Livin the Good Life

Reagan's new haircut

2012-02-09T10:34:00.000-08:00

Reagan got her hair cut yesterday. She did not inherit my thick hair so I wanted something to give her hair a little more volume. The end result is so cute. She did ok while she was getting her hair cut. But when the hairdresser turned on the hair dryer she freaked out. She runs away when I'm blow drying my hair. She hates the blow dryer. Oh well She looks adorable.

Spending time with some great friends!

2012-01-13T07:33:00.001-08:00

We just love when the Brittons come into town. We sure do miss them being close. We went to lunch with them and just caught up on everything. Reagan and Devin acted like they have never been apart. I think we have a future romance on our hands.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-12T09:50:00.001-08:00

We didn't have access to the internet for a while so this post was posted late. And since I don't know how to change the date on the post it will just have to be included in this years posts.Christmas was so much fun this year. Reagan is starting to understand more and more what is going on. She ran around the house all december long singing jingle bells and saying ho ho ho. It was so cute. Makes me excited for what the next year will bring. And the best part is that we will have a new little addition by next christmas. We spend christmas eve with my family, then went to church with them christmas morning, back to their house for presents and then went home for our traditional christmas dinner of potatoes and roast, Dave's favorite :-)

Christmas morning at our house before going to church.

Reagan got pretty tired after just opening a couple presents.

She got a lot of books this year. As you can see she made a little chair out of the boxes and just sat their and read her books for a while.

Decorating for Christmas

2011-11-30T11:42:00.000-08:00

I have to say that I love it that my child gets more and more excited when she gets older for the holidays. She begins to understand more and more and now she starts to get excited like me and Dave and it's fun to watch her get so excited. When I was little I would get so excited for christmas that I would break out into hives. I just hope she doesn't pick that up as well. Reagan loved seeing the christmas lights up and lit and putting the decorations on the tree was especially fun.

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-26T17:32:00.000-08:00

Our favorite part of the year has been lots of fun so far and here are the pics to prove it! We spent Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen's house and stuffed ourselves pretty dang good. Jen's mom has comfort food down to perfection. Thanksgiving was so good this year, we decided to have a second one the next day! Plus we had to try out our newly acquired skills we learned from watching the food network =). I got called into work Thanksgiving night until 7am the following morning so I ended up sleeping until about noon or so. Too my surprise, I woke up to an amazing aroma of garlic and yummy turkey goodness. Jen let me sleep a little, while preparing an amazing meal all by herself. She got all fancy with the turkey this year and placed a piece of cheese cloth soaked in butter and fresh herbs over it (thanks food network!), and it turned out to be a scrumptious mouthwatering bird! After our second turkey meal in two days, we were more stuffed than our Turkey was and fell asleep by 8pm. Even Reagan was stuffed as the picture shows. We can't wait for Christmas!
The very last picture is of Reagan wearing my gloves on her feet. for some reason she likes to wear her socks on her hands and gloves on her feet. It's weird.

Halloween 2011

2011-11-01T09:15:00.000-07:00

Halloween was so much fun this year now that Reagan is starting to understand more. This was our first year of carving pumpkins together as a family. Last year Reagan mostly watched but she did a good job helping clean out the pumpkins and she colored hers really well.

Reagan kept saying pumpkin guts with a scared look on her face. This is the best picture I could get of her doing it.

Dave's pumpkin turned out the best. He saw the picture online and went from there. He worked long and hard on it. I think it looks awesome! Good job sweetie.

Then on monday we went trick or treating. Dave had to work on call till ten so I took Reagan to my parents house and we went around there neighborhood. It was so much fun and Reagan got the hang of going to the doors and saying trick or treat. And after she got the candy she said thank you to every house we went to. She was so cute. Can't wait for the other holidays now that Reagan can enjoy them more.

Reagan Turns 2!

2011-10-18T09:51:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that our little baby is now a little girl. It's so weird to think how fast time has flown by, that we have a 2 year old and another little one on the way. Reagan was so excited for her birthday after I explained it to her all day the day before. She put on her birthday outfit and loved it so much. She ran around the house saying I'm a princess I'm a princess! twirling around the room in her little skirt. She's starting to smile more for the camera, which I love, it makes for a much cuter picture when she is actually smiling.

We went to the zoo because she loves loves loves monkeys. We thought it would be fun to take her and show her the monkeys and it was such a beautiful day. Now that Reagan is older this zoo trip was so much fun. She was in her stroller for a little bit but she was able to walk around with us and of course she had to push her stroller herself.

After the zoo we went back home and her grandparents and Aunt Melissa came over for dinner, presents, and cake and ice cream. Reagan got some nice gifts but I think her favorite was the vacuum. She couldn't leave it alone and didn't really pay much attention to any of the other gifts because she wanted to play with that.

Reagan eating her cupcake. She is such a dainty eater. she didn't really make a mess with it and it seemed like all she wanted to eat was the icing.

The end of Summer

2011-09-29T17:24:00.000-07:00

Ok first of all I had to share these first two pictures. A-because her hair is really cute and B- DAVE DID IT!!!!!. I know it is a surprise to me as well. He did such an amazing job I think. I know you all are sitting there with your mouths open being just as impressed as I was when I first saw this as well.

Ok moving on. We had a family home evening with my family on monday night. I packed us up a dinner and some warm clothes and went for a drive in the canyon for a picnic and to see the pretty leaves.

Reagan really enjoyed herself.

These last two are just videos that I just thought were cute. There is one of Reagan dancing to the backyardagains and she says see ya like 5 times it's cute. Then the other one is of Reagan and Dave tired at the end of the day and Reagan is loving Dave.

Water Park

2011-09-04T11:08:00.001-07:00

My sister and I visited this water park twice this week. The first time we went I didn't put Reagan in her swimsuit because when we went to a water park in July she didn't like it very much. But she warmed up and started to like and yes got her clothes all wet. So yesterday we went prepared. She had on her swimsuit and was ready to go. She had so much fun she cried when I said that it was time to go. But I'm glad that she enjoyed herself and is beginning to like the water more and more.

Nichols Family Reunion July 2011

2011-08-06T10:24:00.001-07:00

July was so much fun. Getting together with Dave's family and having a family reunion was great. Now keep in mind that this is not dave's aunts, uncles and cousins. Nope this is his siblings and their families. So all in all there were about 36 people that all went to bear lake for this fun filled week of activities. It was total chaos but totally fun at the same time. We were all pretty tired by the end of it all. The pictures are kinda out of order but there are so many of them that I was just to lazy to put them where they need to go.
So the first 4 pictures are after we got home from bear lake. We are just hanging out at temple square. The rest are pictures of Bear Lake and all the fun we had!

Reagan crawls out of her crib!

2011-07-04T08:31:00.000-07:00

Big girl

2011-07-04T08:22:00.000-07:00

Reagan is in a big girl bed. I can't believe it. But she sarted crawling out of her crib so we decided now was the time to change her over to a bed. This first picture is after she crawled out of her bed. She thinks she is so dang clever.

