Reagan Mae Anderson

Monday, August 20, 2012

Pillow Fight

One on one may be fair, but two on one is fun!

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Pigtails

One day, Mommy hauled off and put me in pigtails. C-U-T-I-E.

Pool Fun!

Right around the 4th of July, the weather FINALLY got warm enough for us to set up our pool. Guess what? I freakin' love it! Check me out in my cute two-piece, splashing around with my sis.

We spent the 4th at Mommy's friend Angel's house in Camas. It was a pretty day with lots of good barbecue food. I went home with Daddy before the big fireworks got started, since it was past my bedtime, but I still had fun!

Great Wolf Lodge

Oh, MAN! This year for vacation we went to Great Wolf Lodge! There was all kinds of swimming to do, and they also had story time in the lobby in front of this big clock tower after the talking animal show. I was having so much fun that every time we went back to the room, I cried a bit and chanted "go, go, go!"

Visiting Grandpa Tom

On the way home from Great Mama's party, we stopped by Grandpa Tom's for a visit. I had tons of fun rolling around his big blue ball, and petting his kitties, as well as exploring the new wing of Maryhill Museum.

Breakfast after GG-Ma's Party

After Great-Grandma's big bash, we stayed the night at Aunt Evon's, then got up to meet everyone for breakfast at the Shilo. I had fun walking around with Great-Uncle Layne and visiting with my cousins.

Great Mama's Party

This June, Great Mama had a birthday party and the whole family got together in Kennewick to celebrate. It was so much fun! There was a treasure hunt and prizes and lots of good food. By the time we ate dinner, I was tuckered out and on the floor.

Cutie in a hat

Here I am in my little pink hat that I like to wear outside when it is sunny. I'm a wild one sometimes.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Full Moon

So imagine Mom's surprise when she came to check on me before going to bed, and finding that I no longer had my diaper on. Rather than just putting me in another diaper, she ran and got Daddy, who then ran and got the camera. Something tells me this picture is going to come back to haunt me later in life.

Too Cool Cutie

What up?! My cool factor that's what.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Look into my eyes...

I know, right?

Braided Sprout!

Check me out! I have a Sprout! I really like to take it out! You'd think it'd've staid, when put in a braid, but I'm dexterous without a doubt!

Fun Outside!

Once the weather turned nice-ish, we started going outside. I was not to sure about the grass at first, but only days later and I was running around, jumping, climbing, chasing after balls and frisbees, and hanging out with my cool big sis. I love outside.

I'm 1.5!!!!!

This is me when I turned 18 months old. Check out all my new skills. I can organize stuff in cabinets, and I'm starting to understand how that little TV that Mommy and Daddy hold in their hands works. I'm also just about ready to string words into sentences. I can also run around really fast and fall on my face, so look for the little badges of high-speed honor that I like to wear on my forehead, cheekbones, and lips (ouch!).

Head Wrap

Who says I can't dress myself yet? Who says you can't wear PJ bottoms on your head? Who says head wraps are out this season? Not me, people. Not me.

Vacuum Helper

Mommy and Daddy finally caved and got a new vacuum. I jumped right in to help Daddy with all the attachments while he was cleaning.

The Enderby's Good-Bye Party

Our friends the Enderby's are moving away soon. We had a chance to hang out with them and some other good friends at their goodbye party.

All wrapped up.

I'm really in to helping with laundry. I've recently started playing dress up too. Here I am modeling one of Daddy's shirts right after he got home from work!

Cruising in STYLE!

Hey, we had a few days where the sun actually came out in May. Believe it or not, we have some things called "Sun Glasses" in the car, and I got to try on a pair that fit me for the first time EVER. Pretty cool, huh?

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.