HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY REAGAN!!!!

SO, I'M ABOUT A MONTH LATE ON POSTING REAGAN'S BIRTHDAY PICS! BUT HERE ARE A FEW FROM OUR AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER, EMILY ANDERSON, OF THIS IS CAMPBELL PHOTOGRAPHY!

The theme was Noah's Ark, and it was at a park on a beautiful December day! She had her best buddies there, and her Izzy, Poppy and Aunt Sarah came into town to help her celebrate! We gave party favors of her favorite things; sunglasses, stickers, colors, bubbles, and play-doh!

We had pizza, snacks and lots of raindrop cupcakes, (made by my friend Tiffany)

It was the perfect 2nd Birthday party and I can't wait to start planning #3! :)

Alan Jackson "It's Just That Way"

Hello Everyone!

The shoot that Reagan, Miami and myself did yesterday was for an Alan Jackson music video for his new hit song called "It's Just That Way"-

We had a lot of fun! Reagan was literally running on fumes, (due to no nap)- but she did wonderfully! I'll give you a little image of what the video will be like so you'll know what to look for! :)

This song is about a guy looking for love and when he is single his world is turned upside down, everything is WRONG- when his world is THIS way, I am carrying Miami in my arms (while she is wearing a dress) and I am walking Reagan on a leash!! AND when his world is normal (meaning he found love I am walking Miami and carrying Reagan!

It's really quite cute and what a great concept LOL! Which the whole child on a leash isn't too unusual here, especially here in Orlando, at Disney World! LOL!

When I find out it is out, I will post it here!

AND Monday morning I have a local cable commercial with "BrightHouse Cable" in Daytona Beach, FL with NASCAR driver Mark Martin, more updates and pics with that after the shoot!

Reagan's 1st commercial!!

Hey everyone! Please be sure to turn up your volume for this one, I had to record over the commercial DVD b/c I'm not quite sure how to save it to the computer yet, but I'm very eager to "air" it to everyone! :) So, this is the commercial Reagan did several months ago in Tampa!

I'm really proud of her, she looks GREAT!

Enjoy!

...........We also will be shooting another spot (aka commercial) in Tampa on Wednesday, and it's myself, Miami and Reagan! It's all of us, minus Daddy! Wish us luck! :)

Are you kidding me!?

This video was taken months ago, but I just wanted to show y'all how ANNOYING my car rides with my little bundle of JOY can be! ;)

"Hello, can anybody hear me?, No? I didn't think so, I better SCREAM louder!"

Daisy's SWEET 2nd birthday party...... and a little game called, SEC Championship- Gators Vs. Bama

This birthday party definitely answered my question as to if Reagan had a sweet tooth like mine, or not! She DOES!

Daisy had a SWEETS only 2nd birthday party, and the table set up full of homemade baked goods by Cyndi (Daisy's Mommy) was within reach for all the kids- BUT no other kids cared about the table, except REAGAN! HAHA! It was hysterical, how many times this kid went for more cupcakes, cookies, suckers, you name it! She LOVED this party!

PS- Can I get a "ROLL TIDE??" Don't worry about getting icing on your lucky dress Reagan, Mom will get it out and we will kick some GATORS BOOTAY too!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!

I SWEAR she is grabbing for more from the table! HAHA!

Reagan with Friends

One morning for a play date, Jen, James, Abby, Evan (and newborn baby Drew) and Reagan and I met up at Chick-fil-a for breakfast and for the kids to run out some energy on the indoor play area-

You tell me if you think they got a little energy out. ?????

PS- Next time you're at a Chick-fil-a, notice how LITTLE this play area actually is, it's a wonder they all didn't run SMACK into eachother! HAHA!

(I shoved Reagan's dress into her bloomers, so she could "play like the boys"- She was having trouble climbing and sliding with all the extra dress material.

:)

"Lights, Camera, Action!"- Reagan's First Commercial Shoot!

Kaufman Eye Institute- Tampa, FL

Last Monday, Reagan and I drove to Tampa for a commercial shoot for a local eye company.

I was quite nervous since I wasn't going to be IN the commercial with Reagan, my biggest fear, was Reagan not wanting to do anything she was "suppose" to, b/c I was on the sidelines watching- BUT all my worrying was a waste of energy (which it usually IS!) She did wonderfully! :) The first shot for the 30 sec. segment was Reagan blowing out birthday candles- (what they didn't know, was that Adam and I had been practicing with her for her Birthday, so she was a pro!)- BUT, she didn't get cake, so that was a bit challenging getting her mind off the cake, after tempting her with it, and not giving her any! - She got a few tastes here and there though, sticking her fingers in it while they were filming!