Getting her cool glasses on so she can look cool in her new bed.

Here she is in her new bed thanks to Aunt Rachelle. She has loved it so far. She does run over to the door and knock on it for a little bit but then she goes right over to the bed, pulls up the covers and goes to sleep. My little girl is getting so big. Where did my baby go?

Reagan Says her name!

2011-06-25T17:22:00.000-07:00

Daddy Time

2011-06-20T20:39:00.000-07:00

It's father's day plus lots of daddy daughter time mixed in. To start the weekend off Dave took Reagan to a daddy daughter camp out with his brothers. She had a lot of fun and slept really well that night amazingly!

Reagan got up the next morning ready to go. She was the first one up in the tent so of course se woke up her daddy. But she did enjoy her breakfast of pancakes and sausage.

Yep she sure did enjoy that breakfast. mmmmmmm

And what is camping without having smores? and what better than to eat them for breakfast. Nothing that's what!

When Reagan and Dave got home Saturday morning they both took a long nap. Then we all went to strawberry days in pleasant grove. I love carnavals! Dave took Reagan down a long slide which she didn't seem to amused by. I'm thinking it's becuase she was still tired by the whole night before and not much sleep.

Then she was so worn out by the ordeal that she fell quickly asleep after we got into the car. She was saying her name before that and I got it on video but my computer is not letting me upload it right now. so maybe sometime soon I will get to post that. My little girl can say her name. Love it!

Fun filled Saturday

2011-06-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

Our Saturday was very fun. We started off by going to see aunt melissa's band perform in Salt Lake. The pictures are kinda blurry because they were moving around. But Aunt Melissa is wearing a wig as part of their performance.

Reagan wanted to put Aunt Melissa's wig on herself. Doesn't she look like a movie star?

Then after that we decided that it was such a nice day that we should pack us up some food and head up the canyon. We went up provo canyon to vivian park. Dave and I haven't been there for a while so it was lots of fun to be able to take Reagan. She loved it. There was so much space to run around and there was even a little stream running through. She loved the water she kept running over by it saying water water.

I love days like today. The weather was perfect and I just enjoyed being with my family.

Springville arts festivle

2011-06-11T11:45:00.000-07:00

Last night we all decided to go to the springville arts festivle. It was a lot of fun. We met some friends there and walked around the different booths and saw some awesome things. to bad I couldn't purchase any of them :-(

Moosebutter was there performing. They are a singing/comedic act.

Reagan enjoyed all of the delicious fair food. But she preferred the lights from the rides.

all in all we had a great time with some really great friends. Can't wait to do it again.

Girl's trip to Colorado!

2011-06-08T18:37:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a girl's trip to Colorado with some very good girl friends. It was a much needed time away. But I really missed my family. But it was lots of relaxing, reading, playing in the hot tub, hiking, playing games, and really good food from the grill, thanks nicki!
I already miss my time at the cabin "mountain rose" but nothing can compare to my welcome home from my hubby and my baby. As soon as she saw me she ran to me saying mommy mommy and gave me the biggest hug ever! Can't wait till next year for our next girl's trip adventure :-)

Happy to go to bed.

2011-05-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

Reagan loves to go to sleep....just not in her bed. She loves to climb into mommy and daddy's bed and just lay there. It's so funny she just started doing this a couple of days ago. But everytime she goes into my room she climbes up onto my bed and into the covers and says night night and just lays there. She is a sweetie.

Bubbles

2011-05-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

Reagan loves her bubbles!

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2011-05-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

mother's day

2011-05-12T10:46:00.000-07:00

Well I had a pretty good mother's day despite the aweful gloomy weather. We suprised my mom by going to her 9am church so we didn' have time for breakfast in bed but that's not really my thing. Reagan did say happy mommy's day the best she could. I have it on tape but it's pretty long. We came home for a little bit after church before going back to my parents house for dinner. Reagan has started smilin for the camera so in the first few pictures she started to warm up to the camera.

As you can see by the end of the day she was pretty tired from it all. She fell a sleep on me. Then I moved her to the couch and she still didn't move she was that tired.

What the?

2011-04-29T10:23:00.000-07:00

What the? is all I have to say. So Reagan has recently been taking her clothes off during her naps and while she sleeps through the night. It hasn't been a big deal until a couple of days ago when I went to get her from her nap and she had taken everything off again including her diaper. But this time there was poo everywhere...literally everywhere. little pellets of poo around the outside of her crib, she had taken it and smeared it all over her sheets and the inside of her crib and yes it was around her mouth. So I was mortified that my child had started eating her poo! After talking to a few people about this we got the idea to take some footed pajamas and cut the feet off and put them on her backwards so the zipper was on the back and she couldn't unzip it and take it off. The first couple of pictures are the result of this. She did not like this at all.

So we thought this was a great idea. Until this morning when I went to get her and she was standing up in her crib butt naked holding her pajamas with a huge grin on her face. Almost like she was saying ha ha you tried to trick me but it didn't work.
Dave and I both just stood there with our mouths open in total disbelief at the sight. Our daughter is hudini....I don't know if this is the right spelling but you get the idea.

So now we've resulted to duckt taping her diaper on her. If that doesn't work I don't know what we are going to do. Heaven help us then!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-26T13:14:00.001-07:00

We really had a lot of fun with Reagan this Easter. The holidays really are so much more fun with your kids. We started off with Egg decorating which Reagan loved. She just kept saying oooo to everything.

The next day was Easter Sunday. Dave had hid the eggs around the house for Reagan to find. She was so cute. She would find the egg and run to put it back in the carton that it came in. She really liked to find the eggs. She would laugh every time she found one.

This is Reagan all ready for Easter Sunday in her new Easter dress from her grandma Nielsen.

Reagan with her daddy and grandpa

Winding down after dinner at grandma and grandpa's house. We put reagan in her pajamas and took her hair out. She is just lounging around with her daddy and aunt Melissa. We didn't get any pictures with aunt Jessica because she had to go to work.

My mom and dad cleaning up after dinner.

Just hanging out together reading a book after dinner.

18 Months!

2011-04-12T14:24:00.001-07:00

Our little Sweet Pea is 18 months old! I can't believe it. We love you so much little love.

Bath Time fun continued

2011-04-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

This is a continuation from the previous post. While I was at the gym tonight Dave snapped some pictures of our little cutie during her night time bath. I know that some of the pictures are dark but they were to cute to leave out of the mix. The bubbles are coming from the fun gift that she got from her aunt Jessica on her birthday. She loves the bubbles.

Videos of Reagan

2011-04-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

Reagan Loves Bathtime

2011-04-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

Reagan loves taking her baths. She loves running around in her towel afterwards even more.

Family Fun

2011-04-03T07:51:00.000-07:00

Reagan has this tub that we put her toys in. She has now started to bring it out into the living room from her bedroom. She pulls out most of the toys and crawls right in.

After conference on Saturday we packed up and went to the zoo with me dave and aunt melissa. Reagan was so much more alert this time around. We didn't really get any good pictures of the monkeys but that was the animal that she liked the best.

