Catching up with Reagan

I put earlier how R is now sleeping in her big girl bed! We have yet to get her "baby" stuff out of her room (changing table, crib, etc) because I still don't know where to put that yet, but she is in her big bed and loving it. It is actually my day bed from growing up! Here she is on the first night, playing on her Dora sheets. Those were a hit for sure.

SIL Missy would accurately say that it looks like Dora threw up on her bed. But the sheets were a big reason she was excited about her new sleeping arrangement!
Giving Dora and Boots pillow "big hugs."
Night night kisses. It was way way way too easy for this transistion. She just did it, and that was that. I was so proud. Now if only potty training would go this way...
That first night, she actually had to move back to her crib about 4:30am. Which was fine, and that was the only time. This pic is from the next day at naptime. I told her she would get a big girl prize if she went night night and stayed in her big girl bed. That did the trick. She IMMEDIATELY asked for her prize when she woke up. (Notice it took no time at all for MANY friends to need to be in her bed with her. She now sleeps with 12 friends I think. Thank goodness the bed is big!)
She specifically asked for her prize to be a "big pickle prize." So we went to the "Bob and Larry store" (Christian book store) and she picked this out. It is a GREAT toy, and even with this being about 2 weeks ago, she is still obsessed with it.
It is Larry in the form of a Mr Potato Head. The eyes, hat, jacket, etc all mix and match.
Next morning, first thing, playing with her prize.
Kisses for Big Pickle.
Another recent morning, she wanted to go swing. Not much fun outside these days in the heat, but early in the morning I didn't mind. So we went out in our pjs to play for a bit, and had to take friends from the bed with us.
Pure happiness on this face!
Yes, we still wear Christmas pjs. :) Here, Dora is enjoying R's slide!
More happiness!

Later that same morning, obviously before we got dressed for the day, R and I had a little sticker fun. She has been quite artsy lately, and this morning it was Diego stickers...
... on the eyelids...
...
... until they were both almost stuck shut.
She thought this was REALLY fun...

... so much so that Mommy couldn't be left out.
The ultrasound morning last week, I pulled out the camera to take some pics. I'm glad I did, because it reminds me of how happy we were to be going that morning.... these were all taken before all you-know-what broke loose. It's funny, but I have to remind myself to be happy about being pregnant still. I can't really explain that yet, and it makes me feel a bit guilty, but part of the rollercoaster I guess. Anyways, here are Daddy and R waiting to see the baby!
R was worried they were going to hurt me, but I kept telling her I was great!
Hugs for Mommy.
Sweet big sister!

Here is part of that artsy phase I was talking about. Mommy is now in LOVE with paint-with-water books. She loves to paint, and I love the little mess.
Brandon got her this GREAT art easel for her birthday. It will be in her room eventually once I get the other baby junk outta there. But she LOVES it and we are really into coloring.
She was concentrating so hard, with her tongue out. But of course it disappeared as soon as I got out the camera. I tried to fake the pic by asking her to stick her tongue out again...
... and this was what I got.
Of course I laughed, which spurred her to keep going. Um, yeah, so enjoy. :)

Brooklyn update: not much to report. We go back to my OB on Friday to discuss where to go from here. We are currently looking into different possibilities of surgery for her... there is actually a clinical trial out of state where they do her surgery in utero. Craziness. We don't know yet if she (really, I) am candidate or not, so we'll see. But please be praying for wisdom for us to make the best decision for our family. It is so scary to try and decide these things. And once the decisions are made, then pray for our peace that we have done the right thing for our daughter and for peace through the "waiting game" we'll be playing. But most of all, pray for complete healing. That is definitely what we want, and I believe God wants me to be honest in what we want. So there you go. Thanks again for loving BOTH of our girls enough to be catching up with what's going on! Much love- J