Halloween

I forgot I had these darling pics of Reagan's first trick or treating experience until just now. I don't know if she had fun asking for candy she wouldn't eat (except for a sucker, see below), but Ben and I sure did.

Us having a little talk about her door approach.

Reagan wondering why Daddy wasn't coming with us.

Reagan disgruntled about something or other. I love her face in this one.

In love with her rootbeer sucker.

So proud of herself.

Twelve Reasons Why We Love Cleveland So Much

(Fall here is so spectacular.)

The latest Cleveland tourism brochure...

"Surprise!!! You'll FALL in love with Cleveland."

Or this...

"You can LEAF me in Cleveland anytime.

Life just doesn't get any better than this."

Another Ducky Video

I'm not sure why Ben suddenly turned the camera on it's side with this video, but you can still see how cute Reagan is. Just turn your head sideways...

She loved her little outfit, which surprised me. I thought she'd rip it right off.

Our Little Ducky

Our ward had it's annual Halloween party last night and little Reagan went as a ducky. We happened to find Reagan's outfit at Target randomly, and just loved it since Reagan LOVES her little yellow duckies that she plays with in the bathtub every night. I'm not sure who had more fun, Reagan exploring everywhere, getting into everything, or us watching her chubby little legs waddle around in her duck outfit. We weren't sure it was worth it to spend the money on a Halloween outfit for Reagan that she'll wear once or twice, but after laughing our heads off last night at how cute our baby was, we decided it was definitely money well spent.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Since we don't have a video camera, I'm just going to jot down quickly a few things Reagan's doing right now that I just love. I don't want to forget them when she's all grown up.

I love how she says "Mama Mama Mama." Her little voice is just so cute and I just adore when she calls my name. Sometimes I can hear her talking to herself in our family room, just playing while I'm in the kitchen cooking. And then it'll get quite for a second and I'll hear, "Mama Mama Mama" as her little knees or feet (depending on how she's travelling) slap the floor, hurrying into where I am so that she can see what I'm doing.

And Ben and I both just love how Reagan shakes her head no. She started doing it a while ago and it's just so funny; anytime you ask her a question she'll shake her head no in response. The best is sometimes when Ben and I are having random conversations and we don't even think she's listening, and then she'll shake her head no to something we say. Like one night at dinner before her first birthday I said to Ben, "Do you think she'll eat her birthday cake?" And as he's saying, "Oh yeah, sure she will, she loves sugar," I look over at Reagan to see her violently shaking her head no. It made us both laugh so hard. After that, right up until the day she had her cake I would ask, "Reagan, are you going to eat your birthday cake?" And she'd ALWAYS shake her head no! And she didn't eat it in the end, so I guess she knew what she was talking about all along. Anyway, she does her little no head shake all the time and I just love it. When she first started doing it her chin would touch her neck, but now she's better at holding her head up. I miss the old way though.

Oh, and we love how she's toddling all over the place now, walking all around. And also how she says, "Bye bye, Dada," waving both of little hands. What else? I love how when you tell her to "nuggle" (translation: snuggle) something, she grabs it and pushes her little head up against it. Or sometimes she just uses her hand to demonstrate and tilts her head onto it as she pushes her hand up against her little ear.

Anyway, that's all for now. Reagan's just in such a darling stage. I wish we had all of these things on video.

Maybe in our next post we'll talk about something other than The Baby, huh? We'll see.