Adding to the Family

Our little family of three is soon to become four! Reagan announced to our family a few weeks ago that she was going to be a BIG sister!!

My EDD is 09/10/11. Which would be a cool birthday but I'm planning on having him/her earlier than that! This pregnancy so far has been a lot worse than with Reagan but I'm starting to feel quite a bit better now. Weeks 8-14 were pretty horrible. I had pretty bad morning (All Day) sickness. If I didn't take my Zofran every 4 hrs I was hugging the toilet. I'm know down to just throwing up 1-2 times per week and don't have to take Zofran near as often anymore. I'm also starting to get some of my energy back too. Now I'm in the Fat stage. It is so weird to watch your body change and get a belly overnight. With Reagan I didn't really feel any movement till like 22-23 weeks. I started feeling this one around 16-17, which I love!

Brandon and I are getting ready for a sweet little vacation to NYC and Boston!! We are both super excited to go. Brandon is running the Boston marathon and we decided to make a little detour to NYC for a few days too, since it was so much cheaper to fly into.

We are leaving Reagan with her Grandparents. I am super nervous to leave her for so long! The longest I have been away from her is like 12hrs!! I'm scared that she is going to forget who I am when we get back!! Though I know she is going to have a blast. She absolutely loves her Grandparents and Aunts!

Growing Up

My sweet little angel is growing up way too fast. I honestly can't believe how BIG she is getting. She will be 17 months next week, which is just crazy to me. Since I am such a horrible mother and never write anything down and forget everything. I figured I would update on here so I can remember what she is up to right now.

Reagan is such a girly girl. She loves her "pretties" which are her hair stuff or bracelets. She is always trying to put them in her hair, and she is really good about leaving them in when I do her hair. Anytime she sees one of her skirts or dresses she wants to wear it. She is also obsessed with shoes. It doesn't matter who's shoes they are if she sees shoes laying around she will try putting them on. She will often bring me shoes, even if she is wearing her pajamas and insist I help her put them on.

She also loves to color. She knows where I keep her crayons/paper and she will go to the cupboard and want me to get them out for her. She is so far loving Nursery. Brandon and I are teachers and so she has been going in with us for the past few months. She loves to be around the other kids. Since we have 3 nurseries in our ward I'm debating on whether to send her to one of the other ones when she turns 18 months. I think it will be good for her to be away from mom and dad for a bit, but I have heard that a lot of the other kids get bullied in the other ones. We actually have a lot of the little kids in ours now, (due to them being bullied) so it makes me a little nervous to send her to one of the other ones. Poor little Reagan was sick with a nasty cold about 2 weeks ago. It was so sad. You can tell she didn't feel well, but she was still smiley. She really is such a good girl. She hardly ever cries or whines. And always has a smile on her face.

She is surely my daughter and loves the hot sauce!! Ok not really I don't let her eat the hot sauce but she does insist on having her own packet and pretends to put it on everything. If she sees me eating something with hot sauce on it (which is pretty much everything) she has to too. Its pretty funny.

She LOVES playing outside. Even though its been cold she ALWAYS wants to be outside. She will go get me her jacket and shoes and pound on the back door until I take her out. She loves to swing and climb on her playset. She can actually climb up the wooden ladder herself and go down the slide. Whenever I take her back in she throws a fit and cries. Its pretty funny! I cant wait till Spring and Summer when we can spend all day in the sun and at the pool.

She is starting to potty train herself, well at least with #2. A few weeks ago she was in the tub and I noticed her get her "poop face" so I picked her up and put her on the toilet. Since then she will sign "poop" and run to the potty and most of the time she will now poop in the potty which is nice.

She is quite the little talker now and copies and says a lot of words now.

Some of her favorites are: Dadda, Mamma, Pappa, Ball, Go, bye-bye, pretty, bear, baby, Uh-Oh, what's that, and where is it.

She knows sign language for: Milk, food, cheese, more, please, thank-you, dog, cat and poop.

I have loved that she knows a little bit of sign language. I actually wish I would have taught her more earlier. Its been so nice for her to be able to communicate and tell us wants she wants before she was really talking.

Ok so that's probably enough for now. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical errors. I am updating at work again on no sleep.

