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!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WE WENT TO THE POTTY!

Yesterday afternoon Reagan went Tee Tee in the POTTY!!!!! It was quite accidental, and shocked me to death! She ran to her potty before I could put a fresh diaper on her, and she closed the door behind her. I followed in after her, and saw wet spots on the bathroom rug, and I was planning on cheering her on even if she had "missed" the potty, and as I began cheering, she stood up and she had ACTUALLY gone ALOT in the potty!

We were very excited for her!

She didn't go again today, but it is fun to sit on and read (like below) So that's a start! :

:)

Look at how they've grown!

There's pretty much NO words to describe how funny, surreal, and adorable this comparison picture is below!

I can't believe how quickly a year has gone by, and how much James and Reagan have grown! We truly LOVE and CHERISH our friendship with the Olson Family!

And James is ALREADY learning how to put the moves on girls in cars! AHH OHH! :)

.... "hmm, what's back here......" (sneak my arm around her) ........

:)

Art By: Reagan Haynes

Reagan's really getting into art, and at school every Monday and Wednesday, she is bringing home the cutest art work, and I know that has to be one of her favorite parts of her day!

These are some tub crayons I got her and she just LOVES to draw, just about anywhere!

Thanks Izzy!

Look at what came in the mail for Reagan a few weeks ago?! It's our favorite chair! Can you tell??

Babies and Bums

NOTHING IS CUTER THAN A DOG AND A BABIES BUM. ;)

From Ponytail to Bangs!

We have been excited about Reagan's hair growing out, it's finally been long enough for a "sort of" ponytail! (which is great, since she's going to be a "50's" girl for Halloween, I wanted her hair in a little ponytail with a scarf like ribbon) :)

Anyway, last week, Adam's hairdresser and I had a confusion of hair cutting direction (you could say) and instead of "trimming" up Reagan's bangs, she CHOPPED THEM OFF! I was very upset at first, but they are beginning to GROW on me! :)

Where's Reagan and Carter!?

Reagan and Carter are really great buddies, and play together nearly everyday- one day while Jenny and I were tending to Carter's twin sisters, Reagan and Carter ran into "Daddy Carter's" closet and were "hiding" from us!

Double click to see them.... if you can't! (LOL)

"ROLL TIDE, ROLL!"

Well, as most of you know, it is FOOTBALL season now, and COLLEGE FOOTBALL is a BIG deal at the HAYNES House!......... Let me correct that, ALABAMA COLLEGE FOOTBALL is a BIG deal here at the HAYNES House!

This past Saturday Reagan learned how to cheer with her Daddy for the Crimson Tide!

Enjoy this video! :)

(Don't worry TEXAS folks, I'm still rootin' for TECH every Saturday too!....... They just need to up their game a little bit!) ;) ...... But there will always be a place in my heart for Texas Tech!

(Adam is all decked out in his hunting gear, from an early morning hunt that morning)- NO, he doesn't normally wear these camo tights every football Saturday! ;P

Britney Spears, CIRCUS

I have NO excuse for being SUPER behind on blogging except that our computer was on the fritz for over a week, AND I erased a WHOLE memory card of photos while at the Britney Spears concert!! It took me at least 45 min AFTER deleting EVERYTHING to regroup! I know I had good pics in there, but since I really can't remember what (other than pics from GREASE, when a big group of girls went) I can't be too upset!

SO, I'm overcome my dilemma and I've gotten over it! NOW I'm BACK!!!!

Here are some pictures taken of the DIVA herself, Britney Spears...... the show was amazing, and I know some folks say, "I wouldn't go to see her if you PAID me"- and let me just say, I WOULD have gone if someone had PAID me, OR NOT, BUT the BEST part was, I got TWO FREE tickets!!!!!! So there! :)

My good friend Janelle, that came with me to the show!

This was my "fun" going out outfit for the night! I felt a little like Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City in the beginning scene with her cute pink tutu! I love these shoes too! "Naughty Monkey's" (my friend Janelle's!) (I'm getting me a pair!) Please zoom in on the shoes!

Disney on ICE

Zana and Reagan outside of the Amway Arena for Disney on ICE! (September 11, 2009)

Reagan sat in Janelle's lap nearly the whole show! (Janelle is a friend of ours from the gym, and Reagan REALLY loves her more than me, I think :)

She had hand fulls of popcorn all night! She literally had her elbow down the popcorn box, and wouldn't take her eyes off the show! It was hysterical!

My little Mickey "wanna-be" munching on some pink cotton candy!

Mickey and Minnie on a magical sled ride! :)

The show REALLY was amazing!