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The shoot at Burke Lake Park R(5.5) M(3) Regan (8mon)

Slow Down Regan!

Ahhhhh! My baby pulled up on her own today from a laying down position to standing. I was really hoping my last one would wait until after her first birthday for these shenanigans. It was so cute because I was working in the kitchen and both boys were right next to her and started yelling.."Mommy, look at Regan..she is standing up all by herself. She pulled up onto the train bin all by herself!" They were so excited. It was like they could not believe their sister was actually in a vertical position b/c she is always in a horizontal one. Regan is 8.5 months. Started army crawling at 7 months. She is our first army crawler and very fast. She loves cords, paper, or anything small that she can put into her mouth. It is comical how long it takes me to complete one task b/c she is on the move. She loves to find Doah's water bowl too. The boys compete (b/c everything is a competition with boys) to see who can get her to laugh the hardest. She will play for a small amount of time in the pack and play as long as she is near her brothers and she has their entertainment. Regan is still such a happy baby who LOVES to smile. One thing that lights my heart is her love for her Daddy. It is amazing. As soon as he walks in the door, she starts swinging her arms, kicking her legs and shaking her head with a huge grin from ear to ear. Then she reaches for him and puts her head on his chest. She does not do that with me. It is like she is telling Logan, "I have missed you so much and love you." She loves to say "Dada and Mama." All our kids said Mama first I think. For about a month, she has been on a 2 nap schedule which is great but confines you to be home most days beside taking River to and from school. She is flexible, enjoys the carseat most days and still has a gummy smile! I think I will be sad when her smile shows teeth! Regan, you bring us so much joy...ALL of us! ox

Snow Leaf Falling Day by River Welsh

One day River and his family were outside playing in the leaves. River had a leaf fight with Daddy. Daddy threw the leaves at Mason and Mason said, "I do not like that." Then Daddy threw them at Mommy. Daddy pushed Mommy over in the leaves. Daddy got up and pushed Mason and River in. Then Mason and River pushed Daddy in and Daddy said, "This is the best day ever on the week." Daddy said, "We are going to have the picture lady come." The picture lady took a lot of pictures and fixed too many pictures because the family wanted her too. They all jumped in the leaves and the picture lady took a picture of them. The End

One of River's Original Stories...word for word

River-5.5 years

Most days, River and I are alone for about an hour when Mason and Regan are still sleeping. One of River's favorite things to do is to make up a story and tell it to me while I write it down word for word. I love his stories and he is so proud of them. He loves to have Daddy read them when he gets home from work. Here is one from today...

"Christmas Eve Now" by River Welsh

One day River and all of his family were sleeping in bed. Santa Claus came while they were sleeping. Santa Claus and his reindeer came. Santa Claus went down the chimney. He left presents under the tree. Then Santa Claus went up the chimney and the entire family came downstairs and looked under the tree and there was presents. When River was looking under the tree, he saw a bird's nest. They happily opened their presents and got on the couch and watched a Christmas movie. The family went outside and Daddy went to the shed and got the sled. River went down to the house and got Doah to come out in the snow. Daddy put Doah on the sled and they pushed Doah down the hill. Then the family came inside and had some hot chocolate. When the hot chocolate was done, it was night time. River and Mason got to stay up the latest the whole entire night. Then the whole family wend to bed. The end.