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He did it for you

2009-04-10T17:22:00.001-07:00

He did it for you...

Photo Session

2009-04-03T23:11:00.000-07:00

Back in January we were honored to be asked to take part in a photography project for Michael Kitada Photography.
www.michaelkitada.com
Here are some of the shots from that session:

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catch up Part 2

2009-04-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

okay, so this is the rest of Christmas and New Years...I'm so behind!

another intermission...look alike contest

2009-02-19T22:00:00.000-08:00

Just because this is fun to do!
So do you think Samuel looks like his mom?
Sam: a couple days old

Esther: a couple days old (sorry it's a bit fuzzy...it's from 1978!)

Intermission

2009-02-16T22:52:00.000-08:00

I never posted a happy birthday to my awesome son!

then:

now:

then:

now:

then:

now:

Happy 1st birthday my sweet Samuel! Mommy loves you!

I also missed my even Awesomer husband's birthday!

Happy 29th Brock! I love you more than life!

Getting caught up, part 1

2009-02-16T16:17:00.000-08:00

So I'll try to get you all caught up.
Christmas:
Brock and I had almost 4 days of no kids with my family in Las Vegas! Brock's wonderful mom flew out to stay with the kids...have I mentioned before that she is AWESOME?!
It was such a blessing to get away and we are soooo grateful to my parents for paying for everything!! What a way to vacation! They are so generous and we think they're pretty awesome too!
Vegas: (I have more pictures, just waiting on some from other cameras...they'll be in Part 2)
Katherine, me, mom, Erin, Claire (will be my sister Feb.28th!), and Jessica

This is my Vegas luck! I put $5 in a slot machine and won $100!! I bought Prada sunglasses with it!

Love how Brock is smiling while me and my sisters look like cartoons!

Way too silly!

goofing off in a souvenier shop...we did a lot of goofing off!

We came home from Vegas on the 23rd, then on the 24th the 5 of us flew to VA to spend the holiday with Brock's family. We spent a week there with them. Brock's sister and husband even took that whole time off of work to hang with us! It was super cold (I know not as cold as where some of you live, but it was really cold for us!) We got to see other family in PA and MD too...it was just a really fun trip, not restful only because we slept in the same room as the kids who don't think they need to sleep through the night when on vacation, whatever! It was an awesome Christmas.
That was the first holiday we've spent with them since we've been married. We had Thanksgiving with them when we were dating. It was the first day I ever met them and we left at 5am and drove in a Towncar for two days to Oregon. Good thing I fell in love with them right away (I'm told it was mutual...but with my nonstop talking I don't see how that is possible:o)
Here are some pictures:
VA:
It was cool to have Mama Bea flying with us

Samuel had fun trying to drink water from a cup...I think we had more fun than him though.

Sam's 1st Christmas!

His first stocking ...he was very serious about everything in it.

Hey...I didn't make it...but I like it!

Reagan hanging out with daddy and Grandpa

Where is Samuel? (his pj's look like Christmas wrapping paper)

Reagan and Uncle Joel with the birthday cake for Jesus!

we went out for a walk Christmas evening, it was cooooold...me and my girl!

Sam all bundled up...we did add the blanket to his legs

my sweet girl sees something she likes...

window shopping! a girl after my own heart!

Sheets/Johnson clan

we drove to PA to visit more family
Reagan got to spend some arts and crafts time with Ella

Riding the quad with daddy

riding with Grandpa too

playing in the snow...err...ice!

those boys have to be up to no good...check out that scenery!

we spent some time in MD with MORE family!
Reagan and Torah with Great Grandma Mom-mom

sleepy Samuel with Mom-mom

So, blogger keeps messing up my post when I add pictures so I have to break this into two posts to preserve my sanity! Part 2 comin' at ya ASAP!