Better Late Than Never

Okay..okay so I know I am a total blog slacker. But since I don't journal or write anything down. I really need to start blogging again. So here it goes!! Since the new year just started...well like 3 weeks ago I figured I would do a recap of my favorite things that happened in 2010. This past year was a very good year for us. We have been extremely blessed.

To start it of: #10 Favorite thing

My Daddy got a job! 2009 was a hard year for my immediate family. My dad was layed of from Novell where he had worked for 18+ years. This was not only a financial trial for my family but a very emotional on as well. We were all so very happy when he was hired on at a good company in SLC. Although it is a VERY LONG commute for him, we and especially my mom are so thankful for his job.

#9 Favorite thing

Brandon's Birthday party. We had a kickass Chuck Norris birthday party for Brandon. We have such good friends and had an absolute blast!! Max even painted himself black for the event. It was freakin awesome. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard as I did that night.

The Boys

"Wrangler Butts drive us Nuts!"

Cutest Cowgirl Ever!

#8 Favorite Thing
Running. I still have a love/hate relationship with running. But it was nice to have a nice little running partner. Reagan and I would share many afternoons running. She absolutely loved it. She would kick her legs and "sing" almost the entire time.

The best running stroller ever! It's a Bob Ironman, it is expensive but if you are into running it is totally worth it. Reagan loves this stroller and has spent many hours in there. She even let me do a 16+ miler in it.

Such a chunk! So fun to have a "cheerleader" there for you at the finish line!!

CrackODawn running group

Such a fun group to run with. I just wish I was a little faster okay a lot faster so I could better keep up with them!

Brandon was such a sweatheart this year. My goal was to Boston Qualify which means I would have to run a 3hr 40min marathon at St. George. I trained quite hard and felt like it was a good possibility if I had a good race day. Brandon decided that he would stay back and run with me to help me qualify. It was so fun to run a race with him, usually he is way a head of me. I would love to say that I ended up qualifing but unfortunantely I didn't. I ended up getting sick at mile 19ish and it was all down hill from there. For the next few miles everytime I tried to run I would throw-up. Needless to say, I ended up walking a lot and finished right at 4hrs. 20min slower than I should have.

#7 Favorite thing

Change of jobs for me. I was able to get a part-time RN job at OCH ER and quit working all together at IMC. It was such a nice change. I really didn't like working at IMC especially after I had Reagan. I would cry almost everytime I drove up to the "deathstar." I was so blessed to get this job. It is something I really enjoy and since I work nights I get to be a Full-time Mom too. It's not always easy working all night and then waking up an hour or two later to be a mom, but I love that Reagan doesn't have to go to daycare and that I get to be the one to teach her and be with her all day.

#6 Favorite thing

Summer and being a "pool mom!" Reagan and I hit up the pool a ton during the summer. It was so much fun. We also spent a lot of time on the lake before Chandler left for his mission. Reagan loves the water and being outside. She had her first rides on the tube and had a blast. She didn't even mind her life-jacket or being in the cold lake.

We also went camping with the Rieske family. Reagan was an angel like always and loved going on hikes.

# 5 Favorite Thing

One brother getting home from his mission and another leaving. In August, Chandler left to Oklahoma to serve a LDS mission. Chandler and I are pretty close and it was and still is hard to have him gone. But I know that it is the right thing for him and he is already growing so much spiritually. On the other hand Nathan got home in November from his Mission in Australia. It was so fun for him to get to meet Reagan for the first time. It has been good to have him back home!
Nathan Meeting Reagan for the first time

Reagan, Chander, and I at the MTC

Sorry pic is tiny. Its a copy of a copy or something and won't enlargen for some reason.

#4 Favorite Thing

Watching how wonderful Reagan's granparents are. All of them absolutelly adore her. It's kinda like we (Brandon and I) don't exsist anymore as long as Reagan is there, they are happy! My dad is so fun to watch with her. From the time she was born there has been a special place in his heart. He spends countless hours on the floor playing with her, and lets her get away with almost everything. It is so cute!! My mom loves her too. As well as Brandon's parents. Reagan loves playing with Grandma Borchert and often cries when Brandon takes her home after Sunday dinner.

#3 Favorite thing

Brandon graduated!!

Brandon graduated from BYU in Electrical Engineering in August. Brandon worked very hard at school and I am so incredibly proud of him. Electrical Engineering is a very hard program especially at the Y. He spent a ton of time studying and countless hours at the lab. It is so nice to have him home in the evenings and not be worrying about school work.

