Reagan Mae Anderson

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Sister Time

I just love playing with Bailey on the floor. Now that I'm able to move a little bit better, I like to try to touch her face, and get her hair. She thinks it's pretty fun too, unless I pull her hair too hard.

Sun River: Walk

When we all went for a walk at Sun River, I had a blast just riding in Grandma and Grandpa's umbrella stroller. It was kinda chilly out that morning, so I was pretty bundled up. And, since it was close to my nap time, I got sleepy on the way back.

Sun River Tether Ball

Daddy and I got a chance to play a little tether ball at the playground at Sun River. It really wasn't much of a mach, since I was strapped to his chest. I totally schooled him.

Sun River Fun

Here I am hanging out--literally--with Daddy, Mommy, Grandma Debbie, and Aunt Karen, while Bailey was playing with Grandpa. Trust me, I'm in each of these photos.

Sun River: Swinging!

So, yeah. We went to this place called Sun River, where that bright thing stayed in the sky all the time. I don't think I've ever seen it for more than two days in a row. We went to the playground and I got to ride the swings with Daddy. It was awesome.

Family feeding

I'm so good at eating my cereal that everyone wants to help me do it. Here is the first time Bailey took a turn.

Hannah

Here I am with the graduate herself. I can't believe cousin Hannah is done with high school!

Uncles and aunts

At Hannah's party, for a little while, I got to visit with Uncle Rhett and his girlfriend Andrea. Our Favorite Aunt Avery was also there, as well as Uncle Jared.

Grad Party!

A couple weekends ago, we went to cousin Hannah's Graduation party. I got to see tons of family there, including both grandma Lynnette, and Great Grandma Eve! It was the first time I met G-G-Ma.

Me and Mommy

Here's a picture Mommy and I took ourselves. Don't I look thrilled?

Cutie on the floor

Let's face it: floor time is fun time. I love hanging out on the floor these days; especially since I can basically roll or drag myself anywhere I want to go, and grab anything I want to play with.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Six Months Old

That's right Ladies and Gentlemen! I'm six months old now. My new slogan is "mobility." Check out my rolling skills.

Cute sun dress

We had some good weather a couple of weeks ago, so I got to wear one of my pretty dresses that I'm almost too big for already. Just look how cute I can be when I don't have to be all bundled up.

Almost Crawling!

Almost, people. Almost.

Blanket roller

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.

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.