Opening Gifts

Even though Grandpa Jim and Grandma Karen gave Reagan several Christmas gifts when we visited in December they had more and bigger Christmas gifts this visit! Aren't grandparents awesome?!?!?!

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Please note the special camo outfit from Grandpa Jim

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Opening presents with Grandma Now I can walk all by myself! (Since receiving this gift Reagan has been using it for getting around and it is one of her favorite toys)
Look the front is fun too!
A ball popper!

Warner Family Christmas

After Wisconsin we headed to Illinois to hook up with Daddy (he flew in for the week) and his family. We had a great time celebrating Christmas with the Warners while we were there. It may have been a bit late but we had plenty of Christmas cheer! :)

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Reagan checking out her cool pink unicorn from Grandma Pat and Mickey Santa Kayci
Great Grandma Warner and Chum

This is the bow to end all bows! :)

We didn't want to leave Chum out of the fun! :)

Grandma Pat

Opening a babydoll and rocking horse with Grandma Pat from her co-workers This baby looks like she needs a kiss...
Yep, she sure did!
It's so nice to rock and snuggle with Grandma

Mickey aka "Pappy"

Reagan and Mickey playing on the couch
Grandma Pat loves the Cubs so Mickey loves to tease her by purchasing Cardinals outfits for Reagan - here she is sporting a new baseball cap

Eating - regressing???

Reagan loves to feed herself! She really got this figured out around the end of December. While she started out with Puffs she pretty quickly progressed to any type of finger food we'd give her. Like I said she loves to feed herself now! For the most part she has always been quite lady like and carefully picks up one piece at a time with her fingers. This first picture is showing how Reagan can eat like a big girl... In the last week or so, however, Reagan has discovered a new technique for eating. Instead of nicely picking up her food she dives for it face first. lol :) She is quite the sight while employing this new way of eating. lol :)

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Getting ready...
Got it! When we line the food up Reagan can just go right down the line...
nearly finished...

Great Grandma Carlson

The blog may seem a bit back and forth for a bit while we continue to post pictures from our trip as well as interjecting current pictures of our activities. Hang with us and we will hopefully have all our trip pictures posted by the end of this week. :)

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After our stop in Michigan we headed on to Wisconsin to visit the Carlsons. We had a wonderful time and especially enjoyed spending time with Great Grandma and seeing so many little cousins!

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Thank you for the pretty doll for Christmas Great Grandma! It just so happenned that Great Grandma had previously given Reagan this cute pink winter outfit which coincidentally matched Reagan's new doll's outfit very well. How cute! Reagan loves to give kisses
Eating her first cookie which was baked by Great Grandma Carlson - thanks to Aunt Arla for the cute Christmas PJs! :)

Brittany's Going Away Party

Besides enjoying the time with our family the primary reason for our trip was to go to Brittany's going away party. She is in the process of being deployed to Iraq any time now. Be safe Brittany; we will miss you but are very proud of you!

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Aunt Arla, Brittany, and Uncle Scott Brittany and Reagan
Kolton and Brittany
Kolton & Brittany and Aunt Julie & Reagan
Uncle Scott, Reagan, and Aunt Arla

Carlson (Schwantes) Cousins

It's not easy to get a good picture of a 7 (Peter), 8 (Reagan), and 9 (Daniel) month old but Mommy, Aunt Carla (Peter and Daniel's Grandma), and Ryan (Peter's Daddy) did their best! :)
Peter and Reagan
James (7 yr) and Eleanor (almost 3 yr) blowing bubbles with Ryan
Lily (2 1/2 yr) and Aunt Julie blowing bubbles for Reagan

Kolton

Kolton and Reagan enjoyed each other quite a bit during our visit. Reagan thinks Kolton is going to make an awesome big brother some day - he is so entertaining! :)

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Playing at Great Grandma Carlson's house Kolton shares so nicely!
Hanging out at Brittany's party

Trying to get a cute picture of a 2 yr old and an 8 month old... lol :)

Outside Fun in Wisconsin

We decided to go outside and play in the snow one day with Kolton (2 1/2 yr) and Kage (3 1/2 yr). Kage was a little nervous about Reagan so unfortunately we didn't get any pictures with him. It's so much fun to play with big cousins!
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Reagan's first snow tunnel/fort experience with Nathan and Kolton

Sledding down the hill with Grandpa
Sledding behind the 4 wheeler with Kolton (Mommy went once and Aunt Julie went once to help Kolton hold Reagan) Getting ready to head to the barn with Mommy
Checking out the cows with Steph

Happy Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa!

Reagan is having a day of firsts in honor of Grandma Karen and Grandpa Jim's 6th Anniversary. First off she is officially truly crawling up on all fours! She has been doing everything but that for the longest time but now we can say she is really truly crawling. :)

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Reagan and Brown Bear Jr. also colored for the first time today. You can see their creation and the fun they had making it below. (Thank you to Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Ted for the Valentines Day Tadoodles present which made our coloring project possible.)

Coloring is so much fun (or at least shaking the crayons is)!!!
Eating crayons is fun too...
How about we give this picture some wrinkled texture too Brown Bear???
All done!

If you look closely, you can see Reagan's two bottom teeth that have been working on coming in throughout the month of January.

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Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa, we wish we were there to help you celebrate!