3 yr stats

Our little girl is apparently not so little! We had her 3 year well check today. Her stats:
Height: 39 inches (90th percentile!!!)
Weight: 32 lbs (75th percentile)
We thought she had long legs but geez, she is tall!! She definitely got that trait from her daddy. She had a wonderful check-up and is a happy, healthy, perfect little lady.

THREE!!!!

I can not believe that I am posting (a few days late) that Reagan is THREE! My little girl is definitely growing up way too fast. She has grown into quite a princess.

At three years old, Reagan:

-Is excellent at expressing herself. She talks all the time and says really complex things. I am always surprised by what she has to say!
- Is a huge evasdropper! haha. You can not talk about anything in front of her. The car is the worst. She is in the back watching her movie, but she still hears (and repeats) everything you say.
- Remembers everything!
- Loves princesses, ballerinas, Max & Ruby, coloring, playdough, helping around the house, playing outside...
- Is a great sister, most of the time.
- Has a TEMPER. If she is hungry, tired, hot... watch out!
- Is a great sleeper.
- Is potty trained and very rarely has an accident.
- Asks "where my going today?" every morning.

A few pics of the birthday girl...

Its happening...

The big move is really happening! We are supposed to close on/before July 8th. Nic thinks we will close next Friday! We didn't sell our Kent house. Instead, we decided to rent it. I am still not sure how I feel about my new status as a landlord, but I am hoping it will work out alright. Our tenants signed a 1 year lease, so we are hoping that will buy us some time to decide what to do. And hopefully we won't lose 10s of thousands of dollars in the process!

When we had our new house inspected, the radon levels were high. So we had to have a mitigation system installed. Thankfully the seller paid for all of that. It was installed on Friday so I spent the whole day wandering around our new house and imagining calling it our home!

I took some interior pictures (before my camera batteries died) that I thought I would share with you.

Here is the foyer area. Looking at the pic, to the left is library and to the right is the dining room. There is a closet and 1/2 bath. Then it opens into the living room.

Dining room

This room is technically a library/den. We are going to use it as a toy room. I am going to get bins for all the toys on the bottom shelves and then use the high shelves for books. I think this is the room I am most excited for!

Here is part of the living room. The hallway you can see is where the kids bedrooms are. There is a full bath, linen closet, and another entrance to the toy room.

Other part of the living room.

The living room opens up to the kitchen. A REAL kitchen! A dishwasher, cupboard space, counters... wow! I guess I am excited for this too! As you can see, we have an island and a eating area. You can't see the sliding glass doors that open onto the awesome deck. But they are there.

A crappy pic of the master bath. Sorry, photography is not one of my skills. We have a garden tub with separate shower.

Master bedroom

Our walk-in closet! I looks like so much space. Give me a week, I'll fill it up! ;)

Obviously this is not everything, like I said, my camera batteries died. So you will have to imagine the kids bedrooms, laundry room, garage, etc. And sorry there are no exterior pictures! If you look at an older post, you can see the front of the house. As you can tell from the photos, nothing is painted! I am viewing it as a blank canvas and excited that we get to personalize it ourselves. Of course, it will take time and energy but it will be worth it! We have almost 2 acres of land that will be perfect for the dog, a garden, and playland of the babes.

I am so excited but still in awe that its actually happening. We were eating popsicles on the porch last week. Reagan said "I'm not going to live here anymore". It brought tears to my eyes! I have called Kent home for nearly a decade, it feels strange to leave. I am so ready for a new house, but I guess part of me will always be attached to this one. I am glad I will still be working in Kent because I am not ready to give it up entirely.

Nic has been bringing wine boxes home for packing... our garage looks like we robbed a liquor store! We have tons of packing to do! That is what I should be doing...

Hiiii!

Nothing like a sink bath with Grammar.

And check out my teeth... number 4 starting poking through last week!

The "festibul"

The summer would not be complete without a trip to the St. Clements "festibul" to get a sausage sandwich... for daddy at least, the sausage is too spicy for the rest of us! Aside from the band that was way too loud, we had a wonderful time!

Grandma D and Liam watching Reagan play some games.

Daddy and Reagan golfing.

When you caught a fish, you got a prize. It was really hard! I ended up picking up the hook and cheating. We would have been there all night!

I love the concentration on their faces.

Reagan showing off her wrist band to ride the rides. The big slide was a huge hit! You know the one, you climb all the stairs and ride down super fast on a potato sack. I was definitely more afraid than Reagan was, heights are not really my thing. And we did the 'round and round' a few times. I will not be letting her (or Liam) ride any actual carnival rides. Sorry kids, I am one of those mothers! I watched a news story about the number of deaths and serious injuries caused by children's rides. And seriously, have you looked at the people operating them?! They don't appear to be extremely concerned with safety (or hygiene for that matter).

Reagan won coins from playing the games. She used her coins to shop at a little store. She got a little foldable fan... which was ripped by the time we got home! Fun while it lasted I suppose.

The cheeeez face!

Reagan has had a cheeez face for pictures for a while. It makes getting a good picture of her nearly impossible. Well, now Liam has joined in on the fun! When I got the camera he immediately started making this face. And now, anytime we say "say cheeez Liam" he does it again! Hilarious! I took a video for you...

The princess has her castle!

We knew the perfect gift for Reagan for her birthday... a princess playhouse! I was not willing to pay full price so started hunting at garage sales for one. Luckily for Reagan, that meant she got her present a few weeks early. She didn't mind at all!


Daddy had a great idea and put the extra carpet from our front porch in the house. Its quite luxurious. Even Boone joined in on the fun!

Daddy tries to use the "I'm too big" excuse... looks like he fits just fine if you ask me. ;)

Liam loves the house just as much as Reagan!

8 months

Where has the month of June gone?!? I should have posted this like 10 days ago! Oops...

At 8 months:

- Liam is getting his first three teeth. 2 top 1 bottom. They are ruining his typical happy self! Naps have been shortened and sleeping at night is awful. Mommy would love if the rest of his teeth would hurry and come in so he can be happy once again! I just feel so bad for him, I can tell he is in pain. We have been sharing a lot of popsicles!

- Liam crawls FAST and EVERYWHERE. He loves if you crawl after him. But then he gets going too fast and often face plants into the carpet. Silly boy.

- Liam climbs the steps. Dangerous.

- Liam can pull himself up anywhere and on anything. His new trick is to crawl up behind you and then pull himself up on your legs. Which then means you can't move at all or he will fall over. But since he is behind you, you can't reach him to pick him up. So you just have to remain perfectly still until he lets go! Fun.

- In the morning, when we first come downstairs, the first thing Liam does every day is knock all the shoes off the shoe rack. Every day. Wonder how many years before he will pick them up?!

- Liam will no longer eat baby food. He prefers to have what we are eating and its easier to just chop up our dinner and share. He loves anything and everything.

- We have been starting the formula transition (...again...). He is doing much better with bottles. We just need to work on drinking the whole thing in one sitting instead of snacking.

Reagan is helping me fold the laundry by putting on every pair of clean underwear!

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new things

Busy week around here...

Liam no longer has a gummy baby smile. He is not getting his first tooth. Instead he is getting his first THREE teeth (two top, one bottom)!! Its cranky central in the Wade house.

In movement news, Liam now climbs the steps! He thinks its hilarious. I think its terrifying and dangerous. Out come the baby gates!