Bear with us

2009-01-22T08:33:00.000-08:00

Hey all...okay so obviously this year has started out to be not so good for me with the blogging updates. For those of you who haven't heard, Brock got laid off from his job on the 9th (interesting start to '09).
Well, things are going fantastic! Here is Brock's update he sent out:
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"Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your prayers over the last week! I know that I haven't provided any updates, but that's because I've been SO BUSY with new ventures and opportunities... PRAISE THE LORD!!! God is providing a miracle just as expected and prayed for.
Thanks to your prayers, and the faithfulness of the Lord, my phone and email have been flooded with job opportunities.
As I have been praying, I haven't been hearing, "Update your resume and get a job." Instead, it's been a message of, "Rely on me, and I will sustain you."
On Sunday (2 short days after my lay-off) I was approached with an opportunity to do some sales and marketing consulting for a business owner in our Church. This has gotten my wheels spinning and I'm praying about pursuing consulting as my steady form of income. This obviously carries significant risks, but I keep hearing, "Rely on me, and I will sustain you." So, I've begun this project as a step of faith. When it ends in a few months, I am trusting that the Lord will provide another project or opportunity. So... it looks like I'm self-employed... (gulp)
That leads me to my second BIG request for prayer in the last few weeks. Please pray that the Lord would make this current project a success, and future projects would come quickly. Pray that this transition is smooth for our family, and we work out the logistics quickly.
And... here comes the plug... PLEASE forward my information to anyone you know who could use my services. I'm focusing on innovative sales, marketing, and distribution techniques to help small businesses grow. I've gained a wealth of experience in these areas over the past decade. (Hey, I can't be a sales consultant without selling myself... right?? :-)
But most importantly, please continue to pray for us.
Thanks for your prayers and support!

-Brock Sheets"
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Now, I tell you all this because, though having him working from home is a dream of mine, he is hogging the computer! That situation is in the process of getting fixed in the next couple of months, but until then it may keep my updates spotty...I even have a Christmas post ready and waiting for pictures to be added to it...just takes more time than I can have right now.
We'll work it out and you'll have more posts to enjoy soon.
Love to you all and a huge THANK YOU for your prayers!
-Esther

Happy 3rd Birthday to my beautiful daughter!

2009-01-15T08:33:00.000-08:00

Today is Reagan's 3rd birthday...all I have to say is that she gets more amazing and beautiful everyday. God blessed us more than I could have imagined by giving us this source of joy...our wonderful Reagan Joy.

Then:

And now: (today is a happier day)

Happy 3rd Birthday my sweet Reagan!!

poor mans Christmas card

2008-12-18T10:13:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here is our poor mans Christmas card...posted online is free!!
If you want one printed to hold in your hands, put on your fridge or to frame for your mantle, let me know and I will GLADLY send one to you...a nice 8x10 will look good over the fireplace...
Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year!
We wish we could be with all of our friends and family for the holidays, but I think we'd have to rent the conference hall at the Hilton!
We are so blessed to call you our friends and/or family and hope that you know how much we love you!
We pray you know the love of our God who sent His son to earth to die for us so that we can be forgiven of our sins and be with Him someday...the true meaning of Christmas!

spoke too soon and some catch up

2008-12-14T21:25:00.000-08:00

I spoke too soon on the sickness being gone...it's not nearly as bad, just Brock and Reagan with colds and Reagan got cellulitis again for the third time...sooooo painful for her and it needs to GO AWAY!!!

So, I realized that I forgot to get our halloween pictures on so here are a few:
Reagan kept showing up with candy (I guess people thought she was cute so they kept giving it to her!) she has two suckers here ready to give one to her friend Zac...Zac's a little shy...I think he likes her...

or it's the other way around...Reagan gave him the red sucker and the sweetest hug!

Here is Brock and Rick and little Zac and Sam both came as penguins! Stinkin' cute!

Reagan with Grandma and Ti-ti Carmen

little mischievous grin

always the little ham! She wore this costume last year, but it still fit and nothing was as cute! (Sam will wear it next year!)

Samuel was done at this point in the night!

nobody tell...Sam wore tights!

And here are a few to get December started...by the way, I know I said I would be posting once a week, but I've failed miserably and will again with our vacation coming. I ask for grace as we finish the year and I'll start again fresh in 09!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

The sickness has stopped!

