Video of Raegan putting her baby "night night"

Thank You

"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Raegan's newest phrase: "Thank You"
 
I'm pretty sure she learned this at daycare, but I am SO happy about it.  Besides amazing smiles, hugs and kisses up to this point motherhood has been give, give, give and to be honest its very hard (especially during the "no" stages); its not often you feel appreciated.  But Raegan has more than made up for it this last week.  I love that she understands when its appropriate to say Thank You and she does it without me asking or encouraging her to.  A couple of the times I remember when she told me thank you today are: when I helped her get a toy that she couldn't reach, when I got her a snack to eat, and when I helped her put her shoes on.  She is such a sweet girl.  We had a really good Saturday together : )
 

I LOVE HIM!

Have I mentioned how much I love my husband lately?

On Friday I got off early, and Philip invited me to meet him at the sno-cone place for an afternoon, childless date!  There's this cute sno-cone place we like to go to; its not your typical trailer in a parking lot sno-come stand, it is actually inside a shopping center and has outdoor and indoor seating, a flat screen tv, etc...

I got paradise ( I think that's what it was called) it had peach, blackberry, and orchid vanilla and Philip got yellow cake batter with marshmellow topping (sweet tooth?)! It was so nice to be able to sit and enjoy a dessert with my hubby without getting a sno-cone spilled in my lap or having to chase a loud toddler around.

Here are a couple of pics we took together

Raegan's 18 month check-up

 Such a good sleeper, Tuesday night she asked to go to bed at 7:30p.m. and didn't wake up till 5:30 the next morning. 

Sitting on our island in the kitchen and giving her daddy a little smirk ; )

Here are her stats from her doctor's appointment on Wednesday:
31 inches tall - 31st percentile
20 lbs 7.5 oz. - 4th percentile
head circumference- 91st percentile

The doctor said that she thinks Raegan is getting enough nutrients to grow taller, but not enough calories to gain weight (in the last year she's only gained like 2 lbs).  Anyways now that she is only in the 4th percentile for her weight we will have to have more check ups, than originally planned.  The doctor said it was probably just because she is so active and burns oof all her extra calories. The doctor wants us to feed her fattening foods, so Philip called me Wednesday afternoon when I was on my way home from work and told me they were eating cheetos and hot dogs, gross that makes my stomach turn....

But I will try to be a better mom and give Raegan lots of ice cream! : )

OKC Regatta Festival

Just wanted to share a couple of pictures from last night when we went to the OKC Regatta Festival on the river.  As long as Raegan had her strawberry/banana smoothie; she was happy!

TRUST

Things I put a lot of trust in:
- God
- my husband
- my car brakes
- Raegan's daycare teachers

funnies

If I ever write a list of things I never thought I would say this would be on it:

"Raegan please don't lick lotion off your toes"

Also I stole this quote off my friend's blog:

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?- Milton Berl

Love it!