Regan Slept In His Room Last Night

Reagan has been sleeping about 6 1/2 to 7 hours per night for the last week, so we decided to put him in his crib in his own room instead of the cradle in our room. We had hooked up the baby monitors and made sure they worked the other day. So, we turned on the monitor, put the little guy in his crib, and went to bed about 10 pm. We didn't hear anything from him until about 5:30 this morning.

Look at that smile!!!

We were hanging out watching a little baseball before bath time. Reagan was having so much fun listening to Dad make funny noises!

Reagan laughing with Dad.

Our friends Max and Amanda gave us their Bumbo since Ella has been sitting on her own for quite a while. Darrell said that Reagan sat in it for an hour the other day just banging on the tray that had his toys on it.

Reagn is now a regular at the dinner table. I got him this cool little toy that suctions on the tray to his chair. It spins and makes noises and he is pretty entertained by it.

He's just getting so big!!

I ran the Capitol 10K today along with 18,000 other folks. It could not have been better weather. It was a little chilly at the start, but before I got to mile 2, I took off my long sleeved shirt and gloves. I think I may have even got a tiny bit sunburned on my arms. The weather was so much different from last year. It was hot and humid and drizzled the entire race. The weather was just amazing this year. Here are some photos that I pulled from the Austin American Statesman website. We are so lucky to live in such an amazing and beautiful city!! I felt really good about my race today. This course is not an easy course....there are some pretty good hills in in. My time 1:21, just over 13 minute miles. I think that will probably be about what my pace is when I am doing the half marathon next Saturday. I can't believe that it is in only 5 days. I am a little nervous about it, but I'm just going to go out there, have fun, and get it done. I know that I will feel really good about doing it, especially since I had a baby less than 3 months ago. This week will be a light running week and I probably won't run past Wedensday. I will need to be really careful what I eat and try to get to bed early and get plenty of sleep. I am so thankful that Reagan is sleeping 6-7 hours at night!

Saturday in San Antonio

Darrell, Reagan, and I took a trip down to San Antonio today to meet up with my friends Rachel and her husband, Matt, Tammy, Amanda and her little girl, Ella. We met for brunch at the Guenther House at 11 am and it was just fantastic. I have only been here 4 times, but after the first time I knew it was one of my all time favorite breakfast spots. The place is beautiful and the food is just amazing. If you are ever in San Antonio, I highly recommend this place. You almost always have to wait a long time for a table on the weekend, but it is SO worth it. Check out the restaurants website https://www.guentherhouse.com/ to see their menu and to learn about the history of the Guenther family.



It was such a beautiful day and always good to meet up with this group. Fortunately, Matt and Rachel had arrived early and gotten our name on the list. They had already been waiting quite a while once we got there and we waited about 20 more minutes. Once we were seated, Reagan took a little nap while his buddy Ella hung out next to him. Ella is getting so big and will be a year old in just a couple of months.



We had some ducks from the nearby river waddling next to our table that Darrell was able to get some nice pictures of.



After breakfast, Darrell, Reagan, and I went back to Max and Amanda's house and hung out with them for the afternoon and went and had awesome steaks at The Barn Door. Reagan took little cat naps today, but not is two long naps that he normally takes. He was really great and didn't get fussy until we made a quick stop at the Outlet Mall in San Marcos. Darrell wanted to check out the kids clothes at a couple of stores. We got Reagan his first pair of blue jeans and a couple of other really cute pants and a blue and white striped oxford button up shirt that is just like one Darrell has. I can't wait for Reagan to wear it! Right now, he is in between sizes. His newborn and 0-3 month stuff is getting pretty snug, but his 3-6 month stuff is still a little big.



So, we got home about 9:30, bathed the little guy and now he's fast asleep.



Last night, we met up with Darrell's friend from work, Rick, and his wife, Sissy at the Manchaca Fire Hall for all you can eat catfish. Darrell doesn't eat seafood, but I love it! Rick is a retired DPS trooper and a former Marine, so he has all kids of crazy stories and it always makes for a fun evening! We got home about 9:30 last night too and got the Reagan bathed and to bed about 10:30 and he slept until 6 this morning. That was pretty nice. I'm hoping he does that again tonight.



I've got to run alot these next couple of weeks....only two more weeks until the half marathon! I ran 8 miles again on Thursday evening. I ran it in 1:50 this time, 10 minutes less than the last time I did it! After being up since 6 am, working all day, and then running, I was so exhausted. I barely made it through the day Friday. Tomorrow should be a nice and relaxing day. I am planning on doing some laundry and hopefully getting alot of rest with Reagan and Darrell.

Regan Sits at theTable

My friend Erin gave us this cool little booster seat that you can just strap to a chair. We decided to put it together and let Reagan sit at the table with us during dinner tonight. He seemed to like it. Darrell thought it would be funny to put his little applesauce container with his spoon. It's going to be a quite a while before he will really be doing this, but this picture makes him look much bigger than he really is. We can't believe how well he holds his head up. He doesn't have full control over his head yet, but he does pretty well.