Not only did he graduate but he got a great job too! He was woking as an intern at L3 this Summer and was offered an Engineering position once he graduated.

#2 Favorite thing
We bought a house!! This was/is still exciting for us. We moved into our home in the middle of October. We now live in Saratoga Springs. We decided on the location cause I wanted to live in Utah County and Brandon wanted to be closer to work. So far we are loving our new home. It took a while for Reagan to adjust but now she loves it too. The best thing is that the backyard is completely fenced in and there is a playground too. It is going to be so nice this Spring/Summer!!

#1 Favorite Thing

The absolute best thing about 2010 was that it was Reagan's first year of life and watching my family grow together. I have loved being a mom! It is the best job ever!! There are some days that are hard and I just want to pull my hair out, but then Reagan will do something that will make me laugh and I totally forget about it. I have loved watching Brandon being the best father ever. He adores his "little princess." He is such a good daddy and Reagan loves him very much.

I am so very blessed!!

Okay Picture overload time! Here are some of my favorites of 2010. Can't believe how fast Reagan grew up and how beautiful she is. She is such a sweetheard and has been a very good baby!!

Love the tongue!!

Newborn pic.

So very tiny!!

Playing with Daddy

My little chunk

Always a happy girl!

Do they get any cuter than this?

Just playing

Stylin..

Lovin the Bath

Figuring out how to stand up. So fun!!

Gorgeous!!

Figuring out the whole walking thing

Nov 6th. My baby is ONE!!

She grew up way too fast!!

MMmmm Cake!!

1 year pics

And that's the end of 2010. Lets hope for 2011 to be just as GREAT!!!

Sorry if there are a ton of spelling errors and/or issues with grammar. I'm updating while working a night shift..so I have an excuse. Right?

Four..Five..Six..Seven..Mamma is slacking!!!

I can't believe it has been almost 4 months since I have last posted. Time is flying bye so incredibly fast. Reagan is no longer a little baby. It is so fun to see her grow and discover new things each and every day. I love being her Mom. She is such a blessing in my life!! Here is some pics of the last few months and some of her milestones.

4.5months old

My friend Kim took this pics and did such a great job. Thanks Kim!!

Reagan is such a happy baby, she is always smiling. She thinks it is funny when you blow in her face and will start laughing. She started solids around 4 months and totally loves them. Peas are her favorite. She is rolling over from her belly to back, but hasn't figured out to roll from her back to belly yet. She is still such a great sleeper and usually sleeps 9-10hrs a night. Which we all Love!!

5 months old

Rolling around a lot more. Loves to play with Mom, Dad, and her toys.

5.5 months

Reagan started sitting up on her own. She thinks she is such a big girl now and no longer wants to lay down.

I love this girl sooo much!!!

So does Daddy!!!

6 months

Toys are so much fun. She loves to sit on the floor and be surrounded by her toys. She started to get a little bit of seperation anxiety and always wants someone to be in the same room as her.

She found her toes!! It is so funny the different stages they go through. For about a week or two her toes were always in her mouth!!

7 months

On all fours...but not crawling yet. (Thankgoodness)

Reagan loves to see and do everything. She is such an active baby. She loves to play on the ground and thinks it is so funny when mom and dad crawl around. She loves to be outside. Anytime we go outside she starts smiling. She loves to ride in her stoller while I run. She "sings" as we go. She likes to swing and of course swim. I am loving being able to spend so much time with her and so grateful that my work schedule allows me to be home with her so much. We are having so much fun in the sun.

7.5 months

This is one of my favorite pics ever!! Kim gave me a preview of her newest pics and I am so excited to get the rest. Reagan is so full of personallity. Her newest thing is sticking her tongue out while smiling. She does it all of the time. She is also quite the mamma's girl right now. If she see's me while she is being held by someone else she immediately starts to cry and as soon as I pick her up she stops and does this little smirk and smiles like haha I got what I wanted. Its pretty funny and I love that she wants me...but sometimes it is nice to let someone else hold her. If I am not around though she is totally fine with being held by others. She especially likes to play and be around other kids. She still doesnt have any teeth, which I am ok with since she is still nursing. (the longer she goes with out any the better for me)