girl!

This picture makes Regan look so grown up! It's hard to believe she's going to be one in just a matter of weeks; seems like only a short while ago we were in the hospital about to deliver.
Here we are, 11 months later and still learning new things about having a baby in the house! Lately we've been trying to transition her off baby food and onto real food....here's how it's going: she hates pears, peaches, green beans, carrots and peas; and LOVES (are you ready for this) pizza and gelato (aka: ice cream), but can you blame her? We think she takes after her mom!!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

STRIKE!!!


Regan had her first trip to the bowling alley today to help celebrate mom's birthday. Uncle Shane wanted to show Regan around a bit so he brought her right up to the lane. She was pretty overwhelmed with the whole bowling scene, good thing it wasn't "moonlight bowling"!

Curls!

Regan's hair is getting longer everyday and soon we will be able to get the curls to last outside of the bathtub! For now, they're cute with suds in them :)

Where's Regan??


This game was fun for both mom and Regan!! She giggled as I "hid" her under some stuffed animals.

Bundle of fun!

Mom took Regan sledding again last week while dad did some videotaping. She was so cute bundled up, though Ryan thought it was hilarious that she could hardly move! As you can see, she still loves sledding!

Monday, January 15, 2007

11 months old today


In just one month, Regan will be one year old! We can't believe how fast this first year has gone; we now understand the phrase"they grow up so quickly". She has accomplished a lot in the last month and continues to perfect her walking skills. Unfortunately, that means taking a few spills and although she doesn't get seriously hurt, her ego does. We've got quite the drama queen on our hands...I wonder where she gets that from? She loves to "tell" stories and talks our ears off all day long...again, I wonder where she gets that from? So far it's 'baby language', but it's still fun to hear her talk! She spoke her third word this weekend "up" and uses it in context too!

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

New smiles!

We certainly get some cute smiles out of Regan lately! Her newest thing is to scrunch up her nose while smiling! It's adorable :) She also likes to show off all 4 teeth with her smiles, but those upper 2 can be difficult to capture on camera.


First "up-do"

We managed to get Regan's first up-do to stay in her hair long enough for a picture, but that was about it. Less than a minute later, the band slid slowly out of her hair. Unfortunately, her hair is getting so long that some mornings she wakes up with quite the look and nothing seems to tame it down! O well, I'm sure it won't be long before we're putting it in pony tails!

Sunday, January 07, 2007

BUSTED!

Regan learned to unravel the toilet paper this weekend and just as she thought no one was looking, around the corner peeked mom and dad! Of course, she smiled for the camera before responding with a pout to mom and dad saying "no no". She was too funny, which made it difficult to scold her with a straight face.

New piano!

Regan just loves her new piano! She has learned to pull up on everything now and loves to stand next to the piano and "dance" (aka bounce her knees to the music)! It's so cute to watch her play.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!








Regan's first Christmas was a joy! Despite having a double ear infection and the beginning of pink eye, not to mention a new tooth (never again will we sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth---too much misery in getting a new tooth), she was in fairly good spirits! She didn't get into the presents like we had thought she would, but she had so much fun exploring all the paper, bows, and gifts not to mention the attention from family! She was just adorable in her two dresses :)

Saturday, December 23, 2006

First sled ride


The lack of snow this winter has made outdoor playtime difficult. Regan finally got her first sled ride on 12/22/06! She loved being pulled around the yard (not to mention smiling for the camera)!

More fun at daycare


I continue to send along a disposable camera to daycare and as you can see, Regan seems to enjoy spending her days there! She loves the outdoor swing (especially now that she's too big for the indoor swing) and she loves to laugh at the other kids!

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Alfalfa!

Looks like we have our very own Alfalfa now :) Pretty soon that hair will be ready for a pony tail! Just a little too thin and fine to hold in place, soap will have to do for now!

Bathtime!

Regan gets pretty excited these days when the bathtub water starts running, she must know it's her time to splash in the water :) Daddy caught this moment of her peaking over the edge of the tub just waiting to be placed into the water.

Daycare Christmas play!



Regan took part in her first Christmas play last night! It was absolutely adorable and we are so thankful to have such a wonderful daycare provider. Although Regan's part was rather small, it was so cute to have the babies included in the festivities! They sang songs, performed a little skit and we had a snowball fight at the end! Since there's no snow yet, we had to use balled up paper instead; no one seemed to mind!

10 months old!

Regan is now 10 months old and keeping mom and dad very busy! She loves to crawl and walk around the house with some help. She's a very happy baby and loves attention!

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Regan's first pickle!!!

To keep her busy, we gave Regan a pickle at the dinner table on Monday afternoon at the ESPN Zone. It was a wonderful treat for her and she didn't even make a funny face! We all laughed at her as she ate her pickle right up :) The next day, we gave her a lemon and a lime and she seemed to enjoy sucking on those two as well! Silly little girl!

More trip photos




Baltimore, MD



Whilte out in the DC area, we had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, MD and the Baltimore Aquarium. It was a wonderful experience and Regan seemed to enjoy the dolphin show the best!

Washington DC Trip




On December 8th, we took our first vacation as a family and went to Washington DC for uncle Ben's 30th birthday! It was a big surprise to him and we all had a great time! Regan did great on the airplanes and slept through most of it. She loved all the attention and the time in her stroller walking around in the gorgeous weather! Unfortunately she won't remember much of the trip, that's why we took so many pictures!!


I'm gonna get you!

If there's any incentive for crawling, it's chasing after a puppy! Regan perfected her crawling last weekend going after uncle Ben's puppy, Parker in Washington DC. She had a blast chasing after his fluffy tail; not sure how much fun Parker had!

I love beans!


Thursday, December 07, 2006

Happy St. Nick's Day!!

St. Nick stopped in Duluth before heading to Richfield yesterday! He brought Regan her very first UMD hat and it's simply too cute on her little head :) Little dog ears and all, she was all smiles for us.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Here comes trouble!

This face just looks like trouble!! Well, the verdict is in; walking versus crawling???
................crawling. Despite her grumbles and whines, she can crawl pretty well! She's realizing that there's a balance piece invovled in walking and although she could make it places faster and without hurting her knees, she gets mad when we let go of her hand. So for now, it's learning how to look at the pretty Christmas tree from her knees, all while trying so hard not to touch it!

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

And she's off..........finally!


Regan can crawl!! Yep, that's right, she actually walked before she learned how to crawl. Nothing like making things confusing! She isn't perfect at either one, so now the question is: will she end up walking, or find that crawling is easier? We've been working on both tasks with her the last few days so we'll see which one she picks up faster!

Christmas time!

Regan helped mom and dad last weekend pick out the perfect Christmas tree! We're happy we went when it was still 50F outside, instead of 20F!

Santa Baby!

This is pretty self-explanatory!

Monday, November 27, 2006

Visit with Santa!!

We took Regan to see Santa at the mall last weekend! She didn't cry, but wasn't real sure of the man with a fuzzy face! This picture was absolutely precious. Next year I hope she can tell Santa what she wants for Christmas!

I'm busy!

Mom and dad caught Regan reading the paper last Friday! It was so adorable :) Unfortunately, her little fingers were full of black ink by the time she was finished!