Bathing Beauty

We finally got Reagan's swimming pool in the mail on Friday. I ordered it online because I really liked this specific pool. I really like it because it has a shade on it to keep the sun off of Reagan while she is swimming. Reagan LOVES her new pool, and she has been in her pool every day since we got it. Reagan loves to splash in the water and play with her toys in the water. She is just so much fun and I just love to watch her play and enjoy herself!!


Here are some pictures of Reagan playing in her pool!

 

 

 

 

Baby Needs A Swimmin Pool

The weather has officially turned HOT here in Texas. I knew it was coming, but you can always wish that the summer will hold off just a little while longer and the temperatures stay in the low to mid 80's, but no such luck.

So, its hot outside, and Reagan loves to be outside, so I had to find some way to keep her cool while we played outside. This is what I came up with. We do not have a swimming pool, (clarification): not yet :-))) but I wanted to find a way to play in the water without a pool. I found the biggest bowl that I had (its actually my halloween candy bowl). I filled it with water and then we headed outside to play with our bath toys in our makeshift swimming pool.

Thank goodness kids are easy to please. Reagan had a ball playing in her bowl of water!! Maggie enjoyed it too, actually, Maggie enjoyed taking a cool drink from Reagan's swimming bowl!!

So anyway, here are some cute pics of our cutie pie playing in the water. She LOVES the water, I can't wait to see what she will do in an actual swimming pool.

6 Months Old!!!

My girl is 6 months old, can you believe it? I know I say that each time she turns another month old, but I truly cannot believe that she is getting so big right before my eyes!!

We are enjoying being 6 months old, let me tell you. Reagan can now sit up ALL BY HERSELF, with the occasional fall over. She has also started to go from a sitting position to a half crawling position, and then rock back and forth to try to propel herself forward! Its the cutest darn thing I ever did see. Reagan has also found out the she does in fact have a tongue, and she uses it quite often to blow raspberries!! She is a happy little thing, and so so much fun. She is rocking the solid food thing now, and cant' get enough of it. She had her 6 month check up the other day, she weighs 14 pounds and 4 ounces. Big girl!!!

Here are some of the sweetest, cutest, most precious pictures I have taken yet of our girl!! The hat was a gift from our good friend miss Carmen, isn't it SOOO cute!! Enjoy the pictures!

 

 

 

 

Yard Work

So, I have meant to post some pictures of our newly landscaped yard, but posting about the baby is much more fun. But, here it goes. About a month ago, we decided that it was time to do something about our yard. We had looked and looked around our neighborhood at other people's landscaping.

We finally decided that we really liked how the brick border around the flower beds and trees looked. So, that is what we did. We are really pleased with how it turned out! We re-mulched the beds and it looks so nice.

I talked Jeremy into turning one of the trees into a planter. I have always wanted to plant flowers!! We went to Calloway's nursery and bought some pretty white flowers (I can't remember what they are called) and some gerber daisies. We planted them and they looked so so pretty, for a few days. I am not exactly sure what happened to the flowers, it may have something to do with the fact that I forgot to water them for a few days. Unfortunately, my flowers didn't make it:-(( So sad. But, here are a few pictures of the newly landscaped yard and my pretty flowers before they went to flower heaven.

YUMMY

Reagan has started eating some solid foods and its been really fun to watch her progression through this newly learned skill. We started out with some rice cereal, she really wasn't too fond of it, I would give her a bite of the cereal, she would just look at me and then spit it right out!! It was really funny to watch. Finally after a few attempts, she started to understand what she was supposed to do with the cereal. I started to thicken the cereal a little, and then she just took off with it, and now she LOVES her cereal!! She gets so excited when its time to eat, she opens her mouth in anticipation of the food! Its really cute. She also has started eating some veggies and fruit, She loves the carrots and squash, pears and bananas. We have tried peas, not a huge fan, but we will work on it.

Here are some pictures of Reagan's first attempts at eating solid food!! Note, she would much rather eat her bib than her food, but that is getting better too!!



Yummy carrots, her favorite. I think I need to invest in some strong stain remover, carrots are NOT easy to get out of baby clothing!!



Here is Reagan in her new highchair. My grandmother, Reagan's great grandmother, bought it for her. Its really neat, it had four different ways that you can use the high chair. It changes eventually into a booster seat, etc. I think she looks like such a big girl sitting in her new highchair!!




She would much rather eat her bib than the food!!

Zoo Fun

We recently took Reagan on her first trip to the zoo. The weather was beautiful last weekend, so we decided to get out of the house and enjoy it. I didn't really expect Reagan to even notice the animals since she still has no clue that Maggie even exists yet, we just thought it would be fun to get out of the house. Reagan did great at the zoo, she sat in her stroller like a big girl and just took everything in. I think she enjoyed watching all of the people around her, and she didn't fuss or cry once the whole time we were there. Jeremy and I enjoyed watching all of the animals and just being out and getting some exercise walking around the zoo.


Here are some fun animal pictures:



















Here is a sweet picture of our girl, you can see how much she enjoyed seeing all of the animals:-))))



SO SWEET!!!!!

Pretty Girl, Pretty Dress, Pretty Pictures

Here are some pictures that I took of Reagan last week. Isn't she just beautiful!! I got her this dress on Etsy, I just love it. I have been waiting until the sun was shining to get outside and take some pictures of Reagan in her pretty dress. Believe it or not, it has been raining like crazy here in Texas, and the sun has been hard to find recently. Not that I am complaining, summer is on the way, and soon we will be wishing for more rain!!





Reagan is five months now, and its unbelievable how one month can make such a difference!! Reagan is now rolling over from her belly to her back and so forth, and she rolls and rolls and rolls constantly. She has now started to roll onto her belly and then to her back and so forth, and before you know it, she is halfway across the room.

She is also talking up a storm, and she has a new sound now, she half squeals/half yells, its really funny. She will make her sound and then I try to emulate it back to her, and then we have a little squealing conversation. Jeremy says we sound like a couple of whales having a conversation :-)) (Hopefully that is not a crack on my post pregnancy body and Reagan's milk belly:-))

Reagan has found her feet, so she is always trying to get them in her mouth, along with EVERYTHING else!!

Reagan has always loved her baths, but she has recently started playing in the tub, she splashes and laughs and just has a grand old time. She is a funny girl.