Thank You Josh & Krista!!

Rhaegan was able to get her first bike (ok it's a big wheel) thanks to her Uncle Josh and Aunt Krista. She received some belated birthday money and I immediately knew what she would want to buy with it. She still doesn't know how to peddle but I'm sure that will come really quick especially since we've been having such beautiful weather which allows her to practice ALL DAY outside. Thanks again!! We love you Josh and Krista!!

Rhaegan had a little lamb...

We have been spending this past week in Idaho visiting Papa and Grandma Taylor. Rhaegan always has so much fun especially taking care of the horses. This trip, however, she discovered something even more exciting...baby lambs!! Her aunt Val and cousin Seth have their own little petting zoo right in their backyard and garage. Rhaegan was a little caught off guard at first because three lambs came running right up to her and about knocked her over. Since she's an animal lover just like her mom she warmed right up to the lambs. She even mastered the art of feeding them their bottles of milk. It was the cutest thing to watch.

She was like their little mother. They loved her.She also enjoying finding the stray eggs in the chicken coop. Aunt Val let her keep several which made Rhaegan very happy.

Big Girl Underwear & Cookie Dough?

So Rhaegan has been showing quite a bit of interest in the "big girl potty" as we like to call it. The other day she was playing with her friends Maddox and Conner when all of the sudden she stopped and said, "Mommy, I have to go potty." I didn't think much of it because that phrase is pretty common in our house lately. However, she proceeded to pull down her pants, undo her onesie and take off her diaper. She went into the bathroom and went potty on the toilet!!! It was funny because we weren't even at our own house, we were Maddox and Conner's house. She was completely comfortable and was so excited once she was finished. She then started to tell me that she wanted big girl underwear. We went to Walmart today and bought her some and as you can see she was so anxious to put them on that she forgot to put them on underneath her clothes. I can't believe that my little girl is growing up so fast. Where does the time go?

Rhaegan also discovered cookie dough today. Shae was enjoying the last bit of cookie dough when Rhaegan came along and snatched the beater right out of his hand. Some of the dough made it into her month but a lot of it ended up on her nose, her cheeks and her head. She really enjoyed it though.

Cooking in the Kitchen!

Rhaegan loves her kitchen. She alwys wants me to "play kitchen, Mommy, play kitchen." I usually give in the first 10 times she asks, but there is a limit to how much plastic food I can eat in a day. Luckily for me one of her best friends, Nathan, came down to play last week. They both had so much fun and it took a lot of bribing to get them to pose for a quick picture. I got a break from the plastic food and Rhaegan got to enjoy some play time with someone other than Mom. I can safely say we both had a pretty good day.

A Day of Sledding!!

We spent the day sledding with Shae's brother and his family. Rhaegan has actually been getting a lot of use out of her new snowsuit because we have had several great snow storms which left a ton of snow to play in. It was so much fun and thankfully it wasn't too cold. Rhaegan and her two cousins Madison and Ashton loves sliding down this little mound of snow on their bottoms. Rhaegan wasn't too sure about all the snow at first..
but of course started having fun with her cousins...
and eventually was a pro and the "big hill."

My New Dance Moves

It may not seem like a lot but these simple little dance moves are the first ones Rhaegan has learned at her dance class. She loves to practice them at home but when it comes to doing them in the actual class, well, that's a different story.

Tympanostomy Tubes

Rhaegan underwent minor ear surgery today to help relieve her chronic ear infections. She was such a trooper. The surgery lasted about 10 minutes and then we were in recovery for about 40 minutes (of course we were in the waiting room prior to surgery for about 1 hour and a half). Rhaegan has been getting severe ear infections for about a year now. We would treat them with antibiotics but they never seemed to take the infection away completely. We were at the doctor's office about 7 times this year just for her ears. So the last time we went they recommended we see an ENT (ear, nose & throat). A week before her appointment with the ENT she started showing signs of an ear infection only this time it seemed to really be bothering her. She didn't sleep for a good 3 days and then the day before her appointment stuff started draining from her ear (which is not suppose to happen). Unfortunately her left eardrum had ruptured and the right one was about to because of how much infections was behind it. They immediately scheduled us for surgery and we had the problem fix (hopefully). I attached two links which describe the surgery and all in entails. Rhaegan is doing great and is acting like nothing happened. Thanks everyone for all your phone calls and emails. We love you all!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tympanostomy_tube
http://www.ghorayeb.com/OtitisMediaPEtube.html