With aunt missy on the elephant. The elephant would make noises and spout out air from it's trunk. She wasn't very fond of it. But as you can see with the rest of the pictures there were some other things that she enjoyed :-)

It was a tiring day. Reagan fell asleep on the car ride home holding her tired aunts hand. So so cute.

Little Love

2011-03-27T07:56:00.000-07:00

Even though she can be a little stinker sometimes, I love my little girl. She is growing up so fast. Dave and I love seeing what she learns with each passing day.

Love you Reagan!

Reagan's new toy

2011-03-27T07:46:00.000-07:00

Reagan is one happy little girl right now. Why do you ask?

Because she just got this new toy from her wonderful aunt Rachelle.

Yep it's a little mermaid bike. She pushes buttons and Ariel's fin swishes back and forth, the under the sea song plays and she loves it! Even though she doesn't really know who Ariel is right now this is a pretty good introduction to the little mermaid.

The seat lifts up so she can put things in it. But for now she really likes to sit in it and act like it's a chair. She will pull it out in the living room and sit in it and watch tv with me.

She also uses this new toy as a help to climb up on the couch where she knows momma doesn't want her to be. Little stinker.

PUDDING!

2011-03-13T17:05:00.000-07:00

Reagan loves her pudding. And do I mean loves it.

That's the sugar high right there folks. look at that face. Looks like she is drunk.

Taking advantage of the warm weather

2011-03-12T17:31:00.000-08:00

So we had a couple of days of warm weather this week. Dave got to spend some much needed daddy daughter time at the park while mommy was at work. It looks like they had fun huh?

Reagan's big day!

2011-03-07T10:05:00.000-08:00

Now I know that Reagan will have many "big days" in her life. But this is just one that we thought we would document as a family. She's dressed up because we are on our way to church. But it's good that we are all dressed up to mark such a momentous occasion. We purchased a new car seat for Reagan on Sautrday night. Even though she is still small she was badly in need of a new seat.

She absolutely loves her new seat. When we first got it the night before she laughed all the way home and could not stop pointing at things and talking to me and dave. I'm guessing it's because she could now see us.

In this picture she is kicking her feet she was so excited but my camera cut it off.

She was pointing at everything even before we left the driveway to go to church.

My little love bug

2011-03-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

Reagan has become such a lover. I know that in these first few pictures it doesn't look like it. But I had to post these. Dave for some reason likes to tease Reagan. He doesn't do it very often but I'll admit it when you see her get frustrated on camera it's kinda funny. Whenever she sees me or dave taking a picture she wants the camera. Thus the reason for her frustration in these first few pictures.

She still loves for me to put on her jackets with hoods so she can put the hood on her head. She loves this for some reason I don't know.

She was trying to get the hood off of her head. She kept pulling it over her face when all she had to do was push it backwards.

She let me reward her by picking her up and kissing her face all over. I love that she is smiling more and more. She is a happy girl.

When I put her down she wanted to get back on my lap so badly.

As soon as I picked her up she gave me lots of kisses and hugs. I taught her how to give kisses and hugs and now I can't stop asking for them. I myself am a very lovey dovey person and now that my daughter can give me hugs and kisses on demand you bet I am taking advantage of this while she still wants to give me those precious kisses and squeezable hugs.

Love my sweet baby girl!

Sick of the Snow!!

2011-02-25T11:56:00.000-08:00

I can't even tell you how much I am sick of the snow. The weather did a big tease with me. Making it 45 degrees and so sunny and nice outside for a few days then this morning dumping more snow on me. I get a little taste of spring and what there is to look forward to. I'm usually very in love with the snow. But right now I just want it to be gone and I want to run outside, take Reagan for walks or to the park. I'm sick of being inside!

Cutie

2011-02-13T18:01:00.000-08:00

I can't help it. Dave and I both think Reagan is just to cute for words. So here are some videos to enjoy. We may be a little bit biased :-)

She loves to talk on the phone. At such an early age too.

Mommy's little helper

2011-02-12T08:55:00.000-08:00

As you can see Reagan is feeling better. She is mommy's little helper. She loves to help me do the house work. She learned how to dust at grandma and grandpa's house. Now she helps me do the house work all the time. She helps me dust and clean the floors. You should see her do the laundry :-)

Sicky

2011-02-10T11:33:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to show you the difference of Reagan's moods. When she is feeling good and when she is feeling sick.
These first two pictures are obviously of her feeling good. And she looks adorable too :-)

Now these are the pictures of her being sick. For the past two weeks....maybe longer she has had an ear infection in both ears. She has not been a happy little girl. Poor little baby.

She normally loves riding the horsey but she just layed right down on the horsey's back and didn't move.

We hope you feel better soon Reagan.

3 Years!

2011-01-27T11:28:00.000-08:00

3 years ago yesterday on January 26th 2008 I married my best friend. I never thought it was possible....at least for me, to love somebody so much. So imagine my suprise when I discovered I love him much more today than on our wedding day. Before I got married I had gotten use to the idea of being by myself, taking care of everything on my own. I was at the point when I thought it really is in the Lord's hands now. All I can do is just continue to do what I am doing and something good will come my way. Little did I know that the greatest thing to come my way would be David Nichols. I had known Dave almost two years before we started dating. And as most of you know I wasn't interested in him even when I agreed to date him. I know that sounds aweful but I don't know how else to put it. All I knew was that if I had told him no I wouldn't date him I would lose him as a friend forever and I didn't want that. I guess I'm telling my side of the story even if I do come off as the one not looking so good in the story.
I always tell Dave that it was a miracle that we got married in the first place. The way I handled men I thought I would be on my own for a very long time or let the right one slip through my fingers. I understand it now when people say that the Lord knows our hearts. That he knows us better than we know ourselves. Dave always smiles and says that it's not a miracle it was the Lord's plan. I really just think that the Lord slapped me right upside the head and said hey do not let this one go. Dave gets all the credit in this relationship. After all that I have put him through he deserves a medal or something. What with me not really wanting to date him in the first place and me even trying to break up with him at one point. I'm suprised he stuck around as long as he did....it's a good thing too :-)
So after three years of marriage I'm glad that I married this wonderful man. My family loves him and I am grateful that my wise family keept pushing me to not give up on the relationship, that there was something special there that I for some reason could not see. Not only did I get a wonderful husband but I also got brothers, sisters and parents in law whome I have come to care so much for. I really am blessed to be part of such a wonderful family. So I want to say thank you to my Heavenly Father for slapping me upside the head and also thank you to Dave for sticking it out for as long as you did when so many others would have given up a long time ago. I love you! Happy Anniversary my love.

Getting Bigger?

2011-01-25T12:20:00.000-08:00

Yes we are the proud parents of a the cute little girl you see in the pictures below. Now when I say little I mean little. I'm starting to wonder if she is going to grow at all. I know she will but man she is 15 months old and only 18 pounds. You be the judge.

This outfit she is wearing is for a nine month old. and she still fits it! She is still wearing clothes for a baby 6 months younger than her.

