Philly Visit With the Martin LaBar Family

On our way to New York to see Santa (more to come on that later) we stopped in Philly to eat lunch with Amber and Uncle Martin and Aunt Faye (who were visiting Amber for Thanksgiving). Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to hook up with us! Eating puffs with Aunt Faye
Zooming with Uncle Martin and scaring Daddy
Playing with my cell phone from Great Grandma Carlson with Amber
Goofing off with Grandmas, does life get any better???
Thanks to Grandma Sherry for the super cute outfit and hat! :)

Reagan's First Build-A-Bear

This is so far past due and for that reason will probably be the only post I manage to accomplish from our Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee trip earlier this fall. I may try to get a few random cute pictures up but it's doubtful at this point... I did want to share the fun we had with Grandma Karen and Aunt Julie building Reagan's first Build-A-Bear. Aunt Julie has a favorite bear she takes everwhere. His name is Brown Bear. We made a joke earlier this year about Aunt Julie having to share Brown Bear with Reagan and she said no, that we'd have to get Reagan her own Brown Bear. So Grandma Karen decided we needed to do just that and off we went to build Reagan her very own Brown Bear. Thanks for so much fun Grandma and Aunt Julie!

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Selecting "the bear"

Cleaning him up after stuffing him
I love my bear almost as much as you Grandma!
Aunt Julie introducing Brown Bear Jr. to Reagan
Brown Bear Jr. and Reagan with their matching pink bows

Watch Me Grow - 7 Months

Reagan turned 7 months old just in time to celebrate her first Thanksgiving. Reagan had her 6 month well baby checkup this week and now weighs 17 lbs 3 ozs and is 26 1/2 inches long.

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In honor of all the hunters in our family and opening season this week Reagan is wearing her camo outfit from Grandpa Jim. Congratulations to Uncle Jimmy who got an 8 point buck! Reagan was wondering if it is as big as her duck?

6 Months
5 Days

Just for Grandpa Jim...

When Uncle Jimmy was just a kid Grandpa Jim convinced him to put a dead squirrel in his mouth. Needless to say Grandma Karen wasn't real happy about it but it didn't keep her from framing a 5x7 of the picture. :) Reagan decided to try out some squirrel today especially for Grandpa in her camo outfit.

Reagan's First Thanksgiving

This Turduckin sure looks good!

There sure is a lot of food, but where are my Puffs?
Yum, yum, yum! Nothing better than a handfull of Puffs!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Laugh & Learn with LaBar Grandparents

Reagan is getting ready to send a UT letter to Uncle Wayne

Playing with Grandma Sherry
Haydn wants to know what Reagan and Grandma are doing with his house
After Grandpa Ted took a nap he came to join the fun

Our Little Turkey

Reagan tried out her cute turkey hat from Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Ted this morning so we could take a picture to send to all the great-grandparents for Thanksgiving. Thank you for the gift! Thank you also to Aunt Arla and Uncle Scott for the adorable sweater set!

Playground Fun

The weather was beautiful Sunday so we enjoyed a walk in the park.

I'm not so sure about this Dad, maybe we should head back to the swing...

We love you Grandma Karen!

Grandma Karen got this super cute Winnie the Pooh outfit for Reagan. Reagan was wearing it today so when we heard Grandma was having a rough day we thought some smiles from a sweet baby might cheer her up. Reagan, Pooh, and all their friends are sending lots of hugs, kisses, thoughts, and prayers to Illinois and everyone there!

Playground Playdate with Olivia & Audrey

Today we got together with Liz, Olivia, and Audrey for a playdate in Brenmar Park. After a coffee stop we took a break at the new playground the city recently built.

Reagan loves to swing...
Olivia loves to slide...
and Aundrey enjoys watching from the bench with Mom...

Cute Girls

After we finished our walk we came back to our house to eat and play a little more. Has anyone ever seen three sweeter cuter girls?

Booster Chair

Reagan tried out her booster chair from Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Ted for the first time yesterday and loved it. She's such a big girl! After eating she enjoyed using it to play with her toys too. Thanks for the gift! :)

Reagan's First Halloween

We started out our Halloween by meeting Uncle Nathan and Aunt Kim for lunch. Everyone thought Reagan was so cute and one of the managers even offered Reagan a free Sunday. We thought that was very nice but that Reagan was a little young, maybe next year... :)

Checking out another pumpkin...
Three Pumpkins ready for action...
Daddy dressed up like a pirate for work so he got dressed up again for us at home for a picture.

Since Reagan was a little young to go Trick-or-Treating this year we all sat outside and handed out candy (over 350 pieces by quarter after eight - we get so many trick-or-treaters!). Reagan absolutely loved all the people coming up and talking to us. She also loved wearing her costume and never once tried to pull it off (although her little pumpkin feet kept falling off). She definately enjoyed her first Halloween and we're looking forward to next year when she gets to be a little duck! :)

Halloween in Wisconsin

While in Wisconsin we dressed Reagan up in her pumpkin costume again. This time it just so happened Aunt Arla and Brittany's puppies (Sidon and Delilah) had pumpkin costumes to match. We had a great time taking pictures of our three little pumpkins. Too cute and too much fun! lol :)

What are those crazy people doing to us?
Time to make a break for it...
Where did my pumpkin buddies go?