St. Patricks's Day

Random photos from the past few days

Pre-bath..chillin' in his robe.

Post-bath before the pj's were put on.

This is Reagan in his playyard at Grandma's House. Mom said that he loves to watch his little mobile go around and she said he will just watch it and make all kinds of noises as long as she keeps the mobile wound up.

Two Months Old

Reagan is two months old today! We took him to the doctor for his 2 month check up. He is now 10 pounds, 14 ounces and is 22" long. He is only in the 30th percentile of height and weight for his age, but I am sure he will be catching up soon. He was so good at the doctor today and was smiling and making sweet noises for me and even for the doctor. Poor little guy had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccination today. I went to Mom's to see him at lunch and I have to say that there have been few times when I have seen him cry more than he did today. Poor little guy was not feeling well at all. He seems to be really tired right now, so hopefully we will have a good sleep night.

I ran another 5K yesterday. It was the Get Your Rear in Gear 5k that was benefiting colon cancer research. It was down at Landa Park in New Braunfels. It was cold and very wet, but thank goodness, the actual rain stopped right before the race. It was a beautiful run along the Comal River, across a golf course, and through a pretty little neighborhood. My time was 37:21.
I'm getting a little quicker each time, which makes me feel like I'm actually making progress. My main running buddies, Karla and Sydney, are out of town for spring break this week (lucky teachers!) so I will be running solo this week. I am hoping to do 8 miles again this week. I need to beat my 2 hour time that I had last weekend.

Here are some pictures of our sweet little guy on his 2 month birthday!

He's had a long day and is sleeping now.

First Day Back to Work

Here's our little family on Sunday afternoon.

After 8 weeks off, I returned to work. The day actually went much more smoothly than I had anticipated. It's been a long day that went something like this:

6am alarm went off, pump, eat some breakfast, shower, fix hair, get dressed, get Reagan up, changed, and dressed, out the door at 7:15, arrived at Mom's at 7:30, left Mom's at 7:45, arrived at the office just before 8, went to Mom's at 12:15 to see Reagan and have a tuna sandwich, off work at 4:30, got to the trail about 5, ran 5 miles, picked Reagan up at 6:30, got home at 6:45, Darrell had dinner ready for us, pumped, did the dishes, shower, fed Reagan and got him to sleep.

I have a feeling this will be pretty close to a typical day from here on out. It's a pretty full, yet manageable schedule. I am so unbelievably thankful that my mom is keeping Reagan for us. It was hard for me to leave him this morning. I did have a tear in my eye on the way to work. I know it really would have broken my heart if I had to leave him at daycare with strangers. We are so lucky to have Mom so close to us. I don't know what I would do without her! Mom said that he was great at her house today. It was such a nice day that Mom had her screen door open on her balcony and there was a really nice breeze blowing through. Mom said that Reagan sat in his swing and hung looked out the door for a long time. She has a play yard set up for him and said that he just hung out in there and slept off and on. He must have had a good time because he barely ate any before he fell asleep tonight.

Here is Reagan's first day at Grandma Day Care!

I ran 8 miles again on Saturday. It was so much easier this time than when I did it a couple of weeks ago. It took me over 30 minutes less to do it this time than it did the last time and felt so much better. It's only 25 more days until the half marathon. I will keep working hard and get to were I need to be to finish that race.

We are starting to get some smiles out of our little guy. They are hard to capture, but, oh how I love when I see that little toothless grin.

Weekend and Last Week Off

Reagan ended up being an hour off of his sleeping schedule on Friday night. He usually goes to sleep about 9, wakes up at 1:30 and again between 5 and 6. This time, he went to sleep about 10, woke at 12:30 and at about 4. He seemed to get back on his sleeping schedule on Saturday.

I did the Daisy 5K on Saturday morning. It was pretty cold and SOO windy! I was having a pretty good run and on target to finish in about 36 minutes, but not far after mile 2, I ran passed a little girl who was crying. I stopped running and went over to see if she was ok. She said that her leg was really hurting. I told her we were almost finished and I would walk the rest of the way with her. She was a very sweet little girl who was 9 and in the 3rd grade. She said that her dad, dad's girlfriend, and two brothers were running in the race too, but they were running faster than her. So, I just hung out with her and we ran a little and walked most of the last mile. The women get a gerber daisy when they cross the finish line and I gave the little girl mine and told her what a great runner she was. She thanked me for staying with her and it made me happy because I know that she will remember that and hopefully do something similar for someone else some day.

My two oldest friends, Tammy and Rachel, came over on Saturday afternoon. I am always so glad to hang with those two. It's so funny how we can go for a while without seeing or talking with each other, but when we do see each other, it's like we haven't been away from each other. Tammy is getting married in June and it's fun to hear about her wedding planning. Rachel got married one year after Darrell and now it's Tammy's turn. We are so excited for her!!

Sunday, I did some shopping for some new work clothes since I'm at an in between size right now. I return to work a week from today. Boo. I can't believe it is already time to go back. The time has gone by way too fast. It's going to be pretty hard to return to normal life and it will be interesting to see how we fall into a new routine.