Snow!!

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted. I've been being crazy cooking lady this whole month (see my other blog for some good recipes) and have just been busy. We all got the cold/ sinus infection thing that's going around and spent a few weeks in bed watching cartoons but we're all better now and excited for Christmas. We even got some snow this year. It's been snowing here and there for a few weeks now but we finally have some good stuff to go play in. Reagan had a blast outside running around in the snow in her frog boots. We took a few pictures, not a whole lot because it was freezing!

Toys

Our new toy:


Reagan's new toy:


Hooray for huge, sturdy boxes that keep her entertained!

Eewww...

Reagan's latest hobby. Lovely.

Halloween

Last night we went to my parents ward Trunk-or-Treat party. I had never been to one before and it was really fun. We decided to go there because they were doing a chili cookoff and had games for the kiddos. Reagan was a cute little spider. We had fun eating chili dogs, playing games and running around the parking lot getting candy. Really, she didn't care much about the candy. She was too interested in everyone's car decorations. When we got to a car with lights, she'd go "Ooooo" and stare at them. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

She thought she was pretty cool in her costume!

She had a blast running around the gym with the other kids.

In Grandma's car. Her car turned out really good. It was dark by the time everyone was out Trunk-or-Treating so the lights looked really cool.

Finally...

Birthday Pictures!!!


Good Morning Birthday Girl!! Here she is with crazy bedhead and her favorite elephant slippers.

Not the most flattering picture of peanut, but the best picture of the onesie I made for her big day.

First stop, Build-A-Bear. She LOVES her bunny!

Followed by a pretzel

Then to Grandma and Bapa's house for a party. She's so funny with anything that resembles a purse. She's such a girlie girl.

The best present of the day, a card that plays "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Thanks Aunt Jeni and Uncle Troy!!

Her cake, she is a Veggie Tales junkie! She got her own smaller cake, but we had to get this one too for the plastic Bob, Larry and Junior!


Don't let the picture fool you. She wasn't that interested in getting down and dirty with her cake, so mommy had to help a little. She thought it was funny

Being silly


Bath time!!!


This one's for Uncle Adam. Her first xylophone!

That's it. Thanks to everyone who came out to her party and made it such a fun day for Reagan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEANUT!!!

Getting crafty

So, I've decided to open up a new blog for all my crafting, scrapbooking, sewing, decorating projects. I'll try to get more stuff up soon but things have been a little crazy. The site is mymaggiemagoo.blogspot.com. Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions, I would love your input!

I promise I will get some new pictures up of Reagan after this weekend. She'll be 1 tomorrow so we'll have tons of new pics to share! Have a great weekend!!

We did the Puyallup. Twice.

Reagan is now a Puyallup Fair veteran. For those of you outside Washington, the Puyallup Fair is a huge fair that comes around once a year, twice if you count the Spring Fair but that one isn't as cool. It's been a great tradition in my family and I was happy to get Reagan started on her love affair with the Fair. We went last Monday with my parents and brother, Jake and then again on Thursday with Jake and Lauren and Megan, the girls I used to nanny. Both times were great but it was extra fun now that Lauren and Megan were tall enough to ride some "scary for them" rides. I thought we were going to have a reinactment of the fair scene from Sandlot but the girls did great. They had free face painting which isn't even face painting anymore, it's airbrushing. That worked out for us since it took about 2 seconds for them to airbrush a star on Reagan's face. Here are some cute pictures!!

Reagan and grandpa with a chicken at the Fair. She loved this guy!! She kept pointing at him and giggling when he came near.

Petting a sheep

Reagan and Uncle Jake

Megan

Lauren

I've also been feeling a little crafty and have been working on several projects. Here is the first completed one. I made these super cute blocks for peanut. They were so easy! I bought some plain hollow blocks from the craft store (hollow is key here, no denting the wood floors when they're chucked across the room). Next I painted them and cut out some cute paper squares and glued them to all sides of the blocks. Then I Mod Podged it all and let them dry overnight. Reagan loves them and so do I. I'm a little jealous that I made something so cute and I don't get to play with them. Someone's very possesive of her new blocks. They look huge in this picture but they're small hand size. I'm going to try doing the same thing but with pictures, I'll let you know how that goes!!

Has it really been a month?

