Monthly Archives: October 2012

This afternoon I went and got Reagan from the babysitter and brought her back to work with me in time for us to take her around some of the offices and show off her costume.  We did this instead of trick-or-treating because: (1) we live out in the country and don’t have any neighbors, (2) we don’t really know anyone in the town we live by, (3) we don’t have any family close by to stop and see, and (4) she’s ten months old and doesn’t need the candy and won’t remember the experience!

Reagan the happy little ladybug!

We started with Daddy’s classroom! He was just finishing up with class and Reagan was super happy to see her Daddy. We stood in the back and she was waving and calling for her Dada!

Visiting different offices!

Reagan was supper cute as we went around to the offices and waved at all the people we visited with and put on her best charming smile! She tried to raid the candy in HR and the VP’s office, but we managed to keep her out of it for this year! Side note: I think it was just the shiny paper and not the actual candy she was after.

Daddy and Reagan walking the halls at Richland!

Taking a rest in the VP’s office! 🙂

Reagan and Mommy visiting the ladies in HR!

It was nice seeing everyone and Reagan did a great job in her costume! By the end it was getting hot and she was ready to get out of it, but overall a good time was had by all!

Daddy then took his ladies out to Cracker Barrel for a yummy Halloween dinner. Reagan once again charmed people by waving and smiling at everyone. This time she was wearing a pumpkin shirt and hat!

Reagan enjoying dinner at Cracker Barrel!

I think it was a good first Halloween for Reagan and I look forward to many more years filled with costumes and trick-or-treating!! Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!

It’s Reagan’s first Halloween!! She loves pumpkins and likes it when people wear crazy hats, but I have no idea how she’ll react to seeing people in full costumes!

Happy Halloween!!

Checking out her pumpkin!

Yay! It’s my first Halloween!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Reagan is 44 weeks old and busy as ever!! She is loving the time we spend outside and has tried to eat leaves, rocks, mulch, wood, grass, and anything else she can get her little hands on! The weather has been pretty nice and has allowed for plenty of play time outside!

Reagan having fun outside!

Reagan is also keeping busy inside and is a very active little lady. She loves playing with her toys and it’s fun to see her interact with them differently than she did when she was younger. For example looking through her books instead of just chewing on them and standing up and pressing the different buttons on her stand-up music toy.

Having fun pressing all the buttons!

Life is never dull with Reagan around and she definitely keeps us on our toes! Tomorrow is her first Halloween and I can’t wait to see how she reacts to having her costume on!

Reagan is TEN months old and growing up way too fast!! My baby girl is slowly turning into a little lady with lots of sassy personality! She is such a happy little girl and is so much fun to be around.

So much personality in such a little girl!

Here is more of what Reagan’s been up to this month:

• Crawling – Reagan is a pro at crawling and speed crawls to Daddy when she hears him playing the piano!
• Standing up – Reagan pulls herself up on everything and once she’s standing she is doing good at keeping her balance for longer periods of time.
• Walking with assistance – Reagan is doing a great job walking behind her little walking toy and holding onto our hands and walking.  She hasn’t taken any steps on her own yet, but it seems like it could happen pretty soon!

Check me out! I’m ready to walk!

• Crawling up stairs – Reagan crawled up stairs for the first time this month. We were in the Western Expansion Museum at the bottom of the St. Louis Arch and she crawled up some stairs in the exhibit hall. Unfortunately we don’t really have any stairs for he to continuing practicing on at home.
• Getting into things – Now that Reagan is really mobile, she is getting into everything and loves emptying things out. She is super quick to open a cupboard and start pulling everything in it out on the floor!

Helping with the laundry!

• Closely examining things – Reagan has started really checking out every little detail of the things she finds and gets into. It’s pretty cute to see her examining things so closely! It is not so cute to then see her cram whatever it is she is examining into her mouth

Examining every little detail of everything!

• Playing by herself – Reagan is still good about playing by herself from 10-15 minute stretches of time. Normally this is just enough time for her to get into something she shouldn’t be in!
• Stranger anxiety – Reagan loves seeing other people and smiling and waving to them, but she will not go to just anyone.
• Nursing – We are ten months into nursing and Reagan is still doing great! We exclusively nurse whenever we are together. Yet, Reagan continues to not drink as much breastmilk from the bottle when I’m at work and she’s with the baby sitter or Daddy.
• Solid food – Reagan is doing a little bit better with solids and seems to be actually swallowing (and eating) some of the real food we give her.  That’s not to say that she doesn’t still make a huge mess and that a lot of the food doesn’t end up on the floor, but at least some of it definitely seems to be getting down!
• Being outside – Reagan loves being outside and will instantly stop fussing once you walk outside. She is also enjoying the different textures and the feel of nature!

Enjoying the outside!

• Books – Reagan has started to enjoy going through books on her own and will pick the book she wants and sit down and go through it.
• Sleeping – Reagan is still on the same schedule for sleep. She nurses to sleep between 7:30-8:30pm and then doesn’t get up until around 7-7:30AM. She nurses on and off throughout the night, but never actually wakes up to do this (i.e., dream nursing).

Reagan is doing great and moving right along with her developmental milestones.  She didn’t tie Mommy’s record of walking at 9 months, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she started taking some steps on her own in the coming month!

Love this profile!

Reagan’s Ten Month Video