She loves loves loves horsey rides with her daddy.

Oh well we still love our little midget.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T13:37:00.000-08:00

Dave and I both had Christmas Eve and Christmas off this year. We loved being able to spend the whole weekend together with Reagan. Now that she is 14 and a half months old she is so much fun to watch get into the chrismas spirit. She actually said Ho Ho Ho when I asked her what does santa say? Of course that was after sitting with her for a half hour pointing to santa and saying ho ho ho.
We started the festivities off with christmas eve dinner. Dave wanted to make a roast because he never gets it otherwise because I don't like it. But we compromised and made the roast. It was actually very good....yes that's right I even had some. Dave did a very good job on it. The rolls however didn't survive. We have had a hard time getting our rolls to rise in the past. They look like they are going to make it in this picture but sadly they didn't.

Dave with his roast. Again it was very very good.

Since it is a tradition to open one gift on christmas eve we started with Reagan. She enjoyed the box a lot. She loves to climb on things and be high...which might be a problem when she gets older but for now it's cute. She's been sick so we got her a humidifier.

Christmas morning opening her presents with mommy.

These are gifts from her Nanna and Poppy. The bucket was from her Daddy to put all her toys in, since she is getting quite the collection of toys now.

As you can see she was very excited about the whole thing.

We celebrated some more with a big breakfast.

Reagan was still enjoying herself. She thought it was all very amusing.

Displaying our gifts.

Dave's brother Richie made us these awesome hats for christmas. We love them so much, they each fit us perfectly.

We had a wonderful Christmas together as a fairly new family. I know that as Reagan gets older she will enjoy the holidays more and more. Hopefuly as much as I do :-)
These are just the first of many many wonderful family memories and traditions to come.

Holiday Festivities

2010-12-19T07:39:00.000-08:00

We had two Christmas parties to go to this day. These first pictures are of Reagan at my family Christmas party. She's obviously having a good time.

Here she is with her Pooppy. She really does love her Poppy a lot.

Taking pictures in front of the tree before heading off to my work party.

Blowing kisses for the camera.

She was feeding herself yogurt and she got tired of using the spoon so just decided to drink it. yeah it was pretty messy.

Reagan loves wearing her favorite blanket around her as a cape and walking around the house. She loves this blanket. She has a lot of warm cozy blankets but this is the one she always grabs when she leaves her bed. It's pretty cute I think.

Christmas Fun

2010-12-14T20:18:00.000-08:00

So I have never made a gingerbread house before...I know you are thinking this is craziness but it is so true. So instead of doing it ourselves we invited some friends over to join in the fun.
Dave and I both made this house together. Dave had bought me the kit a couple years ago because I told him that I had never made a gingerbread house before. But I obviously never got around to it. So we were pretty skeptical about making it or if it would even turn out. We are pretty proud of the end result.

Selena's house. She did a great job on hers. She was trying to make it look like a cabin. Totally looks like one :-)

Dave and my house.

Russ's house. He even included a flight pad on his house. Great job Russ.

Russ and Selena. They are great.

These are just a couple pics of our festive decorations.

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-05T13:47:00.001-08:00

I love Thanksgiving and all the food. This year Dave and I wanted to see if we could cook our very first Turkey. Lets just say it wasn't as moist as my mother's but it was still good and it sure did look pretty and we have lots of time to practice. I am grateful for my little family. For my wonderful husband that provides for us. I'm grateful that we were able to spend a lot of time together this thanksgiving. Can't wait till Christmas because guess what....I love that holiday too!
Our very first Thanksgiving Turkey.

Our feast. Doesn't it look good?

My hottie husband carving up our turkey.

This is Dave after we ate. He looks how I felt.

The next day was actually thanksgiving because we had done our thanksgiving the day before so we could still have thanksgiving with my family. This year my dad pulled out his good ol accordian. He hasn't played that in years and I always loved it when he would play it when I was little. Reagan enjoyed it too. she just recently learned how to blow into her grandpa's harmonica so she played right along with him.

Reagan says da da really fast when she is excited and Dave took this video while I was at work. I thought it was really cute.

Randomness

2010-11-11T12:21:00.000-08:00

Reagan got this princess crown at aunt Pam's house over halloween. She never really does well with keeping things on her head for an extending period of time. But for some reason she loves to wear her crown. She will bring it over to me and turn around so I can put it on. Then I say "oh you look so pretty" She smiles, takes it off and we do it all over again. We play this for like 10 min.

I also forgot to put this picture up. This is me and Dave's masterpiece that we both created the night before halloween. We do good work together.

Reagan loves loves loves my waterbottle. She likes is so much better than anything that she drinks out of. Dave took these pictures while I was at work and he said that she had disappeared around the corner and when he found her she was sucking on my bottle.

Wow it looks like she is getting a really good drink right here. This is definatly how I feel after taking a much needed drink of ice cold water.

She also likes to wear our shoes around the house. It's rather funny I think.

She can't get enough of her car seat. She will just go and sit her chair and play in it for a while. I hope this doesn't become a problem when we switch to a front facing seat.

Family Pictures.

2010-11-03T09:39:00.000-07:00

These are just some of the pictures that we had done by our good friend Salena Sorensen. I love the pictures and the colors in them. I think she did a great job. I love our family pictures!

Halloween Party and some silliness

2010-10-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

Last night was my aunt's Halloween party. This was Reagan's first and we were so excited to put her in her costume. If you can't tell she is a little ladybug. She had fun as did Dave and I and there were so many fun things for Reagan to experience and see.

It usually takes Reagan a little while to warm up to new places. She goes to anyone but she doesn't really start acting like herself for a little while. But when she finally started warming up is when we pulled out the camera to see if we could catch her being adorable.

I love her little smile when she is trying not to smile all the way. it's like she knows something we don't.

I love Reagan in this little hat that her Aunt Melissa gave her. When she first gave it to her the flower totally covered her whole face. As you can see she is slowly growing into it. Thank you aunt missy.

This is the best picture. I love it when I can catch her doing a face like this. it's really hard to get her to smile for the camera so I have to be quick.

Reagan's birthday

2010-10-14T11:20:00.001-07:00

Next she opened presents from her Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt. She got clothes and pajamas, some water toys to play with in the tub from her aunt...we will be trying those out tonight, and some books and a little farm trackter that she can pull along while it sings. All in all it was a great evening. We all had a lot of fun.

Our Angel turned 1

2010-10-14T10:45:00.001-07:00

Okay first of all I know that the eyes in our picture are red. I will fix them soon. Now for the highlight event. Reagan is 1 I can't believe it. We had a small little family party last night for her. We had dinner and then cake and presents.
The first picture is of our new couch. I just wanted to show you all that we finally got something that belongs to us. Our very own first piece of furniture since we've been married. I love it. it is so comfortable.

Reagan woke up to Dave and I going into her room to sing happy birthday. Then we fed her a very special breakfast of rice cereal :-) and then she got her present. Her very first laptop of her very own. She loved it so much she carried it around all day.

