A busy month

So I have been meaning to write  for a while but when you have a newborn the days go by fast! I can't believe that Reagan will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. These last few weeks have flown by! There is so much to update on I am not sure where to start... well we went for her month check up this week. She weighs 9 lbs and is the the 50%. While her head is in the 75%. That is why I had so much fun in delivery. :)

She has finally learned the difference between her nights and days. Man we went through at least 2 good weeks where she wasn't going to sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning...one day is was 6 am. Then she just wanted to sleep all day. I got wise after that morning. I started the routine they talk about in the book Babywise. The one where you feed, keep them awake, then let them sleep and then start all over 3 hours later. It has really worked. It is supposed to get your baby to sleep through the night by 6 weeks. That would be amazing.

Last night I went to sleep at midnight (early for me) and Rick was just going to put her to bed and then come to bed himself. I went to sleep the minute my head hit the pillow. (I have not been getting tons of sleep.) And I didn't wake up until 5:30. Amazing I thought, I can't believe Reagan slept that long. Only to find out later that she cried with Rick for 2 hours after I went to bed. My sweet husband did everything to try to get her to sleep. He even took her on a drive to look for deer. I think the looking for deer part was for his own sanity. So we are making progress but slowly.  Hopefully in the next few weeks she will start sleeping longer and longer. I miss my full nights of sleep.

But man is she worth it. She is the most precious thing in the world. When she looks up at me and smiles (most likely from gas) I can't imagine life without her.

Here are a couple of her latest pics.

I have a thing for clothing with ears. 

Yay she's finally awake during the day. 

Leah, our very first babysitter. We went out to breakfast on MLK and Leah watched Reagan for us!!

Out at breakfast. Flying biscuit..my favorite! 

Leah bought her this cute monkey hat...She is adorable.

More jackets with ears! 

I found her in the swing asleep with her hands like this. 

She was looking at my very skeptically. She is a funny girl. 

We went for our first walk around the neighborhood this week. Hopefully we will have many more walks to come so that I can lose the rest of my baby weight and get back in my regular clothes. I am getting very tired of my same elastic waistband jeans. 

Well thats all for now!! I will do another update soon! 

Christmas

We are so excited Reagan came a week before Christmas! What a blessing. We had such a fun Christmas with her in the house. My parents and Rick's parents and brother came up on Christmas eve day. We made some sugary treats and relaxed.

Then we headed out to the Christmas eve service at our church. Although Reagan cried the whole ride there, she was so good during the service...just sleeping away. Then we came home to Rick's mom's tradition Swedish Christmas eve dinner. So tasty.

Christmas morning my dad made pancakes and we opened an obscene amount of gifts. I think Reagan racked up the most. She is lucky to have such great grandparents!

Of course all along the way we got some great shots of Reagan.
Here are our highlights.

All of us at our Christmas eve service.

The Griggs'

We skyped with Rick's brother and sister in law, Will and Jess. They got to meet Reagan for Christmas. 

Getting ready to open gifts.

Opening gifts. 

Smiling. 

The best Christmas gift. 

Good times with Daddy.

Her with her new build a bear.  Funny that the bear's head is bigger than hers. :)

Visitors

We have been blessed to have many people visit Reagan both at the hospital and here at the house! It is fun that so many people are excited that she is here. We anticipate a lot more visitors when everyone gets back in town.  It has been kind of nice to have a slow stream of visitors since most people are out of town for Christmas. It has given us time to begin to figure out how to feed/sleep/and generally learn how to function with a newborn in the house. She is a blessing but I do miss my full nights of sleep! 
Here are a few pics of our visitors. 

Jess, one of my disicples came to the hospital. 

2 of my friends from my staff team. Kelly and Jessica. Jessica drove all the way from Orlando to visit Reagan! I have great friends here. 

Rick had 2 college friends in town Nate and Nate who came to meet Reagan. 

Travis was a natural with Reagan. She watched a basketball game with him for almost an hour. 

My dad (Pops) drove all the way from St. Simons just for the day to see his first granddaughter. 

Rick's family also drove up from Orlando. This is his dad (Grandpa) with Reagan. We had to tear her away from him. :)

Rick's brother Tommy. 

Rick's mom (grandma). 

Another friend from our staff team,Carly, stopped in before heading to our Christmas conference. 

Leah, one of my disciples, of course cried when she held Reagan. She will make a great babysitter! 

Carly, another disciple, looked like a natural! 

If you would like to meet Reagan come on by! We would love to see you. Plus, since I am still healing, I  can't get out much so I love all the company I can get.  

Stay tuned for our Christmas pics! 

Reagan is Here!!

I had meant to post this a week ago but I have realized anything that takes more than one hand doesn't get done. (While feeding I can only use one hand.) Plus we had both Rick and my family in town for Christmas. It was a blessing, but I haven't had much free time! I guess I should get used to that. :)


Please meet Reagan Katherine Kingsley born Dec. 17, 2010 at 4:14 pm. She was 7 lbs and was 19.75 in long. 

Rick was the best coach a girl could ask for! I couldn't have done it without him! 

After almost 3 hours of pushing and 13 hours of labor, my precious little girl made it all worth it! 

My mom was there the whole time. She was great at the ice chips! 

Getting printed

Rick is such a sweet Daddy! 

All dressed up! 

Getting ready for Christmas! 

Arriving at home! Fenway was so excited! 

More posts of Reagan to come! 

Thanks for reading!

Staying busy

So my doctor may have gotten my hopes up a little last week. Every tightening of the stomach I was thinking okay this is it, only to be sadly disappointed when nothing came of it. I have however been trying to stay busy. Which has been easy until the students have started leaving this week.  But I thought I would post a few pics of what has kept me busy the last week or so!  If I start posting on this every hour you can assume I am desperate for things to keep me busy!

Me with some of the girls I disciple at our Crusade Christmas party. 

With 2 friends at a Christmas Mug and muffin. Love events I can wear sweat pants and a t-shirt  to! 

I have started a tradition of putting on a Christmas tea every year for the girls I invest in. It allows me to bake some of my favorite treats and host, which I love to do. I even get to use my fun spode christmas plates I have been collecting! 

This is me at 39 weeks. I am ready to have this baby! 

Well hopefully the next post will be saying that Reagan is here but if not I still need to post pics of the nursery and other things so stay tuned! 

Coming soon!

I went to the doctor today and she told me I am 3 cm. dilated and I could come anytime!! Woo hoo!  I am now scrambling to get everything done that needs to get done before she comes. Her nursery is almost ready... I will post pics soon. Christmas shopping, cleaning, christmas cards, etc. I know it will all be fine if she comes early but it would be nice to feel ready. However, it would also feel nice to not have to pee every 30 seconds and be able to pull myself off the couch without a crane. I guess she will come when she comes. Thanks for reading! 

Christina

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