2008-12-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

FINALLY! The sickness in our house has stopped! My last post, asking for forgiveness was just a few hours early. That night, the flu hit Reagan, HARD! All night long (literally with hardly a stop) the "adventure" endured, then early Saturday morning, Sam got his second round of it, and about an hour or two after his hit, mine hit! Oh it came with a fury! The carnage was unbelievable! I'll spare you the details, but let's just say that diapers and buckets don't catch all that exits the body when kids have the flu!
Sam had the bug affecting his "southern end" for about 10 days! It was so awful for him...he had the worst rash I've ever seen from the constant "irritation". Thank the Lord he is better now as of yesterday and the rash is almost gone already. Thanks to all who have been praying for us!
I have to give a HUGE thank you to my amazing husband, Brock who played nurse/maid to the three of us for a couple days. It was non stop messes, laundry, soup making, drinks, baths, diaper changes, bucket washing, etc. He certainly rose to the occasion and did EVERYTHING! He was really awesome and I thank God for such a great man. Let's face it, not every dad/husband would do the things he had to do. He didn't complain once, I don't think he even sat down more than once all of the first day. I couldn't have handled it better myself. So thank you Brock and I love you more than words could say!
Okay so on to more pleasant things...here are LOTS of pictures...again!
Here is the month of November...it might be long for you so take a few minutes and enjoy! (click on picture to see bigger slideshow)

I need forgiveness...

2008-11-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

I need forgiveness from you all who count on me to blog, all you who actually check our blog and all you who just enjoy the occational laugh and pictures of our family. It's been over two weeks now since my last post and I'm suppose to be posting every week! I'm really not doing well!!
I've had family in town, I worked a couple days, Brock's had the flu, both kids have had colds for over a week and Sam has the flu this week, (just got done cleaning up a MAJOR puke 5 minutes ago! sorry that's gross.)
So I'm not just lazing around eating Bon Bon's and watching General Hospital, I've had my hands full!
I PROMISE a good post soon...like in the next couple days, so please don't give up on me. Check back and you'll be pleasantly satisfied with a handful of pictures and maybe a comical commentary.
Thanks to all our "followers"...we all love you and covet your prayers for our family and right now for our health, (especially for mine since I haven't gotten any of the nastiness yet!)
Love, Esther

lots to catch up on

2008-11-05T12:00:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been almost a month! Time is just flying too fast!
Samuel is graduating from high school now...we are so proud of him. Of course I'm kidding...

Here is the month in 15 seconds:
-Brock's mom came to visit from VA, had a GREAT time.
-multiple visits to Disneyland
-Reagan fought off cellulitis...twice.
-Sam has two teeth
-Halloween = 1 skunk and 1 penguin
-Sam fell (more like flipped) down 6 stairs...his mother almost had a heart attack! (he's perfectly fine)
-Reagan calls us by our first names...or she calls us "babe"!
-Sam says "da da da" and "ma ma ma" and "duba duba duba"...oh, and he has learned how to scream...louder than any girl I know!
-Reagan has had the flu
-Sam stands up a lot...not quite cruising yet though.
-and we have a new president and have witnessed a truly historic election.
I'm sure I've missed something, but I think all the big things were covered...

Just a couple quick stories:

1-you know you use your voice commands on your headset for your cell phone a lot when your two and a half year old quite often says, "Call dad, mobile....yes." it's really funny!

2-Disneyland is MAGIC! I went with the kids and my mom and grandma and we were sitting down to have corndogs (best on the planet...and biggest!) and we saw Mary Poppins and Bert signing autographs and taking pictures. My grandma simply said her dress was lovely and she would love to take a picture with her. I told my grandma that the line was really long (they always are to see the characters) and that maybe we would try to catch her next time. We were sitting where they pass by to leave Main Street and they walked by and were gone. My grandma said once more how she would have loved to have taken a picture with her. Not loudly, no one was around (we were sort of in the back), just voicing her wishes. Well, they were gone for about 2 minutes when all of a sudden they reappeared and headed straight for us! Mary Poppins said to my grandma, in an English accent of course, "I love your hat (she had a big red hat on) and I simply must have a picture with you." I was sitting there with my mouth open stunned because we didn't ask or tell anyone to have them come back...Disneyland is MAGIC!!! (I think they listen) We took pictures and then they went back to "the back". They came out just for her! After they left, I sat there staring at the buildings looking for the microphones!!