Then she got all ready in her cute little party dress that her grandma got for her. She looked so cute in it. and she loved it. She even spinned around in it a couple of times.

This is her very first cake. I love it. it is cookie monster and there are cookies in his mouth. Reagan loved it. I got a picture of her almost grabbing it but it didn't come out that well.

I had to take more pictures of her in that cute dress. She is such a pretty little thing. I guess it's a good thing that she gets her looks from her daddy.

She loves her grandma. But not as much as she loved the curly strings on her dress.

Okay now this is the actual cake that she ate. The cookie monster cake was actually for the adults. It was so cute. Now these next pictures are of her being really timid about getting messy and diving into the cake. But by the last picture she got a taste and decided that it was well worth the mess.

Funny Girl

2010-10-09T10:37:00.000-07:00

Reagan and I were having a little fun before Daddy came home and I had to run to work. She looks a little tired in this picture but that's because it's right before her nap time.

I don't know what she is looking at in this photo but she looks really engrosed by it doesn't she?

She grabbed my vest and put the hood on her head and started walking around the apartment with it on her head. it was so cute. Then she grabbed her own jacket and started doing the same thing with hers. I just love how cute and fun she is. I love her so much.

I love this picture. She is so cute. She thought it was the funniest thing to have that on her head.

Witch Fest

2010-10-07T09:59:00.000-07:00

Reagan and I met up with my sister yesterday afternoon to go to gardener village to see the witches. Reagan did like them she couldn't take her eyes off of them. But when it came time to take a picture it was an accomplishment to just get her to look our way. She is a happy girl but it is very hard to get her to smile for the camera. Oh well I'll take what I can get. At least she looked at the camera....sometimes.

There are witches in this photo but they obviously didn't come out very well. Their is one on each side of my sister.

We stopped for a little treat right before heading home. Reagan loves cookies and chocolate so I guess it's a good thing that her birthday month is the month of Candy?

We had so much fun and hit our car right as it started to rain. Thank you Aunt Jessica for such a fun outing.

Conference Weekend

2010-10-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

I just love Conference Weekend. I love to be able to relax and listen to the prophet and his apostles speak and be able to do it in my pajamas :-) . This year I missed the saturday morning session because I was working that morning. I got to listen to the second half on my way home from work. But Sunday was all mine to spend at home with my family. Reagan was up for a good while with her lovely bedhead before we put her down for her morning nap. Then Dave and I enjoyed the first session together before she woke back up. She slept through the entire first session.

After the first session we headed over to my parents house where my sisters fed us with the most wonderful food before being spiritually fed for the second session. It was a wonderful day. Thank you to my two wonderful sisters for the excellent food and good times. To bad my parents were not there to enjoy. Maybe next time they will join us.

Zoo

2010-09-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

I've been waiting to go to the zoo for a very long time. I haven't been since I was really little. So Dave took me on Saturday for my birthday. We had a great day and Reagan had a great time too.

Walking at 10 months!

2010-09-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is starting to walk already. She is getting better and better at it everyday. At first she would just use her one hand to balance on things when she was standing up. Then she practiced her balance by just standing in one place. And before I knew it she was doing this.
And because I can't resist here are a couple more.

The was the plastic cover over her baby book. She was playing with this and started getting tired. She started laying her head in her hand through the plastic. So cute.

Crazy Hair/ Can't help but being cute

2010-09-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

Reagan's hair has been growing and it's getting a bit long. I keep saying that I need to get it cut...well at least a trim but Dave doesn't want me to touch it. So I have to work with what I've got. So I've been trying to do different things with her hair lately. So here is my frist attempt at her new hair style.

What do you think? Am I cute or what?

Her crazy hair after she has had a bath. Getting really long.

She loves her daddy so much. Look how tired she looks. But it doesn't matter because all she wants at the end of the day is her daddy.

Recent Happenings

2010-09-02T10:32:00.000-07:00

A couple of things have kept me from blogging lately. But now I think things are relatively back to normal. We just recently moved to Orem so Dave could be closer to his work. And it has been so nice to have a place of our own. A couple weeks before we were to move I had to have emergency surgery. I had an ectopic pregnancy....I think that's how you say it. Any way Dave and I were both pretty shocked about that because I had a IUD in and the chances of you getting pregnant with one of those in is about 1%....so says my doctor. I guess I was one of those lucky 1% then. It was pretty scary and the doctor said had I of waited any longer to come in I most likey would have died. I was 7 weeks pregnant and the doctor said that it's pretty typical for the egg to rupture, which mine did, around that time. I went into surgery, the procedure was only supposed to be a half hour but it took 2 hours because my blood was just one big blood clot. I had to have a transfusion because I had lost so much blood. Anyway I'm doing much better and glad to be able to hold my little girl once again. I was told not to hold her for about a week and my wonderful husband made certain that I didn't lift anything, or do anything to difficult for the whole week. Yeah it got pretty boring.
So like I said we moved and I will get some pictures of our new place up soon. It's smaller than where we were before but like I said it is our own place and that we are so happy for. The best thing...well there are a few but a couple things I love so far about this place is Reagan has her own room. I love being able to put her in her crib, turn on the music, and shut the door and walk away. not having to worry about every little noise I make that might wake her up. And the next thing is having a washer and dryer. I no longer have to pack up all my laundry and the baby and drive a half hour away to my parents house to do laundry. I can do it whenever I want!!!
Dave's doing great in his new job and he is loving being a therapist. I just got a promotion at work to Assistant house supervisor. That means that I will be working more and also seeing Dave less and less. I am still hopeful that one day we will have a decent schedule to be able to see each other. I currently work Monday, Thursday, and Friday evenings from 3-10 and every other saturday morning from 6-2. I'm getting more pay and this will help us a lot so we are excited about that. Hopefuly we can save a lot more so we can get into our own house. That's all for now.

playing catch up

2010-07-21T12:18:00.000-07:00

First are a few pictures of Reagan being silly. I just can't help myself. I just love my little buggie. She is such a happy girl and loves to show it.

Next are some pictures from Bear Lake where Reagan first met her Grandma and Grandpa Nichols and Uncle Danny. The water was a bit cold that day but we all still had fun.

Reagan with her Grandpa Nichols

Grandma Nichols

A week later Dave's parents and brother came to stay with us for a few days. It was a lot of fun. We will miss them a lot. Maybe our next vacation will be to washington to visit them.

9 Months

2010-07-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

Reagan hit the 9 month mark today. She went to the doctor for her 9 month visit with the doctor. And the best thing about the visit NO SHOTS!!! The only thing they gave her was a prick in her heel. She cried when they did that but she quickly recovered. She is in the 20th percentile of growth. The doctor told me that if there were 120 girls in the same room her age. She would be taller than 20 of them, I'm told that this is good because I have been told numerous times that Reagan is very tiny for her age. Anyway she is now 16 pounds and 10 ounces. She is doing very well and is a happy growing girl.

Walking?

