RAEGAN: Nine Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH.-- Oh, sweet Raegan. I swear she just keeps getting cuter and cuter. How is that possible?  We all love her so much.  She's standing up so confidently. We keep thinking she's going to take a step any day now, but it hasn't happened yet. This COVID-19 stuff has thrown us all for a loop. But it has been so nice being home all day and not having to wake her up from a nap to pick up anyone from school. Raegan has been in heaven having 24-7 access to play with her big sisters-- they all smoother her with kisses and attention ALL DAY LONG. 

NINE MONTH STATS: 

• 18.62 lbs (61st percentile)
• 29.5" (98th percentile)

EATING: Loves eating real food. She especially loves to eat all by herself and is loosing interest quickly in baby food and us spooning food into her mouth. She just wants to grab it off her high chair and down it. 


SLEEPING: Sleeps through the night most nights. Still has two naps a day. A morning nap around 10 and an afternoon nap around 3:30. 

WEARING: Nine month and twelve month


INTERESTING TIDBITS:  So far she says: Mama, Dada, Book (sounds like Buh), Ball (Bah), and other things that aren't always so discernible.

She got pretty sick at the end of March (I was worried it might be COVID-19). After a few days of really high fever, she broke out in a rash, and then we realized it was roseola. 

Got a much-needed haircut. After several comments from people about her unruly/uneven/long hair, I realized it wasn't as cute to anyone else as it was to me. ha  So, Isaac gave her a cut and it looks a billion times better. Sadly, it took away all her pretty dark hair (I love dark hair) and now her hair is a light brown. 

She does not like grass. If we sit her down on the ground outside on grass, she immediately sticks her feet straight up in the air so she doesn't have to feel the grass blades on her feet. It's pretty funny.

LOOOOOOOVES to swing! 

First Easter

First Easter, posing on the front porch 

Loves having baths with her sisters

This is the position she takes as soon as we set her on the grass. 

RAEGAN: Eight Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- What a difference a month makes. This girl is rapidly growing up! She has two new teeth-- these ones are her front top teeth, she crawls like a champ, pulls herself up and cruises on everything and can even stand for a few seconds by herself and... this might be the death of me... but she's trying to go up the stairs. Heaven help us. She even got a new haircut... her long, stringy locks were getting pretty bad looking. So, in an effort to make her not look homeless, Isaac cut off all her shaggy hair. 

EIGHT MONTH STATS: 

• NONE THIS MONTH

EATING: Loves eating real food, and downs baby food like nobody's business. Gets excited to have any food in her hands to pick up and devour. 


SLEEPING: Sleeps through the night, but sometimes wakes up REALLY early... you know, 4:30 or 5. Thankfully she'll go back to sleep for a few hours. 

WEARING: Nine month and twelve month


INTERESTING TIDBITS:  

Started crawling at the beginning of March. Just a few days later she started pulling herself up on things. First on me while I was sitting or laying down on the ground, and then on anything and everything she could grasp onto. 

She loves our playroom... particularly standing up and pulling everything out of the dollhouse. 

She is a busy, busy girl and puts EVERYTHING in her mouth and likes to rip up anything she can. 

Her sisters are all little mothers to her. Marin wants to carry her everywhere (ugh), Paige likes to sit down with her and pull her all around while in her lap, and Britta likes to feed her as well as tell her what she should and should not be doing. 

She got sick last week. She had a fever for two straight days and nights. One night it got up to 102.4. She was miserable. After the fever went away, she got a weird rash up her tummy, back and neck that lasted for a few days. Isaac thinks it was roseola. 

This was one of those days she wasn't feeling too hot. Poor girl. 

RAEGAN: Seven Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- We sure love this girl! She got her first tooth-- her first two teeth, actually. Right on the bottom. Is starting to rock back and forth getting ready to crawl. Can now sit up from laying down, all by herself. 

SEVEN MONTH STATS: 

• No stats this month

SLEEPING: Solid morning naps, solid afternoon naps. Most days. Sleeps pretty well at nighttime. Wakes up once in the middle of the night sometimes, but not every night. Is usually awake by 6 or 6:30, but will go back to sleep for another hour or two usually. 

WEARING: Some six month clothes, some nine/12 months too. 

INTERESTING TIDBITS:  Rocks back and forth on her hands and legs, wanting to crawl so badly. 


Loves looking at books-- and tearing them if they are tearable. 

She gets so excited when she sees me, it's still my favorite thing. Big huge open mouth smile, and wildly waves her arms and legs. 

Cries when I set her down to play and walk away (usually to get something done). 


EATING: Loves food and drinking juice (or water) from the water bottle. Gets really excited when she knows she's about to get some food to eat. 

MARIN: Six Years Old

RICHLAND, WASH. --  Six is such a magical age for little girls. Marin is so passionate about life and all the little things little girls her age love... fairies, unicorns, princesses, anything sparkly, pink and frilly. She's incredibly smart, lovely, and so helpful and cute with her little sisters. We all adore her. 

Six Year Old Stats: (taken in April 2020)

• 4' tall (82%)

• 52.9 lbs. (78%)

Sleeping: Goes to bed at 7/7:30, but has a heck of a time falling asleep most nights, even when she's exhausted. Wakes up every morning around 7:30 or so.  

