GREAT Aunt Arla

Reagan's great Aunt Arla (also a godmother) came to visit us this week. Reagan has been throughly enjoying the visit and as you can see from the pictures below thinks Aunt Arla is quite entertaining. :)

A Packer Fan in the Making

Reagan loves her cool new Packer gear from Aunt Arla and Uncle Scott!

Cheese

Aunt Arla apparently thought we wouldn't feed her while she was visiting; she brought 13 lbs of cheese in her suitcase.

Mommy and Reagan

This picture is for all of you who think I never get in front of the camera... :)

Hanging out with Miss. Kalina

We visited the National Zoo on Saturday with Miss. Kalina. We had hoped Ms. Alina and Arielle would be able to join us too but they were sick unfortunately. :( It was quite hot and humid while we were at the zoo! We found some shade by the hippos so we stopped to have a drink and try to cool off for a minute before continuing our search for the Giant Pandas.

Chilling in my shades from Grandpa Jim & outfit & hat from Grandma Pat

Giant Pandas

The National Zoo has three Giant Pandas, Mei Ziang, Tian Tian, and their cub Tai Shan's (who isn't so little anymore at the age of 2). I have no idea which one is which but we had a great time watching the three of them since two of them were quite active and eating while we were there. Reagan especially noticed the first one I have pictures of here because he/she was swinging the bamboo all over the place while it was eating.

Look at the Giant Pandas!

With help from Miss.Kalina & Mommy, Reagan enjoyed the pandas.

A Reagan Panda

With some help from Miss. Kalina we think Reagan makes a pretty cute baby Panda. :)

Our Baby "Blanket Eater"

We looked for the zoo's new baby anteater, Aurora, but couldn't find her. We wanted to get a picture of our baby "blanket eater" next to the baby anteater (Daddy's idea and joke). We'll have to look again next time. :)

All Tuckered Out

It appears we wore Miss. Reagan out! At least she looks plenty comfortable and all relaxed with her foot up on the tray. Silly baby! lol :)

Butterfly Outfit from Grandma Pat

Thank you for the adorable outfit Grandma Pat! :)

With the ladybug pacifier and the bright big butterfly this is going to be the first picture on Reagan's "Cute As A Bug" page in her scrapbook.

Weekly Playdate with Harun and Musa

Here are some pictures of Reagan's weekly Wednesday playdate with her friends Harun and Musa who are 6 1/2 months old. It's so much fun to watch them interact with each other.

C'mon Musa, let's get her!

Mission accomplished!

Reagan and Musa

While Harun was getting changed Reagan and Musa enjoyed each others company. As you can see Reagan throughly enjoyed the attention from Musa. Too much fun! :) Checking each other out
My buddy
We are so funny!
Is Musa hot stuff or what?

The Dancing Monkey and Reagan's first Love/Hate Relationship

Reagan received her "Dancing Monkey" from cousins Darin, Elise, and Brendan. She hadn't paid much attention to it until we got home Monday evening. While Tim and I were unloading the car we could hear Reagan having quite the conversation in her exersaucer. When we went to check on her we discovered her alternately loving and yelling at her "Dancing Monkey." She's kept this up all week and we've found it quite entertaining. Here are some pictures of Reagan and her Monkey going at it:

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I love him I love him not
I love him
I love him NOT!!!
It's official...

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I LOVE him!!!

Thank you for such an entertaining and versatile toy Darin, Elise, and Brendan! lol :)

Green Dress and Bow

This weekend was the first time we were able to get a bow to stay in Reagan's hair all by itself. The dress is complimets of Aunt Julie and we love the bright color! Thank you Aunt Julie for helping to make Reagan look so cute! :)

Girlfriends

The Mitchell/Stiriz and LaBar/Lueker families met in Pigeon Forge over Labor Day weekend. We had a wonderful time together and thought it would be fun to get a picture capturing 3 generations of girlfriends.

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Anna 2 1/2 months and Reagan 4 1/2 months