3-When I went to vote, I was putting Reagan into the stroller and she asked to play in the rain (it had been raining). I said, "no, Mommy has to go vote right now." She got a big smile on her face, and said, "yeah, vote...Obama?" I simply laughed and said, "NO-bama baby." Walking in I hoped she wouldn't say it out loud again...who knew today he'd be our next president. (As with past posts, this in NO WAY says who I voted for for president)

Here are lots of pictures to catch you up on our ever-growing, changing, amazing kids!

pictures from Halloween will be on the next post...I have to get the pictures off of the camara, and quite frankly, I just don't have the patience to sit here any longer.
Love to you all! Thanks for your patience in waiting for this late post!

okay, so I'm late...

2008-10-08T16:42:00.000-07:00

Yes...I'm late...late to blog! What did you think I meant??!!!
Well, here is the second slew of pictures promised:
My AWESOME mother-in-law got here today and will be here for 9 whole days...so I may be late again (to post!).

We're ALL officially moving!

2008-09-24T19:52:00.000-07:00

No, we're not moving...but we are ALL moving!
In other words, SAMUEL IS CRAWLING!!
YIKES! It's awesome and frightening at the same time. It's been a couple days. He started crawling last Thursday, the 18th and so far he's been really easy going. It's scary having two mobile children though! But, so far, so good!
Here are some videos...I didn't do a lot that day but sit and try to get video of him crawling and try to encourage him to crawl.
Anyway, it's cute!

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1st slew of pictures

2008-09-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

Even though I've been posting approximately once a week, I still seem to have a plethora of pictures! I have soooo many to share, so I will just post them in increments.
Here is the first slew! (new way to post the albums...to see bigger, simply click on the picture and click slideshow or scroll through)

Remembering Gramps

2008-09-16T21:02:00.001-07:00

I can't believe it's been a year since I lost my grandpa. I miss him sooo much. It was a year ago this last Saturday and yet it feels like yesterday I was sitting next to him listening to one of his stories. I would give anything to hear his great deep voice again. Or hold his enormous hand. Comb his hair. Make him a peanut butter sandwich. Help him transfer from his wheelchair to his giant recliner. Drive him to the ocean. Anything...just to see him one more day...just for a moment.
Thanks to what Jesus did on the cross for our sins, I know I will see him again some day...until then, I can only look at pictures and remember that wonderful man...my Gramps.
Sorry for the sad post, but this was one of the greatest men who ever lived and I just needed to share it.

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Reagan and Abby

2008-09-12T09:35:00.001-07:00

We went to my friend Amiee's to play with her girls, Abby and Hannah. Finally Reagan and Abby played together. They have always played next to each other, sometimes shared a toy or two, but this is the first time both of them purposefully played together. It was really funny to watch...see for yourself. (Yes, some of these pictures were in a previous post)

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Teaching the "Golden Rule"

2008-09-04T09:25:00.000-07:00

The other day Reagan was taking a bath. I had my back to her for a minute and when I looked at her she had something in her mouth.
Mommy - "What's in your mouth Reagan?"
Reagan - "Poop"
Mommy - "POOP!!??"
Reagan - "yeah"
After freaking out a little, I realized what it really was. She had pulled a piece of caulking off of the drain and was sucking on it. So I used this opportunity to teach her the "Golden Rule"
Mommy - "Reagan, take it out of your mouth please."
Reagan - "yummy"
Mommy - "Reagan, that isn't poop, but we NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER eat poop! Poop NEVER, NEVER goes in your mouth! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER eat poop! okay??!!"
Reagan - yeah
Golden Rule = NEVER EAT POOP!
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Same bath, different "meal". She was pretending to eat with her little plastic spoon and gave me bites too.
Mommy - "what are we eating?"
Reagan - "soup"
Mommy - "mmmmm, it's yummy. What's in the soup?"
Reagan - "Bacon"
Mommy - "Bacon? oh, yummy. what else?"
Reagan - "Waffers (waffles).....noodis (noodles)"
Mommy - "oh yummy."
So we dined on bacon waffle noodle soup...mmmmmm, I love 2 year old cuisine.

Our liberal daughter and everybody poops

2008-08-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

A couple days overdue on this post but it is worth the wait...