Wearing: 6T and 7T (she's tall)
  
Interesting Tidbits: Marin is incredibly smart. She remembers everything. She knows every letter and sound and can read like a pro. Her drawing skills amaze me and she catches on to everything very quickly. At her very first Parent Teacher Conference, I was wowed by her skills, she is way above where most kindergarteners are on the scale. But I was also stumped as to what to do about a few other social skills she's lacking in...  mainly she cries VERY easily and openly when she doesn't get her way or doesn't get something she was hoping to have. This happens at home, but I thought for sure it wasn't happening at school (obviously social awareness is not super sharp in kindergarten, but still... I hadn't heard about it happening, so how was I to know?). So, we have that. She's an emotional girl and I have no idea what to do about it. Hopefully her emotions will mature and simmer down a little bit a bit as she grows up, otherwise... heaven help us. :)  

Marin is so good with her sisters (most of the time). She was definitely born first in our family for a reason. She and Paige are best buds (most of the time) and she is so sweet and helpful with Britta and Raegan (most of the time). They all adore her. Britta gets so excited when we pick up Marin from Kindergarten, and shouts, "Marin, Marin, Marin!" as soon as she sees Marin coming out the school doors. All the parents get a kick out of it.   

Marin is so good at drawing. Her creative little mind wows me with her creations. After seeing a video of Jan Brett (the author and illustrator) at the school library one day, she decided she wants to be an illustrator too.  

To celebrate Marin turning six, we threw her a Fairy Garden birthday party with a small group of friends. We even let Paige have a friend come too, so she'd be entertained. :) 
It was so magical. They created indoor fairy gardens, went on a fairy treasure hunt outside and found magical necklaces with viles of fairy dust (glitter) in them that the fairies had left behind for them, and when they returned from their treasure hunt, fairies had found their home in each of the girl's fairy gardens. Marin and fairies are serious business. I think she believes more in fairies than she does Santa Claus. The girls had a good time and Marin was in heaven. 

Marin's Fairy Garden party. It was magical. 

RAEGAN: Six Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- Six months old! Wow, did that fly! I still think of Raegan as our newborn. Yet she says "mama" and "dada" and clearly is trying to communicate with us constantly. To say she is delightful is a vast understatement. She is the BEST baby, always happy, chill and just DELIGHTFUL! 

SIX MONTH STATS: 

• 16.25 lbs (50th percentile)
• 27" (86th percentile)
• 17.7" HC (97th percentile)

EATING: Has tried pears, applesauce, peaches, green beans, butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, loves sucking on bread crusts, crackers, veggie straws. Protests loudly when we try to take away any finger foods from her. Has discovered that she can drink from Britta's sippy cup (Camelbak waterbottle) and goes to town with it when she can get her hands on it.  

SLEEPING: Solid morning naps, solid afternoon naps. Most days. Sleeps pretty well at nighttime. Wakes up once in the middle of the night sometimes, but not every night. Is always awake by 6 or 6:30, but will go back to sleep for another hour or two usually. Is often woken up from at least one of her naps everyday for school pickup or drop-off.   

WEARING: Six month clothes, some nine months too. 

INTERESTING TIDBITS:  She's been teething for the past few months. Slobbering a ton. Thinking a bottom tooth will pop up sometime soon. 

Loves playing on her tummy. Rolls all over the place. 

I lose hundreds of hairs on my head daily from her strong grasp. 

Likes to give slobbery kisses. 

In her new Ariel dress. 

Britta loves to feed her most of all.

Though Raegan's grip is much stronger than Britta's and Raegan will usually grab the spoon away from Britta and try to feed herself. 

Passport photo for our upcoming trip to Germany

Isaac can get Raegan laughing harder than anyone. It's my favorite sound. 

RAEGAN: Five Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- Raegan celebrated her first Christmas this past month. Santa didn't bring her much, because she really just loves playing with her packages of baby wipes... something about that crunching sound babies just can't get enough of. Also, she can say, "Mama." It makes me happy. 


FIVE MONTH STATS: 

• None taken this month.

EATING: Tried rice cereal. Was pretty indifferent and wasn't quite sure what to do with it when we put the spoon in her mouth. 

SLEEPING: Morning nap about an hour and a half after she wakes up. Sleeps for a few hours, usually, until around 1 p.m. and then has another nap after we pick up Marin from school. Has started to fall asleep much better when I just lay her down and close the door. She goes right to sleep. It's so nice. 

WEARING: Six month clothes  

INTERESTING TIDBITS:  Sits up like a champ. Rolls over both ways and all over the place. 

Loves the bath. Loves her sisters, though is loved a little too much sometimes by Britta.

Marin wants to hold her while standing up... asks to hold her standing up all the time. ha

Starting to babble more.

Says "Mama" and "Dada."  But she definitely said, "Mama" first. That's a first for any of my kids... the others all said "Dada" first. 

In addition to her first Christmas, she also took her first epically long road trip. On Christmas day (we opened gifts on Christmas Eve this year), we drove down to St. George, Utah for a little random getaway of sorts. She did amazingly well for being in the car day after day. She was such a champ.

Loves playing with her feet and pulling off her socks. I'm not sure why I bother putting them on her most days. They always end up pulled off.

Her hair is still just as wild as ever. 

First Christmas! 

Somewhere on a pit stop near the end of our road trip

Watch out! 

In St. George, Utah, where we met up with some Reeve cousins who were also in town!

Isn't she the cutest?! Hair and all. 

We love her SO much! 

One day her hair will lay flat. One day.