Party Pics

The first birthday has come and gone! We had so much fun with family and friends for Reagan's first birthday party. Here are a few pics:

The party outfit

Cousin time!

Check out the new rocking horse!

"Cake Time! Did you know I'm one?"

Playing in the new tunnel with my little people!

Look out world!! I'm coming to get you!

"Now that was a good party!"

Do we really have a ONE year old??

AHHHH!!! Reagan turned ONE on Saturday!! It is so hard to believe a year has passed since she officially came into our lives. We had a great day of just the three of us. It was just what Jim and I needed as through out the day we remembered our long day of a year ago.. the midnight water breaking... Jim initially not being able to be in the room with me since I wasn't initially admitted to labor & delivery and it was 4 in the morning... the LONG day of labor... the eventual decision to have a c-section... to finally seeing our beautiful little girl at 9:18 PM. We remember being so thrilled and excited and EXHAUSTED! By the time we were in our room after it was all said and done it was nearly midnight and I at least had been up for 24 hours! But it was all worth it because Reagan is the best thing to happen to us. She makes us smile EVERY day. People always talk about how much kids change you. The biggest change is the amount of love our hearts are capable of. We have been blessed with a lot love in our lives but there isn't a love comparable to that which we feel for Reagan. While we continue to be excited for what our lives hold for us, we can't help but be excited for her and all that the world has to show her. We are truly blessed to be able to part of her journey.

Reagan's day started with presents! Is there a better way to start a birthday? We got her a chair, a few books, a phone (not to worry, it's a toy phone!) and a cradle for her baby doll. While she was a little unsure of the chair at first an afternoon viewing of Baby Einstein while sitting in the chair made it a real winner! It was then time for birthday pancakes.. yum!! We were lucky enough to have a beautiful day of weather on Saturday so we took the birthday girl to the zoo. I'm not sure if I posted about our first trip and the mania that ensued during the elephant visit but decided to avoid the elephants this time around just to be safe. Reagan had a blast. She loved seeing all the animals and was particularly fond of the rhinoceros and the gorilla. :-) We ate lunch while there and Reagan enjoyed one of her recent favorite foods... a cheeseburger. I don't know what it is about the burger but she giggles at some point every time she has one. Since her official party is coming up, we kept the cake low key on her actual birthday and celebrated with a cupcake. And just like her mom, Reagan LOVES sweets!!

Gorilla in the background.. she really did love him it was hard to get her to turn around for photo!

mmmm...cupcakes!

Our past month has been full of changes in the Murray house. Reagan is finally crawling. We thought she might never figure it out and then out of nowhere she just took off. It is awesome and so exciting for her! She has already found Peanut's food bowl and even sampled a piece(yuck!). She is also pulling up to a standing position using anything and everything. Gone are the days of needing Mom and Dad's fingers to leverage her self up... if Peanut would stand still long enough she'd probably use him! We keep waiting for those steps to start. She is a speed walker with the assistance of fingers and we know it is just a matter of time before she doesn't need us for that either. Oh how they grow up so fast!!

On the feeding front, baby food is a thing of the past. Reagan loves real table food!! The only thing she so far appears to not really care for is rice. I have no idea why but she has refused it several times at daycare. We are working on getting off the bottle and completely over to the sippy cup.. I think this one is going to be a challenge but we will get there.

The one year check up is Friday. My personal goal for her is 19 lbs 3 oz. Jim is shooting for 20 lbs. We'll see who is closer! Here are a few more pics from the past month...

Don't I look cool in the carseat box??

Family photo

Pool time is so much fun!!!

There is nothing better than a ride in the swing!

11 months....seriously?

I know I haven't been very good about updating... the days go so fast and by the time night rolls around.. .well, I'd rather be lazy!

Reagan continues to be an incredible kid! She has taken to table foods like crazy despite only having two teeth! She likes them so much that baby food is really not an option at all anymore. :-) You name it and she will eat it (for the most part.. she did refuse her rice pilaf at daycare last week).

Believe it or not but our little lady is 11 months old and quickly approaching her FIRST birthday! Where in the world did all the time go? She has become very interested in walking while holding our fingers. It is so cute because she takes off with a destination in mind and when she gets there she just lets go and sits. Crawling is still not her thing. She scoots a lot but usually backwards. After the past weekend and her new found love for walking with assistance I really think she is just going to take off one day.

