Honestly, out of all the photos I took last year that weren't of Reagan (and, admittedly, that was not many) this is one of my favorites:



I don't know why.

Thank you, lj, for finally making a mobile friendly site that is functional.

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There's an entry from 4 years ago tagged 'squirrels eating my face' and there was once a picture there, but it's gone into the ether.

Haha. I gotta wonder about these things sometimes.

A few weeks ago, we discovered that we had Sprout on our cable. Since then, unless Dad is home, there has not been grown-up TV on for most of the waking hours.

This has led me to a realization: Childrens TV does not suck as bad as it used to.

I still have a firey burning dislike for Barney, and Bob the Builder... what's his deal? He still lives at home with his Mom and Dad? What DOES Wendy see in him? The Bearenstain Bears make me want to go a little crazy, but they rarely show those.

And, shockingly, the Wiggles aren't as annoying as I'd once imagined them to be. In fact, I kind of enjoy listening to them sing and chatter along in the background. And Reagan LOVES them. I also love The Rubbadubbers (srsly) and that other jungle one that I can never remember the name of.

And, AND. I love Play With Me Sesame. They include ooooold Sesame Street clips that I remember from when I was a kid. It's so nice to see those things again.

It's hard to keep up with all the sites, let alone 2 live journal accounts. I'm thinking I'm going to just forget the second one and go back to posting here, because really, my daughter is my life and it's ridiculous to keep two separate places for the same life.

But I think I'm going to do a dreaded FLIST CUT, which I don't think I've ever, ever done here.

Hi, have you missed me?



I missed all of you. But, you know, it's a busy life chasing and entertaining this little ball of energy.

I got a new camera.....

AND NOW, TO ANNOY THE CRAP OUT OF EVERYONE.

So, we leave for our EPIC JOURNEY in one weeks time. This includes a 32 hour train ride, followed by 4 weeks at Mom and Dad's in Montana, then the dreaded car ride from MT to MPLS to home. Wow. This is all going to be such an adventure. I am not as worried about the train as the car ride, since Reagan does not do well after the first 30 miles. Which is to say, she throws epic fits that leaves her trembling and shaken for hours after wards. I have no idea what is so difficult about the car seat, but from what I can tell, this problem is not only ours.

At any rate. Mom has been out for for the past week or so. It's been nice to have another pair of hands and legs to chase this monster around. She's already standing up and taking 3-5 steps. Most of the time, her feet get ahead of her brain and she face plants, but it's carpet, and she catches herself. Still, her little wrists must be sore all the time.

What else. We went swimming, which was momentous because I actually got in a swimming suit and went in public. She had a great time, and loved it. We were surprised since GRASS was such a difficult thing to master. Putting her on the grass was totally traumatic for her, and took a good week or so to get over it. She still will sit there, but at least doesn't scream and claw her way back up your legs anymore.

It finally feels like we are settling into our house. I got curtains up, and hope to get some of our wall stuff hung up before we leave. It's taken a while, but we're getting the hang of our new place. Spring has been wonderful, and we've discovered so many little flower beds that the previous owners planted. I was shocked to look out my north facing living room window to see about 20 red tulips. Our neighbors have a beautiful magnolia tree that has been fun to watch blooming.

What's with all these Russians adding me? I've had at least 7 in the past couple weeks. Weird.

Also, should anyone be so inclined, I'm constantly uploading photos over yonder. I no longer have a fat baby. Well, she's still fat, but she's growing into her fat. Already. Wow.

We've been moved into our new place since Nov. It's been great to know that it's our OWN place, and we seem to treat it differently then we have any other rental. Of course, now there's talk that Ron might (mightmightmight, I HOPE) be taking a job in Chicagoland, which would be awesome. Of course, he's also talking commuting mon-fri if he has to work 'in the office', so we'll see. This is all just talking in the wind now, it will be interesting to see if it actually happens. But, it's exciting none the less.

I'm so happy spring is finally here. I feel my mood lifting and I want to get outside and do things. We spent so many months with snow at least once, if not 3 times a week, and practically buried inside, that it feels so good to just stretch, even if it is still cool outside. We went for our first spring walk yesterday, which was only to the mechanic a couple blocks away.

Car has been running like crap, so I took it in for a tune up. The mechanics didn't treat me like a stupid woman, and were exceedingly friendly and helpful. It's in my benefit that we attend the same church, so he knows my face. I was worried that we would need an entirely new transmission, but turns out we just need a new cylinoid and a tune-up. Awesome. Drives like a new beast.

I'll be taking the EPIC JOURNEY to MT here in a few weeks. Reagan has 9 month shots (already?!) in the end on April, and Mom will most likely be here a few days before that. We'll be leaving the next week on the train to Shelby, and I'll be spending 3-5 weeks out there. Dad is being kind enough to give me his '05 Honda Accord, which is in like-new condition, the way he babies his cars and the upkeep he's put into it (new brakes, struts, shocks, tires... all in the past couple months, thanks Dad!) so Mom and I will be driving with the Monkey from MT via MPLS to home. Um. Wow. Yeah. I'm totally worried about that road trip. Provided everything goes as planned, Mom will be staying out here until July, I suppose after Reagan's first birthday (ALREADY?) Wow. That's a lot of traveling I've got coming up. Let's hope Reagan has the heart of a gypsy like her parents do.