Half birthday!

Cannot believe it's already been 6 months since our sweet girl was born! And to think she's halfway to her first birthday is crazy! I really miss her as a small, petite little one, but watching her at this stage is precious! We could sit and just watch her for hours. She's learning and growing so much! My Christmas vacation has begun and I am thrilled to have this time off with her! This is what she has been up to...

-Reagan has her first tooth. It's stil at the gum line, but it's cut through. Will post a pic when I can get a good shot of it.

-She can sit up on her own for awhile. Mommy is just paranoid, so she has either pillows or Mommy sitting behind her.

-Reagan is very curious. She will turn all the way around or move her head so she can get a better look at something.

-She LOVES mirrors!

-She kicks her legs with excitement while being held.

-Reagan loves to babble/talk a LOT!

-As she is standing with support, she jumps up and down.

-She likes drinking water from her sippy cup.

-Reagan has learned to put her paci in her mouth.

-During naps, she likes to cover part of her face with her "bankie".

-She loves feeling the textures of clothes, blankets, the couch, etc.

-She is wearing size 3 diapers and 6-9 months and 9 month clothes. Will find out her height and weight on Tuesday at her 6 month appointment.

-Reagan smiles all the time and she has a beautiful smile!

Cannot wait to celebrate her first Christmas soon!

5 months?!

Can we PLEASE slow down time? 5 months have gone entirely TOO fast! While Reagan is at a really fun age, I don't like how quickly the months are going by. 

She has had a really active/busy month.  I weighed/measured her today.  Her 5 month stats are 17 lbs and 26 inches long.  She moved up to size 3 diapers this week.  She is still wearing size 6 months and some 6-9 month clothes.  I tried the 9 month clothes on her and they are just a little too big right now.  Maybe the next week or two.  Her night routine begins around 7:30 and we put her down around 8.  She usually wakes up around 6.  She takes a lot of cat naps during the day.  Sometimes she takes a really long nap and then shorter naps the rest of the day.  While she isn't napping she is learning, busy, and FUN!

Here is what she is up to:
-She is rolling completely over now.  We think she startles herself when she goes from her tummy back to her back. 


-She smiles CONSTANTLY and we love it! Okay, so she does have moments where she cries.  Here is one of those moments...

-Reagan loves to stand assisted.  Girl already has really strong legs!

-She loves bath time.  She now lays on her back in the tub while I wash her hair and clean her off.  Then she likes for me to turn her over and she plays with her light up duckies.  She loves to splash, but scares herself when it gets in her eyes and face.

-Reagan is eating solids for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast she has bananas mixed with oatmeal cereal.  Her lunch is apples or pears.  For dinner she has sweet potatoes or carrots.  Her favorites are sweet potatoes and carrots.

-She drools likes crazy.  In this picture you can see a little drool on her dress.  We think there will be teeth in the near future.  All the symptoms are there: drooling, chewing everything, sometimes (girl loves to eat) refuses food, really runny poop, and low grade fever.

-She is almost sitting up on her own.  Sat her down the other day and she pushed herself up after she slumped over.  Build those abs baby girl!

-She reaches out for Hector and gets really excited when he comes near.  She smiles at him too.  This morning I caught him peeking in on her as I watched Reagan wake up over the monitor.  They are going to be a special pair when she gets older.  Look at her face here...

-She can hold her bottle, but has a little trouble holding it up for a long time.  Plus, I'm not ready to give that up yet. 

We took her 5 month picture yesterday morning.  I showed my class her monthly pictures and they were amazed that Boo Bear was getting smaller.  They still don't quite understand that she is 5 months and not 5 years old.  :)  I wanted to share the monthly pics on here so you can see how much she has changed and grown over the past 5 months.  It's amazing!

Reagan's Baptism

Yesterday was a very special day for our family.  Reagan was baptized at our church, The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour.  Not only was she baptized, but her godfather, Uncle Cory was baptized with her.  It meant so much to have our family and close friends there for the special day.  We love our church and we look forward to watching Reagan grow up in our church.  Here are some pictures from the baptism.

