Naptime

Reagan has never been a great napper and lately she's been even more challenging than usual. There were two days last week she refused to take a nap at all. Today while I was busy remaking our bed with clean sheets she got mad at me for not helping her up on the bed. I asked her something about going up stairs and off she went by herself. While I was finishing up in our bedroom I thought it sounded a bit quite upstairs. When I got up there to my amazement this is what I found! I guess even Reagan sometimes needs a nap!!!

Thank you to Grandma Sherry for the cute dress and tights Reagan has on. Thank you also for all the super cool books and packages you've been sending the last several weeks!!! Sorry I haven't had my camera around but Reagan loves everything - especially the dresses and the colorful dragon book! :)

Package From Grandma Pat

Thank you Grandma Pat for sending Reagan and Kennedy fun books, clothes, and a sisters picture frame!

The frog book which had a frog you could pull out was an instant hit!

The frog received many hugs and kisses :)

Sunday Afternoon Outing

On Sunday afternoon we headed down to Crystal City to get some ice cream from Coldstone. Our original plan was to get ice cream and play outside but it ended up being too cold for that. Instead we just ran around in the underground mall where Coldstone is located. Reagan found Ronald McDonald a couple of times and enjoyed sitting on his lap.

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Oh no!!!!

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(I'm not quite sure why Reagan was saying "Oh no!")

Cheese!
Just talking

This is one yummy chicken nugget!!!

Inspecting the flowers

Hiding with Daddy

Swingset Pictures - 2

For some reason I seem to be having difficulty capturing pictures of Reagan on her new swingset. Here are some more - sorry they're not great and several of them quite fuzzy. I think you can at least tell she is enjoying all aspects of it and I'm enjoying having it so handy! We sure can't wait to have an actual backyard next year after we move!!! :)

Rocket apparently enjoys swinging and sliding too

Fall in Cameron Station

The weather has been so nice here for most of the last week and I really wanted to capture some of the fall colors. It's a good thing I went out last week because there was just enough wind and rain to take must of the leaves down this weekend. Happy Fall everyone!

Our "old" house - for those of you who don't know we closed October 31 but don't have to move until March 31 - we'll keep you posted as to where we're headed next

I'm not much of a photographer but these were the trees I really wanted a picture of. This row of trees is always so beautiful in the Fall. They were such a brilliant red last fall but I never got around to taking a picture. Someday when they are mature enough to reach over the road they will be gorgeous!

New Swingset

This weekend we wanted to do something special with Reagan before Kennedy arrives. Unfortunately the forecast was for rain on Saturday so our plans were spoiled. We had been meaning to get a small swingset for our garage/carport, however, for Reagan to play with this winter when it won't be easy to get out with Kennedy so we decided to locate and build that instead. As such we spent the day looking for a set our friends Musa and Harun have that Reagan loves. We couldn't find it but we found another that we think is going to work just as well.

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And so it begins... The box said 20 minute assembly - it may be that Tim and I are a bit slow (in more ways than one) but it took us a little longer than 20 minutes to put this together. :)

Tim snapping in the slide
Anna putting on the finishing touchs (or screws)

Reagan trying out her new slide

and swing too - which this is even better than we anticipated because she can get in and out herself as well as actually push herself a bit. This is perfect for Reagan as she does a lot more of hopping in and out of swings at parks than she does actual swinging.

We will try to get some more and better pictures taken and posted of Reagan playing on her swingset soon. We were headed to church and so didn't have much time to play Saturday evening. She was extremely excited when she saw it, however, and I think I was able to capture some cute video of her before I started taking still photos.

Election '08

Reagan came with me to help vote in her first Presidential Election yesterday. We had to wait an hour and a half but Reagan was as good as gold. She was amazing and behaved better than I could have ever hoped - she is such a little trooper and good little girl!

The Zoo with the Montantes

On Monday we visited the National Zoo with the Montante girls. The weather was perfect and the animals were super active. It was a great day!

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The girls by the Panda exhibit

Holding hands
You can just barely see the male lion to the right of Reagan's arm. He was really neat because he was roaring the whole time we were by his enclosure.

Reagan is pointing to the tiger which is almost exactly in the center of this picture just to the left of the dead tree sticking up in the middle above her head.

The elephants were cool too because they were busy eating while we were there. We were able to see them up close which was really neat. Getting ready to go

Halloween 2008

We had so much fun with Reagan for Halloween this year! She is such a little nut!!! :) Everyone loved her costume and random people were even taking pictures of her. She had so much fun wandering around the neighborhood and talking to anyone who would stop and talk to her. lol :)

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Reagan posing with her Jack-O-Lantern while eating a Tootsie Pop

Our little pumpkin (6 mon old) with her pumpkins - Halloween 2007
Trick-or-Treating

We went to our community Halloween party where Reagan was able to decorate a ghost

On our way back from the party Reagan saw and loved this skeleton - she kept going back to this house saying "Hi! Hi! Hi!" and waving. lol :)

Reagan did an amazing job walking but near the end decided it would be fun to get a ride from Daddy

Another yummy and very sticky Tootsie Pop!

Reagan "helping" hand out candy. Reagan loved everyone coming by but she actually wasn't so happy about them taking her candy. We had a couple of melt downs but for the most part we had a lot of fun especially as long as Reagan was getting to eat candy. lol :)

Happy Halloween Everyone!!! :)

Schwantes Cousins

On Thursday, October 30, Anna's cousin Ryan and his family stopped in to visit us for the day. We had a great time with them and really appreciate that they took the time to see us. Thanks for visiting us and come back any time!

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Peter and Reagan playing piano

Reagan and Peter coloring together

We thought we would try to get a picture of all three kids before they left but we had a hard time getting everyone to stay in one place and as you can see Reagan was zoning and ready for a nap. At least no one was crying! :)

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Peter, Eleanor, and Reagan