Reaganisms

I just love hearing Reagan's language evolve and I thought I better write down some of the funny things she's been saying lately. A few weeks ago, I wrote about her phrase "all day long," but she's not using that one very much anymore. Right now, she's having difficulty with the use of the word "have." She's putting this word into almost every sentence, often in the place of "want." When she's in her high chair and she wants to get down, instead of saying "I want to get down," she says, "I have get down." Or she'll say, "I have wash hands," which is actually code for, "I want to play with the water in the kitchen sink, splashing lots of water on the floor and on myself." When it's time to go upstairs for bed and she wants to be carried, she'll say, "Mama have bring Reagan upstairs." I'm sure she'll figure it out soon and I'll miss all the unnecessary "have"s in her sentences.

Reagan has always been a really good snuggler, so John and I sometimes give into one of our guilty pleasures of letting Reagan sleep with us. We realize this isn't the best habit to get into, so we try to keep it to a minimum. When I was pregnant with Avery, I often took afternoon naps with Reagan (I was really tired and I also wanted to take advantage of my time with Reagan before Avery came along). Anyway, a few nights ago, John was really tired and he decided to go to bed early and let Reagan sleep with him. I went into the bedroom as they were getting settled into bed and Reagan said, "Sleep with Mama!" I told her she was going to sleep with Papa and that I couldn't sleep with her because I had "stuff to do." I went downstairs and took care of Avery while John read books to Reagan, then I went back upstairs to say 'goodnight.' John and I were talking about a few things and Reagan was starting to get annoyed, so she said, "Goodnight Mama, go do stuff." She clearly wanted Papa to herself and we couldn't help but laugh.

I took this picture of Reagan with my iPhone - I just love her big brown eyes!

Tonight, I got her bathed and ready for bed, but couldn't finish the bedtime routine of reading books because Avery needed to be fed. So John and I switched girls and he read books to Reagan and put her to bed in her crib. When we were switching, I told Reagan to come give me a hug and say 'goodnight' ... I was sitting on the floor and she ran as fast as she could to me, throwing her arms around me in a huge hug, almost knocking me over! I said, "Wow, that was a big monster hug!" I don't know why I used the word "monster," since we never use this word, but it just popped into my head for no reason and I couldn't think of anything else to describe her big forceful hug at that moment. She looked at me kind of confused and said, "I'm not monster. I'm Reagan." The way she said it had both John and me laughing.

The other word she's recently discovered is the dreaded "Why?"!!!! Seems rather early, right? I don't think she fully understands this word yet, so I think she's mimicking me when she uses it. If she makes a mess, or throws her food on the floor, or something like that, I sometimes say, "Why did you do that?" Now at random times, she'll hold up her hands and ask quizzically, "Why?" It's cute now, but I have a feeling this will be a favorite question in the near future and it will quickly get old.

Here are a few more phrases she says on a daily basis:

• That's not nice (she shakes her head and her finger)


• I don't like that (pronounced, "I don't yike that")


• So happy to see you


• Reagan's funny!


• Verdell looks pretty! (he recently went to the groomer!)
  

That's all the "Reaganisms" for now, but I'm sure I'll have more to add soon!

And here are two pictures of Reagan playing in my make-up on St. Patrick's Day ... she made her cheeks quite rosy with my blush!

Here, she was begging me to open this so she could powder her nose. If she only knew how lucky she is to have her flawless skin and long, dark eyelashes! She's the last person on earth who needs to wear make-up ... I just hope I can convince her of this when she's a teenager :)