10 months!

10 months old - wow!!!  Reagan has officially been out of my belly for longer then she was in there....crazy to think about!!!  I feel like she is now at the age where she learns something new almost every day!  It is so much fun to sit back and watch her try to figure out how a toy works or how to repeat something that we just showed her.  She is such a thinker and will patiently sit there and try to figure things out (or at least for as long as an active 10 month old will sit still).

We had a really fun last month.  My sister turned 30 and we had lots of surprises in store for her.  The biggest one was the fact that my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew flew in from New York and she had absolutely no idea!!  Reagan and Jackson had never met their cousin, Jameson, before either - so that was so much fun to finally have the three of them together!!

We got down there on Friday (my sister's birthday) and then had a party for her at their house that night.  My contribution to the party were some yummy booze-infused cupcakes (Guinness-chocolate cupcakes with Bailey's cream cheese frosting) along with some nail polish bites made out of marshmallows and tootsie rolls in my sister's signature color!!

My brother's birthday was the day before my sister's so it was really fun to get to celebrate both my sibling's birthdays with them this year!!  It was one of the most fun weekends I have had in a while because I absolutely love getting to spend time with my family, which doesn't always happen as often as I would like since we are kind of spread out across the US.

We also celebrated Easter while we were down in Arkansas.  Reagan thinks that hunting eggs is serious business. :)

Reagan is eating a lot more finger foods now that she has gotten in one of her top teeth.  She is very independent and loves being able to feed herself (although she can still make a mess no matter what she is eating!)

Another recent Reagan accomplishment is that she will now push her walking toy everywhere by herself.  She will even turn some of her non-wheeled toys into "walkers" by just pushing them across the floor.  She has been standing up by herself lately for as long as 30 seconds (until she realizes exactly what she is doing, and then she will either lunge forward for the closest person or else plop backwards onto her bottom).

Reagan is also saying "dada" and "daddy", which I know Chris loves getting to hear!!!  And because I forgot to include these last month - at her 9 month appointment she was 28.5 inches (45th percentile) and 18 pounds, 10 ounces (78th percentile)....tall and skinny, just like her daddy!!

Reagan and I met her Nanny Pam and Great-Grandma Barbara at Town Center one day and she got her first pair of shoes.  She was so proud of herself standing up like such a big girl in her pretty, new shoes!!!!

Reagan also has the cutest little things she will do now.  She has learned to shake her head back and forth and thinks it is so funny to do that.  She loves to arch her back and look upside down while facing backwards.  We absolutely love all of her slobbery kisses, and especially when she will blow a nice raspberry on our cheek to go with it!!!  She definitely keeps us laughing, that is for sure!!

Reagan's newest "trick" is that she will scrunch up her nose and give the biggest smile whenever you say "cheese"!!  Here she is doing it during our 10 month picture session (and showing off that new top tooth!)

These next few months are going to be pretty busy so don't expect too many blog posts out of this busy mama!!!  I will definitely try to check back in next month though, and maybe post some more videos one of these days!

-Ellie