We have the news on very infrequently, but if you have it on for any short amount of time inevitably you are going to hear something about the upcoming election and the candidates. Well, there is one in particular that is fairly easy for a two year old to say...I'll let you hear for yourself.
(This in NO WAY indicates who we support for our next president, it's only our little 2 year old parrot)
Our liberal daughter:

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One more funny. For a while now, Reagan has become a bit modest when it comes to her bodily functions (still done in a diaper...don't judge me!)
So when it is time to change her and there is a fragrancely challenged present for me, she gets embarassed. So I have come up with a way to get her to not be embarassed about it. I simply tell her that everybody poops. Then we proceed to go through the list of everyone we know (mostly related to) who poops. So if you are reading this, you have probably been mentioned as one who poops. I appologize for disclosing what goes on in your most private of times to my two year old! But my motto these days seems to be, "You gotta do what you gotta do!"

Here are some pictures to enjoy: (click on picture for album)

The "Mick-icks"

2008-08-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

Mick-icks = Olympics
Reagan is loving the "Mick-icks" as much as we are. She asks to watch them and she likes Michael Phelps!! And Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson!
Go USA!!

2 year old vocabulary part 2 (and of course a few pictures)

2008-08-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

Part 2 of our 2 year old's vocabulary:
wad = wand
Dabo = Pablo (from Backyardigins cartoon)
teeble = table
awmum = awesome
ferk = fork
boon = spoon
myfe = knife
beef = leaf
mameea = camara
cake-cake = pancake
merk = milk
en-din = fire engine
bub = bib
moth-meedo or mee-dos = marshmallows
a-nane = airplane
muth = mouth
cowkth = couch
goo-een = green
woo = blue
gayk-hew = thank you
O-on = on (yes, on is a two syllable word)
ging-key or bee-key = binky
di-diss = princess
And some of my favorites:
Sami-yer = Samuel
mums = drums (which she pretends to play with everything!)
oh doot = oh shoot
farur-workth = fireworks
neenee-nand = Disneyland
kurch = church
oat-not-na = oatmeal

and no post can be complete without a few pictures,
click on picture for album:

Aug 08 #2

watching the hula dancers at Granny's luau...Reagan LOVED them!! she just kept asking for "mer" whenever they stopped.

beauty runs in the family! Granny and Reagan

twins!

waiting for "farur-workth" at "Neenee-nand" with our good friends Melanie and Andrew.

lots of fun and an appology

2008-08-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

I must start by appologizing to everyone...I committed to posting at least once a week and here it is two weeks have past since the last post. So I publicly appologize to you all.
Okay...getting on to this post.
Here is an album to check out...lots of fun stuff!

And for those with trouble getting to the album, a few highlights:

Mommy and Reagan

goofing off

Mommy and Samuel

Reagan shaving just like Daddy

Sam loving his play mat

you do what you gotta do to get a hot meal (instead of having to hold a bottle while your food gets cold)

Reagan and Daddy playing with dry ice

here is why we had dry ice...Mama Bea overnighted two dozen or so Maryland crab covered in Old Bay seasoning for daddy's half birthday. Never had it? it's definately an experience!!

we needed help with all those crab...so we called a few friends...Rick had a blast, Christine...not so much, and Phil...notice his distance

Samuel's first spoon fed meal...mmmm...rice cereal

gorgeous Reagan

Like a fish and time with Daddy

2008-07-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

Samuel took to the water like a fish! He was so comfortable he just floated there sucking his thumb kicking his little legs completely relaxed. I only held his head because he kept turning it side to side and getting water in his mouth, but he can totally float all by himself! Soooo cute! I suppose babies just have a knack for the water. I'll try to get a video next time.

My two little fishes!

Love Auntie Ta ta ta (Jessica)

So happy

Daddy and Samuel time:

"Hey mommy, isn't it crazy how much he looks like me!?"

Teaching him the facts of life

Happy boy loves his daddy

I love to suck my feet

just chillin' watching Modern Marvels

That's quite a look

That's mischief if I ever saw it!

Nice butt

2008-07-27T00:19:00.000-07:00

Two posts in a row! I'm getting good!
This is worth posting at midnight!

Brock bent over to open the blinds behind the couch today and his rear end peaked out a tiny bit...I said, "you have a nice butt" (I know this is too much info to share, but #1-he's my husband and he does have a nice back side and #2-it's hilarious what happened next).
Mommy - "you have a nice butt"
Reagan - "Nice"
Mommy - "Nice?"
Reagan - "yeah, nice.....butt" little laugh..."daddy, nice butt"
A whole LOT of laughter followed!

