Happy Birthday Great Aunt Faye! :)

Last night we met Rich (Anna's cousin Stacy's husband) at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Yesterday also happened to be Great Aunt Faye's (Stacy's Mom) birthday. Before we went to dinner we promsied Aunt Faye we would eat a piece of Cheesecake in her honor. Reagan and I greatly enjoyed the Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake and thank Aunt Faye for the perfect excuse to order it! :) Happy B-Day Aunt Faye! :)

This is good stuff!
Our camera battery died before we were able to get many pictures but we were able to snap one of Reagan checking Rich out. We throughly enjoyed getting together last night and hope we can get together again soon! Next time we think Rich should bring Stacy, Rory and Riley! :)

Reading

As we've mentioned before, Reagan truly enjoys reading. Here are some pictures of Reagan enjoying two of her favorite books; Skippyjon Jones (from Uncle Randy and Aunt Kayci) and Brown Bear Brown Bear (from the Hamlins). Thanks again to the Ensors for the cute Seasame Street outfit!

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This kitty is so silly! lol :)

Reagan always has to pause to kiss the "near" Skippyjon Jones on the near and far page
Brown Bear is a cool book too! :)

The purple cat always needs a kiss in this book - I wish I knew what was going on in that little head and how she consistently determines which picture requires a kiss

Kissing

As we've said before Reagan loves to give kisses. In the last week or so Mendelssohn has been graciously allowing Reagan to kiss him. I'm sure she would kiss Haydn and Igor too if they'd allow it but Haydn is too grumpy and Igor is such a scaredy cat I doubt Reagan even realizes we have a third cat. Mendelssohn, your kisses tickle! lol :)
Hang on, I have another kiss for you! :)

I hope you're ready for a smooch because here it comes!
Buddies in the making
Because Reagan loves being surprised so much Daddy gave her a Jack-in-the-Box for Christmas. Much to his dissapointmnt Reagan wasn't very impressed. This past weekend, however, Reagan and Daddy discovered a great new game to play with her Jack-in-the Box. Everytime the clown appears Reagan provides him with a big kiss, what fun! :)

Cute Outfits

We are so fortunate that we receive adorable outfits from so many people. Last week I thought I would try and take a few pics so people could see Reagan in her gifts from them. I know there is no way to include everyone so thank you to everyone for all your thoughtful gifts!

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Grandpa Jim and Grandma Karen gave Reagan this precious Butterfly outfit
The Ensors gave Reagan this adorable Seasame Street outfit
Pretty in Pink from Aunt MaryAnn and Aunt Kim with a onesie from Aunt Arla
Duck Bathrobe and slippers from Brittany and Aunt Arla

Cell Phone

Like many babies Reagan is fascinated with cellphones and TV remotes. I thought this was kind of a cute series of pics I caught this week. It's for you
Give it back, it's my turn again!
That's better

Watch Me Grow - 10 Months

This month Reagan has made a lot of progress in her ability to get around. She truly crawls now and she pulls up on everything. We can't get her to take a step but she walks around on everything and does a great job standing up on her own.

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Reagan absolutely loves to give kisses!!! She especially enjoys kissing people, baby dolls, pictures of babies and animals, and our cat Mendelssohn (pics are coming). Today she also discovered that it's alot of fun to kiss the clown in her Jack in the Box when it pops out (I'll get pics of that posted soon too).

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Reagan also loves to read books. We're pretty impressed with her attention span. Her favorite books are Skippyjon Jones: Up and Down (from Uncle Randy and Aunt Kayci), Brown Bear Brown Bear (from the Hamlins), We the Kids, and a Baby Einstein's Number book (from Grandma Karen and Grandpa Jim). She loves the Baby Einstein book because there is an additional baby to kiss on each page. I can get her to stop doing anything and come from anywhere by opening that book and telling her the babies need kisses. She demands that Skippyjon Jones and Brown Bear be read over and over and over again. If you quit reading before Reagan is ready, she lets you know in no uncertain terms that she is NOT finished.

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Thanks to Grandma Sherry for the cute outfit! :)

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10 Months

9 Months
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More Duck Pics

Duck earned some well deserved kisses after the photo shoot...

Reagan has really started paying attention to her Bitty Baby's opening/closing eyes this week
Wild and Crazy Baby!!! (We included this pic since you can see her teeth)
Honey Bear

Sports Girl

Reagan has received several really cute sports outfits from family over the last couple of months. We wanted to make sure we posted some pictures for everyone to see our little sports fan. Thank you to everyone for the adorable outfits and I can't wait to take Reagan to a game!

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Pappy Mickey gave Reagan this Cardinals outfit to drive Grandma Pat crazy because she and the whole family are huge Cubs fans.

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Go Cardinals!!! :)

Look, I have a Cardinal!
Wait! Did I just say "Go Cardinals?!?!?!?!?!?"
Say it isn't so!!!!
Grandma Karen and Grandpa Jim sent Reagan a Bears outfit because Aunt Arla and Uncle Scott sent her a Packers outfit. We'll see what kind of a fan she turns out to be but we're betting she'll be a little cheeshead...

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You guys are so silly! lol :) First you put me Cardinals gear and now you have me in Bears gear?

Getting better, but not so sure about the hat...
Perfection!

Lueker Look-alike Meter

Mom pointed this Look-alike Meter out to me from Luke and Sarah's blog. I thought it would be fun to do since everyone thinks Reagan looks so much like Tim. Ha! It turns out she looks like me (if only by 4%). :)

Lueker or LaBar?

I've thought for quite a while that Reagan looks a lot like Uncle Andrew so after I tried us, I decided to see what the look-a-like meter thought and as you can see below Reagan looks even more like Uncle Andrew than Mommy! Even so we don't have any clear winners.

I'd be curious to see how Anna, Kelly, and Charlie Stiriz rated on this look-a-like meter because I think Anna looks so much like her Mommy. Let me know if you try it Kelly! :)

Happy Birthday Heidi!

Last weekend we went to Kentucky to celebrate Heidi's first birthday and had a wonderful time with the LaBar family. It was so much fun to see everyone and especially the babies!

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I am pretty cute, aren't I? It sure is fun being the center of attention! :)

Blowing out the candle with MomWhat am I supposed to do with this?
It tastes pretty good...
Birthday girl!!!
All the kids did handprints for a memory book for Heidi's time capsule

Super Cute Cousins :)

Even though we've had two at a time together this was the first time we were able to get three LaBar babies together. It was so much fun!!! Thank you Heidi for providing the perfect excuse to get together! :) But now there is a new LaBar baby, Riley, that we need to meet too! We sure hope we can get all four LaBar babies and big cousin Rory together this summer!!!

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Everyone look this way and say "cheese" Or not...
Brendan and Reagan "sharing" Grandma Sherry's cellphone

Reagan thought it was fun to play with Brendan and Heidi while they were trapped by the exersaucer and she was free

Grandma Sherry and Dan trying to get the babies to pose for a photo opportunity

Reagan absolutely loves to give kisses
Brendan, you look like you might need a kiss too...

Reagan and Brendan going after the same book
Brendan thought Reagan's shoe made a pretty tasty chew toy
We thought we had three pretty cute babies, even if we couldn't get them to all look at the camera at the same time. :)