22 Months

Well here we are, another month down and another month closer to TWO. I feel like her amount of communication and understanding this past month has been huge. It seems I can say or ask anything of her and she knows exactly what I am saying. She has also began putting more than one word together. Things like: "I get it," "I see you," "I back," "Momma's car," "SeeSee Nonna." (Silly Nonna) A few of her newest words are: turtle, yucky, monkey (punkey), hat, sock, apple (piple), phone (pffoff), smoothie (mooseie), moon (mooner), itsy bitsy (all spiders are itsy bitsy). I'm sure there are a ton that I am forgetting, but those are some she uses on her own. If I prompt her to say a word she will repeat it after me.

We have been working on her knowing how old she is. If I say, "how old is Reagan?" She will go "TWO" and hold up her fingers knowing she is supposed to be doing something with them, but doesn't get the 2 fingers right.

We are also working on her saying her name. When we point to a picture of her she will say, "girl!" Or make a comment about something else in the picture. Like point to her baby, the water, her bucket anything else that might be in the picture.

I love how excited she gets over nothing or even something she has seen or done 100 times. Her expression is priceless, so sweet and so innocent.

She has almost completed reading her first book. It is a first words picture book and she can say 80% of the pictures. Not exactly in the correct grammar, but close.

She has kinda been going though a rough "phase" when it comes to going to bed. She has been so great and so easy the past several months, but it seems like lately she has been fighting us. It's not as bad as what it could be (thank goodness she is still in a crib and has yet to try to climb over) but we had to make her cry it out again. It only lasted a few nights, for maybe 10-20 minutes, and it has already gotten better. I feel like I really can't complain because she sleeps until 8:30 and she tells me when she is ready to go night night. (which is nap time.)

And if I have not said this before, her favorite food is still BEANS!!

I love this picture. She just woke up from her nap and she still has that sweet sleepy look.

She can almost sign I love you and will say, "I lu lu."

She has about 10 pairs of shoes but only wants to wear are her jellies. (Darrin calls them her glass slippers.) This is the first time I have ever experienced her actually caring about what I put on her. Lucky for me they are clear and go with everything otherwise her shoes would not always match. Not only are these her favorites, but she feels the need to always have them on.

We attempted the pool this month. I was worried about how she would do now that she is a "walker." Last year we spent everyday at the pool, but she would just sit in my lap and eat or play with something, so I was unsure how this summer would be. She has done wonderful so far and loves it out there. She doesn't so much want to get into the water just yet, she just plays next to me with her toys and watches everyone else.

She got new tooth, I think they are called canine. She has only gotten one in, the top right side. So now she has a total of 13 teeth.

She loves to carry around her "buckey." (bucket) I love to watch her put her favorite things in there and then carry it around the house with her. I have seen her camera, pens, cell phones, keys, her lipstick and her juice cup in there. It's like she knows what's in my bag and she copies what I have. When we are getting ready to go somewhere she runs over and grabs her "buckey" making sure it comes along with us.

This month Huggies introduced their new line of denim diapers and Reagan has been rockin' them ever since!

One of her favorite activities right now is playing with coins. Which I hate, because it is a supervised activity and makes a huge mess, but she likes it and I like to think I am actually teaching her the names of the coins and a little bit about sorting.

I love how girly she is. Lately she has been wanting to wear my necklaces and put headbands on. As I am getting ready she is always standing right there next to me wanting to do the same thing I am. When I brush my hair, she wants to. When I use hair spray, she has to have some. If I put on deodorant, so does she. If I am brushing my teeth, she wants to brush hers.

And she got her FIRST pair of panties!! They were just so cute I couldn't resist. Of course, she really isn't wearing them. She would love to and not wear a diaper, but the few times I have let her run around the house in them, minutes later they end up wet!

Happy 25th Birthday Sister!

Hope you have a wonderful day! We love and miss you!

Toddler Time

Today was our first attempt at Toddler Time at the YMCA. I had heard about it from another mom here a while back ago, but since we were involved in My Gym a few times a week I just decided to wait. But today we needed something to do so we went to check it out. It was...okay. A little overly crowded and crazy. Not to mention the room was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Reagan wasn't really that into it at first, I think she was just a little over stimulated with all that was going on. After she realized I wasn't leaving and they started singing songs, she became a little more interested. However, not enough to really let go of me. After a few activities they sat down to do a craft. Today was making a robot out of a brown paper bag. This was Reagan's first time using glue and she did okay. She kept wanting to squeeze it right in the middle of the robot instead of where it needed to be, and she wanted to do it all by herself. If I tried to help her with the glue she got upset.

This is the only place she wanted to squirt the glue.

Once we got home I asked her if I could take her picture with her robot. Lately every time I get out my camera she thinks she needs to set in her chair for the picture. Here she is showing off her craft that I (I mean, she) made.

We now have Reagan's first craft hanging on our refrigerator. I can't wait to add more!

Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day over at Tim and Tache's house. They recently moved and have been working on the backyard. Tim needed Darrin's help installing a BBQ grill, so the girls just hung out. We went to the border mall because they just opened up a Victoria's Secret Outlet store and I got 3 swimsuit tops, a bottom and a beach bag for 30 dollars! It was crazy in there. The prices were so cheap! Afterwards we went across the street to Kmart looking for a little pool for Reagan and Nicky to play in. We found the perfect one and the girls had a blast. Reagan loves playing with Nicky (their 10 year old daughter) she thinks she is so funny and she is really good with entertaining her.

We had such a good time. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed great company!

For some reason she was so excited about squeezing water out of the ball. She just thought it was so cool!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

A + For Reagan

For the month of May, My Gym was doing a client appreciation and allowed the kids to come to an additional class for free. Usually Reagan attends her class on Friday from 9:15 to 10:15 and any other time we go it's just for a Free Play. However, we took advantage of the free class and we have been going Tuesdays as well. Reagan loves going and can see huge improvements in her especially in the past week. I even had a lady ask me how old Reagan was and tell me that she is such a good girl. (talk about melt my heart)

She has been paying attention so well lately and she follows along with the instructor. During circle time she sits right next to me and does exactly what she is supposed to. For one activity we practice, "bounce and bounce, and bounce and bounce" with our arms out, Reagan does it and says it right along with them. We also practice, "up and down, and up and down," "side to side, side to side." She just sits there doing what she is supposed to do, saying the motions as we do them. Before I would either have to do the motions for her, or she would try to get up and run off from being in the circle.

Then there are a few different activities: front rolls, swinging on different trapeze, going through obstacles and she is always the first to want to try out the new activity. If the instructor asks if there is a volunteer who would like to help demonstrate, Reagan always runs over to them. (Unless it is the owner who is helping instruct that day. He is a guy and she just isn't quite sure about him yet.) Otherwise, she is first to want to try out the activity. Before she would cling on to me, she could careless about trying the activity and I had to try and convince her to participate.

I am just so proud when I watch her at the gym. You can really tell she loves it there and it makes me happy to see her improve. Since May is over, we can only go once a week again so I am looking for other things to fill up our schedule. So far we found a Toddler Time at the YMCA every Tuesday and at the end of June we will start swimming lessons!