Teething & mood swings!

Raegan got a fever during the week at daycare and she pooped through her diaper - and had to go home early. So naturally she seemed to have a stomach bug. We heard of some other kids having the same issues. The fever never got over 100.9. We now think that she is just teething more. She has been slow getting her teeth but they're coming in like crazy now. She has been really moody. One minute cute & silly... and the next minute, really upset and we can't calm her down.

Raegan has started expecting a daily dose of Elmo on TV. (We Tivo Sesame Street episodes.) When I got her home, when she had to leave daycare early, she just sat on the couch and said "Emow" (Elmo). She just wanted to sit there and watch Elmo. It was kind of sweet. (but also meant she must have felt bad because she usually can't sit still for very long).



On another night this week, I think she may have done her first role-play. She pushed her shopping cart (gift from Grammy & Grandad) to the middle of the floor and then she piled some stuff in it. Then she brought over a little doll to me and started whining. I couldn't figure out what she wanted me to do with it. This made her more frustrated. Finally, she took my hand and led me over to the buggy and tapped the buggy. So I asked if she wanted the doll to sit in the buggy... and she kind of nodded. I put the doll in the buggy the same way Raegan sits in it when we go to the grocery store. Raegan was content. I think she was pretending she was one of us pushing her in the buggy. See below.


Now that it is cold outside, it's too cold to go to the park we usually visit. So I took Raegan to a Chick-fil-A and let her play on the playground. I wasn't sure she was old enough but it turns out it was perfect! She crawled through tunnels, climbed a stair type thing, played with an activity wall. It was all great until another kid kind of pushed her a little in the tunnel and she got really upset. I had to climb into the tunnel to get her out. How embarrasing!

Anyway... that was mostly the week. If Raegan can make it through this teething, I think this week will be a better for Raegan. Hannah is doing well, the dogs are well... and we're all looking forward to Thanksgiving week!

Auburn/UGA weekend

This past weekend was the Auburn/Georgia game. Hannah & I got tickets and were able to sit on the 50 yard line on the 20th row! It was really good seats and it was one of the more exciting Auburn games I have watched this season. I really thought Auburn would pull an upset all the way until the end. But in the end, Georgia won.


While we were at the game, Raegan was staying at the Lake with Nana & Papa (my parents). They seemed to have fun (I also got copies of the pictures Nana took). We went back to the Lake after the game and hung-out too.



Hannah made Raegan wear a UGA cheerleader outfit. Though she was really cute in the outfit, she showed she wasn't choosing sides... using a symbolism with two thermos jugs.


I think these pictures of Raegan eating ice cream are cute...


It was pretty cold outside... so we had to bundle Raegan up to go play. It's funny how she'll try to suck her thumb even when she's wearing mittens.

I just thought this was cute of her with her new Baby Elmo doll and a duck. (I'm not sure what happened to the bottom of the picture)

Finally... our dogs, Bristo & Luci don't get enough notice on this blog. Luci always loves the Lake. Nana & Papa have a dog named Bailey. So there are usually 3 dogs to play together when we go out there. This time, two of the neighboring dogs (Dixie & Bently) came over to play. This slideshow shows the fun they had...

Raegan's New Dance

Hello. I have quiet a bit to share from this past week... at least quiet a few pictures. It is too late tonight for me to post them... so... to hold you over, here is a little video of Raegan's latest dancing. She watches Sesame Street sometimes now... and when there is music, she dances. She's getting more creative in her dance!

The beginning of November...

Well I didn't honor my commitment to update our blog every Sunday evening. Sorry! There actually hasn't been much to report. Last week I went to Long Beach, CA to do some prep work for our Chick-fil-A seminar being held there in February. I didn't have as much free time as I thought I would but it was a fun trip.



Meanwhile Hannah was here (a little jealous that she didn't get to go to California). Hannah's sister Jennifer came and stayed with her & Raegan. Hannah had neighborhood Bunko one of the nights and on Friday she went out to celebrate a Birthday with some of her girl friends.



Saturday Hannah, Raegan & I just spent the day eating out, running errands and just playing around. Hannah and Carrie won their T2 Tennis match on Sunday afternoon.



I don't have many pictures to post. Hannah took these while I was in CA.

Raegan likes to point out noses & say "nowse". Also... she found the headband in the picture and put it on herself and wore it for a while. (she usually doesn't like things on her head)


She has started to run some. And kind of run away from us a little... especially outside. Right now it's just a cute little game... but one day she'll be faster than us!








She likes the Fall leaves... and we have some big ones across from our house!