2010-06-29T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ok now I know I put way to many videos up but I can't help myself. For a week Reagan has been pushing things across the floor while on her knees. I can tell she is getting pretty anxious to walk. I told Dave that we needed to get her something that she can push around to help her learn to walk. And thanks to my wonderful aunt Rachelle, who has lent us so many wonderful toys for Reagan already, Let her use this little walker. And when she gets older the seat comes together to make a bike so she can ride on it.And thanks to her top teeth coming in she now does everything with her tongue hanging out.Thanks Rachelle she absolutely loves it!

My Blessings

2010-06-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to take a little time and acknowledge the many blessings that God has given me and my family. I am so grateful to have the most wonderful husband on the planet. Now I know all of you think that you have the best husband but sorry to burst your bubbles I'm pretty sure my husband is the best :-)
Dave works so hard to support our little family and even though I don't tell him nearly enough how much I appreciate everything he does for us it's true he is the hardest worker I know.
I'm grateful for how he is with our daughter. I knew that he would make a great daddy some day but I'm amazed every day just how true this statement is. Even though things have been rough at times he is always reminding me of our blessings and that things will always work out the way they are supposed to work out. Many many times I feel like I don't deserve such a wonderful man, and I probably don't but I'm grateful he's mine and that the Lord smaked me upside the head to make me realize that I could not live without him.
I'm greatefu for our little Reagan who with every passing day is such a happy playful girl. She is learning new things every day and loves to show mommy and daddy all that she has learned. Her top teeth are now starting to come in and I'm grateful that the whole teething process has not been as bad as I have heard lots of other moms describe it to be. I'm greateful that she has started sleeping through the night. And for many of you that have children you will know just how great a blessing that is. Reagan makes me feel so greateful to be her mommy. I'm so glad that I have the opportunity to be a mother in these latter days.
I know sometimes it is hard to see the things that are good in life. When there are so many things that I should be greateful for I lose my focus sometimes and start to feel sorry for myself that I don't have the things that I "want" but do have the things I "need" and am truly greateful for that.
I'm thankful to my Heavenly Father for giving me so many blessings. I will do better to recognize those things.

Pool time

2010-06-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

The first time I took Reagan to the pool she hated it and cried the whole time. And got sick the day after. So you can imagine my hesitance taking her to the pool again. But practice makes perfect.
She wasn't sure if she liked it at first.

But she gradually warmed up.

Trying to show daddy that she is having a good time.

These pictures don't really do her justice. She was smiling people. but whenever I turn on that dang camera she goes camera shy. It is so hard to get a smile out of her when the camera is on. She just stares at it with her mouth open.

She really liked to sit on the side. I was close by of course but for some reason she loved sitting on the side of the pool.

Dave loved being with her in the water. I know he was having more fun than her. But hopefully the more we do this the more fun she will start to have. We love our little water baby.

Happy Father's Day

2010-06-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Yes I know that my post is a day late. But oh well. Happy first Father's day to my wonderful husband. You have been the most amazing husband to me and father to our little girl. I am so lucky to have you in my life. You do so many good things for me that a lot of the times I feel like I don't deserve it or you. Thank you for all that you do. I love you more and more everyday.

I pampered dave today. He woke up to a nice breakfast of French Toast with bacon, eggs and orange juice. I made whipped cream and cut up some strawberries and put them on the french toast. I'm just sorry I couldn't do more for him today. He deserves so much more. He works so hard.

8 Months Old!

2010-06-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Happy 8 months old today to our little Angel. We love you very much. We are so glad that you came into our lives. We would be lost without you.

Fun in the Sun

2010-06-05T17:40:00.001-07:00

Today was such a beautiful day. Dave and I decided to take Reagan to the park and have a picnic. It was so much fun. Dave finally had some free time so we took full advantage of it. We pushed her on the swing, went down the slide, and rode around on daddy's shoulders.

Pig Face

2010-06-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

Dave has been doing this thing with Reagan lately that he calls pig face. He sits with her for a while doing this face along with the noise that you will see in this video. It's so funny because she copies everything he does. I finally caught a little of it on camera. It took me a while to get it because whenever I turn on the camera she stops doing anything and just stares at it. She is definatly not a performer....at least right now.

Just a few pics

2010-06-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know I've been bad at keeping up on my blog but I promise to do better from now on. So when Reagan got sick she had an infection in the back of her throat. She had these little sores. She would stick her tongue out all day because it felt better on her sores. And for a week after she got over her sickness she was still doing it. She is the funniest thing.

I took a picture of her in her cute swimsuit before we went to the pool and she hated it. But at least I got a picture of her before hand when she was happy.

I just love my little girl. Now that she is getting older I have herd a lot more people tell me that she looks a lot like me. I hope so. I always wanted a little girl that looked a little like me.

Getting back in the swing of things

2010-05-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

Last week Reagan got sick for the first time since she was born. I've considered ourselves pretty lucky till now. Reagan had an infection in her throat that I have no idea how she got. But the doctor assured me that it would only last for 2 to 3 days. The weekend came and I got sick....my first time in a long, long, long, long, long, you get the gist, time. then right after me Dave got sick. So this is just a little post to let people know that we did not fall off the face of the earth. We have just been taking it easy and recovering. We are all doing much better now.

7 Months Old

2010-05-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

Our beautiful little girl is 7 months old today. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Dave and I love her more and more each day. She is such a blessing in our lives and we are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for sending this precious one to us. We are the Lucky ones.
I took a couple of pictures of her after she's all done with her bath. I love her hair it is so wild. She totally has a fro I love it.

I don't really know what she is doing in this picture. I just loved it and love her so much.

Awesome Mother's Day gift.

2010-05-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

That's right folks, she said momma first. Happy Mother's Day to me!

The proud Graduate

2010-05-09T08:33:00.000-07:00

Dave just graduated from the University of Utah with his Masters in Social Work on May 6th. Reagan and I are so proud of him. It has been a long hard road but Dave is so glad to be done and we know that it will be worth all his hard work.

This is a picutre of my mom at the graduation. Waiting for the procession to start.

This is a random picture but I took Reagan to the park and put her in the baby swing for the first time. She loved it. Can't wait to take her again.

My beautiful older sister Jessica with little Reagan after the procession. Reagan was so tired but she loves her aunt Jessie.

The proud family.

Funny Girl

2010-04-27T07:48:00.000-07:00

Reagan always falls asleep on her daddy at the end of the day. She never cuddles like this with her momma. Reagan has started doing this thing with her mouth I don't know where she got it but it's pretty funny.

Dave really wants her to walk and she's pretty good at walking with his help. Dave does this with her at the end of the night to get her tired. Thus the result of the top picture.

Six Months Old!

2010-04-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

Our beautifu little Reagan is six months old today. She is getting so big.
She is now starting to talk with her tongue hanging out. I think it's because she likes to feel her new bottom teeth. Whatever it is she is doing it's really cute.

Easter 2010

2010-04-08T20:21:00.000-07:00

Our first Easter with our special new addition to our little family. Reagan woke up to her very own Easter basket that the Easter Bunny filled up for her. She loved playing with the grass inside the basket and the shiny little eggs.

