Monday, August 30, 2010

Bad Blogger - 17 Month Update

So I know I've been very negligent about blogging on here lately.  Sorry.  Now I have a lot of catching up to do, so here we go.

So we started off the month of August going to the annual Kinmartin Family Picnic.  Regan had so much fun seeing all of her little cousins that are about her age.  We also had a little fun on the playground in between times it was raining (a family picnic tradition).
Yes, Mommy went down the slide too!
We took Regan to the Erie County Fair this year, with Grandma Gannon.  Of course we forgot the digital camera, so all we had was the phone to take pictures.  Regan loved looking at all the animals, and making all the animal noises.  She kept on signing for "more, more".  She loved watching all the people and the exhibits too.  The only thing she wasn't too fond of was the Midway, because it was just too noisy.  Of course Mom and Grandma's favorite part was the food.  We ate all of our favorites!

Eating her first taste of fried dough

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks:
Regan loves to "talk" on the phone.  She's actually starting to put words together.
Today she was playing peek-a-boo behind her bath towel, and I was "looking" for her.
She pulled the towel away and said "Hi Momma!"
Regan has also become a budding artist.  She loves to color, but won't just decorate a plain piece of paper.
You have to draw something for her to "color".  So we drew a picture of Pita and Cosmo.
Having a lazy Sunday morning with Dad
"Look mom, no hands!"
Regan doing her best Elton John
Taking a tip from the girls of the Jersey Shore...sporting a "bump"
We put a concrete patio in the back yard, 
and Regan was enamored with throwing the dirt and rocks around.
Out for ice cream the other day.  Not surprisingly, Daddy has more ice cream on his face than Regan.

I'm going to make more of an effort to post more often.  This weekend we are going on a family weekend getaway to Pittsburgh, so when I get back I will post some more pictures.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

16 Months Old

I guess it's about time for an update around here.

Regan turned 16 months old a few days ago, and she is growing into such a big girl now.  Walking is her primary mode of transportation, she has gotten quite the hang of it recently, and she can even walk really well on the grass.

She has learned some new words that she likes to use a lot; cat, clock, cake, papa, momma, kitty, car, and truck.  She uses so many words in the right context now, and "talks" a lot, though no one quite understands what she's saying.  She has also picked up a few more animal noises and hand motions; she does an owl "hooo, hooo", and a chicken "bawk, bawk, bawk", she pinches her fingers together for "crab", and flaps her hands for "butterfly".  Also, just recently she's been trying to say Uncle Colin's name, but it just comes out "Caaah!".

In other news, Rachel had her baby on Tuesday!  A boy, named Rhyon Alaric; and we are so excited for their growing family!

Here are some recent pictures of the bean:

Playing with Grandmas birthday boxes
"Relaxing" on the couch with her drumsticks
Coloring with her new crayons - still trying to learn that drawing with them is better than eating them
Story-time with Mommy and Pita
 
She stacked the cups up all by herself!
then she did it with her blocks too!