P.S. for those of you who read the post about our trip to get "doo-dits", we came home close to 11:00pm tonight and we were almost home when Brock and I reeeeeally wanted Krispy Kreme again. So we passed our street and headed over to K.K. again...Reagan enjoyed 1/3 of her beloved "doo-dit" at like 11:45pm! (does that make us bad parents...doughnuts before bed and a bedtime of close to midnight for a two year old?)
How do you like our new look? LOVE it!

purple crayon on the couch

2008-07-26T11:48:00.001-07:00

So this is what happens when a two year old takes a purple crayon to your couch cushion. The craziest thing is that I was sitting right next to her while she did it!! I suppose I was so absorbed in my show and nursing, I never saw it happen. (Note to self: always keep your eyes on the two year old when crayons are involved!)

We really want to be proud of our little artist!

3 cute/funny things

2008-07-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

#1 One morning we were having breakfast and I was sharing mine with Reagan and we were making a big deal about the fact that we were sharing. I ran upstairs for something and I heard Reagan yelling up to me.
Reagan - "Daddy!" (he was still sitting with her at the table)
Mommy - "Daddy?"
Reagan - "yeah, Daddy...share"
Mommy - "oh, Daddy is sharing with you?"
Reagan - with a sigh, "yeah...nice guy."
We laughed for a long time...

#2 So, one evening we were watching Modern Marvels and it was about snack foods, (funny that was the subject since most of those shows are about things like jet engines, worlds tallest buildings, biggest machines, etc.) anyway, they started talking about doughnuts (it's like 7:00 in the evening while we're watching this). Reagan starts to ask for "doo-dits", we tell her that they're only on tv and we'll have them another day. Well, she gets really upset and starts to cry for "doo-dits". We laugh and tell her "another time baby"... I look over at Brock and he is grinning, (it's that grin that is saying I want something but not sure if you'll agree). He just simply says, "Kriiiispy Kreeeeme".
About 30 minutes later we're driving to Krispy Kreme.
Here are some pictures of the extremely happy little girl who wanted "doo-dits":

she was very excited about the hat

absolutely in heaven enjoying the glazy-goodness

note the glaze covered face...and forehead and hands and shirt and skirt and neck and hair...

#3 this is what happens when you let your two year old "help" your 5 month old jump in the jumper.
(sorry for the knocking sound...I'm still learning to use our new camara and I keep touching the microphone part)

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COMING UP NEXT...
what it looks like when a two year old takes a purple crayon to your couch!

2 year old vocabulary (and some pictures)

2008-07-15T07:48:00.000-07:00

Our 2 year old's vocabulary:
nady = lady
berks = books
eeth = shoes/socks
gooma = grandma
mummer = plummer (we have a plummer across from our house)
ninner = dinner
deez = please
dooth = juice
dink = drink
cauking = talking
mosh = mouth
and my personal favorites:
kickers = tickles
doodits = doughnuts
(there will probably be a part two sometime...there are lots more!)

Here are some pictures:
out like a light after an evening walk...he likes to hold the binky instead of suck on it.

Reagan's first Sunday school hat...she made it all by herself...well, mostly...I don't think they gave her the stapler.

trying out the jumper for the first time...he got it right away!

I think he likes it?

Reagan helping...cute but frightening video coming soon!

now trying out the jumper at Grandmas

he likes this one too! and is just as good at it.

camara happy!

2008-07-07T09:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've just got to accept that as a mom it's okay to be a little camara happy with your kids.
Here are a bunch of pictures taken in the last week, including a couple videos. (I have way more pictures...this is narrowed down!)
(click on the picture for the album)

July 08

I hear some of you don't have the capacity to easily view these albums so here are a few of the best shots for you to see easier:

fourth of July

patriotic baby

cutest kids ever!

sleeping angels...they look a lot alike huh?

Big Girl bed!!

