On the Move

We knew it wouldn't take long for little Miss Raegan to get to walking, but this new toy is going to make that a reality real soon. She just loves her new walker and cruising around the house.

New Found Adventure at the Park

After months and months of standing (or shall I say laying or sitting) on the sidelines watching the big kids play at the park, little Miss Raegan has now started to join in the fun! With no fear, she took on the slide steps like a champ. Granted in this video she got stuck at the top, it didn't take her long to overcome that last step and get to her goal of the slide!

And after her adventure on the slide, she enjoyed the park swing with her friend Alyssa pushing her.

Mover & Shaker at 9 Months!!

It's official...little Miss Raegan is on the move and is not slowing down anytime soon! We definitely have an active one on our hands and now that she knows she can get to where she wants to go, she is definitely doing so! She loves to crawl to her destination and pull herself up to stand. Her fav thing to do these days is stand at her toy box and pull all of her toys out - this is thanks to Grammy who taught her this fun game! I don't think the crawling thing will last much longer since she loves to stand and walk around furniture or walk holding our hands. Hopefully we won't have too early of a walker!!

This month has been much of the same for the little miss - she's active as can be, growing super fast and exploring the world around her. As our previous post states, she finally got some professional pictures taken - much to her dismay. But they turned out great! A big accomplishment this month is her first teeth! She now has two nice chompers on the bottom and I think the top will make their arrival shortly. Teething was not so much fun for her, but she made it through and now has some gorgeous pearly whites!

With these new teeth, she has also decided that she has just about had it with the mushy baby food and is ready for big girl food, so we've been introducing more foods and letting her feed herself. It's quite an adventure and takes twice as long to get through meals, but it's a lot of fun to see her try new things - especially ones she doesn't like!!

We're departing for Raegan's first camping & boating trip in a few days. We'll see how she likes that experience!! Enjoy this month's photos...we slacked on taking photos this month, so I crammed a month's worth of photos in one day - hence the same outfit she has on in most of the pix :)

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Finally Some Professional Photos

Well, I figured it was about time to get Raegan's photo taken by a professional...even though we have a fancy camera and take about 100 pictures a day! So, since we're not rolling in money, I booked us an appointment at the mall photo place. I figured they could do a decent job and it wouldn't cost too much.

I of course got my hopes up and had grandiose expectations for how these photos would turn out. After finding the "perfect" outfit and hair clips, we were all set for the big day. And Raegan even cooperated with a later than normal morning nap, so things were looking good! That was until Miss Raegan met the photographer and all hell broke loose.

She just starred and starred at the photographer and then proceeded to cry and throw her newly developed tantrum right there on the floor. She DID NOT want to sit down or do anything we wanted her to. The best we could do was get her a stool so she could stand up. All the while my mom and I, as well as all the passersby watching through the window, tried to do anything and everything to get her to smile. Luckily the photographer has done this before and captured what she could and we ended up with a few good shots.
Lesson learned: don't have expectations of great photos when dealing with a child. :) Enjoy the photos!

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And We're Crawling...

It's official, little Miss Raegan is now a crawler! She started out on Thursday morning the 28th with just a few crawl "steps" and by the end of the day she was movin' all around! I do think that she still enjoys staying put, but now she knows if she really wants to get somewhere she can get there herself. She does however, love to pull up and stand on things, so I don't think walking is too far off, but I'm crossing my fingers that she isn't an early walker.

Here is a video of her crawling to daddy!!

Busy Bee at 8 Months!

Oh my goodness has this been a busy month for Miss Raegan!! She has become an active little thing and doing something new every day! It makes for great entertainment to watch her learn something new. She likes to study what we do and by the next day she's doing her new trick. I didn't know she was capable of this and quickly learned so when I was playing with her by sticking my tongue out and the next day that was all she would do!! It was adorable and unfortunately never got caught on camera or video :( And as most kids do, she will not repeat it on demand now. I'll catch it one day.

Along with her new tongue trick, little Miss Raegan is giving kisses, clapping her hands, waving bye-bye and standing and walking around furniture. She has pretty much lost interest in trying to learn how to crawl and just wants to stand and "cruise" around all the time. Although when she is on the floor she rolls all over the room to get around. I'm also determined to get her to say "mama" and have gotten babbles that could easily be interpreted as mama, but could also be gibberish. I'm going with "mama" :) There's a video on her photo link so you can judge for yourself!

This month was also Raegan's first trip camping. She had a lot of fun and was such a good baby!! She has also made lots of new friends in our mom group. Raegan thinks she is 2+ years old though and tries to run around with the big kids. I have to restrain her at the park. She has started to stand up on the park toys now and looks around at all the kids. She loves this and squeals the entire time. It's adorable!

We're excited to see what is next to come in her arsenal of tricks. She keeps us entertained every day and brings lots of smiles to our faces. Enjoy this month's photos and videos!!

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Happy Little Camper

Raegan is officially a camper! We took her on her first camping trip and she had a great time! Best of all - she slept very well!! Even better than at home, so now I'm thinking we may move into the motor-home permanently!! The camping trip was part of a family annual fishing derby and there was quite a big group. We had a lot of fun and Raegan won a t-shirt for being the youngest camper!! We're happy to know she enjoys camping since we have a trip coming up in August!