San Diego Zoo

Last weekend Tache and I took the girls to the Zoo. Nicky was on a fall break and Friday the zoo was allowing kids to get in for free, so we decided to make a day of it. We had a great time, the weather was perfect and we were there for almost 8 hours. Reagan did great, she only had 2 meltdowns, which was because she didn't want to be in the stroller, but she didn't want to walk either. Which is our typical fights now a days, she wants to be held at all times and clearly I can not hold her for 8 hours of walking the zoo.

So twice, I just had to just strap her in the stroller and be that mom with the crazy, loud screaming, tantrum throwing child and pretend like I didn't even care what my child is doing. Other than that we had a great time!

I love these pictures.

Reagan LOVES her baby, everything she saw or did she had to make sure baby saw it too. She would say, "see baby, see?"

The zebras are one of my favorite animals. I just think their skin is so unique and they are so interesting looking.

Who Says You Can't Wear Jelly's In October?

Reagan LOVES her jelly's, and usually its not a problem, they are clear so they match everything. Throughout the summer I bought 2 pairs because she was always asking/insisting on wearing them. However, it is now October 12th. Jelly's are NOT in season. I have bought her a couple pairs of closed toes shoes and even boots, but she only wants to wear her jellys. Last weekend Darrin dressed her and put socks under her jellys. He did it as a joke to tease me, but once they were on she insisted on wearing them that way. What am I going to do! I gotta get this girl out of her jellys!

Here is a video I took of her saying her first and last name. Darrin taught her how to say it a few weeks ago but I am just now getting around to recording it. I lost my SLR camera charger so I pulled out my old digital today to get a video of her saying it. But retarded me forgot that I couldn't turn the camera. So you just have to listen and turn your head sideways!

My 2 Year Old/My Best Friend

Last week Reagan really tested showing me she definitely is two and WILL throw a fit. There were a couple of days I just didn't think I was going to make it. She was throwing herself on the floor, screaming for 30 minutes or longer, just out of frustration or not getting her way. And not only once a day, but a few times. So, the days seemed longer and I began thinking of what it was going to be like with 2 little monsters at home.

However, this week has been much, much better. Darrin has had to work until 9 every night, so it has just been Reagan and I. There have been very few fits and they don't last near as long. I'm not saying she is "cured" of the fit throwing, but for now, she is doing great. Today she had her 2 year check up. We are 2 months behind, but she only lacked one shot and if I waited until today she could get her flu shot at the same visit.

Her stats as of today:

Weight: 30.8 lbs, 88th percentile

Height: 37 1/4 in, 99th percentile

Head: 19 3/4 in.

I have mentioned our peditrition before, saying the one we have always used and whom I loved moved so we had to see a different doctor. I had seen her a few times and I wasn't very fond of her. I am very personable, I talk a lot and ask tons of questions and I like for who ever I am seeing to be the same way. This new doctor was very to the point, matter of fact, tough (by that I just mean not gentle with Reagan, almost forceful) and I was just not used to that. She has never complemented me before, asked my questions or concerns, or seem interested in what's going on in my life. But today, she was a completely different lady. She was very complementive. She told me that she could tell I was a wonderful mother, she could tell Reagan was a high maintenance child and that I was doing a great job, she was impressed with her words and phrasing, she said that she believes that Reagan will be very smart, she feels I do a great job at disciplining her as well as rewarding her, and a few other things as well.

To me that was a huge compliment, especially coming from her. I didn't expect it and it felt really good to hear her say that. I felt so proud, more so of Reagan than actually of myself.

On the way home I had the Taylor Swift CD in, (still Reagan's favorite, anytime she comes on the radio she yells TAAAYLOR right away). One of the last songs came on, "The Best Day" and I pretty much lost it. If you don't know the song, here are the lyrics: (I tried to just paste a chorus or phrase, but I liked them all.)

