One day old…
ONE month old
Two months old
Sleeping Poses and Winter Wear November 19, 2008
Right away when Annie first was born she loved being wrapped up in these blankets called “swaddle me’s”. They wrap up their hands and feet really tight. Babies love them. However, that was short lived for Annie. She now likes her hand and arms to be free when she is sleeping. Whenever we check on her we find her with her hands up by her head. It is really cute.
Then, last Sunday we took Annie to church again but it has been getting a bit colder here. So…that means jackets, sweaters, hats, and mittens. This is Annie first snow hat. It is hilarious, it has ear flaps and everything. She looked like a true Minnesotan.
Annie has been doing really well. She even slept 6 hours straight last night for the first time. She has been a little fussier at night so maybe that was her way of paying us back.
Finished Eating Faces November 16, 2008
Annie is a bigtime eater. It is hard to get her to stay awake after about 10 minutes however. After she is done eating, while we are burping her, she tends to make the cutest, funniest faces. Here are a few pictures of her after she was done eating.
Daddy’s game November 11, 2008
Well, it is official that Annie already has Matt wrapped around her little finger. Matt adores Annie and is so good with her. I love to watch him hold her and play with her. The funniest thing is that Matt has come up with some funny names for Annie including “burpy Mc Cheese” and “squeakers”. Another funny thing is this game that Matt plays with Annie when she is about to get hungry. This is Matt’s official and very scientific way to determine if she is indeed hungry.
That is right. He holds her up to his nose to see if she starts sucking on his nose. If she does than she must be hungry. You should see Annie’s face sometimes when she starts sucking on him. It is a look of such disgust. It is the funniest.
Here are a couple more pictures. I need to figure out how to put the sideways ones up on the site so that they are right side up…any body know how to do that?
It is so funny that she is only 3 weeks old and already it seems like she has changed so much. She is starting to stay awake for a little longer after she eats now. And it seems, to us at least, that she is filling out a little more. Her cheeks are a little chubbier 
Apple Orchard November 2, 2008
This past Thursday we took our first official outing (besides going to the pediatrician). We got Annie all packed up and headed to White Bear Lake’s Apple Orchard. (side note: for almost everything we have had to travel to since we had Annie, we have been a good 15 min. late for everything. Apparently we are still getting used to packing up her stuff and getting her ready in a efficient manner)
Since I am still a little sore and I was nervous keeping a 12 day old outside, our trip lasted about a total of 15 minutes. But it was really fun to take her somewhere and we got some fun pictures on top of some great apple cider.
Gramma Raines and Gramma Reinhart were both there to help expose Annie to the outdoors.
After our trip to Grandma’s house we had a little photo shoot with Annie in an outfit that my cousin Sarah sent us in the mail. She was so cute trying to sit up and keep her head from falling over.
Today Annie had her first play date with Ellie Williamson and Maddux Poteat. Well, at least the moms got together with the girls and hung out. The girls have not exactly been interested in each other yet. I will post a picture of the three of them together next.
Our first trip to church is tomorrow.
first doctors appointment and friends November 1, 2008
Well, last Friday we had our first doctors appointment for Annie. She was 5 days old at that point. She had already regained the weight she had lost since birth. Then today we had her second appointment a week later and she had almost gained a whole pound more. Interpretation- Annie is a big time eater, just like her mom and dad!
She looked so cute sleeping in her diaper on the big white doctor’s table, and ended up sleeping through most of her check up.
This is a picture of my mom holding Annie dressed in her “winter wear”. This is a snowsuit that I wore when I was a little baby.
This is my sister and Annie. Stefanie was our doula and helped us walk through delivery with Annie.
This is a picture of Annie and Maddux. This was the first time that they met. They were not really interested in each other yet, but we are sure that they are going to be BFF. Maddux was born 6 days after Annie.
Annie Reagan on the left and Maddux Poteat on the right.
Things have been going well at home. We are enjoying getting to know Annie more every day. She is now 12 days old and it already seems like she is changing so much. She was awake for about an hour this morning which was an all time record. Matt was singing to her this morning and she turned her head to look right at him. She is making a lot more noises and gets fidgety or bored or something when she is eating for awhile.
Yesterday we had our first outing to the Apple Orchard which we will post pictures of soon.
New house and a trip to Stillwater October 13, 2008
Well, it has been a long process (one of which we are still in) but we have made some progress that I thought we would share with you all. Our house is finally starting to look like a real house. Here is a before picture from when the whole living was filled with boxes.
Now after a couple weeks we are looking a little more like this…
We are still working on the kitchen and Annie’s room but once we get to organizing and setting them up I will try to post some pictures, especially of the baby room.