I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a month. Sorry friends!! I will make this post extra long. We just got back from a trip to Florida. It was a dive/Disney World/ summer trip with my family trip. First of all, to those of you wanting to travel to Florida in the near future, August is NOT the time to go! It was so hot and muggy, we were sweating buckets the second we stepped out the door. YUCK!! Disney World was pretty fun. Jared the Disney freak has been wanting to go to Disney World for 32 years. I don't think he was that impressed. Probably because despite the horrid weather it was still packed. It was fun watching Reagan check everything out though. She loved the fireworks show. Everytime a really loud firework would go off she would do this weird screech, almost like she was in pain, but she was just excited. People kept looking at us like we were biting off her toes or something. It was freaking hilarious!! Diving ended up being just my mom and Jared. On the plane ride over I got a little tickle in my throat that turned into a screaming sinus pressure thing by the next morning. I was super bummed. They got to go to the Atlantic coast and dive in the warm water. They also got to dive at Epcot at the Nemo exhibit. That one was awesome because we got to watch and Reagan kept screaming "daddy" when she saw him. She also screamed "daddy" when she saw this other guy that kinda looked like Jared, but we won't let him know that part. Reagan loved the water parks and even did a few baby water slides all by herself in the tube. I'll get some of those pictures up as soon as I buy them. Disney has this cool thing where professionals wander around taking pictures of you and you can buy them online later.
Reagan did wonderful with all the traveling and crazy schedule. She's getting to be such a big kid. She's now walking pretty well and is figuring out how to say new words. It seems like a different word every day. The favorite word is "ball" which applies to actual balls, balloons, the big Epcot ball and anything ball shaped in general. She's also saying mama, daddy, puppy, baby, hi, bye-bye, nana (banana), ni-ni (bedtime- I do realize that's not actually a word, but it does have a meaning). We can tell that she knows a lot of words although she can't say them yet. It's weird to have her being such a big kid and transitioning from baby.
So, with it being freakishly hot, our minds were not thinking straight and we have zero pictures in Disney. I took some the first day we were there at the condo when Reagan was eating cherries. It's pretty cute so I'll post that picture.
This is the reason why we strip down to our diaper before anything the stains:

Reagan has a new hairstyle. I love it. Jared hates it. I win.

Clorox Bleach Pen

Can I just say that I LOVE the bleach pen? It is the best thing to happen to Reagan's wardrobe. It works so well on her white shirts that I thought were ruined. It's my new favorite thing!

Mariner's Game

Last Saturday, Reagan got to go to her first baseball game with me and Grandpa. She had a blast and loved all the noises and all the people. I was a little worried because she hadn't napped and the game started at 1:00 which is right in the middle of naptime so I figured she'd last a few innings before screaming her head off. She was wonderful, though! She lasted the whole 4 hour game and didn't fuss at all. She had her first taste of Mariner garlic fries and some Dippin Dots. Grandpa bought her a cool hat that she kept on almost the whole game. She met the Mariner Moose who was way cooler and more interesting farther away than when it was our turn for a picture. It was a great game with great weather and we had so much fun!!


Reagan & Grandpa

Me, Reagan & Grandpa

Reagan lasted about 10 minutes walking to the car after the game before falling asleep. Poor kid!!

9 Months!!

I can't believe I have a 9 month old baby. That's just crazy. Reagan is growing like crazy, not as much as some babies, but growing. Here are some updates on our little peanut. Things she loves: string cheese, playing with Dakota, her pink & white soft blankie, dancing, watching Jeopardy, having daddy sing "I'm just a little black rain cloud", pointing her finger and playing with balloons at Nonna and Papa's house. Things she hates: getting cleaned up after making messes, waiting for food, getting licked to death by Dakota and scary swimming floaty toys. She's probably about 17? pounds and a lot of inches. She's such a happy baby and is a fun little person to have around. She crawls around the house at lightning speed with her goofy style- left knee and right foot. Hey, whatever works. She really wants to walk and we're expecting that she'll figure it out in the next few weeks. I wish I could post a happy 9 month old baby picture, but Reagan has been teething and she finally popped out 2 teeth today and another one is on its way. The 2 that came out today were the top 2 to the side of her front teeth. She looks like a baby vampire. Viva la Cullen!!! So, the only decent picture we could get today was her eating some cold mandarin oranges, another favorite. Enjoy!!

Dakota

We have a wonderful dog, Koda. She is sweet, gentle, playful and great with Reagan. She has 2 not so great qualities:
1. She is smart. Too smart.
2. She gets bored. Very bored.
Add these 2 qualities together and you get Trouble. With a capital T that rhymes with P that stands for pool. As in, our neighbors pool. You see, Koda gets bored in the backyard and no matter how valiant our efforts, always manages to find a way out. Lat summer, she enjoyed going to our neighbors house with a pool. I assume they have a pool because over the summer we collected pool noodles, several Nerf floaty pool toys and even 2 boat buoys. She also stole balls, dolls, garbage and we even found a few cat collars. So, the other day while Reagan was napping I let Koda outside to go potty. Immediately she saw a cat on the fence and booked towards it. I knew she was gone. This stupid cat is the most common cause for Dakota's jailbreaks. Usually I would go out and drive to the next block over and find Koda wandering the streets but with Reagan napping I couldn't. So, I was waiting at home for a call from someone saying they found a ferocious German Shepherd that they've tied up in their yard. Dakota is the sweetest dog ever but still has the mean look of a police attack dog. No one called and Jared couldn't find her when he went looking for her after work. We ended up going to Auburn to eat dinner with my parents and when we came home there was Dakota sitting by the front door waiting for us. She's so smart! Now I know that I can not worry about her getting lost forever when she escapes. I thought I'd post some of her cute puppy pictures from 2 years ago when we first brought her home. I love our dog!




