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Regan’s 2 week check

appt. on 11.30.09

Weight 6 lbs 13 oz (8 %)
Height 20 inches (25 %)
Head 13.50 inches (8 %)

Tall and skinny like Kaylee. Happy and healthy. Still looks just like Jon. And still a mellow fellow. Regan only cries when hungry or needs a clean diaper. Kaylee still just LOVES her brother. We are all doing great and getting more sleep than expected.

A family tradition of ours. We climb in our huge bed, turn on the projector, & snuggle for a t.v. show or movie. We do this once or more a week before bed time. This was Regan’s first time, & Kaylee insisted on holding him.

home :)

We got home at 11:30 pm last night. Jon just had to show Kaylee her baby brother. He was so funny. Just kept saying, “We have TWO kids.” We took Regan to the docs today since he decided to rash out, not eat, and have a very mild fever. He’s fine and we just turned what I thought would be a sick visit into his first WCC. Guess it’s a rash 1 out of 5 newborns get. No big deal. He has also in the last several hours decided that eating is good. Today he weighed in at 6 lbs. 1 oz. and measured 19 inches. They think that the hospital nurses didn’t stretch him out all the way. So here are some photos and a couple of videos of our first day…

Jon trying to wake Kaylee up. It was about 12:00 am…

Me and my sleeping babies. About 12:10 am.

8:00 am after a LONG night.

Kaylee holding her baby for the first time.

She LOVES him. Not really jealous, and gets upset when she cannot hold him.

Regan’s first outfit.
Says, “When God created me he was just showing off.”

My silly girl. She figured out last week how to get in and out of the swing by herself. And yes she’s holding Regan’s Binky. She really likes shoving it in his mouth.


The little man. My Dad took this photo and I just love it. My sweet Daddy has been awesome helping me with whatever I needed today. He will be here all day tomorrow then back this weekend. Barry and possibly my Mom are coming Friday. Everyone will be here for the weekend which has become the norm over the last month. It’s so nice have transitional help. I know it’s made it easier on Kaylee which makes it easier for me.

Holding Regan all by herself. She was very proud if you cannot tell by her pleased smile. I had just got back with Regan and she was way more excited that he was back home than that I was back. I am pleased with how well she’s doing with sharing me and loving Regan.

Kissing her baby.


Ahh… he loves her too.

Daddy’s home! Regan was a bit cold so this was Jon’s quick fix. They looked so cute I had to get a couple of pictures. This little boy is all his Daddy’s son. They look so much a like and so far Regan is very laid back and mellow (especially compared to newborn Kaylee) just like Jon.


Videos taken by the Papa (aka Grandpa, aka Janice’s Dad).
The funny lip quiver. He doesn’t get too much louder than this. His cry couldn’t be more different than Kaylee’s. The second video is of him snoring. Both our kiddos snore like their Daddy. Good thing I have LOTS of earplugs. 🙂

18 month WCC, a new Sling, & Free Diapers!


Jon took Kaylee in for her 18 month WCC and shots yesterday afternoon. She will be 19 months next week so this appointment was a little late. Oh, well. She did great as always with the shots. She even called me to tell me all about it. We were hoping that this appointment would be the last for weight checks… well she goes back in a couple months for another weight check! At least we get a month off from taking her in to get weighed. But she is going in next month to get the second does of both the seasonal and H1N1 flu shots. So Jon will be taking her in for more shots. 🙂 Everything else about her is great. We were really hoping that she would be 20 lbs, but no luck. She just burns her food off faster than we can get it in her!

New stats:
Weight: 19 lbs 1 oz (.49%)
Height: 30 3/4 in (18%)
Head: 18 1/4 in (41%)

New things she says and does:
After diaper changes when we stand her up to put her pants on she likes to point at her Jesus collage and say, “Jesus!” Jon says she sounds like she’s cursing. 🙂 But we both think it’s cute.

She follows my R.S. ladies around the house and helps them with the chores. Their favorite is when she plugs the vacuum in for them and moves the kitchen chairs out of their way while they are sweeping.

She will get a pot and lid out and make food for us. The other day she dumped pretzels in a pot stirred them and said, “yummy!” She then feed me her delicious food.

She says, “pease help me.” We love this. She started saying it by herself one day and got such a good response from us she hasn’t stopped since and only occasionally has to be reminded to be polite.

This cutie pie is doing something funny and new everyday. Way to much for one post so these are just the new favorites. She is such a joy to us!

FUN STUFF!

I got my new Sling in the mail on Tuesday! It is so BEAUTIFUL and fits perfect! I am so looking forward to wearing Regan around in it. Hopefully that day is still a few weeks off. 🙂 Look how pretty it is. THANKS ORA! Oh, and my name is on both slings in fabric pen. I’m not losing my spare arms again!

So this is for all you Mommies out there with kids in diapers. Thursday while Kaylee was at the docs office the UPS man came to our house. Why is this blog worthy you may wonder… well he brought me 80 FREE diapers!!! Yup FREE. Would you like some free diapers??? Silly question I know. 🙂 Here is how I got free diapers. As I’ve typed so much already I’ll just give you the link. This is one of my favorite sites. Go here http://www.engineeradebtfreelife.com/2009/08/how-to-get-free-diapers-plus-10-free-we.html for instructions if you are interested in some free diapers. It took a week for them to call me back then less than a week for the diapers to come. Plus after I do a short phone interview after using the diapers they will send me a $10 check!!! Very much worth it for a small amount of effort on my part. Hope everyone had just as fabulous a week as we did! Happy weekend everyone. Let it be hospital and new baby free. 🙂