Friends Weekend

I took a lot of pictures this weekend, so I am going to split them up into two posts. My friends Maren and Mindy came to visit this weekend with their boyfriends, Shaun and Niels. They were only here for a day and a half, so we had to make every minute count! First thing Saturday morning, we carved pumpkins.

Shaun seems unaware (or unconcerned?) of the impending danger.Lance wasn't too interested with the carving, so he left most of it up to me and he focused on the pumpkin seeds. Delicious!Niels's'sss first time carving a pumpkin ever. (He is from the Netherlands. Which, incidentally, is the same country as Holland. I did not know that.) He did great!Lance tried to take credit for my pumpkin. In his defense, he did help me with the lid. Later on....
After pumpkins, we headed up to the Thanksgiving Point festivities. Reagan wore her cow costume, because she had to get as much use out of it as possible. I saw this sign and it made me wonder. So I asked my little cow, and it turns out she only has one stomach, but she does spend a significant amount of time each day eating and chewing, as demonstrated below.Her first slide!Corn maze!It's me and Reagan in goat form! (plus another baby...?) You can't really see them well in this picture, but I had no idea baby goats are one of the cutest animals ever.

After an afternoon there, we came home, had dinner, left Reagan with babysitters and headed back up. As much as I love Reagan, it's nice to have an evening away from her occasionally. We were able to do the haunted stuff and it was super fun! The 4 of them left early the next morning, but we had a great time while they were here! It made our Halloween extra-special.

4 months stats

Reagan had her doctor's appointment this morning. Her measurements:

Weight: 13 lbs 13 oz (50th percentile)
Length: 25 in (70th percentile)
Head: 40.6 (35th percentile)

Skills: rolls onto tummy very easily; learning to sit without support; grabs, pulls, and reaches for toys; blows bubbles; giggles and shrieks (no full laugh yet), sleeps 11 hours at night, takes 3 2-hour naps. She is a very happy and smiley baby, and rarely cries without a good reason.

Next week we are starting solids, so stay tuned for that mess!

Also, Lance got a new job!! Starting Tuesday, he will be working for a firm in Salt Lake, doing securities law. (I'm not really sure what that means, either). We are very excited about this opportunity. It pays more and Lance wont have to do anymore divorces. We are going to buy another car, since I have to have some form of transportation. It also means that Lance wont be getting home until after 7 pm every day :(. I have been so spoiled because he has worked close enough that he could come home for lunch every day. But no more :( But we are excited for the future,and especially for Halloween this weekend!

Oh hey!
The football game today was mostly a success. The weather was perfect, and we won 56-3. Poor Idaho State. Unfortunately, we had to leave after the 3rd quarter because Baby got fussy. It was quite noisy and kept her from napping for too long.

For some reason this picture keeps uploading sideways :( But if you look closely, you can see Reagan sound asleep with her head completely to one side.

Here's some more cute pictures that we took on Friday:

On Friday she was being so funny. She would not sit up straight in her bumbo, and every time I leaned her up she would do this:

"What Mom, isn't this normal?"

Oh and here are a couple pictures Lance's mom emailed us from when they were here.
I got me a good lookin family!

4 months!

Reagan turns four months old today. We're 1/3 of the way there! Since she doesn't have her doctor's appointment for another week, I'll just post some cute pictures of her.

She loves playing in her musical jumper. Don't judge me for putting it in the front closet- we had limited options! Besides, she's made best friends with the vacuum!

After she finished tummy time, I had her help with some laundry. It's never too early to get them started! Right Reagan?

To celebrate her momentous day, we're taking her to the BYU football game tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed that she will behave herself- 4 hours is a long time!

The Next Elder Larsen

My brother Evan left on his mission today. I miss him already :(. But he is going to be an amazing missionary! The folks of Columbus, OH better watch out because they wont even know what hit them. After lots of last minute scrambling over the past few days to make sure he had everything, we dropped him off at the MTC looking like quite a stud. Because I am often an emotional wreck, I had to hold in the tears while my parents easily maintained self-control. Typical. I couldn't help it! He is the closest brother to me in age and he is just so awesome and hilarious and handsome. I will miss him a lot. I can't believe Reagan will be all grown up by the he gets home. She may even have a sibling! Two years is a long time... Anyway, here are some pictures we took before he left.

The proud parents
Gazing into the vast unknown:

I'm his favorite sibling! (my words, not his)

Of course, Reagan wanted pictures with everyone.
It's the circle of life!

The man himself:

2 minutes to say goodbye at the MTC:

They took him away.
Goodbye forever.

I was sad. I will miss him a lot, but I am so proud of him! I'm not sure it's something that I could do. We love you, Elder Larsen!

Fall Family Fun!

Reagan is such a lucky girl. Over the past two weeks, she got to see all four grandparents, two aunts, two uncles, and two cousins. She is so spoiled with attention, but still manages to maintain her sweet disposition. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures with the first batch- we were too busy having fun, and before we knew it, Lance's parents were gone! That same day, my parents came out to take my brother Evan to the MTC (more about that in the next post). Reagan LOVES it when her grandparents come. She gets held all day! Lance's parents were nice enough to babysit one night while they were here so we were able to go on a triple date with our friends! It felt great to have a little break and get out of the house. When my family was here, we spent most of our time getting Evan ready and hanging around the house. Reagan got basket rides from Grandma:

Faster, Grandma, faster!

Of course, we watched the football game.

And we celebrated my parents' birthdays a week early!

We had a picnic in the mountains with the gorgeous fall colors:

And just had a great time visiting!

We all loved every minute, but I think Reagan had the most fun! She was so sad to see everyone leave today! She had to take a long nap to sleep it off.