Keeping busy

We are having an absolute blast as a family of four! Eva is a great baby - God has truly answered my prayers (and more) by giving us an mellow, good sleeping baby. I had been praying a lot before she was born that I would be able to handle two little girls under two years old.

Reagan is a little "Miss Thang". Her favorite things to do are: walk around carrying her purse, wear her bracelts (stacking rings), burp her baby, shake her booty, and BE OUTSIDE. She is obsessed with the outdoors. She stands at the back door and cries if we won't let her go out. Yesterday we had awesome 89 degree weather and she was in heaven walking around out back with just shorts on. This weekend her Grandpa Buschjost took her out on his little mower/tractor and she cruised around their backyard. So sweet.

Eva is smiling a lot! She is definitely going to be a tough little girl (as long as she survives all of her sister's "loving"). Other than that she eats, poops, and sleeps...but she is mighty cute while doing all three! Reagan joined her 1 month picture because she's such a ham :)

Matt and I are doing well and keeping busy! I think that will be the trend for the next, oh, 18 years at least!

Eva Christine

Clearly I am failing in the blog department! We were blessed with the addition of Eva Christine on February 23, 2011 at 5:29 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long. We weren't expecting her to arrive until March 7th (scheduled c-section), but she had other plans, as I went into labor 12 days earlier! A welcome surprise!

Reagan is adjusting well - it helps that she has had one of her grandmas here everyday to entertain (read "lift" since I can't lift her for 6 weeks) her. She loves on Eva, but pretty much ignores her most of the time. Eva is a good sleeper (she's only been getting up once in the night since she was 2 weeks old).

Here are some pics of our family!

Happy New Year!!!

As 2010 came to a close I couldn't help but reflect on how blessed my year was. I have thoroughly enjoyed being a mommy to Reagan, working on my cooking skills (which I think Matt has thoroughly enjoyed), and just living life.



2011 is already proving that it will be full of changes and excitement, as well. We are expecting our second child, another little girl (yet to be named) in early March. I have a c-section scheduled for March 7th and I am hoping I actually make it that far this time! My brother, Kirk, and his wife, Amanda, are expecting another kiddo, too, at the end of January, so I'm looking forward to meeting that little guy or gal this spring. Matt's sister, Jessie, is getting married in June, so that is my motivation to lose the baby weight - gotta get into that bridesmaid dress!



Tonight as I was relaxing after work, baby Buschjost #2 was doing the salsa. Here is a little video of her dancing. There's a big kick at the end!

So Big!

Reagan has really started taking off walking in the last couple of weeks. She was doing a handful of steps for about a month, but then, one day, she just decided, "Yeah. I can walk!" So away she went! It's really been helping me out a lot since I can just get her out of her carseat in the garage and let her walk inside while I carry bags. It seems like the last few weeks have been insane in the amount that she has developed! Exciting times!!! Here's a video!

Halloweeeeen

So, yes, it is has been a long time since I updated our blog. Everytime I promise that I will try to post more often. And here I go again... I'm REEAALLY going to try to update more often because Reagan is changing SO much.

Reagan was a leopard/ballerina for Halloween. She was mighty cute, if I may say so myself. I did let her have one piece of her "loot" on Halloween night. 3 Musketeers are a hit! One of our neighbors gives out King sized candy bars for trick-or-treaters. They are super generous! So we've slowly let her work on that, too.

Last Friday she also started walking!!! She had been taking a few steps for about 1 1/2 months, but it just clicked on Friday and away she went! She still prefers crawling because she is a speed demon, but we're getting there.

Here is a picture of her in her Halloween costume.... Enjoy! (even though, again, I cannot rotate the picture)

Reagan is One!

Last weekend we had a fabulous time celebrating Reagan's first birthday with family and friends. She was a little overwhelmed having so many people looking at her, but she quickly got over that once she realized how yummy her cake was. As Grandma Bolen said, "Mommy was holding out on her."

The party was a Hawaiin Luau theme, complete with punch to drink out of coconut cups. Mommy went a little overboard with that, but it was fun.

Here are some pictures of her special day!

Busy month!

Well, according to my mother it has been entirely too long since I have written. She's right. We've had a really busy month!

We started off in Florida. We went down for Andrew and Natalie Dawdy's wedding (which was beautiful) and then my parents, Reagan, and I spent a few days at my grandparents' house in Englewood. We had perfect weather! Reagan liked the beach until she started to eat the sand and we all cried, " NO!" She didn't know what she did wrong and it took her awhile to settle down. So then we just let her explore the sand. Her diapers were interesting. While we were there she also got to go on her first boat ride! We went to a place to eat that was on an island - very good food - great atmosphere. Excuse the sideways picture - I can't get it to flip, so turn your head :)

After our Florida trip we came back only to leave for Indiana a few days later. We went to the North American Christian Convention, which was in Indianapolis this year. Kirk and a group from his church led the worship this year, which was awesome. We also got to see our Indiana family while we were there. Reagan and Asher had a good time playing together.

Next week we leave for West Virginia for the Bolen family reunion. We're looking forward to seeing family, and I know Matt's looking forward to golfing.

Here are some pictures of our adventures!