Miss R is 4

This beautiful girl is 4!  Some fun facts about her this year:
-She has now been walking for a year!  Woowho! 
-She is talking so much, she likes to have conversations with her imaginary friends, she "reads" books aloud, she even says prayers.  :)
-She can identify and sign her 6 basic colors and she is learning to identify her shapes.
-She has 3 therapists, (PT, OT-Feeding, Speech) that we see weekly.  She also has 3 therapists (PT, OT, Speech) at school, that she sees once a week.  She's a busy girl and a really hard worker!
-She has to have the ceiling fan on, her musical bear, her pink blanket, 3 books and Backyardigans playing on her TV on repeat in order to take a nap.
-She LOVES her big brothers!  Jackson is the one who watches out for her and lets her love on him.  Harrison is the one who will play with her or read to her for hours.  They are her best friends!  
-She might love her little brother someday.  Grant is not her favorite person, especially since he became mobile.  She likes to knock him down, sit on him, make him cry any chance she gets...  And when she gets caught sitting on him and making him scream she cleverly begins to pet his face and say "Nice".  So... it's safe to say she totally knows better.  
-She has to eat yogert every single day.
-She is a SUNBEAM is Primary!  Whaaat?!

It's been a big year!  She is changing and learning and growing like crazy! And she continues to be the giggles and sunshine in our home!  It was a tough year for her too, filled with a lot of new skills and trying to put them all to use, frustration has been common place.  And she has been in a lot of pain and had some chronic infection in her feet.  But she is Reagan, and nothing seems to slow her down.  Resilient, smart, tough, determined, hilarious, beautiful, crazy, hooligan!   We are so blessed to have her!  

We celebrated her birthday on January 12th, with our local "family" and Grandma and Papa.  :)  Her party theme was centered around one of her favorite things, ice cream!  Lots and lots of ice cream!  :) 

 Presents!  She was spoiled by all and had tons of fun opening them!  

The next day, Grandma found one more present she'd forgotten about. So she got to have a private opening, before they had to leave.  (It just so happened that this one was her favorite!  That monkey makes her laugh so hard!)  

 And then there was her actual birthday.  :)  January 15th.

She finally got a cake. (Because at her party, her dad declared it wasn't a real birthday without one... mostly because he really wanted one. haha.  Although, just for the record, she ate a LOT more ice cream than cake.) ;)

 We LOVE this girl!!  

Happy Birthday Miss!!

The rest of Grandma & Papa in T Town

I really need to make a goal to take more pictures when we have family here!  :/  I hate that I don't have very many.  BUT, luckily my mom took lots and lots!  :)  

January 4th:

The big boys got to go to Home Depot for their kids craft.  They made cute little calendars. 

January 3rd: 
We were adventurous and took all 4 kids (and Papa) to the Tucson Children's Museum.  The kids LOVE it!  It's a very fun and interactive place, which is really great for Reagan, who hates being stuck in a stroller all the time.  ;) 

I felt a little bit like this too... ;)

 He made a motorcycle, we needed to take a picture of it.  :)

January 10th:
The big boys got to go to the Titan Missile Museum too.  This is actually very close to home, but we haven't ever been there.  They thought it was the coolest thing ever!  They were full of interesting facts!  :)

 :)

There was lots of playing and relaxing (sort of) and hanging out...

 There's a crab in there, a plastic toy crab.

 Love this crazy bald boy!

They were reading the map and talking about all the places Papa has been in the world... and all the places Jackson plans on going.  :)

And sleep overs in the trailer with Grandma and Papa.  It was a wonderful visit!

And they even got to attend a birthday party....  ;)

The New Addition...

January 2014
Well, it just wouldn't be a visit with mom and dad if we didn't keep dad busy.  ;) When we added kiddo #4 we gave up our spare room.  We were in need of a place for our computer and for guests to sleep.  We happened to have a GIANT living/formal dining room that was VERY under utilized.  So, we decided to break up the space and add a room there.  And lucky for us, dad has the skill set and was up for the challenge.  :)  We got started New Years Day.  
Before:  

 It's a room...sort of.

He and Patrick were work horses, and it was a lot of work!  We got everything done on the outside done, (the paint and trim inside the office we finished later) before mom and dad had to leave.  Sheetrock work is the worst mess ever! Especially when you have little hands and feet spreading it everywhere. But it was well worth the effort and mess!!!  This is the mostly finished product on January 16, 2014:
New Living Room

 New Hallway

 New Office/Guest Room

 We LOVE LOVE LOVE having this so much more practical and usable space!!  Great job Dad and Patrick!!