Reagan is One Year Old!

My little baby is a year old! AAHH!!! It is going by too fast!!! She is now 20.6lbs and 29.25 inches. For over a month now, she has been cruising the furniture but, was never brave enough to let go. Last week, she took her first steps and then she has only tried to walk one more time since then. She has quite the personality now-always smiling and laughing. It is interesting to see the 3 kids different personalities. Keira is the socialite, Devin is the shy charmer, and Reagan is the easy going one. They are each so different. For her birthday,m we had Aunt Cynder, the very soon to be Uncle Tom, the cousins, Grandma/pa O'Leary and their 2 friends over for dinner and cake. Mike thought the piece of cake was way too big for her but, then she amazed us all by eating every last crumb. At first, she just took the smallest taste of frosting, then a little cake crumb, and then she was diving in and getting in while the getting was good since we rarely have sweets in our house and this was her first dose of the drug! She had a great birthday and first year and has come so far! My babies are growing up! STOP!!!

Mother's Day 2009

My girlfriend, who does photography as a hobby, invited the kids and I out for a photo shoot at the outdoor Townsquare Shopping Mall. This has to be one of the few photos or the only photo that I have where all three kid are looking at the camera and are somewhat happy. I love this pic. For Mother's Day, Mike woke up early with the kids and made me a yummy breakfast with chocolate covered fruit and the works. YUMMY!! The kids had a blast helping him dip (and taste test) the chocolate. I picked out my own Mother's Day gift this year. I planned an overnight BY MYSELF to San Francisco. I had 30 hours to myself and actually got to shop for clothes and try them on before buying them!!! My girlfriend, Karen, who I've known since my high school trip to Japan lives near the city. After a day of shopping, she and her family and my brother Tim met met me for dinner. I stayed the night at Tim's house and relaxed the next day before heading back to Vegas. The kids did pretty good without me, until it was getting close to bedtime and I could only tuck them in via the phone. And, they were barely home while I was gone between going to the gym, Keira's soccer practice and another appointment...so they were occupied and got their minds off of mommy not being there. It was a wonderful trip but, I loved coming home to my babies!