I love this picture above, with her getting all "primped" for her shoot! Very DIVA, I think! :)

This woman in the purple, is the other actor in the commercial, the one with "cataracts" :) - she played Reagan's Grandma; Midge, Reagan took to her well, since I really talked up that we were going to be with A "GIGI" that day!

The rest of the shoot consisted of Reagan playing with dolls, games and reading with Midge- BUT, I couldn't get pics of those, b/c Reagan wanted me sitting next to her at that point- SO funny enough, I am sitting next to her in the scenes, BUT, I'm not shown at all! It all worked out! ....... we did get to a really teary point, when Reagan didn't want me to leave, and then wanted to sit in my lap, which wouldn't work as far as hiding me! SO, I ran out of the room for a bit, thinking she'd participate better if I wasn't there! - She DID, BUT, she took to another lady, working with the film crew, and she literally sat in her lap during shooting, and they covered her up with a blanket so you couldn't see her! HILARIOUS! What you do for a two year old! :)

Everyone was VERY proud of her, and then we all ate cake and wrapped up the commercial!

They will be sending it to me in the mail soon, it'll only be shown in Tampa, So I'll try to post it when I get it! :)

Thanksgiving in Atlanta with Cousin Ava

Adam did a good job taking these "action" shots, I LOVE the one of Ava falling off the ball! It is SO ACTION filled! :)

Alyson pulled a HUGE bounce house out of their garage, and we blew it up and the girls bounced around for awhile, their favorite thing was making funny faces at us! :)

Reagan and her cousin, Ava had a BALL together over Thanksgiving weekend! They rarely ever get to see one another, but when they do, they hit it off right away! They even played tea party (with Reagan's new tea set from her Aunt Alyson, Uncle Chris and Ava), in Reagan's pak-n-play, (as pictured above)- they had a great time! Can't wait to plan another trip for them to get together! We love our family!!

"Cheetah" Woods-

It's sad to say, that this picture doesn't quite mean what it did back in June 2009. Too Bad, and SO Sad!

See ya Tiger!

Raise your hand if you LOVE a donut!

I am a HUGE donut lover, and it just occurred to me the other morning that I hadn't shared this LOVE with Reagan- So, one morning before we had to pick Adam up at the airport, we drove over to the Krispy Kreme! It was delicious and she knew it was going to be good just by looking through the glass at the donuts when we first walked in!

Gotta love my sweet tooth daughter! ................... To all my Midland blogger "fans" Krispy Kreme sure is good, but DOESN'T TOUCH T&T!!!!!! I can't wait to get back for some T&T!!!

Reagan's favorite animal right now-

Owls are really "in" right now, if you haven't noticed, and now that I've pointed it out, you'll start seeing the kids clothes with owls.... but it's a good thing, since Reagan loves them so much! It's easy to find her things she will like!

We really don't know why this is a favorite animal in her eyes right now, but it is, and it's SUPER fun to "hoot" around the house! :)

How funny is this owl she made at school? She couldn't have made a more fitting art project for herself! She was really excited to put it up in her room with all her art work!

"Big Girl" room

I figured with a Birthday and Christmas right around the corner, we really needed to evaluate our toys and clutter in the living room- SO we made a weekend out of transforming Reagan's room into a little girl room; We moved her changing table into the closet (assuming we wouldn't be using it much longer, seeing that we're in the potty training process), and we put up two of these cubby shelves against the wall (only one pictured)- and on the other side of her room we put a cute toy bench and moved her bookcase! She LOVES all the new movement, and now she notices ALL her toys better, so sometimes trying to get out of the house is a challenge, but I'm glad she likes it! And Adam and I like having our living room BACK! :) Gotta love having little kids!

Betcha' can't guess who this is?

A little HUNTER in progress

This is one of my FAVORITE pictures! Reagan and I sit out in the backyard and watch Adam shoot his bow- and now, I might add- I have a PINK bow to join him! I'm doing really good too! Reagan will have to get one for her 4th birthday or something to start hunting with us! LOL!

I never would have thought that I would become a hunter, much less a BOW HUNTER! Go Momma! - Bring on the couple hunting show!! :)

Comparison:

4 MONTHS OLD

23 MONTHS OLD

The Crooked House

Did anyone see the Jon and Kate Plus 8 episode when they made the kids, "Crooked Houses?"

