The Ott's reception- July 11th

So excited for Pat and Savannah! I was lucky to be apart of their big day in December and now celebrating the reception. I was pregnant in December so everyone was excited to see the “baby”. She was very good, center of attention, and hung out with us for about 6 hours. The evening slowly approached and she was ready to go home to bed.

4th of July

Very exciting week this was. A lot of “first” for Reagan- first road trip 12 hours, first trip to MS, first time to meet the Don Don, Sean/Lacy, Burton family, Aunt Lauren, Great Grandma Defrank, The Heatherlys, Uncle Brian, Uncle Lenny , Nan Tadar and cousins Lu/Brooks.

We left Howell at 3pm on Thursday and drove to Sean’s House in Indianapolis (6hours) for dinner. We order pizza (curry take out for me) and hung out for a few hours. We arrived at our hotel in Louisville around mid-night. Friday morning we drove the remainder 6 hours to my mom’s house. Had lots of fun with on the Ash farm- four wheel hide go seek was my favorite. Stayed at my parents until Sunday, then drove to smith lake to see the Burton family. After visiting with the family on smith lake we went to Gigi and Don Don where we stayed the night and spent most of the following day with them until it was time to get back on the road home. Nanny Defrank and Lauren (step-sister in law) came over to visit. We sat on the porch and talked while Reagan was passed around for playing. Monday afternoon drove 6 hours to Louisville stayed the night then arrived in Howell Tuesday mid-day. WOW what a trip, I need a vacation from the vacation.

Stephen’s First Father’s Day- a lot of “first”

I had an event to attend for work this weekend so Reagan and Stephen went with me. We stayed at a very nice resort in Point Clear AL, 20 mins from my grandmother. This trip was a lot of “first”- first plane ride, first father’s day, first time in AL, first time in HOT ASS weather, first time to meet her great grandma,and first time to meet her grand dad.

Stephen and Reagan had fun hanging out all day while I attended my work event. The show was over around 3pm so we headed to my grandma’s for a little visit. My mom and dad drove down to visit with us. The 4 generations photo:

One morning I went to the event and then came back to the room on our break and they were gone. I was thinking “where did they go?” and “how did Stephen get her ready?” Well little do I know but daddy can handle it, mommy doesn’t always have to do everything. I found them in the main dining area eating breakfast, well Stephen was because Reagan was asleep in her stroller. He gave her a bath, dressed her, feed her, he got ready and walked over to the restaurant. WOW, I was impressed! GO DADDY! Later that day, they tired to go swimming but it was so dang hot. Reagan lasted maybe 30 mins in the pool and was ready to go to the cool room. Father’s Day had arrived and Reagan got her daddy 2 tickets (mom and dad will be going) to the AL vs. LSU game in November. Stephen was excited, best gift ever!!!! We had a great time in AL with our family and ate lots of seafood/chick fil A YUMMY. Oh, Reagan loves airplanes and is the best traveler- she just slept the whole time.

Back to work- June 1st

So I have started back in the office 3 days a week. I miss Reagan a lot throughout the day but I know it’s for the best. Gigi (MIL) is watching her the first week and then she will start the following week. We visited her school before she starts for a “trail day” and the kids love her! They all came up to us to “talk” and show us there toys. The classroom is so peaceful and I think Reagan will enjoy it. All the kids adore the teacher and you can tell they are all happy to be there. I believe its going to be harder on me than Reagan, I feel like this is worst than giving birth. Emotial pain is much worse then physical. I keep telling myself “if you do not like it then you can just be a stay at home mommy”.

Gigi came the week of June 1st to watch her (thank you, her school did not have an opening until June 8). They had lots of fun throughout the day- I called every few hours the first few days, then I figured they have it under control so I limited my calls to maybe one or two a day. This was the first week Reagan took the bottle all day long (with breast milk) and she was getting better day by day.

First week of School- so I was pretty good starting the day off until my sister called on the way to work to ask how I was. Of course I started to cry and think how much I miss her. Thanks to all my sisters wonderful advice (I call her for everything) she made it a little easier. At lunch I went to check on Reagan and she was having a ball. She was laughing and playing, you could tell she really like it and didn’t really miss me much :(