One more thing I did this last week is figure out an electrical problem that I'd been trying to figure out for a while. Below are the pictures that tell the story. Basically, when I wired the lighting on my deck & pergola, I had too many connections in one junction box. It seems 2 wires were touching. I could have burned down my house! I have now fixed it and we are safe!



Notice where it had started burning. The reason it burned that far is because in trouble-shooting the problem, I straight-wired past a GFCI outlet that kept tripping. Kids... don't try that at home. You might burn your house down.

The fix... more than one junction box! (thanks for the tip, Jason... he's the twin with better electrician skills)


(Dad... I know if you see this... you're wondering why is that white cap on there. The only junction box I could find that had the opening on either side was this T-box. So I just had to cap that opening. And they only had white caps. I know it looks amateur.)

It's a Boy!! & Halloween Week

So a lot has happened this past week! This is another long blog entry. If it's too much for you, just break it up and read a little each day. Because you know it won't get another update until next weekend... so work out your reading plan accordingly.


The best thing for me to tell you is that we found out that our 2nd baby is a boy! I would have been happy either way... but I'm very excited that I'll have the chance to help raise a boy in addition to raising our daughter, Raegan. We don't have a name yet.

I included 3 pictures from the ultrasound. I won't explain what you're seeing... but here they are if you want to see. (I hope this is the last time pictures of my son's business shows up on the Internet... but I have to put pictures of the ultrasound out here for the grandparents to see)

On the same day that we found out that we're having a boy... we also found out that Hannah's Grandmother passed away. That's a lot of emotion for one day! The funeral was Saturday. Though the circumstance was sad, it seemed to be kind of a reunion for some of the people. Hannah had a couple of moments... but she has handled it well.

I wish I had some pictures of Raegan with Grammy & GrandDad at the funeral and afterward. She was so cuddly to them. It's like she would go to them just to hug them. It was sweet.

Friday night was Raegan's 2nd Halloween. This time she was a little more aware of what was happening. Her costume was a lady bug (that she borrowed from her cousin Ava). I think she made a cute little bug!

Our neighborhood has a Halloween party every year. When we walked out of our house, we asked Raegan if she was ready to see Drew at the party. She just started marching with a mission over to Drew's house. See the sequence of photos below.

When she got over there, Drew was in the yard. I thought she was going over to say hey... but she went to their sidelite at their door... and it seemed that she was more interested in Molly. Raegan loves dogs! After Raegan said hey to Molly through the door, she warmed-up to Drew a little.

Then we all got ready to walk over to the party (hosted at one of our neighbor's house). I think Raegan wanted to steal the Cohen's pumpkin. Good thing it was too heavy!

We went on to the party. It was a good time and it really made me kind of sad that we're trying to sell our house and leave this neighborhood. It's a really great neighborhood and we have great neighbors! Below is a slideshow with some random pictures from the party. But first, I have to show you Raegan's first Trick-or-Treat experience...

Raegan's very first Trick-or-Treat experience ever was at Drew's parent's house, Brian & Karen Cohen. Raegan was a little unsure at first. See the sequence of pictures below.

Thank you Karen for being patient while Raegan worked-up the confidence to approach you and the bowl of candy! We didn't give Raegan a basket of any kind. We didn't figure she would really trick-or-treat. Raegan was so proud of her candy... and even generous... she offered it to Hannah.

Right after the party, there was a whole caravan of people to go door-to-door. We got a little crowd at the beginning. It seems that sometimes people avoid our house because of all the stairs to the front door.

Raegan helped us wait for more trick-or-treaters. She thought this was a lot of fun.

OK... so here is the Halloween slideshow. (I have to give credit to Courtney DeFeo... I stole a couple of the pictures from her) . Notice the last picture of all the wagons. I guess the wagon we got Raegan is popular among the neighbors too. Seems like last year it was all strollers. I guess a lot of kids in the neighborhood are close to the same age... so move from stroller to wagon together.

Yes... I still have more to blog. Earlier this week, Hannah and Carrie played their first T2 Tennis match. They won in 2 sets! I played Brian... and lost again.

Earlier this week also, we discovered that Raegan is allergic to Penicilin. Only mildly.

I took off work on Friday and got my car fixed and got shots for our dogs, Bristo & Luci. (expensive day). I also thought I was going to vote early... but decided to wait until Tuesday and hope for shorter lines.

Today, we went to a good service at Buckhead Church and had lunch with the McCant's afterward. Then Hannah & Carrie played their 2nd T2 match and unfortunately lost in the 3rd set. At the end of the match, Raegan and I walked down and watched. Drew & family came down for a little while too and I snagged a couple shots of them playing.

Have a good week!!