2008-06-29T16:35:00.000-07:00

Reagan has graduated into her "big girl" bed. I once again found myself a bit sad and maybe shed one small tear at this new stage in Reagan's life. It seems like yesterday that we were moving her into the crib.
I wasn't sure when we were going to do it and knew it was coming soon, but I just didn't trust her to have that freedom just yet. Well, the day came a little over a week ago I told Brock that I thought I was ready to change her crib to the bed. He said he was thinking the same thing...so I guess it was time.
It was exciting and sad at the same time.
Reagan was very excited and loves her bed. It's been a week now and she has only gotten out once without permission and that was only because the trash truck came (just under her window) and she about comes unglued when he comes every week...she wasn't about to stay in there if she didn't have to. She came screaming down the hall and I was okay with that, (okay with her getting out of bed, not with her being scared).
Anyway, here are some pictures of the big event:

She definately wanted to help.

She loves getting in and out by herself.

First night sleeping in her "Grrl Grrl Ded" (big girl bed in 2 year old)

Good morning!

Here is her room all cleaned and fixed up, ready for her to play in, (she only slept in her room up until now).

kids say the darndest things!

2008-06-25T07:39:00.000-07:00

You know you've watched one too many Design show reveals when your two year old starts to imitate the homeowners reactions. I often watch HGTV's Design on a Dime while nursing and Reagan has come to love it. In fact most mornings I have this conversation:
Reagan, "Nemo?"
Mommy, "No Nemo baby"
Reagan, "Dine?"
Mommy, "you want to watch Design on a Dime?"
Reagan, (quite enthusiastically) "Yeeeeeaaaah!"
So the other evening Brock and I heard her saying something...we asked each other, did she just say that? Finally we figured out what she was saying and we told her to stop. A little while later I caught her on tape "talking on the phone" saying it again: (cute video at the end of Samuel too)

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Another funny story, after dinner one night we were having some of those awesome Mother's Cookies, the Oatmeal one's with the icing on top...yummy! Well, needless to say Reagan looooves "coookeeeth" (that's cookies in 2 year old). I was on the couch and Brock was in the office and we had given Reagan half of a cookie. She came and asked me for more,
Reagan, "Mer cookeeth?"
Mommy, "no more cookies tonight"
Reagan, "deez, mer?" (please, more)
Mommy, "no baby, no more cookies"
then, she started tiptoeing away slowly while looking at me.
Mommy, "don't be sneaky and try to get some from Daddy"
Reagan, with her arm stretched out and palm open as if to say, I got it mom, and nodding, "Daddy"
She walked into the office and went to Brock (who had the cookies),
Reagan, "Mer cookeeth"
Daddy, "No, no more cookies"
Reagan, "Mommy"
Daddy, "Mommy said you could have more?"
Reagan, "Yeah, mommy......two"
Daddy, "Mommy said you could have two cookies?"
Reagan, "yeah" with a HUGE smile on her face.
Deception is starting to be practiced...

(note: had to remove the music from this site since there are and will be videos posted that require undivided attention.)

HUGE picture album and welcome to our new blog!

2008-06-20T08:59:00.001-07:00

Blog still under construction!!
Okay, I've been working on a new template for this new site and it isn't coming along very quickly. So, a generic look will have to do for now and this isn't complete yet. In the meantime, a LOT of pictures (even a couple videos) have been taken and I'm sharing them all in one post...I'm really sorry! My friend suggested I break them up into smaller albums...I wish I would have thought of that before I spent most of a day sorting through pictures and writing in captions...I need good advice BEFORE I do dumb things!
So, here is the album...remember there are like 400 pictures so proceed only if you have a little time to spend looking...or stroll through at your leisure, come and go as you please...whatever makes you happy, but they are all worth seeing (coming from a bias opinion).
Sorry for the long wait....again! and sorry for making you sit for soooo long looking at my family...(I know you love it though).

Apr-June 08

P.S. Do you like our music on here? (doesn't always work properly though)
Also, just a cool fact, Reagan's blog got aprox. 12,180 visits since it's conception on January 2, 2006. We'd like to thank everyone who has visited and continues to visit our blog to keep updated with our family. It's actually a little sad to be changing to a new blog...the closing of an era I guess...anyway, thanks and we love you!

coming soon!

2008-06-15T23:53:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone! We're coming to this site soon! We are still at http://www.reaganjoy.blogspot.com/ but this week we should be up and running here.
I'm really slacking in this blogging thing lately!
Sorry to our regulars!
Believe me, I'll make a big stink about our new blog as soon as I get it going!
Love you all!