Reagan's First Birthday!

Justin and I can hardly believe our sweet baby girl just turned one years old yesterday! I feel like this first year has flown by. Reagan has taught me so much about myself, about Justin, and about how we are learning to develop our own little family unit!

Justin and I both had to work, but she spent the day with her Grandma and Grandpa Janssen. My parents said she had a great day playing, talking, and even taking a few more steps! We are up to four now, however she still isn't walking around full throttle yet! We went for her one year appointment yesterday afternoon. Besides getting four of her immunization shots, she was a happy camper up at Dr. Jones' office! She weighs 18.11 pounds now and is 28 inches long. Although she's one now we cant' put her in the front facing car seat until she is at least 20 pounds. Dr. Jones said it about a month we should be good to go in that area! :)

Yesterday evening, Justin and I had some friends passing through Denton, so we went out to eat with them. Reagan had her first birthday treat of a bowl of ice cream! She loved sticking her hands in there and squishing it through her fingers! It was very cute! I have video that I will post when I get home this afternoon.

All in all, we had a great day together with friends and family. We are having a ladybug themed party for her this weekend. Justin and I can hardly wait to spend another day with friends, family, and see Reagan interacting with her other little baby friends! Of course, more pictures to come soon!

Reagan's First Snow Day

Over the past 24 hours we have had the biggest snowfall since 1977! We have had about 7 inches here in Denton, Texas! Most school districts were closed yesterday and today, too. Back in December we actually had a couple inches of snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We were so excited to finally have a white Christmas, but we didn't actually take Reagan out in it.

Yesterday afternoon we bundled Reagan up in her warmest attire and took her out in the front yard for a few minutes. We didn't have any little boots for her so I just held her and let her touch and play with the snow. She loved it! She was flinging it off my hand and licking it with her little tongue. So CUTE! :)

It will take at least a day or two for it to totally melt away so we'll get to enjoy it for a few more days! :) Dakota and Scotty have been loving it as well!

Reagan is Nine Months!

Today is Reagan's nine month birthday! I can't believe how much she's grown not only physically but emotionally too! Her little personality is really coming out now.

She's still an easy baby and has been such a joy to us. She really is on the move. She's crawling all around, and if she knows we're behind her she just crawls faster. It's so funny!

She is also pulling up now to her feet while holding on to something. She loves any kind of music. When she hears music she starts clapping, waving her arms and kicking her feet! I'm so thankful she has Justin's musical ear.

She is also waving well too. When she sees a new person or someone comes into the room she will wave; it's precious! She waves to herself in the mirror as well as waving to herself in all the pictures we have of her around the house.

She is playing very well with both dogs, although Dakota is much more interested in her than Scotty. He is still quite reserved around her, but I think he's coming around.

We go to the pediatrician next Monday, so we will have more info concerning her weight, length, etc. Until then...

Reagan's First Christmas

I don't think I can quite explain how much I love Christmas time! I love the season, the weather, spending time with friends and family, Christmas music...I love it all! This Christmas has been the most exciting and special yet! Our family has had three very exciting Christmas' together. During our first Christmas as a married couple, Justin and I were on our honeymoon in Australia, our second was last year and I was 5 months pregnant, and this year we have Reagan! She has done exceptionally well with the tree, ornaments, and presents. For the first few days, she just explored around the presents. Then she discovered how to push some of the lighter boxes around so she could pull herself up. She would then reach for all the ornaments at the bottom of the tree. Thank goodness we didn't put any breakable where she could reach. We spent Christmas morning with Justin's family at his brother and sister-in-law's house. We had a great time together and exchanged lots of great presents. Nancy cooked an amazing Christmas dinner and we couldn't have had a better time. Then we went to my friend Gentry's house to see her and her parents on Sunday afternoon. We usually go and visit them once a week. We love them! They are pretty much family, too! :) Because my dad was flying to South Africa over Christmas we are going over to their house tomorrow night to celebrate with them. We have had an awesome year and look forward to starting this new year with our sweet little girl, family, and friends! :) We'll have more soon...

Living Nativity

We had so much fun on Thursday night at the Denton Tree Lighting Festival! For about twenty years now my parents have put on a living nativity scene in Denton. In the beginning we had it at TWU, then we moved to the mall, and now for the past 5+ years we've been at the Denton Courthouse for the Lighting Festival. Justin and I were so excited to be able to be Mary, Joseph, and have Reagan be baby Jesus this year. I love seeing all the little kids come up and say hi to baby Jesus! It was also fun to hear them say, "See ya next year!" I love that they know to look for the nativity. What an amazing witness to those who came out! Reagan did very well throughout our hour long time slot. Even though the temperature was in the l0w 40's or so, we were actually quite warm in our layers and costumes. My dad has put extra bails of hay stacked on the sides of the stable to help block the wind. It was actually much warmer in the little area we were than out where the people were walking by and standing! Reagan loved watching all the people taking pictures, come up close to her and talk to her. It was great to see friends from church and school there too. We even ran in to some friends we hadn't seen in over ten years! All in all, it was a wonderful evening!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are currently here in Deming, New Mexico, visiting with Justin's grandparents. We've had a great time with his grandma and grandpa. Thom and June, Brandon, Nancy, Kristian and Noah also all came out to spend the holiday together! Justin and I will be heading back to Denton this weekend. Reagan's first Thanksgiving was a success! :)

Our Little Ladybug!

Halloween has come and gone and I'm just now putting up Reagan's pictures! I can't get over how cute she looks in her costume! She was such a trooper on Halloween night. With Justin out of town, we started our evening off at the church for their fall carnival. We had some pictures taken of Reagan with two of her other little friends. The girls were so cute in their costumes! One was a little bumble bee and one was a pirate! How precious is that!?!?! We then went over to Justin's brother and sister-in-law's (Brandon and Nancy) to go trick or treating with Kristian and Noah. Kristian was dressed as a ladybug as well so we were able to get some very sweet pictures of the two of them together. My friend Anna, also lives in the same neighborhood as Brandon and Nancy was also out with her husband and niece. We stopped by there and her little dog was also dressed up as a ladybug! Reagan loves dogs so we put some pictures of her with little Pepper in their matching costumes. We concluded the night by stopping by Justin's parents house to show her off to them. My parents were also out of town so they missed seeing her. We just went over to their house this past week to show them her costume. :)

Tomorrow is Justin's 29th birthday! We are super excited to celebrate by going to the Mav's/Spurs game tomorrow night. It's so crazy to think about the fact that Justin and I have been together for 10 years! We have had up and downs but we are in a really good place right now! Reagan has been such a blessing and continues to teach Justin and I things about ourselves and each other. We are working on becoming a stronger family unit each day.

We will have more soon... :)