Dance Party

Reagan and I had a little dance party tonight. She really likes when you sing to her and likes it even more when there are fun hand motions to go with the song - like Eensy Weensy Spider. I was trying to think of other songs like that and for some reason came up with the Chicken Dance. This was pretty entertaining, so I found the music online. Thanks to YouTube, I was led to this video, which, in my opinion, is even better than the Lawrence Welk Show does the Chicken Dance and she thought it was great, laughing the whole time.



She wasn't too excited that I sat her in the chair for a picture in her newest cold weather ensemble, but I still think she looks cute!

Learning to sit and eating solid food

Reagan is getting stronger sitting up with help from us or in the bumbo.

According to the charts, since she can sit assisted, she can start to eat solid foods, so here is the first go around...butter-nut squash. As with all other things eating, she loved it.

S is for...

September

Smiling on the Star blanket

Sitting

Slobbery

Sideways

So cute!

Invitation

Reagan got this pretty, yellow envelope in the mail last week

and it was delicious!

But, inside was an exciting invitation to Elizabeth's first birthday party.

We can't wait to celebrate with the Rohlings!

16 Weeks!

Even though Reagan doesn't have her 4 month birthday until next week, we went to the doctor's office for her 4 month well-baby check today. She weighed in 14lb. 13oz., which is about what I expected. And, she was measured at 25 1/2 in., just 1/2 in. longer than Uncle Michael and Cousins Michael and Patrick measured her on Sunday!

This appointment was not as pleasant as her previous appointments, probably because it was in the afternoon and that's not her best time these days. She got to practice rolling over on the table and she got 2 more shots, which made for a rough evening. But, she got a good nap and is now sleeping for the night, so hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Sleeping!!!

It's not that Reagan is a bad sleeper, but it's really great to sleep a whole night through. She had been waking up every morning around 4, but generally was sleeping well. Since she's getting older, we feel like we shouldn't wrap her up as much, but she's not quite ready for not being wrapped at all. So, for the last few nights, we have been swaddling Reagan, but leaving one arm out. This has been great for us and she seems to be okay with it, too. Each of the last two mornings, we have had to wake her up around 7am to get our day going.

Yes, we do put her to sleep on her back, as recommended by all pediatric professionals, but she figured out how to flip herself over and spin 90 degrees. And, she found her thumb, which was clearly why she was sound asleep at 7am and why she didn't wake us up at 4am. We'll continue with this one-arm strategy until she seems to be ready for something else.

O-H-

So, Reagan's arms aren't quite long enough for this yet, but Tim did his best to help her through O-H-I-O - much to the amusement of our neighbors.