I'm back...at least for now :-)

My friend Terra called me last night to inform me that the tulips were pretty but it was time for some new posts. Thanks for keeping me in line! I still check my favoite blogs, but for some reason I get lazy with mine.

Here are a few pictures I've taken lately...

Check out Rylee's pink cast. As of last Tuesday, the cast was off and her arm is perfect once again! She is a testament to how resilient God made children. It is so hard watching your children struggle, so if this had been hard on Rylee it would have been equally hard for Matt & I. Let me tell you...she's whined more over a scratched knee than she did the entire 6 1/2 weeks of dealing with a broken arm and cast. Thank you Lord!

Reagan is getting so big (she will be 21 months on May 29th)! She is talking and singing and pretty comical most of the time. As you can see below, she is a character!

Um Um Mommy!

Do you remember the orange push up pops??? I have very fond memories of those from my childhood and I think my girls enjoy them as much as I did. According to Reagan, "um, um mommy" (which means yummy, yummy)!

They sure did they make a mess!!!

Spring Fever

Our tulips have bloomed and the red is a wonderful first sign of spring. We have spent the past week pulling weeds, tilling beds and buying flowers and plants. There is still lots to do, but I really enjoy getting outside and the girls have loved it too.

This is a planter that I have had empty on my shelf for over a year. I took the idea from my friend Amy (who can make a shoe box look beautiful). I was at her house last 4th of July and she had the same planter on her front door with actual plants in it. She lined it with moss, filled it with dirt and put the plants in. How easy is that and it cost about $8.00!

One more project done...the "B" for my dining room wall. Have you ever heard of Uppercase Living??? It's one of those in home party products that I had ordered months ago and just couldn't decide where to hang it. With Matt's help it is up and looks great. It looks so good that now I want to order more!!!

No More Paci for Reagan

We are now one week paci free! Kind of sad for mommy, but Reagan has done great. The first night she cried for about a minute and then fell asleep. There have been a few days I've seen her looking for it, but she never cried or fussed about it again.

How we did it...cold turkey! I know, that is so mean but Reagan is a kid who handled it very well. She had developed some eczema around her mouth that was only irritated by her paci and she had also developed some funky moodiness that seemed to be related to paci. So last Friday afternoon I just decided to put her down for her nap with out paci and BAM she went to sleep fine. With Rylee, I cut the tip off her paci so she couldn't suck on it and it took her a few more days but she too adjusted relatively easy.


You may also ask, "is she potty training?" No, she is not potty training but is showing interest in the potty. Rylee started to show interest in the potty at about 18 months too and by 2 years she was out of diapers. They are very different kids, but I can only pray that Reagan will be as easy to potty train as Rylee was.

Here she is...

Several people have asked about Rylee's cast, so I wanted to post some pictures. She is still doing wonderful. The kid never complains about it...I think she likes the attention!

Rylee and Reagan enjoying the rocking chairs.

Terra's New Blog

Yeah Terra! She has joined the blogging world and I am excited to be able to check in on their family more often because we just don't get to see them enough. Terra and I met when I was working at AccountingSolutions. I would tag along on "working lunches"...hahaha...with she and Amy. Tons of laughs and 2 babies later (Rylee and Julia...born on the same day), we became stay at home moms and got pretty good at keeping a once a month lunch date with Amy and Jodi. Skip ahead 3 years, our little group now includes 4 girls, 6 babies and a not so regular lunch date! Check out her blog and see her sweet family!

Greer and Reagan last time we met at the Picnic Cafe.

My brave girl!!!

Rylee broke her arm tonight :-(. This evening Matt, the girls and I were getting Reagan ready for bed and playing ball in her room. Rylee was playing around in Reagan's crib and before we knew what had happened she had fallen out. At first glance we knew we were on our way out the door. Matt grabbed Reagan and I took Rylee and we drove as fast as we could to Stone Crest.

I've never seen such a brave kid! She whimpered a little at first and then not another tear...for the rest of the night. She was calm and still and extremely cooperative for the dr's and nurses. Matt and I were very proud of her!!! They put her in a splint for tonight and this week we will have it set and put a full cast on it.

3 hours later she has a smile on her face!

She was amazing during every step of the process!

Visit with Grandpa, Amy, Rachael and Emily

We had some visitors this weekend and it was so much fun. Dad, Amy and the girls stayed with us for a few very exciting days. Rylee and Reagan couldn't get enough of Rachael and Emily. It was nice for me, but I'm sure it was exhausting for them!

Rachael, Reagan, Emily and Rylee

Emily loved having tea parties with all the kiddos (they love it too).

Four wheeler fun for Rylee, Reagan and Campbell.

Big sister taking Reagan for a ride!

Easter

Here are a few of our Easter Pictures. We had a few egg hunts before Easter and the girls thought those were great. We also had a wonderful day going to our church service at MTSU. It was amazing to so many people coming together to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ!

Rylee and Reagan in the bunny cage.

Keely stayed the night at our house after the big egg hunt and dinner at Grandma and Pops.

Reagan hunting for eggs.

Keely hunting for eggs.

Tyler hunting for eggs at an egg hunt we did on Friday morning before Easter.

Rylee hunting for eggs.

Reagan hunting for more eggs.

New Features

This weekend I figured out a new feature on my camera and I am so excited. I can now make video clips. I've seen video on several blogs and I thought they had pulled out the video camera...hahaha...I'm sure this is funny to all the camera geeks who already knew this.

My first video is of Reagan taking a drink. Exciting stuff, I know, but right now Reagan loves 2 things in life and this clip contains both. Those things are: 1) taking tops of bottles (any bottle and the more challenging the better) and 2) drinking out of a normal cup (mess included). She also whispers "hi" at the end. She is growing up so fast so right now I am cherishing the little things!

Rylee also got to hold Ella Jean for the first time today, and if you can't tell by the look on her face this was a very important job for her. Rylee is such a little mommy and loves to help take care of babies (which means any child younger than her).

Bethany and Reagan cuddled up while Rylee held Ella Jean.