Turning 4months old

Looking back…

Wow my little girl will be 4 months old next week. She is growing up so fast; she is starting to roll over, pull up and attempting to crawl. She puts her legs underneath and sticks her butt up but that’s about it. She is a bundle of joy!! Stephen is ready for baby number 2, I told him we need to wait a few years. Funny thing before we had her I wanted 4 and Stephen wanted 2 kids, now its flipped flopped. I want to give a shout out to my wonderful sister (Nan Tader) who has been a wonderful advice giver and inspires me to be a great mom like herself. “I ain’t got but love for ya” “I will always be behind the dough, mother love”

Next week is a BIG week for us all, she starts school. I am very sad to see her go but I know it’s going to be fine. I just think how much I am going to miss her. Gigi (mother in law) was in town last week and watched her while I went to work at the office. Gigi said she did great, so she will do great at school. Luckily, I will only be a few minutes away so I am going to visit her at lunch.

So far this summer we have been enjoying Saturday having a family picnic, lots of walks around the neighborhood and playing in the yard. Last time at the park Stephen caught a fish. He was so excited and can’t wait for Reagan to go fishing with him.

Mother's Day May 2009

Trying to catch up….

Mother’s Day weekend we took a road trip 4hrs north to Mackinac Island. It was a nice relaxing getaway. Reagan was perfect in the car ride; she slept most of the way. We stopped a few times for feeding and diaper changing.

Mackinac Island is located between Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsula. It’s an island with horse and buggy and lots of historical building and fort. We took the ferry over to the island and spent all day walking around and touring the island. We spent most of the day touring Fort Mackinac and walking the trails hidden in the forest. The weather was almost perfect, just a little cool but again we are in Michigan so the weather is forever changing. This beginning our first trip with a baby, I did forget a few things but we managed. First, I did not pack enough diapers and wipes so we had to buy some at a little store on the island. Of course, the price was like 3x more but what can you do. Also, I am noticing more and more that restaurants do not have a changing table in there bathrooms (I guess babies are not a lot in there restaurant???). It’s so gross having to change your baby either holding her or putting her on the floor on the changing mat. Besides the bathroom situation we ate lunch and dinner on the island and had a great family day!!! The ferry ride back was very very bumpy I thought I was going to get sick but lucky it was only like 20mins (felt like 60mins.) I think Reagan had fun and she was a great baby!!

I received the sweetest card and diamond earrings from Stephen and Reagan. It was the best first mother’s day!!! Looking for to many many more……..

the beautiful view of the island

At lunch

The Grand Hotel

Ferry over to the island.

Reagan loves the king size hotel bed!

night stroll.