Boat Ride with Daddy!

Adam has a little fishing boat, and just last week took it on a trip to the Keys with his cousin, So, in preparation for his trip, we took it out for a spin one weekend! It was a wonderful day and Reagan LOVED driving it in 360's mostly! :) ....... now that we've let her drive it ONCE, she thinks she is captain, EVERY TIME!

You can tell by the look on her face though, she's not much of a fan or the life vest!

"Cutest Kidz contest"

A local photographer recently (well, give or take several months, lol!) sent me info on entering Reagan in a Cutest Kidz contest - I figured, "what did we have to lose?" So, I did it! She made it to the top 25 kids, and then they had a following "call-back" round, that required all the kids to get a professional photo done (by her) so each kid would have an even shot in the contest (so some kids didn't have professional photos, and some just plan)- I LOVED the picture she captured! It actually just makes my day!

THE CONTEST IS OVER NOW, AND REAGAN DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE TOP 10 :( ........ BOO!!!!

(The contest consisted of voting daily to see who made it into the top 10, so people had to vote daily for like two weeks!)

BUT, I KNOW ALL THAT VOTED, SUPPORTED HER WELL, AND WE DON'T CARE, SHE'LL ALWAYS BE THE CUTEST KID TO ME!

Art By: Reagan Haynes

Adam and I have really gotten into the decorating/designing shows on HGTV lately (since we are soon going to be home owners, we love the ideas) AND in one of our favorite shows "Divine Design", the host makes a HUGE piece of art for the room, and it's always so abstract. I only wish I could throw together some paint, and make something look good. BUT, one person who CAN, is my daughter! SO, I took her to Michael's Craft Store, we picked out some canvas' and paint, and she made this...... ALL BY HERSELF!....... I promise, not help from mommy at all!

"Just keep swimming......."

After a successful 4 week daily lesson of Survival Swim Lessons, Reagan has become quite the fish! She is loving the warm, sunny weather now too! We try to go swimming just about every day so she can brush up on her skills! :)

Survival Swim Lessons!

Reagan started a survival swim lesson course March 1st that will continue for 4 weeks M-F (everyday). It is a huge commitment for both of us, but I am already THRILLED that we have started this, she LOVES going and LOVES her instructor!

I couldn't be happier that she LOVES to swim SO much! We will hopefully be moving into a new home (with a pool) at the end of April, and I think I'll have my (warmer) days cutout for me in the pool- but why do you buy a house with a pool if you're not going to use it!? :) I can't wait!

So far in four days she has LEARNED how to float on her back, flip over onto her back from a swim, and locate the wall/stairs- in the above picture she is wearing flippers to help her master kicking while swimming-

PIG ROAST!!!

Adam shot a pig with his bow last weekend and he is really excited to roast it while his parents are in town visiting soon! ... Hope it's good, b/c he sure looks NASTY!

Sunglass Queen!

There are SO many ways to wear sunglasses!

Fashionable.................

...................Upside down................ (Let me just note, these two pictures are from two DIFFERENT days, and she would be in the same shirt BOTH days- clearly it's a battle I choose not to fight!) :)

............OR Glam!

First Dentist visit-

Now that we are 2 years old, it's time to start getting serious about our teeth. A friend of ours that is a Pediatric Dentist, AND cleans mine and Adam's teeth wanted to see Reagan after she turned 2- Reagan LOVES to brush her teeth, we use an electric toothbrush with kids' MINT toothpaste (which the dentist told me to start using on her to make dentist appts easier as she gets older)- So, I thought the dentist would be a BREEZE- I had it all planned out- we had talked about it a few days before, practicing "AHH" keeping out mouth open wide, etc. and I was going to get a cleaning FIRST so she could watch and see that it's just fine! But as soon as it was her turn- she WOULDN'T open her mouth!

She ended up just getting a quick look through and got to wear some cool "protective eyewear" and she dug through a treasure chest- ... maybe she'll open in about 6 months- .... that's what I'm hoping for- BUT in the meantime, she has a really bad over-bite due to her sucking her thumb, and we've been instructed to stop the thumb sucking! NOT EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE!