Every time we would try to get her to look at the camera and smile. She would spot one of those shiny eggs and that was it. She was distracted and couldn't be bothered with mommy and daddy trying to get her picture.

I took so many pictures of Reagan with her daddy but this one was the only one with a hint of a smile on her face. Dave's face was starting to hurt from smiling so long and from trying to get Reagan to smile for me.

Reagan loves to be with her grandparents. She loves to touch faces. And without fail, whenever Grandma pics her up she goes right for the face. See Grandma, Reagan thinks your pretty.

Growing up strong

2010-04-01T13:52:00.000-07:00

Reagan had her six month doctor appointment today....she is not yet six months....not for a couple more weeks. But She is now 14 pounds and 25 and a half inches long. She's growing like a champ! We love our big strong girl.

Cute as a button

2010-03-30T18:59:00.000-07:00

Well it's not easter till Sunday but we dressed Reagan all up for Easter for church since Easter Sunday is General Conference. Sunday morning I had to get up early and go sing at Legacy house for the elderly with some people in my ward. When I came home Dave had dressed her up and put her hair in little pig tails. That's right folks I said her daddy dressed her and did her hair. He did a really good job. I couldn't help but kiss her face!

Smiling for the Camera. She's really good at smiling nice and big for the camera. our little cover girl.

Just Hanging out on the floor before church.The picture after that is what she looked like when we took the pig tails out. Her hair just sticking up like two devil horns.
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I couldn't resist posting this picture. I think she might have a nice career in the plumbing business don't you?

I just can't help myself

2010-03-22T08:41:00.001-07:00

I can't seem to stop taking pictures of Reagan. She is just so dang cute. We had just returned from a nice walk with daddy and she was so happy after the walk.

Then I guess she was just so tired after the walk that she fell asleep in daddy's arms while he was doing some homework.

Sitting up like a big girl.

2010-03-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

Reagan Sitting up for the first time by herself.

Such a big girl!

2010-03-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

Reagan sat up for the first time by herself without me having to support her. She is growing up so fast. I loved watching her smile and play while she was sitting all by herself.

Such a happy girl. She's so precious we just love her.

Our little Love.

2010-03-13T16:12:00.000-08:00

Reagan is 5 months old today! I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. She has been making some great strides in her development. It is so amazing to me how much she figures out for herself everyday. She was laughing at 2 months, rolling over from back to front at 3 months, eating solids and scooting across the floor at 4 and a half months. To help her in her scooting efforts I have been putting things in front of her and then as she moves closer to them I move them further away from her. This is a picture of her as she finally reached her bottle, hungry and tired. This is Reagan's first taste of baby gerber pears. She liked it a lot. My aunt Pam got her this cute little sunday outfit for my baby shower. I couldn't waite till she was big enough to wear it. She looks so stylin in her cute little dress. She dresses better than mommy does. Reagan is sitting up watching mommy and daddy fold the laundry. She likes to sit up and see everything that is going on around her. She is so much happier while she is sitting up.

I just can't get enough.

2010-02-27T08:20:00.000-08:00

Reagan has started laughing more and more. I just can't get enough of her laugh it is so cute!

Dang Cute

2010-02-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

Reagan LOVES looking in the mirror!

Reagan sitting in a little chair and loving it

We like to lay her in her bathtub in front of the mirror and we caught her squishing her face against the tub straining to look at us

2010-02-21T08:59:00.000-08:00

Chillin in her bathtub

Just Gigglin'

2010-02-21T08:51:00.000-08:00

Funny Reagan

2010-02-21T08:32:00.000-08:00

Reagan Rolling Over

2010-01-30T19:14:00.000-08:00

Reagan started rolling over at 3 months. I finally got it on video when she wasn't paying attention to me or Dave.

Random Pics of Reagan

2010-01-30T19:07:00.001-08:00

Here are some random Pics that I have just been taking of Reagan.

Reagan loves it when I put her in front of the mirror. When she is being fussy I just walk her over to the mirror and she gets this huge smile on her face. I love it.

I just love taking pictures of her when she smiles.

Okay so Reagan has started making this sound that she does for long periods of time. She opens her mouth and it sounds like she is screaming but not as loud. I tried to catch it on video but she is no performer for the camera. All I could get was a picture of her with her mouth open. That's to show you what she looks like while making that noise.

Reagan's Birth!

2010-01-30T18:13:00.001-08:00

I realized that I have lots of pictures of Reagan out of the hospital but none of when she was born. This first picture was before they induced me. I was loving life then because there was no pain and I was so ready to have her out of me. Little did I know what was waiting for me.

This is me wearing an oxygen mask. When the pain started coming I wasn't getting enough air so I had to wear one of these lovely things.I mean when they induced me I could handle the pain okay. Those contractions were easy to breath through. But nothing felt like that pain when my doctor broke my water. That was pretty much unbearable. My doctor broke my water and then said "You might want to call the anasthesiologist. My contractions were every minute and very strong. It took 45 minutes for him to get there. And then he told me that it would take 10 minutes for the drugs to work. That felt like an eternity! But as soon as they kicked in I was loving life.

Here are some pics of us being a first time family of three in the hospital.

3 months already

2010-01-17T20:16:00.001-08:00

Reagan is 3 months old already. I can't believe how fast the time goes. She is doing great so far. Reagan has been a great baby right from the start. Dave and I have been really blessed with such a sweet spirit. We started having her sleep in her crib a couple of days ago. She did so well the first night. She slept the whole night. Since then it has been less but we are hopeful. She has been eating more and growing more all the time. I am amazed that whenever I put Reagan in something to wear she is almost too big for it a week and a half later. She is so alert and has been since 2 months old. But I love seeing her discover something new everyday. I started my job last week and it went pretty well. Dave has been able to come home sooner at night because of my job so that he can watch her while I am on the phone. I'm glad that Dave gets to see her more because I know how hard it was for him to get texts from me everyday telling him about something new she did that day.
There is one small thing that I do get a tiny bit embarrassed about. And that is that Reagan is a huge farter. That's right everyone. Those of you that know me know that I am mortified if I even accidentaly let one fly in public or even around my husband. So you can imagine my horror when I was sitting in Relief Society today and Reagan was playing on the blanket on the floor in front of me just cooing away when she let out two huge farts and just smiled in relief. Hopefuly she will grow out of that soon. But I sure do love my little....or should I say big tooter.

Cute gift for Reagan

2010-01-17T20:11:00.000-08:00

These are blocks that my friend Brianne made for Reagan. Right now I just hold them in front of her and put them up againster her cheeks. She loves them already. I can't wait for her to start holding them and playing with them on her own. Thanks Brianne.

Another year come and gone

2010-01-04T18:40:00.000-08:00

Christmas started off pretty exciting from a mystery snowman left on our doorstep. I love stuff like this. It is so much fun. The snowman was left annonymously with a few little gifts wrapped inside. The hat on the head is for Dave, the scarf for me, the head was a basketball for dave and the body was baby wipes and diapers for Reagan.

