Reagan is quite the talker and so smart! She is pretty set in her routines now with daycare and bed time. At night she has bath, then brushes her teeth, story time and then night-night. She’ll remind me that she needs to brush her teeth because she’ll point to the bath room and say “Elmo?” Yes, I bought her an Elmo toothbrush that she uses and I have another one that I use on her. She’s usually very patient and opens her mouth for me. She then says night-night to Daddy and I put her to bed. She doesn’t want Daddy to do it (much to his disappointement.) She also climbs up and down the couch and recliner by herself. Oh and I taught her sign language! Well, one word … Eat! It’s so cute! We’ll have to try and video her sometime. Speaking of video, Nana Sherrill bought us a web cam so now we’re using Skype for Reagan to video chat with long distance family. Last night was the first night but she’s had so much fun with it!

Auntie Renee is in town to see Papa. We had lunch with her yesterday and then will see her again this weekend in Windsor as we head back over to see Papa Mike. He’s still slowly recovering with some minor set backs. We just need the doctors to figure out what the issues are. Saturday is our anniversary! Can you believe it’s been six years? So much has happened during that time!

Mike Sr came though surgery pretty good last week but then had some set backs that kept him in ICU longer than he liked. He got out today and into a regular room. He’ll hopefully be home later this week. Carol has been real great to him, spending numerous hours in ICU along his side. Mikee went over there a couple times with Reagan and I joining him last weekend. It was nice to see him doing better on Monday. He still has a long road to recovery but he’s working really hard to get better.

Reagan has settled down with the Elmo bit although she still likes to watch him. We let her watch one video a night and that seems to satisfy her need. Her newest word is “Uppie” which is actually “Up please” combined in the way only toddlers know how to do. She’s putting words together to make little sentences such as “more please,” “Hi Rebel,” “Rebel ball.” She picks up on words and actions so well now. It’s so nice to ask her to do something and she does it. She’s also quite the ham and loves to entertain. She says “Hi” to everyone she sees.