Well, we found one, at Festival of the Trees at the Orlando Art Museum, and it was AWESOME! Reagan LOVED it, she ran in and out of it, closing the door, and opening it, saying "hi" "bye"- there was even a peep hole!

When it was time to go, we couldn't get her out, so I had to go in after her, thinking I'd be like Alice in Wonderland, squeezing into this little house, I got inside, and could stand completely up! I'm 5'8"!!! I couldn't believe it! I loved that thing and Reagan did too!!

Dear Santa,

We would like a Crooked House PLEASE- it's only $3000. :)

Love,

Reagan's Mommy

Meeting Santa!

Reagan was NOT a big fan of Santa last year! My Mom and I took her to the all, last year, and she SCREAMED her head off! She absolutely HATED him! I thought I'd start this year out right, by showing her a BARNEY video, "The Night Before Christmas"- She LOVES it when "Santa!!" (she screams his name) comes on the Barney movie!

On Sunday, we went to the Festival of the Trees at the Orlando Art Museum, this is where all these Christmas trees are decorated to sell- VERY neat!

We were walking around the corner into the children's area, and Reagan screams, "Santa!" (like she is doing as I type this, b/c she sees him in the picture!)

I knew she would be a little shy towards him, but she didn't CRY at ALL! Yay for my Big girl! She is so BIG! Santa was wonderful, he talked to her, and he helped her eat a candy cane! In this top picture she looks like she is telling him what she wants for Christmas! So Sweet! Maybe another trip before Christmas, to see if she isn't as shy!

Can you believe Christmas is almost here!?

Happy (late) Halloween!

I have MORE Halloween pictures for you guys, but I will have to upload more later!

Reagan LOVED her costume! She was a Pink Lady! (We actually were twins, b/c I have a Pink Ladies jacket from when I was Sandy in Grease at the Midland Community Theatre).

Her favorite part of the costume was.... believe it or not, the SUNGLASSES!!

Young LOVE.......

While I was cleaning up our hard-drive I came across these OLD pictures (September 2005) back from when Adam and I were dating! :) I Love to look back at how young we looked! :)

I can't believe we will have been married 4 years in December!

I LOVE you babe!!

Like Father.... Like Daughter.......

When I first met Adam, his roommate, Josh would ALWAYS complain of Adam's habit of leaving drawers open. He would leave all the cabinets in the kitchen open, the drawers with the silverware, his drawers to his dresser, well you get the picture- And I DID witness his act of NOT closing things, BUT ever since we've been married he never really did it much-

But now LOOK at what I found in REAGAN'S kitchen!!!! (this is a REAL picture!! She had EVERY door open!!) We have another "leaver of the doors open" AHH!!!! HAHA!

The funniest thing, is when I told Sally (Adam's Mom), and she told me that Alyson, (Reagan's Aunt) does this!!!! Oh, Boy! HAHA! SO FUNNY!!!

My favorite picture of Izzy and Baby Reagan

I know it's been a LONG time since I've blogged! Sorry to all my blogger followers! :) We've had a busy last month, and this November is flying by just as quickly! This morning I will try to update a few pics and maybe come back later to write more after we visit the petting farm visiting Reagan's School this morning! WOO HOO! You know how we love petting those crazy animals!

I had to blog this picture, because it is ONE OF MY FAVORITES of Reagan's lifetime!

We love you Izzy and can't wait to see all of you guys for Thanksgiving!

Green Meadows Petting Zoo Video Collage

This is a small dose of what we experienced at the Green Meadows Petting Farm this year.

Video #1: Reagan milked a cow- This video doesn't really do her bravery justice, since she walked away rather quickly to blow a kiss, wave to the cow and suck her thumb- but I was proud of her attempting the milking process! I wasn't brave enough! LOL

Video #2: Reagan meeting the Momma Cow's Baby; Tipper (he had a white marking on the tip his tail)

Video #3: "Duck! Duck! Duck!" Reagan loved talking to the Duck, but was not quite into petting him, she enjoyed jumping with Charlotte much more! Please notice the man at the end of the video whose baby duckling runs away from him! Hysterical!

Video #4: Petting the sheep! There were tons of sheep in here just about running Reagan over, but she didn't seem to mind! I apologize for happening to be recording while a sheep decided to take a poo poo in my video! YUCK! And it was nearly on Reagan! EEK!

Video #5: Feeding the sheep

Video #6: Petting the loner goat

Video #7: James and Reagan petting the loner goat

DISCLAIMER: NO ANIMALS WERE INJURED IN ANYWAY WHILE TAPING THESE VIDEOS, AND JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, THERE WAS USE OF A LOT OF HAND SANITIZING DURING THE DAY. :)

**One of our great friends, Jamie, who is also born on December 19, is a VET and I say that Reagan could grow up to be just like Jamie b/c she has a LOVE for all animals!

