Regan is 2 months old!

Two months has passed quickly. Our little girl continues to grow. Regan is (according to my scale) about 11- 12 pounds. She is staying awake longer each day and while awake she smiles quite a bit and likes to kick her legs and move her arms. Pretty normal activity for a two month old.

I am happy to report that we are getting pretty good sleep each night. Regan will wake up once, maybe twice at night, but I find myself wondering each morning, did we wake up last night? I can't remember often times. However, we do go to bed at 11, and I wake up at 6:30. Regan usually wakes up closer to 8. She is sleeping in our bed still which I know makes some people gasp, but Sanjay and I and Regan, for that matter, are getting really good sleep so she will stay for now. Usually when we go to sleep for the night I put her in between Sanjay and me. In no time, she ends up sleeping right up against me. I'm not sure how she makes her way over to me since she is not rolling yet.

Another little tidbit about our girl is she has the most beautiful blue/gray eyes. Ryan, at this age, had brown eyes, but this little one has light eyes, for now at least. We'll see what happens within the year. They may end up brown after all.

Privacy

We have been talking about privacy with Ryan lately in regards to when Mommy or Daddy or any adults are at our house using the bathroom. Of course when I am home alone with the kids I have to leave the bathroom door open for safety. Shutting myself in the restroom and locking the door would be much too dangerous these days. We have been teaching Ryan that when an adult is in the bathroom with the door closed, you do not open the door and go in because that adult wants privacy in the bathroom. Well, my little, almost 3 year old is WAY too smart for this! He had to test this concept the first week we brought Regan home from the hospital. With all the commotion, I realized he was no longer in the room with us. I went looking for him and found him in the bathroom with the door closed. I quickly opened the door and was immediately scolded! "No, Mommy, I need privacy," is what he said to me. I could not help it, I had to close the door because I did not want him to see me laughing. Mind you, he is not yet potty trained so he was in the bathroom blowing his nose. When he finally decided to come out of the bathroom I had to explain to him that he is too little to be in the bathroom alone and that he needs an adult in there with him if he wants to close the door.

Last night I was in the bathroom with the door open. Ryan comes in, looks at me very seriously and says, "Mommy, you need privacy," and closes the door. I think he has the concept now.

Merry Christmas from "R" kids

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!






















See you in 2011!!

Regan- One Month Old

Regan turned a month old on December 5. Since she does not have a doctor's appointment for another month, I weighed her on my scale, and she is about 8 pounds. Quite a difference from the 5 pounds 13 ounces she was at her appointment when she was a few days old. Regan is a great eater, obviously. She has the chubbiest cheeks and round little belly. Ryan, at this age, was so skinny and so tiny. There was not a chubby roll to be found on his body.

I am also happy to report that, for the most part, she is a great sleeper. She woke up one time last night. However, I must also add that she sleeps cuddled up next to me in bed. Yes, I know it is a horrible habit, but I can't resist that face especially in the middle of the night. Ryan was also in our bed for quite some time as a baby, but sleeps great now in his own room so I am not too worried.

I am having a great time shopping for her and cannot resist all of the pink girly, frilly things out there. I am a sucker for bows, hats, dresses and all things that are not practical for a baby. What can I say? I have the best of both worlds, a boy and a girl!

Introducing Regan

Regan was born on Friday, November 5. She weighed in at 6 pounds 7 ounces. Ryan is one proud big brother!!

Halloween

For the first time this year I let Ryan choose his own costume. We went online and I showed him many costumes. He chose to be a doctor. I think this may be because we have been to the doctor so much this year that he wanted to be one. We got our money's worth out of the costume this year. He wore it to music class, to school, and finally on Halloween.




The gathering of friends before heading off to the Halloween Frolic in town, followed by fun bouncy houses at the frolic.

Pumpkin Patch

Usually before Halloween Sanjay and I like to take Ryan to a farm about an hour from our house. It has acres of pumpkins, hayrides, mazes, and animals. At 37 weeks pregnant, I was afraid to go too far from home. We ended up at our local pumpkin patch which was just as much fun. Ryan was able to ride trains, ride a horse, and chose some pretty great pumpkins.




And, there is a picture you rarely see. Me, in front of the camera, with my big boy as opposed to behind the camera capturing the memories.