Also aunt Andi and uncle Russ came to spend christmas eve and day with us. They are so much fun. We were very sad to see them go. Andrea is attempting to play the drums for guitar hero. She did very well.

Dave, Reagan, and I were all excited about our gifts. 2009 was a year I will not forget full of stress and lots of joy. We can't wait to see what 2010 will bring. We have been so blessed in our lives. We are truly greatful for the gospel in our lives and all the wonderful friends and family that we have. Oh also one of my good friends made Reagan this awesome gift. I will take a pic and post it soon.

More photos of Reagan

2009-12-18T17:09:00.000-08:00

Here are some more photos of Regan. She is now two months old. I can't believe how fast it goes. Dave has only one more semester of school. I have been adjusting to being a stay at home mom. It has been a difficult transition for me but I have come to enjoy it more and more. I also got a job where I can work from home. Reagan is celebrating her first christmas with us. We are so excited. We are starting to see her smile more and more everyday and we are loving every minute of it. She has been such a blessing and a special addition to our family. It's hard to imagine our life without little Reagan.

2009-12-18T17:02:00.000-08:00

This is Reagan in her Blessing dress. A girl in our ward took these of her not long after her blessing day.

It's been a while

2009-12-18T16:44:00.000-08:00

I'm not really good at this whole blogging thing as most of you know. But I plan on getting better I promise. Let me bring everyone up to speed. Reagan Marie Nichols was born October 13th, 2009 at 9:23am at 8 pounds.

new and exciting things

2009-05-03T18:47:00.000-07:00

Well it's official. I am a sucky blogger. I am not good at this at all. Anyway here is a little update on what has happened within the last few months. Since the new year Dave and I decided it was time to add on to our family. We will be expecting our new addition in october. I will never forget that night I told Dave the exciting news. I have never seen anyone so happy in my life. He jumped up and down with a huge smile on his face. He could not stop kissing me....I loved that :-). When we found out I was only 5 weeks along so I waited a couple of weeks to go see the doctor. My first doctor's visit was cool. The doctor did an ultrasound and the baby was only the size of a kidney bean, so cute.
I feel lucky not to have had the experience of morning sickness though. I was however extremely tired durning my first trimester and working full time. My days off consisted of my laying on the couch all day long. Since then my second trimester has been better. I have been less tired but I still make many frequent trips to the bathroom. I had another doctor's appointment on friday and they did another ultrasound. The doctor told me that the baby was in a breeched position and my bladder was empty making it difficult to see the gender. So we will find out for sure on May 29th. The new pics of the baby were so amazing. I actually have a baby inside of me and it looked more like a baby then a kidney bean. There was even a picture of the baby waving at us.
Also some other exciting news is that Dave has finished his first year of grad school. Yay!!!! only one more year to go. I can't waite to see what the next year brings. Dave is going to be an amazing father. I love him so much. I thank the Lord everyday for sending me someone so good. And for slapping me in the face to wake up and see that I had something so wonderful right in front of me. Most days I feel like I don't deserve him.....ok I lied I totally do. But I was one of the lucky ones that's for sure.

Our 1st Christmas 2008

2009-01-24T21:42:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was special cuz it was our first one together as a married couple! YEA! We had a pretty sweet fake tree and some killer presents. We spoiled ourselves with a Nintendo Wii with Mario Kart and Guitar Hero! We have already mastered the game on "EASY." Our next quest is to try rockin out on "MEDIUM!" Jen is truly the guitar hero, and I'm the drum master! Our first Christmas together was awesome. We spent Christmas Eve together at our place but had dinner with Jen's family since her brother just returned home from his mission in Mongolia. I love eating Jen's mother's food! She has been filling-in since my mom isn't around to cook =) We almost got snowed in at her parents house but luckily made it home alright. I was pretty excited to sleep-in on my only day off from work but not to my surprise, Jen was up bright and early like a little school girl waiting to open presents! Jen started the magical holiday by giving me my stocking full of gifts and goodies...but then I realized I totally dropped the ball...and forgot to fill her stocking with anything! I officially failed the good husband test! I somehow got "wrapped up" (No pun intended) buying her gifts and forgot to buy stocking stuffers. Oh well, there's always next year. Well, Jen forgave me and we went over to her family's house again to open presents her family had bought for us and we spent the day there playing games and eating junkfood. It was an awesome holiday and a wonderful break from school. I had a whole month off! We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas together. We both decided that we probably will never be able to spoil ourselves again like we did this year. Afterall, we may possibly have a family of our own by next Christmas!

More Recordings

2008-11-21T07:42:00.000-08:00

I have posted a couple more songs on yourldsneighborhood.com under the inspirational and show tunes categories. In the inspirational is called One Voice. The one under the Show tunes is called On my own. If you get a chance listen to them and let me know what you think.

Halloween 2008

2008-11-02T14:12:00.000-08:00

Well, we had our first Halloween together as a married couple. Last Halloween, Jen and I were just dating (weird). The picture of me as a pumpkin was actually Jen's old costume she used to wear growing up. Jen is totally obsessed with Halloween! She was so cute in her Snow White outfit. I decided to save money and make my Dopey costume and I have to admit...it was pretty dang sweet! =) Jen and I bought Halloween decorations (per her request) to make sure our home was festive. She even bought a Halloween calendar where I consistently saw her changing the marker to the next day. She couldn't wait till Halloween!

Recordings

2008-10-13T17:04:00.000-07:00

My sister and I have been to a recording studio in provo and have recorded a couple of songs. So far there are only two of us together singing and one of her. The two songs the we are both singing are called still believe and angel. The one of her is called when all is said and done. They have been posted on a site called www.yourldsneighborhood.com go to the music building then click on jukebox. go to the insperational section and look for melissa nielsen. The more you view and rate us we will be able to be on a cd at the end of the year. I will be going back in a couple of weeks to record some solo songs and post them under my name Jennifer Nichols. This is something my sister and I have been working towards forever it seems. We love to sing more than anything. So check it out and please tell me what you think. I would like to know if we are not that good, then maybe I should take down the songs and save us the embarassement :-) lol! I really would love to hear what you all think though for real. I hope you enjoy them.

An Unexpected Change

2008-10-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

So I haven't really been liking my job. It has turned out to be just as stressful as the other. I took a major pay cut taking this job and so I needed to find something that would pay more since dave would be leaving his job soon to do an internship. I had planned to tell my supervisor this when she came to me and told me that she and steve(my boss)thought I was great and they really wanted me to think about taking the position of office manager. They would pay me three more dollars an hour. So I talked with dave about it and did some praying plus talking to the girl who already has the job about what type of things I would be doing. I already liked the sound of it because I wouldn't be at the front desk, except for helping out here and there when needed.
Dave and I thought it woul be best if I took the job. So now I have been promoted to office manager after only 2 months of working there. This couldn't have come at a better time. I'm so greatful that the Lord is mindful of us and knows what is best for us.