Pumpkin Patch Take 2

Last Saturday was cool! Yah Whoo! It was about 60 degrees for a few days over the weekend, and Reagan, Daddy and I went out to the Pumpkin Patch again to get a BIG pumpkin to carve. We got some Winnie the Pooh carving stencils- and we will post a picture WHEN we finally carve it! :) I very rarely get a picture of the two mini-me's together so I LOVE this one! And the one on the bottom is "SO REAGAN!"

Animal Kingdom, Florida, October, 90 degrees!

HOT James and Reagan on the "Choo-Choo"

Jen, James, Reagan and I with our pal, GOOFY! (James was a bit hesitant)

............BUT he loved being with Minnie! :) I love this picture!

Video below is Reagan petting the sheep, and if you didn't already know what a sheep "says", I'll tell you......... (LOL)

Friday's are normally our "playgroup" play dates and we've really been slacking on attendance because Reagan and I BOTH are exhausted by the end of the week from school, and other activities we just aren't up to more on Friday- BUT on this day we made an exception. A few of the Daddy's of kids in the group work for Disney World, and we were able to get in free one afternoon. It would have been wonderful had the weather treated us nicer! It was 90 degrees..... in OCTOBER!! It literally was MISERABLE! But, we managed and had a wonderful time playing. Jen, James, Reagan and myself stayed after everyone else and had fun watching The Lion King Show, and meeting characters! We even went on a "Choo-Choo" and petted some sheep! Over all it was a FREE day at Disney with great Friends, which can't be beat!!

Hair-DO

Reagan found my hairdryer, (Sarah, can you believe I still have this, it was from Dad's!) she decided she wanted to blow her already dry hair

- It was so funny watching her! She LOVED it! I have temperature controls on this hairdryer. and so I put it on "cool".

PUMPKIN PATCH 2009

PUMPKIN PATCH 2009

Reagan has a "thing" right now for OWL's, not sure why, but I bought her a new pair of PJ's once with an OWL on it, and ever since then, her and Adam have been "hooting" for months, AND the only PJ's she wants to wear is the OWL, and really doesn't ever want me to take it off either! But, I saw this shirt and knew she'd love it! PLUS, it worked well, for Halloween "Orange"! I had to laugh when Adam told her, "this will be the closest thing to a HOOTER'S girl, you'll ever be!"

She loves the shirt, even though it's long sleeved, and she picked out her shoes for today also, green ballet slippers. (the ones from her "lollipop photos in July") - she's never been able to wear them, b/c she CAN'T keep them on her feet, AND they didn't match one bit, but WHATEVER, it wasn't worth the fight! :) At least she looked cute! It was nearly 90 degrees, it felt like, But I always like to dress her up like "fall" for these pictures, even if it is "FAKE"- LOL!

Doesn't she look SO BIG here!? I can't believe it!

We met our friends James and Charlotte to play at the Pumpkin Patch this morning, and then we had a Pizza Party at James' house! James kept saying, "Pizza Party, Pizza Party!"

Mommy and Reagan!

(Please ignore the ugly band aid, on my arm, Adam has passed Poison Ivy onto me, and I'm trying my hardest not to pass it on to Reagan, Or scratch it, so I'm keeping it covered!)

I hate to admit it, but Reagan's learned how to PICK HER NOSE! Yuck! I really thought only BOYS did that, (j/k) But she's had an ongoing clear, runny nose, which I'm learning from my friends with kids in school settings is called "the daycare running nose" - according to friends, it's a constant running nose, that means nothing it's just from the kids sharing germs during the day- So, now that her nose runs, ALOT- she shoves her finger up it! YUCK! I'm working on the manners now! :)

"Ring around the Rosies"- the kids enjoyed walking, holding hands, but couldn't figure out how to actually do it without ending up in a circle! :)

Sweeties!- Look at how sweaty they got from running around!

"God is Great, God is Good......."

So long highchair, this kid is growing up, and ready for the "big" table!

We have retired the highchair to the garage, and Reagan is now eating at the dining room table in a booster seat, or eating at her picnic table. This is a BIG step in our house, b/c it requires lots more cleaning up, but it helps Reagan learn to sit like a "big girl" and eat with us! She's doing great, and I TRUELY enjoy mealtimes together!

We say the blessing at every meal and she is now saying it in her own version.

Enjoy the video!