"Can you open this?"

We saw Santa at Georgetown a few weeks ago. Reagan wasn't afraid of Santa but didn't want to sit on his lap either. He gave her a lollipop right before the picture and that became the sole focus of the visit.

New Project

This probably shouldn’t be too high on my to-do list (i.e.: crazy mess in the background, including unstamped Christmas cards), but we picked this up today and it needs a new coat of paint before we can use it. And, since Reagan doesn’t seem to want to give up the high chair we have in the kitchen, we needed something else for Quinley.

Now, to pick out a color…

November Recap

I can’t believe Thanksgiving has come and gone and we’re mere days away from December. We had a good November. Quinley had her 4 month doctor’s appointment, started sitting in a high chair and the exersaucer, and started eating solid food – banana and avocado so far, yum! Reagan has been a great big sister and is loving that Quinley is more active and she is rediscovering many of the toys she played with when she was a baby.

entertaining each other

 

driving Dad somewhere

 

When did my baby get so big?

Happy Halloween

From our little pumpkin

and would-be witch, who won’t actually wear her costume

(you can see Tim with her cape on in the background)

Little Photog

Reagan is becoming quite the photographer and is figuring out the camera and how to take actual pictures, which is much improved from just pointing at random things and getting her finger in the way.

The outtakes

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A good one in the mix

Practicing the oh-so-important self-portrait

And, one night, while Tim was making dinner, she had the camera, but we didn’t realize she was taking videos until the end – as you can hear. A little bit of Reagan’s view of the world…

3 Months

I can’t believe this little peanut is 3 months old already. She’s quick to smile, adores her big sister, really enjoys a bath or shower, and loves to be held and cuddled. She pulls up to sitting when you hold her hands and usually likes tummy time. She loves loves loves when you just sit and talk to her and she is happy to have a conversation any time.

Frequently, when I think about her during the day, I am reminded of the line from Finding Nemo (we watch it a lot) when Dory sees the baby jellyfish and says, “I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy.” And that makes me smile.

(photo by Reagan)

Pinkalicious

One of the great (and sometimes not so great) things about commuting on transit with Reagan is that we get to spend so much time together.

When I dropped her off this morning, one of her teachers commented about how much pink Reagan had on – her new winter hat, her vest, her pants and her socks were all or mostly pink. She spent most of the day in her (not pink) short sleeved shirt, but by the time I picked her up, that was dirty and changed into something new.

Since she had her sweatshirt on and I never know what is in her change of clothes box, I asked her which new shirt she was wearing. She half-heartily showed me her shirt, but then announced, “I’m pinkalicious!”

And, yes, she got some outright laughs from those sitting near us on the bus.