Reagan's First Word!!!

We were in the front seat of the car the other day, and all of the sudden we heard Reagan make a noise that sounded distinctly like the word "hey". She said it about four different times, and Nick and I were nearly peeing our pants from laughing so hard.

We managed to capture her saying when we had the camcorder turned on, and even after we see it a million different times we still think it is funny (can you tell we are new parents?)

Seattle Weekend

Brian and Jenny (Brooke's brother and his wife) drove to Seattle for the weekend. We had a great time introducing Jenny to the pleasures of the Pacific Northwest (she isn't much of a seafood fan, but she was a good sport and tried some fresh crab). We went to Pike Place Market, the Ballard Locks, the outlet stores in Marysville, and St. Edward's park. At Pike Place Market Nick noticed an Aston Martin (sp? - ie- a hot car) that had a repair job done on the front end done with duct tape. Nick really got a kick out of that, and we were sure to get a picture. On Saturday we went to the Cheesecake Factory in Bellevue. Nick and I were both wearing BYU shirts (Go Cougars!), and we definitely fit right in with the general population. The restaurant and shopping center were crawling with fellow BYU fans (since the BYU v. UW Football game had been that day). It was fun to have that sense of camaraderie with everyone (everywhere we looked we were receiving "knowing head-nods", and people were saying: "Go Cougars"). It was such a great weekend! Also, (probably the best thing about the weekend) was that Reagan started sleeping through the night! She has slept for 10-12 hours the past four nights in a row- and I could not be more elated! THANK YOU SO MUCH to Ruthann and Sheri for recommending Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child- that book made all of the difference!

Brian and Jenny at Pike's

Reagan's general state of activity while we were at the busy market.

The Aston Martin and it's awesome repair job!

Nick pushing the stroller at the Locks

Nick playing with Reagan. She is getting such a fun personality!

Reagan's Blessing

We had Reagan's baby blessing over the weekend. Since it was a holiday weekend we went to UT (rather than having all of our family incur the expense of coming to us). Reagan was blessed in the same church that Nick was blessed in, which was very special. Reagan was as good as gold all weekend (airplane flight included, much to her mother's relief!).

Also, as you can tell from the pictures, it is obvious that I took the plunge and cut my hair! Having long hair made my neck too hot, and the long hair was constantly getting in the way. I thought I might have a little remorse after the fact, but I actually love the new look and have zero regrets!

Reagan in her blessing dress with her Duke headband

Brooke, Nick and Reagan

Lance and Reagan

Reagan, Brooke, Jeanne, Preston & Lorelei