Reagan Mae Anderson

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Grandma Lynnette and Pappa Steve

Yesterday, Grandma Lynnette and Pappa Steve came by for a visit. I showed them my patented "I can sleep through anything" routine. I finally started waking up when they were getting ready to go.

Me and Sis

Yep. Here we are, just hangin' on the couch.

Santa Suit

I finally woke up later Christmas Afternoon. To celebrate, I put on my "Baby's First Christmas" outfit.

Well, I didn't sleep all that well on Christmas Eve. Guess I was just too excited about the big day to come. I slept through most of the morning excitement. Bailey helped me unwrap my presents. See the cute bunny-blanky she got for me?

Fussy on the play mat

Here I am hanging out with my big sister and my mommy on the play mat. I was having lots of fun, but sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed with all the new sights and sounds.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

This morning

After hanging out with Bailey on the play mat, we cuddle with Daddy and Maximus on the couch. He's the furry one with the glowing eyes.

Two weeks old!

This morning, while I was having some breakfast in Mommy and Daddy's room, my big sister Bailey woke up and came in to watch some cartoons with us. Mommy thought it would be fun for her to help Daddy take out a play mat for me, so she did. Look how bright and colorful it is! I had a blast just laying there and looking at all the hanging toys. Bailey showed me how everything works. What a great way to celebrate being TWO WEEKS OLD already!

First Doctor's Appointment

Yesterday, after we dropped Bailey off at daycare, Mommy, Daddy, and I went to my very first doctor's appointment. Everything looked good, and I'm back up to my birthweight already. Go me! I've also shed most of that belly button cord thing already.

Sisters

I have the worlds best big sister. She is so kind and gentle with me. Just look at the care she shows in feeding me from my bottle. Last night she even let me borrow one of her two favorite blankys. That is love, folks. That is love.

Reagan Burrito!

I like to be swaddled. Just look at how comfortable I am in these pictures. I'm like a little burrito.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Aunt Angel and Uncle Todd

Today I got to meet Aunt Angel and Uncle Todd. Bailey told me that Mommy works at Aunt Angel's house, and that Uncle Todd shoots off fireballs at the Fourth of July.

Thoughtful rest

Bailey warned me to expect that constant flash in the first few months, but seriously Dad? Seriously?

Grandpa Tom

I got to meet my Grandpa Tom yesterday. He brought tons of baby food for me to eat later on in life. I could tell we had lots in common right away. I mean, check it out: we both like hats!

1st bath at home

I put it off as long as I could, but Friday it was time for my first bath at home. I didn't really care for the one I got at the hospital, and I wasn't all that happy about this one either. But, my whole family helped out. Bailey and Daddy set things up while Mommy got me undressed. Bailey got a bit emotional when I relieved myself in the tub--the girl's got some lungs on her, just like me--but after that she helped wash me too. Finally, Daddy dried me off in a special towel with a hood on it.

Modeling

I figured it was time to try on something other than a sleeper, so I had Mommy put me in this cute little ensemble that my Aunt--what's that, Bailey?, Oh!--excuse me, my Favorite Aunt Avery got for me. Strike a pose!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Chow Time

While in the hospital, the doctors and nurses started me on some food supplements (extra milk from Mommy in a bottle after I eat) to help combat my slight jaundice and help me pack on some weight. I'm still getting that bonus bottle, and in this video, you can see me snacking on one with Mommy.

Already ONE WEEK old!

My goodness! Time sure does fly when you get to be as old as I am. Hi everybody, this is Reagan Mae! I have just spent the first seven days of my life getting to know my Mommy and Daddy and my awesome big sister, Bailey. I have one cool family, and they all love me very much. I've already met lots of other relatives, and look forward to meeting more in the next few days. Right now I spend a good deal of time eating and sleeping, but now and then I remain awake and get to watch everybody. Gosh, when I was just one week old, my big sister invited me in to play in her room, and I got to hold some of her stuffed animals and participate in a tea party! I think she might be my hero.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

In my swing

In my cradle

On Daddy's lap (Home at last!)

On Mommy's lap

My Billi Blanket

With Grandpa Ed

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.