Happy Halloween from The Hinton Clan

What a special day today was for our sweet little family.  Halloween will always be a special day for Chad and I.  Halloween 2010 was the day we found out that we were going to become a family of 3.  I woke up early that morning to take the pregnancy test because I was a week late. It was so early that I had to wipe my eyes to make sure I had read it right. Chad and I were "not trying not to get pregnant" so I rushed into the bedroom turned on the light and shoved the test in Chad's face.  He does not like to be woken up so abruptly, but once he realized what I was waking him up for, he was excited.  We got the video camera and regular camera out and started the documentation of our future little one.  Here we are with the pregnancy tests.  You know I had to do another one to be sure! ;)

After we calmed ourselves down, we got ready for church.  To celebrate our news, we went to Ruby Tuesday's, which turned out to be one of my early cravings (before I even knew I was pregnant).  I ate the turkey burgers with asparagus and the salad bar and Chad got his usual, White Bean Chicken Chili (with toast) and the salad bar.  We had planned to make a big production of the news for our parents, but we were so thrilled, we drove to Hartsville, that afternoon, to tell my parents.  My Mom's reaction "You're teasing!".  Chad sarcastically replied, "No KayKay, we just drove all the way to Hartsville to tease about Page being pregnant."  We then shared the news with Bub and Julie.  Our Hinton family joke was that we were going to call the baby "Tater" (pre-pregnancy).  We wrapped up a potato and Chad handed it to Bub.  After looking at it for a minute, Bub says "Gee thanks son.  A potato, what I've always wanted."  Chad replied, "You have always wanted one Dad".  Julie caught on and screamed, "BUB, it's a tater!".  Bub then jumps up and does a little dance.  If you knew Bub, you would know how crazy that was. ;) 

Now here we are a whole year later and we have the most precious, sweetest baby in the entire world.  Okay, so I am a little biased, but what parent isn't.  Every time I look at her I realize what a miracle she is.  Her long eyelashes (thank goodness!), her 10 fingers and 10 toes, her chubby little legs (like Mommy's), her head full of hair, her sweet smile, and all the joy she brings to our life.  Everyone told us having a baby would change our life.  It really has and we love every minute of it.  Even the cries in the middle of the night because the teething fairy has come to visit.  We know the next year is going to fly, just like this one did, so we are savoring every moment.

Here is our little miracle for her first Halloween!

Doctor's orders-Give Solids a Try!

So we went to the Dr. yesterday for Reagan's 4 month well check.  She now weighs 15 lbs 15 oz and is 25 inches long.  The doctor described Reagan as a "robust and healthy" baby.  He told us she had really nice skin color, eye shape, and that she was growing well. 

We talked to him about adding solids.  Reagan has been eating cereal at her last feeding the past few weeks.  He told us to give solids a try.  He also told us all the myths are not true.  He has been a doctor since before Chad and I were born, so he has been around a while.  He said we didn't have to try one solid for a week before introducing another.  May sound crazy, but he said if there is an allergy, we will notice right away and will know exactly what she is allergic to.  Last night, we gave Reagan carrots at dinner time.  She absolutely loved them! Here is a picture of her enjoying them.  Notice it's all over her face. :) 

This morning at breakfast, we gave her bananas.  She also liked those, but I think she wasn't as hungry this morning.  This is a new experience for her and we are loving seeing her try new things!

4 months have flown by!

Well as you can see I haven't blogged since Reagan's last monthly update. That's because I have been enjoying motherhood so much. Every day our sweet girl amazes us. Here is her 4 month picture we took this morning.

Reagan's nighttime sleep starts around 9pm and she sleeps until 6am. She starts sqirming around, so we turn on her lamp and watch her wake up on her own over the monitor. When she starts cooing, we go in and say "good morning". Reagan then smiles really big and starts kicking with excitement. Mornings are my favorite time with her!

With all the sleep she's getting, Reagan has been really busy during the day! Here is what she has been up to:

-her baby talk is louder and is more pronounced

-she is more aware that we are talking to her and she reacts to our conversations

-she likes looking at stuff that is orange

-she rubs her feet together while she is drinking her bottle

-likes to put get hands together now that she is more aware of her hands

-can stand supported

-she drools a WHOLE lot

-likes to pull hair, necklaces, and earrings

-gnaws on both of her hands (teething?)

-can roll over from her back to tummy about 135 degrees

-as we feed her cereal, she likes to grab the spoon!

-Reagan is wearing size 3-6 months and size 6 months in Carter's.  She wears size 2 in diapers.

What an amazing month it's been! Reagan already loves watching Sprout TV and football! We may be in trouble.... ;)

Here are some pictures of our sweet girl over the past month: