Morning ritual

Reagan is so good right now when it comes to sleeping, we (Jamie) has given Reagan a routine at night and she expects it to be done the same every night 20:00 taken upstairs, bathed, dried lotioned, dressed, fed, winded, read to and sleep! It just works and allows mommy and daddy to spend time together late evening.

In a morning now I hear Reagan begin to fuss a little at 05:00ish but it is not until 06:30 or 07:00 that she wakes up properly and even then is happy enough laying there waiting for me to go and pick her up. Routine helps her know not to scream (although she can, aw man!) but that dad will be here in a minute and I will be good 😉 So my morning routine now is to get up and sort me self out and then creep into where Reagan is laying whispering her name, upon seeing me her eyes dart around my face momentarily until she recognises me and a big grin appears on her face.

For me there is nothing better in the world than that smile every morning, I then scoop her up into my arms talking to her as I place her down on the changing table to get her out of her sleeping bag and change her nappy. While I do this she is smiling and almost giggling (she would if she knew how) so content is she at her life and that dad will get her out of the wet nappy into dry one and take her to mommy for breakfast lol!

Once she is back in her onesy I scoop her up again and carry her into our bedroom and place her right next to mommy and watch as again her eyes dart around mommy’s face momentarily until she recognises her and a big grin appears on her face again and my part is done it’s mom and daughter now! They usually feed and then both drift back to sleep…

Since the routines began we have never steered away even slightly so it will be interesting this weekend to see how she copes with no routine and how quickly she gets back into one next week?

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New Banner

Hope you like my new Reagan banner!

Created this last night, after being so jealous of a friends expertise at creating a card for us with a similar design just after Reagan was born. I have wondered how it was done for ages and decided yesterday to do some tutorials off the internet and hey presto I can now do it!

It now means I can look at some of the websites I edit and maybe add a little extra professionalism, at least in how they look, by adding a collage banner to them?

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Mommy Reagan time (Video’s)

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CBeebies

Jamie, as I say often in these blogs and will continue to say, is such a great mommy and Reagan really does flourish because of the time and effort she puts in to stimulating that young fresh mind. Things as simple as talking to Reagan all day and constantly involving Reagan in everything she does helps her development, reading to her and showing her the pictures in the book is fantastic see if you watch just how fascinated Reagan is what mommy is doing. Thing is mommy has to be able to leave her to amuse her self at times so that she can get on with things around the house and although she has hanging toys over her in her bouncy chair we have found CBeebies is a great Reagan sitter…it’s something that before becoming a parent I would have said is just a lazy way of avoiding actually interacting with your child but since Reagan came along and seeing just how many hours we put into making her life rich and fulfilling 30 minutes in front of the telly watching very colourful and at times educational programming can be a necessary distraction that allows us time to get stuff done.

“Not sure how ‘educational’ this programme was lol?” 

I went swimming with the women yesterday, at the Lifestyle Centre where Jamie goes to work out, and was so proud of how confident Reagan was. We all got into our swimming gear and walked to the small family pool where Jamie got in and I handed Reagan to her then followed then in. It was interesting to see her lock her eyes on yours, just like bath times, trusting her whole life in you and being confident enough to kick and splash vigorously enjoying the experience even when water goes on her face. It was a wonderful experience for me to see what they do when I’m at work and I got so much from it I was also very impressed with the Centre itself too. (No photos because it’s not allowed)

I watched me first World Cup final last night thinking if I wait to see England in one I may never see one? My impression of the match was Spain were the better side and Holland should be ashamed of themselves for their bullyboy tactics choosing to kick lumps out of the Spaniards instead of playing football. I also think if we’d played Spain at any point in the tournament it would have been an even more embarrassing exit than it was at the hands of the Germans…! I will of coarse ‘believe’ again that we can win a trophy when the European Championships start in a few weeks time, that’s just what we do as England fans?

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An interesting Day?

Woke up hungover after a nice get together at the Boars Head for Antony’s “leaving….oh no I’m not it’s all gone Pete Tong, see you Monday” do? Followed by a lovely “lazing in the garden coz it’s warm kinda lets have a drink” night with Jamie!!!

We went to Dunhelm Mill in Crewe to replace some chipped and broken pottery we have amassed since Jamie arrived….strange I never had any before hummmmmm? When we got there they had discontinued the pattern so we had to buy a new SET of plates bowls small plates and cups with a sphere design (do you want your dinner on ya spheres er go on then?)  While in there I got that hungover type sweaty feeling you sometimes get when you need to eat because your body is about to kill you and thought I need to be near a bog very soon! We bought our new pottery and left the drive home was swift and uneventful but on arrival home Jamie was immediately left to sort out Reagan and the car….I’ll leave it there I think!

After sustinating me self with cheese on toast I got a little Reagan time and watched the Qualifying for the British F1 Grand Prix, while Jamie got ready to got to the Middlewich High School Summer Fair. The Fair was the first time I had returned to my last school in 20 odd years and when we found a unlocked door, away from the fair area, we went in and had a walk around the school. I thought it was amazing how recognisable it was although it had changed so much. I enjoyed explaining to Jamie where I went to classes and what I got up to in these places.

Texting my friend Foz photos asking if he remembers this part and that part and laughing at his reactions. We walked around for half an hour then went back to the door to get out and it had been LOCKED? I know we weren’t supposed to be in there but I went to try a few door but they were all locked, it was funny but I was beginning think about who I was going to call to get out of there lol We eventually found a fire door at the other end of the building and escaped through there so it ended well Phew!

We left the fair and sat on market field to change and feed Reagan and while we were there a bird shit on Reagan which is supposed bring you luck well as I write this we haven’t checked our lottery ticket so who knows? We hatched a plan whilst there to have a Mexican night because Jamie had a Margarita craving so decided to go the whole hog and hot mexican chicken and tortilla chips with salsa and guacamole dips too

We walked to Tesco and then bargain booze to pick up supplies and decided to walk home a long the canal calling at the Kings Lock for refreshments on the way All in all a good day and on our arrival at home set about preparing the food and drinks WOW theose Margaritas were fantastic and very moreish lol The food was spicy hot and the the relaxed evening was fantastic even doing some internet shopping while we drank and talked

Margarita Time!
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‘Beriberi’ an incurable disease?

Unfortunately I have to announce that since Saturday Jamie has been taken ill, with the incurable disease of Beriberi and believe I can pinpoint the infection down to our visit to Northwich on Saturday

Since then she has turned into a full blown Crackberry addict!!! Her new purple Blackberry takes up all her time configuring SMS to ding, G-mails to dong, BB IM to ting and BB E-mails to tong sorting out contacts into files so that each person only has on file with all their info in one file.

She now finds it impossible to put it down and is constantly organising her and Reagan’s whole lives in the calender part and creating lists in the memo part, playing music in the audio bit and taking photo’s and video’s to keep her mom upto date with Reagan’s progress

Now she’s found BB App World who knows where all this will end? I bet she does, I bet it’s marked as a date in her calender with a reminder set that bongs 30 minutes before it happens hahahahahahaha!

BLACKBERRY’s they are seriously addictive, you’ve been warned!

P.S. Glad you like it though dude!

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Yoga website

During pregnancy Jamie regularly went to “Pregnancy Yoga” and got a lot from it on how to relax and enjoy the whole experience. We took Reagan at 10days old to show her off to Alison and the class and while we were there they had a photographer taking photo’s for a new website.
If you follow this link:

http://wendymoranphotographic.com/home.html?lb=e47930f8850cfb3

and look at photo’s 26, 27 & 28 of the slide-show! 
I think No:27 is a belter of Reagan and me!
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Dad does bedtime. (Part III)

I will start by saying “it’s getting easier”!

Tonight Jamie planned to go to the gym after tea so it was just me and Reagan for the evening, and even though I knew a couple of days ago that it was Dad doing bedtime again there was no anxiety at all at the prospect! I came home from work and spent some time with Reagan while mommy finished off her Chicken Chasseur extravaganza (it was actually ace, really tasty and I loved it!)

Jamie left at 19:10 and so did Reagan and me, our plan was to take Jack for a walk and get some fresh evening air in our lungs and then return home to chill together for a while until bedtime. We walked into town, waving at mommy as she drove by, and enjoyed a lazy stroll along the canal. It was warm but I put Reagan in a hoody and tucked an aunt Sandi blanket around her legs just to keep her cozy and we meandered back home where Reagan napped for a while and I washed the pots and then we went upstairs and posted the last couple of posts together.

At twenty past eight I started the bath running and got Reagan ready for it wrapping her in a towel to keep her warm. The bath was just about perfect when I tested it and only tested it once now getting a bit of confidence with the old ‘elbow test’ so I placed her carefully in. She stared straight into my eyes the whole time, while I put her in the bath, a sort of “I trust you dad, even though I know this could get messy, just don’t drop me” kind of look!

Once in there she loved it and her favourite thing is pushing herself off the side off the bath which she is so strong at doing…! This time I was pretty confident with the whole thing and remembered soap which I forgot last time I was so stressed but this time Reagan got time to play as well as a good wash before it was time to get her out and keep her warm! So once in the towel again we went straight to the bedroom where I dried her off and put a nappy back on and then moisturised her all over so she actually smelled nice too, her mommy would have been so proud to see that! Next I put her into her PJ’s and put her into her sleeping bag leaving on the bed while I went to make her a bottle and although she fussed she didn’t cry!

She ate some of the bottle but she very quickly lost interest in it so I read her “The Ugly Duckling” (can I  just say how RACIST it was and that those other ducks should be brought to book for that kind of behaviour towards a defenceless minority!) anyway a bit of thumb sucking and the story sent a very tired Reagan off and with a careful lift from bed to cot she was happily dreaming of seeing mommy again in a few hours


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Reagan standing up…well nearly!

I love this!
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Our Sunday walk

Went for a walk on Sunday morning as a family and did “our walk” which before Reagan was born we did a lot but this was Reagan first time so we had to show her all the sights, first of all the ducklings, although if I honest we were only five minutes in to the walk and she’d nodded off already?

The next stop is ‘Norman’s Wood  and a bench where we usually stop and watch the world pass by for a while a lovely spot to just chill in the sun (when it’s out) and Reagan took to that concept very quickly!

We then asked a passer by to take one of all three of us and we got this one which we all like when we saw it!

Next we had to negotiate the hill down into ‘Norman’s Wood’ which can be tricky without a pram but Jamie managed just fine ….”and nobody died” lol

Once in the wood Jack and me got a photo taken. A rare thing now Reagan’s on the scene taking up all the limelight 😉

Off then down Coal Pit Lane stopping  photo’s and briefly to pet the horses

Down by the tip and onto Croxton Lane we walked to the “Welcome to Middlewich Sign to add Reagan to the growing list of people who have a photo peering over the top of it

Perfect!
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