My little girl is 3 now....

So Rhegan's 3rd Birthday was almost two weeks ago! We had her a "Luau" party at home. She had a BLAST. And we served Teryaki chicken sandwiches, and hot dogs for the kids. She had a giant water slide. On Sunday (her actual birthday) we took her to eat Mexican, and they completley suprised her and sang to her. HAHA It was priceless!!! Enjoy the pics!!!

My birthday Princess (she started running a fever, so you can tell in this pic she wasn't feeling so hot) Oh, and excuse the bra in the background.

We even had snow cones!! :) And here is J-Bug , he was the griller - and did an AWESOME job!

It's been that long?

So we went to Panama City on 7/19. We had a blast, even though it was a really short trip!

Below are some pictures of the great time we had. Of course you will notice that Nick isn't in any of the pics. His hand was hurting him, so he stayed at home!!

HAHA, we rode the banana boat, excuse the cottage cheese leg of mine i'm forcing you to look at.

This is what Austin slept in on the beach. So sweet!

My little girl!! She is getting so big!!

Look at them rolls!! Just wanted to share some pictures to show our beach trip! I'm looking forward to the end of September when me and Nick get to go on one ALONE. :) It's way overdue!!

One hand down...

Oh so sweet he is!! I think that Austin is the best baby ever!! He is ALMOST always

so happy. Just a few pics taken recently. :)

After Bath time. The only time you will see his hair slicked down. After it dries - poof - it's out of control!!

Now to the interesting part. Nick had a little accident on 6/10/09. He picked a toilet up that had fallen off of a cart. It basically crumbled in his hands..and well below is the aftermath.

I had JUST talked to him (which goes to show how fast something can happen). His friend Phil called to tell me he was in emergency surgery. I freaked out. Because nothing like this has ever happened (trauma) to me/us. I was thankful that my co-worker Loye drove me to the hospital. We waited for 6+ LONG hours until he was finally out of surgery. He basically severed ALL tenndons, blood vessels, nerves - and thankfully they were all able to be put back together. (Dr.Engles & Dr. Lindsay) He stayed in STICU the first night. And in a regular room the second. He was then released. And was back to be readmitted on Saturday night with a 104 fever. After tons of tests and Antibiotics, he was sent home again. It has been a long 2 weeks. And it will be a long road ahead to a full recovery. He has no feeling in his hand/fingers. So we will just keep working and praying that he continues on an upward path to healing. Being out of work for a minimum of 4-6 months will be hard for Nick. And hard for me. I've realized with him not being able to do much at all ~ how much he helped out around the house. Just keep us in your prayers!!!

Beautiful

So I had Tori Lassiter take pictures of the kids this weekend at Grace

Episcopal Church on Pike Rd. I haven't seen all of them yet (all 500 + of them).

But this is a little sneak peak. Rhegan did so good. She is used to photo shoots

now I think :) (Sorry Rhegan) The ones below that I have seen I LOVE!!

I am a sucker for "unposed" outdoor photos. They catch the true beauty

of a child in their natural state. We spent almost two hours taking pictures.

My little Rocker Boy ;) So sweet!

This is the first dress that I've ever made! :)

BEAUTIFUL!!

This is probably me FAVORITE of Rhegan that I have seen!!

I can't get over how much Rhegan is changing. She will be 3 in 2 months.

I've noticed her face changing over the past few months. And she is loosing her

"baby" look. :( I wish I could keep her a innocent baby forever!!

I LOVE YOU RHEGAN AND AUSTIN!!!

~MOMMY

Fat MUCH!

oK.....
So I was getting ready to take Rhegan and Austin to a birthday party at the park yesterday. I was getting dressed and quite naturally looking in the mirror - to make sure my baby flab wasn't hanging out TOO much. And here comes Rhegan into my room.
Rhegan: "Mommy, your getting FAT"
Me: ::dumbfounded at her remark:: "Fat??!!! You think i'm getting fat?"
Rhegan: "Yep, you Fat mommy"
So I procede to do the sob story of asking her why she said that. Which I shouldn't have done.
And she told me "Mommy you eat, and then you get fat. It's ok mommy"
She is so funny.
I used to be able to tell her "oh we'll go outside after we clean. OR We'll go do whatever AFTER we finish this or that. And then by the time "later" came - she would forget about doing whatever she wanted to do. NOT ANY MORE.
Saturday I told her we would go outside after we cleaned - while brother was napping. And after that little while had past...she said "mommy - but you promised we could go outside after we cleaned" gaahhhhhh. I wish she could stay little forever!!!!!!
She is also into asking me "mommy where's Austin" (when he is right there) And she thinks it is HILARIOUS for me to say "I don't know where Austin is Rhegan....I can't find him Anywhere"
And she will go on and on with it!!! And then say "he's right there mommy" cutecute.