Here are a few pics since the last post!

Happy Fourth of July!! (She insisted on the necklace)

Enjoying some pool time. She loves swimming so much and going under water in swim class that at one point she kept bending over to get her face wet... too cute!

So after finishing a bottle I had set it on the floor while I put her down on the floor. Despite the fact that it was empty the girl had to have it and scooted over to it and proceeded to do this.

Ahhh summer time fun in the sun!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day (a day late) to all the dads out there! Our day was rather uneventful, the kind of day Jim loves! We went to church, got some lunch, and Jim enjoyed the rest of the day playing with Reagan and watching World Cup games and the U.S. Open. Can life get much better than that? I know that Jim probably won't read this since I think he forgets that I still update this but I am going to take minute to tell everyone how great he is! :-) Reagan is so lucky to have a dad like Jim. He works so hard to make sure she is well taken care of. Every day when he gets home from work she lights up! She kicks her legs and waves her arms and grins from ear to ear. It is just about the cutest thing ever! While she can't say it yet, I know she is thinking how lucky she is! And while we are on the subject of Jim I just have to say how blessed I am to have him. He is my best friend, a wonderful husband, and a fantastic father. Our little family is so special!

In honor of Father's Day, here are a few of Jim and Reagan:

Dad with his two kids! :-)

Whoa! Where is the time going?

So much for being better about posting!! I can't believe it's almost been a month since the last post!! We have been quite busy but I don't know if that's an excuse. We sent Ann off to LA three weeks ago which was quite hard on all of us. We miss her like crazy but are certainly jealous of the ample tanning time she now has!! I don't know if I'll ever stand by her in a picture again with my pale complexion! In the midst of the sadness of the weekend as we said goodbye to Ann we had some very EXCITING news! Little Miss Mer and Jeff are getting married!!! Woohoo!! While we all knew it was just a matter of time it is still hard to believe that we've finally reached this point! I am heading to Indy next weekend to assist the Bride-To-Be on a little dress shopping adventure! We are so excited for Jeff and Meredith! Reagan is excited to start calling Jeff, "Uncle Jeff" instead of "Buddy Jeff!"

In the Reagan front we are in the midst of quite a virus. She was home all last week with a mild fever, snotty nose, and sometimes wicked cough. Today I took her to the doctor for the second time in a week and discovered she now has a double ear infection. Poor kid!!! Hopefully the meds will work fast!

While the little lady still isn't mobile she is continuing to learn new things. This week she has started to clap a little and wave. It is too cute!! She loves to give slobbery kisses to her Mom and I love it!

Here are a few recent shots of our little lady:

Reading about Puppies and Kittens!

Do you want to come and play?

She loves to look out the window!

I'm a lucky lady

My first Mother's Day was perfect!!! I got to sleep in and Reagan made me breakfast!! (with the help of dad of course!) And they treated me to a perfect gift.. a new purse!!! It's been so long since I had a new one and I definitely wasn't expecting one. I tell you, they know me so well! We finished our morning by going to church which was so nice because it has been awhile since we went! The rest of the day involved hanging out with my favorite little girl and having a great dinner of steak and asparagus grilled by Jim! Any meal where I don't have to cook is great but Jim went all out and it was fantastic. I told him that maybe everyday should be Mother's Day!!! :-) I feel so blessed to have an amazing husband and the cutest little kid in the world!! I LOVE being a mom!!!

9 months?!?!?

It is hard to believe that our little girl is NINE months old!!!! Ahhh!!! I had the joy of taking her in for her nine month check up and shots. Luckily she only got two this time so it was a piece of cake compared to others!! Our little lady weighed in at 16 lbs 3 oz and 26 3/4". She's a little one and we couldn't love her more! :-) But were excited that she moved up to 10% for weight and 25 for height so that's great!!! Reagan and I followed her appointment with a little road trip to see Aunt Ann's apartment one last time before the big move. Lucky little Reagan got to sleep the whole way there while I had to struggle to stay awake! But we had lots of fun when we got there!!