Reagan Mae Anderson

Friday, June 17, 2011

There once was a time that Mommy and Daddy could spread out a blanky and settle me on it to play, and there I would stay. No longer. Now I roll, people! I also like to grab stuff, like blankys. So, guess what happens? I get rolled up in a blanky, that's right.

Rug time with Bay

Bailey and I are not only sisters, but we're also best buds. We love to play together. Here we are wrestling around together on the floor in our PJs. Pretty soon I'll be able to chase her around the house, but for now I can only roll to get from one place to another. I'm getting better and better at that though.

First bites of solids!

Here we go, folks! I finally got to start eating some solids. Just look at me go: I'm a natural!

Hangin' with Uncle D

Uncle David came over to Grandma and Grandpa's house, so I decided to hang out with him for a bit, since he hasn't seen me as much as everybody else.

Grandma and Grandpa's back yard.

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Mommy, Daddy, Bailey, and I went up to Ellensburg to hang out with Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Ed, after a quick visit with Grandma Lynnette and Papa Steve. When we got there it was beautiful and sunny, so we went out to the back yard to play.

Sunlight?

One day, Daddy had me play on the floor in this weird bright stuff that was coming in from the window. It hurt my eyes to look at at first, but then, after a little while, everything started to look brighter, more colorful, and just plain beautiful.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Favorite Aunt Avery

While Mommy and Bailey took a load off on the easy chairs, I spent some time hanging out with our Favorite Aunt Avery.

Grandma Lynnette

Once we got to Grandma Lynnette's, you could tell she was happy to see me. You could also tell I was being very attentive to her: just look how focused I am on her face!

Visiting Grandpa Tom

Well, once we were all feeling better and able to head out, Mommy, Daddy, Bailey, and I went on our Easter visit trip, just a couple weekends late. Our first stop was Grandpa Tom's house. As soon as we got there I let everybody hold me while my sister was being shy. Aunt Avery and Uncle Jared were there too!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Laughter and smiles.

I love my bouncer, and I love it when people look at me and talk to me while I'm in it. It always makes me smile. Sometimes, Bailey will sing me songs or play with me while I'm bouncing around, and I'll just crack up.

Roller!

One day after I turned 5 months old, just like Daddy thought I would, I completely rolled over on my own when nobody was watching. Bailey noticed me on my tummy first, and Daddy was quick to grab the camera to document the occasion, but my first roll was a solo affair, 'cause I'm sneaky.

El Cinco!

Right there I'm showing you how many months old I am: FIVE! Can you believe it? I was just a tiny newborn only five months ago, and now I'm grabbing stuff, and starting to show signs of teething. Crazy, right? Anyway, this is me on my fifth mensiversary, feeling groggy 'cause it was early when I got up, and the flash from that camera is pretty bright in the morning.

A pink hat.

I'm not much of a hat person. Even those little beanies they sent me home from the hospital in got old for me after a few days. But, every now and then, Mommy or Daddy feels like cute-ing me up. This time it was Mommy. Don't I look like a little pink chef?

Booster Chair!

Since I just love to sit in somebody's lap when the family sits at the table for meals, Daddy thought it might be fun to see if I could sit in the booster chair. This is the first time I did, but I was still kinda leany, and got tired of tipping after a few minutes.

Feetsies and smiles.

Hey everybody! Check out my cute feet! Check out my cute smile! Check out how far I can reach!

Play mat.

Check out how mobile I am these days. Here I am grabbing at toys, following Daddy around with my eyes, and nearly rolling.

The Return of the Stork

5:00am on the 9th of December, Ryan and Lindsey's alarm went off, rousing them from a mostly restless period of sleep and non-sleep. It was time to get up and go to the Family Birth Center of the hospital again. This time around the stork had a scheduled landing time and place, so Ryan and Lindsey had looked forward to this particular day for many weeks and months prior. Leaving their 3-year-old daughter, Bailey, in the capable hands of her Grandpa Ed, Grandma Debbie, Grandma Lynnette, and Aunt Avery, they headed to the hospital and were checked into their room, this time #150 (just three doors down from where little Bailey was when she was first born).

Their first nurse, Lindsay, helped prepare Lindsey and Ryan with ID bracelets, and gowns and scrubs, then she put the IV in Lindsey's arm and everything went smooth as you please. The doctor came to talk to Lindsey, and then they just had to wait a few moments to make sure the OR was available. After that, they started walking there, but suddenly a nurse told them to head back to the room, because there was another mommy-to-be that might need the OR in a few minutes, just in case. Back to the room they all went where they waited about fifteen more minutes and then they began the walk again.

Lindsey was walked into the OR, and Ryan again had to wait for a bit outside. This time he was more excited than scared, and it seemed like the wait before he could go in was much, much shorter than the last time.

In he went and sat by Lindsey's left shoulder. There were sounds, there were smells, there was motion, and after what seemed like a small trickle of flitting little moments, the doctor said, "It's time to see baby come out," so Ryan peeked around the curtain.

This time, there was a very tall doctor in the way, so he didn't get to see little baby poking out or being pulled out, but a nurse brought her right around RIGHT after she came out, and she was very vocal about her displeasure.

Baby got cleaned, weighed, and measured, and Ryan asked Lindsey if the name they'd planned seemed to fit after they'd both seen her. It did, and minutes later little Reagan Mae Anderson was in her daddy's arms.

She was 7lbs 40z and 19 1/4 inches long. That's just a little bit heavier and longer than her sister was. She came out at 9:02am.

The parents and their new little daughter went to the recovery room for a bit, then went back to their new mommy suite. On the way Daddy signaled to Grandma and Grandpa Bliss that everything was A-Okay, and then the visiting began.

A few minutes later, Grandma Lynnette and Aunt Avery brought the new Big Sister Bailey in to meet her new baby sister Reagan. On the way back to the suite, Ryan told everyone her name, and Bailey said, "Oh, Daddy, it's beautiful!"

Overcome with emotion and overwhelmed by the amount of people in the room (and that Mommy was still in a gurney, not her regular bed) Bailey needed her Daddy to hold her for a bit as she first laid eyes on her little sibling. Later that day, she got to hold her for the first time.

Mommy and Reagan had to stay at the hospital for a couple days longer than they'd hoped, but finally, on Monday the 13th, everyone came home and the new foursome family life began.