MugShot school picture-

Reagan had her FIRST school picture taken a few weeks ago, and THIS is what we got from it! This is what I like to call.... a MUG SHOT- She looks quite unhappy, and that stray hair hanging, makes it even funnier!

The teachers said she didn't want to participate and smile, but I thought, "Oh Please, I'm sure it's beautiful!" - Well, the teachers WERE right! LOL! But she still looks like a little porcelain doll to me! ....Just a very unhappy one!

(BTW this isn't the greatest copy of the picture- I didn't buy one but they gave out complimentary bags with their photo on it, so this is a picture of her picture ON a bag... if that makes sense!)

BIRTHDAY DAY WORLD!!

BIRTHDAY WORLD!!!

This is a place, that you can have a Birthday party at, OR just go to play any day!

$5 for unlimited Rides and Bounce Houses! It's a NO-Brainer!!!

It's basically a little fair in a warehouse- (so who knows how safe these rides really are... eek) BUT the catch is, the child must be 2 to ride, and HAS to ride ALONE on the rides- ....... did you think I would have trouble getting Reagan to ride anything?...... I think NOT!- she rode EVERYTHING, and would just walk off saying, "Bye Mommy!" (Little Miss Independent!)

Below are a few rides she rode, and LOVED! The Train she is in, is actually a ROLLER COASTER! She is going to be my little daredevil!

It's quite a scary "coaster" for a 2 year old! And it went REALLY fast! You may not be able to tell from the picture, but if you double click on it, to make it larger- this center rod looking thing, is basically all that is holding this coaster together- ... again I say, I'm not sure how SAFE this was, but it was FUN! LOL

Cover Models!

Reagan and I shot the cover for a local "Moms Like Me" magazine back in November for the January issue and it turned out SO cute!

The bottom picture is the photo that was inside the magazine talking about the article, "staying fit for the new year!"

SNOW DAY IN ATL!!

A couple weeks ago, Adam and I saw in the forecast, that it was going to SNOW in Atlanta, and I had been wanting to go visit my in-laws, so we loaded up the car and drove the 6 hour drive to Atlanta to play in the snow for the weekend, and see the grandparents!

Here are a few shots from the FUN we had!

this is one of my favorites, ABOVE- my two LOVES climbing a big hill of snow!

BELOW: Adam is clearly showing off his tolerance for COLD weather! HAHA!

Alabama National Champions 2009!

I may be several months LATE in blogging this, but if you didn't already know, and you're a college football fan, ALABAMA won the National Championship in Jan, in Pasadena, CA....... and WE were THERE! It was amazing!

The weather was beautiful, we had great time spent with some amazing friends, and a WIN, you can't ask for anything more!!!

AND AT THE BOTTOM BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME AND ENJOY A LITTLE VIDEO I MADE OF OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE!

Make a Smilebox free slideshow

Alan Jackson music video Debut!

Please click/highlight the link below, then copy and paste it in your search engine, and watch the music video Reagan, Miami and myself we all in! It's really cute! :)

http://www.cmt.com/videos/alan-jackson/485534/its-just-that-way.jhtml

JACKSON HEWITT COMMERCIAL

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW!

This was another fun shoot last year airing now on pretty much all channels EVERYWHERE, now that it is tax season!

(I'll give you a hint while looking for me, I'm carrying a "big check" up stairs!)

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1227613352?bctid=59550846001

Samsung commercial

This was a REALLY fun Samsung commercial I did back in Dec. (and yes, I worked with Santa), COPY the link below PASTE it in your www. (search engine) and WATCH! It's really cute!

file:///Users/adamhaynes/Desktop/rcwxmas.com.webarchive

These are a few shots in front of the green screen we used- the SNOW was really fun to play in too! :)

BIG 2nd Birthday gift!

For Reagan's birthday we got her this AWESOME Disney Princess car and she LOVED it! It was a nice crisp morning, but that didn't stop her from trying it out! :)

I had heard that at her age, her little feet may not reach the peddles, but they did!... the only problem with it, was her not knowing how to STEER! You really have to be prepared to "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" B/C she is a WILD woman on a mission in that thing!

(the passenger, Elmo, was also a gift given from her Izzy and Poppy!)

FIRST BIRTHDAY TO SECOND BIRTHDAY!

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! :)