It's April!

Lately we have been debating on what to do with Lindsey and school this next year. We talked to Abilene Christian Schools and decided that she would visit there one day. That day was last Wednesday. She spent the morning with the Pre-K classes and then the afternoon with the Kindergarten class. When I picked her up, she couldn't stop smiling. She loved it! Then we came home and we watched a little TV. After a little while, Lindsey asked me to pause the show because she wanted to "take a little nap" she said. And then about two minutes later, this is what I saw...snores and all.

This is Lindsey hunting Easter eggs at Young Children's World. This also happened to be the day that the wind was up in the 50 mph range. So, needless to say, they hunted inside. Oh, and her class made their little bags to hunt with. Too cute! (On a side note, before it was decided to do all things inside that day, some of the teachers were telling others that their kiddos were being blown over on the playground. Funny, huh?)Here are the girls' Easter baskets at our house before being emptied by one excited little girl. I think the Easter Bunny did a great job. Lots of fun stuff!Me and Reagan at church during the Easter egg hunt there. And no, she didn't find this egg on her own!Our family Easter picture. Usually we take a picture at the hotel during LTC but just didn't get around to it this year. Oh, well!The night before Easter we let Lindsey open her gift from her Mimi and Papa. It was the book The Night Before Easter. She and Robert read it before going to bed but unfortunatly I didn't take any pictures of them. The Easter Bunny also visited at Nana and Pops house. Lindsey is admiring her kite. She keeps asking to fly it but the wind here is crazy!Lindsey with her new Wall-E Leapster game. She was so excited!And this is how excited Reagan was with Easter going on. Can't you tell she loved it?

A Little of This and That

I have come to figure out that Reagan does not like to be alone. She doesn't even like it if you are in the same room but not right next to her. So, while doing laundry the other day, I decided to take her with me. This is how I was able to do our laundry in peace that day.And some of you may know that I have been searching and searching for an Easter basket for Reagan. Well, actually I was looking for two baskets because I have to have things match. Or at least the same thing in different colors. I went everywhere looking. I started at Michael's, then Hobby Lobby (that is where I got Lindsey's first basket), then to Target, then Wal-Mart, then finally Kohl's. All with pretty much no luck. I found some decent ones that would be okay but then next year I would want something better. I went back to Target to get some things for Reagan one day and decided to look there again. And lo and behold, I found them. Just take a look and tell me that I found the best baskets ever! I'm pretty proud of all my searching!
And for the last pictures for today. Robert loves holding his girls up with just one hand. The first time I saw him do this I almost panicked. Lindsey was the first to go up like this when she was just 6 months old. We were at ACU working with Bible Bowl and he just did it. And it scared me to death. Since then, I love watching it. I wish that I had my picture of Robert holding Lindsey up on this computer but I don't. I know I have the hard copy in our photo album but that doesn't help you guys out there. However, I have been told that Reagan looks so much like Lindsey so you can just pretend that Lindsey is in one of the pictures. The funniest part is they are wearing the same outfit when I took both Lindsey's and Reagan's picture. This outfit is one that my parents gave Lindsey when she was born and now Reagan is wearing it. How fun is that! Anyway, enjoy the pics!

The Picture Says It All!

What fun we have had the last couple of days!

Lindsey's Photo Shoot

This last weekend, Barbara's fiance' and his family came into town. So we had lots of fun showing those Northerner's what good food tastes like. We went to The Beehive on Friday night, Famous Dave's on Saturday for lunch and then to Perini Ranch for dinner on Saturday. Talk about gaining weight! But it was all oh so good! When we were walking to the car, I decided to take a few pictures of Lindsey while the others got all loaded up. Here they are...

Reagan is Eight Months (and one day!)

I am the world's most horrible mom! My sweet little girl turned eight months old on Saturday and we were not at home so I didn't get the monthly picture on the chair. I did, however, take the picture a day late. So this picture, while not truly Reagan's eight month old picture, will have to do this time.

Here it is...

I was able to get a few without Reagan flying away and this was the best. Pretty sure she was wanting to crawl away though!Reagan is finally rolling over both ways (front to back and back to front). No crawling yet but she sure knows how to get something by rolling to it or scooching (is that a word?). She has eaten pretty much all the baby foods (stage 2 foods) that I can find at Wal-Mart. She loves her fruits and most veggies are okay. She doesn't much care for the plain meats. But she did gobble up the turkey and sweet potatoes. I guess she will love Thanksgiving this year!

After the last Dittos for Kiddos sale, at which I bought Lindsey some new shoes, she decided that all of her shoes should be out at the same time. She came up with this game where her friends from school would all have a different pair of her shoes that were theirs. They would have to put them on and then stand on a stool or chair and sing a song. After the song they would jump down and run around the living room before the next persons turn. Not really sure where all that came from. Quite an imagination! Well, she then decided to line up all the shoes (after trying them all on). She put the ones that fit in one line and then the ones that were too small she put in a different place. I know, I know...too many shoes for one little girl!

I thought it was too funny not to take a picture so here it is...Then here is Reagan with something that she loves to do. She loves to put something (her blanket, her rattle toys, anything she gets her hands on) in her mouth and look at me as if saying, "Look, mom, no hands." I thought it was really cute so I took a picture of this too.

Driving home

On our way home tonight after church and dinner, Reagan was a bit fussy. She wasn't happy to be in her carseat and would have much rather been out at home. About halfway home, during her fussiness and babbling, Lindsey said, "She just said 'Pecan'." Random, I know. But Robert and I just started laughing. And we both thought, "Well, we need to write that down in her baby book as her first word". Of course, she didn't really say "pecan". Actually, I didn't hear anything anywhere near those sounds coming from her mouth but Lindsey sure thought it should be Reagan's first word.

The Things People Say

So today I was at Lithia Toyota getting something in our van fixed. Nothing major, it actually only took 15 minutes, which is great because Reagan was with me. Which is why I am writing this. I went to sit in the waiting area and there was only one other person waiting. An older man was watching TV. Of course, when I walked over, he looked and saw that I had a baby with me and asked boy or girl. I always use pink blankets so I thought that was funny. He then asked what her name was and I told him "Reagan". For some reason, he asked me if she was named after my mom. I said no, that we just really liked the name. A few minutes later, he said, "Well, we had a president named Reagan". Just matter of factly. I just nodded my head. Then as he was leaving, he looked back at me and said, "I guess you didn't consider Obama." Wow, the things people say.