This picture has horrible quality but it's too funny. Dakota would sleep just inside Reagan's room when we first brought her home and "guard" her. How cute!!

Waves & Watermelon

Sorry there's been no new posts in awhile. I've not been feeling very posty lately but I'm back. We've been on a few more trips since the last post but it seems like I haven't had the camera for any of them. Our latest trip was a rafting trip with the youth. Jared is a Boy Scout leader and they invited (reluctantly) the young women along on the trip. They needed some YW leaders so I went. Reagan stayed over at Grandma and Grandpa's house which was such a nice little break. We went up just outside Leavenworth and rafted down the Wenatchee. The river was awesome but super cold. They had snow and ice a few days before we went so we all had to wear wetsuits and splash guard jackets to keep warm. Our boat was great because somehow (???) we ended up with all adults. Not that we don't have great youth in our ward, but holy cow... we're we really that obnoxious when we were their age? Jared and I were even able to spend some quality time together in Leavenworth before we went home. I love Leavenworth. It's this cute little bavarian town with all these shops and they pipe out German music through the streets. It's very Disney-esque. We had a nice walk through the town, eating pretzels and fudge and looking at all the trinkets. It was really just nice to spend some time alone with my husband where we could talk. We don't get that a lot and I'm so grateful for that time we had.
Also, summer has FINALLY arrived here in Washington! It's been so nice and we're even busting out the pool at my parents house soon. I'm exctied to take Reagan swimming since she's loved it the few times she's already been. We're even wearing shorts and sandals!! Here's some cute pics of Reagan eating watermelon. It's so messy but she loves it. We also get to enjoy a nice cool bathtub in the sink afterward.

Home Sweet Home

Enough with vacation already!! It's always great to go on vacation, but it feels so good to be home and back in our normal routine. Reagan is a pretty good baby but when she's forced to nap in hotels, eat in the car and play strapped in her carseat she gets a little grumpy. The trip to Utah was fun though. We got to see some friends (yay, Becca!!), some family and some nice weather. Reagan busted out the short shorts and showed off her rolls to the world. Why is that cute on her but not so much cute on me?? My mom took most of the pics with her camera though so here are a few with mine. I'll post some more later.


She fell asleep while we were driving but held on tight to her cookies. Cuteness!


Playing at Great-Grandma's house. Love those chunker legs!

Neah Bay

We're back for just long enough to post a blog and then we're on vacation again. Well, Reagan and I at least. Neah Bay was awesome. Thanks to some scorching heat in the South it was actually quite pleasant this year. We enough got sunburns!! Everyone but Reagan. She was long sleeves, hats and sunblock all the way. We had fun diving and spearfishing and hanging out with our friends. The first night of the trip was CRAZY!! We got to camp Thursday night and noticed the waves were unusually high. By 1:00 am the waves were crashing so high they broke the dock and boats were drifting off to sea. The coast guard and fire department had to come into camp, it was so weird. They fixed the dock over the next few days and everything returned to normal. It was strange sleeping in your tent and hearing tsunami waves with no storm. We heard rumors that a minor earthquake in CA caused the freak waves but we never found out for sure. Other highlights of the trip were Reagan's first time camping. She did awesome even though she had to spend some time in her pack and play. She put the time to good use though and learned how to crawl!! She's a crawling fool now! It's pretty hilarious how she does it though. Her right leg stays completely straight so she crawls with her left knee and right foot. Weird kid. She's pretty excited for herself though. She also figured out how to get back up to sitting postition from crawling position. This is huge! So many times during the day she gets herself stuck in crawling position and I have to come rescue her. Hooray for Reagan!! She's so smart. Here's a few pictures from the trip.



The theme of the trip: Trying to keep Reagan's hat on her head, thanks Bonnie!


Playing in the sand


Tastes pretty good


Jared and an ugly Lingcod


Getting ready for a dock dive with my mom



Hello Canada!!

everyone loves a nudist

It's been awhile since we had some good nekkid shots! I love that you can see a little bruise on her chest from too much mommy tickle time. Ouch! Her little giggle is too cute, though! We absolutely LOVE the bath seat from Nonna and Papa. Bath time is the best.