Jasmine Hills

Here is Rhegan at Jasmine Hille Gardens!

I have gone here EVERY year since she has been born.

07 (8 mths)

08 (20 mths)

09 (32 mths)

Time is flying by!!!

Ok, so Rhegan is 2 yrs & 8 mths old.

I can remember just like it was yesterday living in Jacksonville Florida. Just finding out that I was pregnant. And boom - she is almost 3. Now that I look back, I was so Nieve when I was pregnant with her. I had NO idea how my life was about to change. Between moving from J'ville to a rental house, in with my parents, and then two weeks before she was born - into our very own house. It's so crazy how different each pregnancy can be. I craved Cheetos puffs with her. I was extremely sick at the beginning. And only a few times after that - that I can remember at night. I gained a total of 23 pounds with her. I never had any problems at all... and labor was not a problem. She was Due date August 14th. Was induced August 16th. (104 degrees) I went in EARLY that morning....and had her at 3:43 (7lbs 1oz - 19 1/2 inches) RHEGAN ELIZABETH ALLEN She was such a good baby. Never sick. But never fully slept through the night - she would always seem to wake up at least once.
I got pregnant with Baby#2 in April of 08. Nick was sooo excited to find out he was having a little boy!!! The whole time I was pregnant with him - I could never imagine having two!! And on top of that a little boy??!! I was so used to Rhegan I just couldn't imagine anything different.

While I was pregnant with him...I was sick in the beginning - but not near as much as I was with Rhegan. I was sooo picky with foods. I could SMELL something and just know I couldn't eat it!

With him I liked Clementines. haha. I probably bought 100 cases. Then I found out I had Gestational Diabetes. The day I found out , I just started crying - thinking "oh know....what's going to happen now". It was a challenge to stop eating sweets - count carbs - keep a log of what I ate along with sugar checks - check blood sugar 6 times a day (Rhegan would help and also remind me "mama you gotta check your blood suga?") I only gained 14 pounds with him. His due date was January 24th. I was scheduled to be induced on Jan. 19th. However, went into labor by MYSELF (Which if anyone has ever had both happen - going into labor on your own is soo much easier and it happens so much faster!!) on Jan. 16th. I started having contractions that night. And was up ALL night. We finally went to the hospital (14 degrees - yes I am aware that I had them both in extreme temps! haha) at 6:00 am. He was born at 11:31 (6 lbs 1 1/2 oz. 19 1/2 Inch.) AUSTIN NICHOLAS ALLEN. Labor went soo fast with him. Afterwards I had THE WORST headache ever, that lasted a little over a week. And then it just went away.
And of course he was sick. RSV, Ingrown toenail, Rash, clogged eye duct, craddle cap. wheeww.

He does (and has been) sleeping through the night!! 10:20 - 7 or 8 am!!! And he is spoiled ROTTEN. He is definatly a mama's boy - and LOVES to be held!!!

I can say the most challenging thing about having two children, is splitting my time between the two - and giving them both equal attention. It's so hard b/c he requires so much right now. I sometimes feel like I ignore Rhegan. Which she has had her getting used to sessions. And I want so bad to do their baby things all the same. I soo badly need to finish scrapbooking for Rhegan...and start Austin's. And if it wasn't for my parents, I don't know how I would have gotten through those first few weeks. They were great...and kept Rhegan for a week (while we were in the hospital - and a few days after we got home to get situated) And when Austin had RSV - they kept her for about a week. It's been the best thing in the world, and I'm soo blessed to have a healthy girl (that looks JUST like her daddy) and healthy boy (that we think is looking like my side of the family)!!!