I'm five years old it's getting cold i've got my big coat on
i hear your laugh and look up smiling at you i run and run
past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides look now the sky is gold
i hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

i don't know why all the trees change in the fall
i know you're not scared of anything at all
don't know if snow white's house is near or far away
but i know i had the best day with you today

i'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean
i come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys
and we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away
and we talk and window shop till i forgot all their names

i don't know who i'm gonna talk to now at school
but i know i'm laughing on the car ride home with you
don't know how long it's gonna take to feel ok
but i know i had the best day with you today

i have an excellent father
his strength is making me stronger
god smiles on my little brother
inside and out he's better than i am

i grew up in a pretty house and i had space to run
and i had the best days with you

there is a video i found from back when i was three
you set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me
it's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs
daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

now i know why all the trees change in the fall
i know you were on my side even when i was wrong
and i love you for giving me your eyes
staying back and watching me shine and i didn't know if you knew
so i'm taking this chance to say that i had the best day with you today

Lately I have been thinking about how much fun Reagan and I have together, just the two of us, and wondering if I am going to miss the way it is now. She is not a baby, but a little girl and already my best friend. Now that she is really able to talk and communicate we have so much fun together. We went to the Olive Garden last night for dinner, just her and I, for the first time ever and we had a great time. We shop together, (she isn't very good, but she is getting better), have lunch out together, run errands together and pretty much spend our entire day together and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Reagan - I am so lucky that I get to spend my days with you and I am so proud of you already. I know our mother/daughter bond with only become stronger and you will continue to make me more and more proud. I thank God for blessing me with a daughter of my own and someone as special as you. Thank you for all the wonderful days of smiles and laughter, I have the best days with you. - Love Mommy

20 weeks! Halfway there!

Since I never really blogged about my pregnancy with Reagan I thought I would go back and add a little bit about my first 20 weeks pregnant with her. I was looking back over My Pregnancy Journal, since one day I will probably misplace it, and found where I had made a few notes.

Week 6 - First test, positive!

Week 7 - mood: down, frustrated. I am not going to write much about this week because it was a week from hell. I threw up all day everyday and the morning sickness and back pains never go away.

Week 8 - weight 96.5lbs(starting weight 105)

Week 9 - weight 94lbs; Jan 9th admitted to emergency room because of weight and dehydration. Received an IV and we were there 3 hours.

Week 10 - All I can eat is cheerios and banana.

Week 11 - Mood: Getting more positive, still sick all day, cravings cereal & macaroni and tomato.

Week 12 - Jan 28th-31st, hospitalized, feeling miserable, needed IV's.

Week 14 - Feb 10th-13th hospitalized again. The only time I feel better is when I am here. Plus, my wonderful husband never lets me stay the night alone. I love him.

One day to pack all of our stuff, leaving Panama tomorrow to head back to Dallas.

Week 16 - Daddy left for Tijuana :(

Week 17 - Stayed in College Station for the week to be with Sister. Went to the ER tonight, Feb 26th, threw up over 20 times today. Doctor was rude, hospital annoying. She told me she couldn't hear a heart beat, stayed 6 hours & went home. Thanks to Uncle Lance who stayed with me the whole time.

Week - 18 We had an apt today March 13, hoping to find out boy or girl. After doing a sonogram she said it was a little early and the legs weren't right but if she had to guess she would say GIRL!! (weight 109lbs)

Week 20 - (really closer to week 21) Starting to really look and feel pregnant. (weight 117lbs)

20 weeks with Reagan! (for some reason the coloring in this picture is terrible, kinda like my hair! Note to self: brown and short is NOT cute.)

20 weeks pregnant with Baby Boy! (weight 117 lbs, the exact same as with Reagan. I look bigger with her but I was just skinner then!)

With all that being said, I don't feel like I have very much room to complain. I didn't write in a journal this time, I blogged more about our events because we were busier. I can say that at 2 weeks I knew I was pregnant again. I was at the gym with my trainer and had to quit. The only time I suffered from acid reflux was when I was pregnant with Reagan and I was having it. I took a test and it said negative, but I knew I was pregnant and it was just too soon to tell.

I told Darrin at about 4-5 weeks I started my Zofran medication right away. I was to take a 1/2 pill every 6 hours and I could tell when it was time to take it again. I still threw up every morning and throughout the day I just felt nauseated and really tired. I am still taking the Zofran at night and durning the day BUT because it wasn't near as bad in the beginning, I knew for sure it was a boy!