Now for our trip to Stillwater. My parents on our day off this week sent Matt and I away on our “last getaway” before the baby was born. They got us a night at the same place we stayed for our 1 year anniversary in Stillwater. It is called Lowell Inn. It is a really old, beautiful hotel, that has amazing food. (I get the beef wellington every time)
So Matt and I spent our day off laying by the river enjoying the beautiful fall weather. We played cards, read, and of course Matt fished
One of the many things that I love about my husband is the way that he would rather fish then do almost anything else. He loves to be able to be outside enjoying and “partaking in creation.” He would fish everyday if he could. So…we brought our stuff not thinking that we would catch anything, but…
He caught one! You should have seen the smile on his face after he caught this fish. It made his day!
Here is a picture of our fancy room. We got dressed up to go to dinner downstairs. And here is a picture of the baby belly.
The next morning we got up and walked along the river before going to get breakfast at this little family owned type breakfast place. It was really fun.
Beautiful creation!
So overall, we got to take day and night to get away from the chaos of our house. While we were away my parents came over to our house and did a big time cleaning of the babies room and painted the whole thing. It looks amazing now compared to what it looked like before. So we were then able to bring the crib and changing table over to put in the room. Finishing the baby room will be my project for the week.
Thanks Mom and Dad for an amazing day off and for transforming our baby room. You guys are amazing!
More baby shower pictures October 7, 2008
I got some more pictures from my sister so here are a few more from the baby shower two weekends ago.
This is a beautiful quilt that I got for my shower from Linda Medin (my sisters mother in law). It is a Noah’s ark theme. So cute!
Me and my Grandma!
My Grandpa in the background. Yes, there were a couple boys who stopped by just briefly.
My sister Stefanie and my mom
Hope you enjoy!
Matt and I are still working on getting the house a little more presentable and then we will give you guys some pictures of what our new place looks like. It is actually coming along pretty well. We have had some great help the past week in getting it ready to live in.
Baby Showers October 5, 2008
Well, we are getting down to the wire…finally. Tomorrow we are officially 37 weeks and what that means is Baby showers! My sister and mom threw me a baby shower last weekend for some family and friends and then this weekend Lindsey Williamson threw Samm and I a joint diaper and wipes shower that a lot of the Campus Outreach staff and some students came to. They were both so fun.
Last weekend I was blessed to have a lot of my family from Wisconsin come into town to celebrate with me. It was so great to see family and friends that I don’t generally get to see that often.
My sister and mom did an amazing job baking and cooking for the party. We are still awaiting some pictures of the three of us. I think my sister has them (hint-hint, Stef).
Then yesterday we were over at the Williamson’s. This is a picture of a diaper cake that Lindsey made. It was the cutest thing ever. The whole thing was made of diapers and ribbon. Lindsey is gifted with fanciness
Here is a picture of most of the people that were at the shower. I think that Samm and I are set for a little while at least with diapers and wipes. However, we did just find out that you go through around 10 ish diapers a day! Which means that you would go through 70 in a week. Which means that a pack of 44 or whatever it is they give you, which at first seems like a ton is not really. That will only last you 4-5 days! Yikes.
Here is our hostess with Ellie Jane. So weird that she is already 2 months old. She is just starting to get on to a sleeping routine and was able to sleep all the way through our party. What a good little girl. Hopefully Maddux and Annie will take lessons
Pregnancy updates:
Samm is still on partial bed rest so that she doesn’t go into pre-term labor, but it is getting to the point now where it would be ok for her to deliver. She is feeling good, just restricted in what she is allowed to do and how much she moves around. It is looking like little Maddux will probably be born before Annie!
I just went to the doc a few days ago and besides a few more nagging last month pregnancy symptoms am progressing well. I am praying that I will not get my hopes up to deliver much (if at all) before my due date (Oct. 27-which would be nice) but am trying to anticipate a long last month. I hear that this is more the norm the first pregnancy anyways.
All in all, doing fine but very much feeling that I am in the last month. I will be very grateful when Annie has come.
34 weeks, 4 days September 18, 2008
We just had another doctors appointment today and everything is going well. We are almost at 35 weeks. Full term is 37, so Annie could be born in 2 weeks and be completely healthy.
I have been starting to get a little more uncomfortable. Especially by the end of the day my feet and hands get swollen and I get pretty sore. The other joy that I have had is having pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome. My hands and forearms get numb on and off throughout the day and I have a hard time with fine motor skills because I can’t grip very hard. My finger joints are really sore.
The other hard part of pregnancy has been not being able to do much activity. I had to stop walking at least a month ago because I would get sore. So I got a stepper machine (advice from my mother in law) that is really my only way to exercise.
BUT…I am praying that through this last month God would allow my primary emotion to be that of gratefulness and thankfulness. I am so thankful that we first, were able to get pregnant at all, and now, that Annie (up to this point) seems to be a healthy little girl. Thank you Lord.
Here are some pictures of Matt and I…getting a bit bigger at this point.
You can’t really see him behind me…but Matt is there too
