Top 12 of 2012

Since 2012 is coming to an end tonight, I wanted to reflect back on the greatest moments from this year.

12. Going home for my youngest brother's high school graduation in May.

11. Attending the wedding of Marissa and Chase, also in May.

10. Hosting Thanksgiving dinner with Lance's family at our house.

9. Taking Reagan camping for the first time on Father's Day.

8. Celebrating my 23rd birthday at Lagoon on Opening Day.

7. Spending Christmas with Lance's family.

6. Celebrating Lance's 30th birthday in January.

5. Buying our first home and moving to Layton in March.

4. Watching Reagan take her first steps just a few weeks later, on Easter Sunday.

3. My trip to Oregon and Texas, and going on my first cruise with my husband.

2. Celebrating Reagan's first birthday with friends and family.

And the number one moment in 2012........


1. Finding out on Halloween that I am pregnant with our second baby, due June 25th. 

Happy New Year, everyone! 2012 has been the best but we're very excited for 2013 and everything in store for our family.

Snowed In

At least, I wish we were. We came home to over a foot of snow on Thursday night. Lance still had to go to work on Friday, but Reagan and I didn't let it go to waste. She was so excited to go in the "no", until she realized it was so deep she couldn't actually move in it.

 She got stuck a lot.

 Luckily, that's what sleds are for.

 We went up and down the driveway and up and down the street,

 and when Dad was home on Saturday we did it all over again!

 She loved going down the frozen driveway!

 And we showed her how to make her very first snow angel.

 Best friends :) (After Lance, of course.)

Christmas

Despite the traveling (which I hate) we had a wonderful time in New Mexico with Lance's family. Reagan played with her cousins, wore about 6 different Christmas outfits, enjoyed the white Christmas, and Santa came! We entertained ourselves by playing games, watching all the Avengers movies, making a puzzle, and eating all the food we could find. In other words, the perfect holiday :)

 Sunday best.

 A bunch of troublemakers :)

On Christmas Eve we did a Nativity. Reagan tried her best as the angel, but unfortunately her taped-up hem fell down and really threw her off...

 She really couldn't even walk.

 Mary was very tender...

 ...but Joseph was having some serious issues. I can't blame him. It's a hard job.

Kissin cousins!

 Lance shared the Christmas story (with his pony scepter...?)

 Then it was time for presents from the cousins and white elephant for the adults! We got a blender, so I felt like a winner.

 And Reagan loved her magnetic wooden paper dolls and coloring books almost as much as she loved unwrapping them!

 After some play time, it was off to bed so Santa could come! And he did not disappoint. Reagan must have been a good girl this year, because she got her own stick pony, wooden puzzles, an animal tractor set, and a block train! What a lucky girl! (Not such a lucky dad, who had to carry all the heavy wooden toys home in his carry on bag.)

 Merry family on Christmas.

 After a nap, Reagan enjoyed the Christmas snow. Little did we know what we would come home to find....

18 Months and Family Pictures

Reagan is 18 months old today! I'll keep this short, since she just woke up early from her nap (thank you, runny nose) and I still have lots to do before we leave for New Mexico for Christmas! I can't believe how much she has changed in the past couple months. She talks so much now, mostly single words but a few phrases. She knows tons of words; I can't even keep up! She loves reading and snuggling with her panda and blankie. She gets along well with other young kids, and is adjusting well to nursery! She is such a happy, silly girl who gets into lots of trouble. This morning, while I was trying to pack, I heard her crying/screaming in her room and ran in to find her completely stretched out from the glider to the hutch trying to reach more books. I have no idea how she was balanced so precariously, but she was, and she was stuck. Unfortunately, I had to rescue her before I could snap a picture. Then not even an hour later, when I ran upstairs to switch the laundry over, she got into bag of chocolate pretzels someone had brought us and made a huge mess! She wasn't even sorry, either :)

A couple weeks ago, we had 18 month/family pictures taken, and some of them turned out so good! Here are a few. Love that sweet girl. Can't believe she's officially a toddler.

One happy family :)

Christmas (with) Eve. And Halle

We were lucky enough to have Sharon, Andrew, Eve (or Ve, as Reagan calls her), and baby Halle come stay with us for a couple days this week. Of course, I didn't take any pictures except when we went up to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden, but I got lots there. What a fun pace! I don't want to talk about the fact that I did not get a single picture of sweet Halle, or her parents. Shame on me...

Practicing being King:

And a fireman!

Lots of places for little girls to climb!

 And sit.

 Go to school, kids, and one day you can end up here!

   

Reagan had lots of fun riding the horse and bull in the rodeo.

 

 And she had a great time carrying around the African American dolly she picked out.

And she REALLY enjoyed "eating" in the kitchen while Eve was busy "cleaning". Like mothers, like daughters.

It was a wonderful adventure, but in the end, we're always glad to be home.

The rest of the days, Reagan and Eve played mostly nicely together, and it was great to have a chance to catch up. Until next time! Who knows when that will be...