The hated pigtails, and a cute chick.

Reegan has red hair. Red curly hair. And mommy wants to put it in a pony, or pigtails, daily. We fight, she pulls it out, therefore Mommy gives up. Well friday, she wanted pigtails. Because I asked her if she wanted pigtails "just like Riehle?" And she was very excited.

And then not so much. She cried, and screamed and kicked and cried. So we distracted with Papa and Grandma's house and she forgot about them for an hr or so until she pulled them out. They were cute while they lasted.

Zoey, on the other hand, could not be ANY cuter! And yellow is her color.......

Have a good weekend. :)

A little of this and a little of that!

For those of you that know me will atest, I am not the most emotional person. But I have found, that when it comes to my 2 girls, the smallest of acomplishments can bring me to my knees. For example, looking through pictures and seeing how much my Reegan has grown..............

August 2010

 

April 2011

 She has always had that big smile, red hair ( although nowadays she has ALOT more, debating that first haircut) and the gleam of trouble in her eyes. Her sense of humor is budding, she laughed all day during story hour at the library.

And then I find new pictures from Zoey's birth that I have never seen and am reminded of how big she has gotten already...............

(This would technically be our first picture of the three of us, although I do not remember it)

Proud Grandma

I never got to see Zo on the scale, I was dead to the world. So seeing it brings tears to my eyes. Now look how big she is!

Same Bumbo, different beautiful little girl. Amazing how time flies! Cannot believe that Reegan is 22.5 months old, and Zoey is officially 2 months old today. They better stop growing pretty darn soon!

Lastly, as I wipe my tears, I will leave video of Reegan riding her bike for the very first time. I better not blink, soon it will be Zoey! :)

Chatty and smiles

Zoey has been smiling and chatting alot more lately. Thought I would share some video. Enjoy :)

Family time and stones

This weekend started off with the theme "Family time" With Curt going back to work finally I wanted us  to enjoy some good time with the girls. Friday night we went and visited our friends the Johnson family and they were nice enough to arrange for us to take their old washer and dryer off their hands. Ours died, and we having been living without a dryer for 2 weeks. Agony. And they had their old set in their gargage that is very new and in amazing shape. So we spent our Friday night doing laundry. It was wonderful.

Then Saturday am I awoke with the girls so Curt could get some sleep. Hard week's work. We took some time to put away our clean dry laundry, and being goofs in the process. Reegan's bed head was too much to not capure on film forever, and Zoey sat in the bumbo for the first time!

Then Reegan and I took off for a Mommy and me day! There is a store in Maplewood called Lakeside learning that I have been dying to go to! And every Saturday they offer free crafts. So we headed off there where she made a ducky using paints and feathers. It was cute. Mom bought some good learning tools, posters, paints and such. I really wanna do some preschool activities with her budding mind. We proceeded to hit Old Navy, Sears, Target and Cub. No nap for her either, which was the first. Shop til we drop! She did nap for minutes on the way home. But my crabby sleeper usually needs hrs plus.

Saturday night we were planning on attending a friends wedding. And Curt's band was supposed to play. But they got cancelled, so we went as a family. It was wonderful. I had dressed the girls in matching outfits, so we took the opportunity to try to get our first picture as a family of 4. ( Why we hadn't prior is beyond me)

We had a blast at the wedding. Reegan has really been all about music and dancing, so she ripped up the dance floor. And Grandma and Grandpa Kulzer and AJ are always a hit in Reegan's book. Zoey pretty much slept the whole time. She did like the disco lights though. Congrats to Mr. and Mrs Fenton!

Saturday night did not end as planned however. I got home and started to not feel very well. I thought maybe food poisoning or my gallbladder was acting up. My gb gave me problems during my pregnancy with baby Ryan, but I learned what foods to avoid, and pain was usually cured by Tylenol. But the pain was different, worse, and not helped by tylenol. I was up rolling around in pain from 11-0130 until I called a spade a spade and called my Mom to take me to the ER. After some good pain meds and an U/S, results were my GB is full of stones, and needs to come out. So its been a rough few hours. And my week of spending time with the girls doing enrichment activites and things went right out the window. But I am still hoping to hit up Como Zoo with my dear friend Hali that had her daughter about a week after Zoey. Then surgery later this week. Looking forward to feeling better, and spending every last moment of maternity leave with my wonderful girls. Sassy and Sweet.

Smiles....Lots of Smiles

It has been a busy week in the Kulzer household, with Curt going back to work! We are glad he is back to work, but both girls are definetly missing their daddy. As soon as Curt walks in the door, Reegan screams for daddy, runs and hugs him. And Zoey has started smiling this week too, and recognizing faces. She lights up when she sees him too. And he makes a shocked face that always makes her smile.

But a busy week meant a little lazy time with Mama and the girls. Gotta love our pjs!

Zoey loves watching Reegan! She smiles and talks to her And Reegan loves being a big sister. She always asks to hold her, and loves to kiss her. She even gloats being a big sister while napping (that is what her shirt reads :)

And we'll leave you with a glimpse of Zoey's smile! She is a very smiley happy baby!!

What a weekend!

We had a fun family filled weekend! Friday night we went out to eat to celebrate Auntie Molly's 20th birthday! Saturday morning Reegan and I woke up and decided some crafts were in order........

We were making art work for my Grandpa Hovde's 80th birthday party! Since Curt's band had to play, it was just the girls and I! But I had a lot of Uncles and Aunts that couldn't wait to get their hands on Zoey! And Great Aunt Lisa ( Paul) got some good Zoey cuddle time in and even brought Reegan a present! Which was a hit, and they sat and read books together! Thank you Paul and Lisa! The outfits are adorable, and we have read that book multiple times a day :) It was wonderful to see my Grandpa and Kathy, and my Uncles and Aunts! Do not see the lovely Hovde family enough!!

Sunday was going to be our low key day at home. Kari and Riehle came for a visit. That was great, because Reegan has been going through Riehle withdrawls. She would see random girls and think it was Riehle, and wanted to call her. She loves her Riehle. The rest of our low key day can be described in 1 picture and 1 video. My girls are too cute, but so different. And Zoey is only 6 weeks old and I can tell, she's gonna be my sweet innocent girl. Reegan, well the imagination is already there and growing everyday! She makes me laugh everyday..... and I thank GOD for that :)