Full of Personality

Sage does not lack in personality!! 

She sings, dances, talks and talks, tells stories, tells jokes, draws, and creates many art projects.

When Sage was a baby I was told by a stranger that she had the most facial expressions she has ever seen!

That is no lie, she is full of them!  She makes me laugh constantly. 

Most of the time she will give me her beautiful cheesy smile with a little head tilt and sometimes she'll even give me a little arm in the air pose.  I wasn't too sure why this pose was happening or where it came from until I found a picture of me at about her age and I was doing the same thing!  Coincidence?  I don't think so.

Somebody is turning the big ONE today!!

It's been ONE YEAR and look how far Reagan has come! 

This year has indeed been a long one for her and we are all so glad that we hit the ONE year mark with smiles and laughter.

Reagan is a little ANGEL that Heavenly Father sent to our family.  She has BLESSED us and CHANGED us forever.

There is something SPECIAL about Reagan that no one can deny.  She LIGHTS up any room she is in and can put a SMILE on everyones face.

Reagan is doing great!  I feel as though my happy little girl is back.  She is as busy as ever!  She just started walking with her walker and pushes it all over the house.  This is huge for her since just 5 days ago I could hardly get her to move, let alone be happy with her little leg on.  (it didn't fit right!) 

Reagan has her two bottom teeth and just cut her top two last week!  She LOVES to eat and doesn't turn down much of anything!

Reagan loves her big sister Sage and laughs at her silliness. 

Reagan is such a good sleeper!  She has slept through the night since I can remember and she love's to snuggle with her blankies.

She also loves to cuddle with mommy and daddy, and of course we can't get enough of it!

We LOVE our little Reagie Roo so much and we are so happy and excited to celebrate her FIRST BIRTHDAY!

We love you REAGAN and we can't wait to see what the next year brings!

Love, MOM

A Little Truth

I'm not going to lie.  Life is NOT easy... If I think back to two months ago things were very hard, but they got better.  Then if I think back to a month ago things were hard again, but then it got easier.  Now things are hard, difficult and stressful, but I know it will get easier!  That is what I tell myself every day.  Yes, I am talking about Reagan's leg.  She hates it.  We have had a good day here and there.  She requires a lot of attention and she get's sick of her leg quickly.  AHHH!  This is so HARD!!!!!  I can't wait to go out to a movie tonight and have some girlfriend time!!! 

BIG DAY!!!

What do you get when you put pink, black and skulls together?  You get Reagan's very FIRST prosthetic leg!!

Seriously...isn't that the cutest prosthetic leg you have ever seen?!!

Reagan was checking it out for the first time!  She was trying to put her stuffed animal in it!  So cute!

Here she is trying to figure out what the heck is on her leg!  You can see that we had to get the foot changed out.  The first one was too tall for her.  As of right now she has this little foot that doesn't actually look like a foot, it doesn't have toes.  Thankfully we ordered her a more "human" looking foot and will replace it next Friday!

Physical therapy was a lot of fun!!  Sage didn't want to leave!

Reagan did great!  By the end of therapy she was putting weight in her leg!

Her therapist is so great!  He was singing, dancing and clapping with the girls.  Reagan loved him and was willing to do what he asked!  We will be going to therapy once a week for a month.  We were very pleased with how today went.  Reagan is a very determined little girl and I think that she will adjust quickly!

Who knew hospitals could be so fun?!

How does time fly by so quickly?!   Thankfully for us it has!  Why do I say that?  Well, I didn't know if we could handle Reagan's surgery and the loss of her foot.  But here we are almost two months later,  as happy as ever and loving every day that we get to laugh at our girls and enjoy our life.  I have been amazed at my little family. 
Sage is growing up so quickly.  She is such a little smarty!  She listens to every word that comes out of my mouth and will usually repeat it (can be scary!)   We have to be careful these days.  She is learning so much at school.  She LOVES her teacher!  Her latest thing is playing on the computer.  She can't get enough of it.  I love it because I can get some things done around the house and I feel like she is at least learning something.  It has really helped her with her letters!  She is also very into telling me secrets.  So cute. 
Reagan is my sweet little bug!  She seriously melts my heart.  She is as active as ever, loves to empty drawers, loves to sit on everything that her little bum fits in, and loves her big sister.  It is so cute to hear them giggling at eachother in the back seat!  I can't get enough of their silliness!
This week is a big week for us!  We went to Shriners today to begin the process of making Reagan's leg!  We will go back on Friday morning to get it and we can't wait!!!  Have I ever mentioned that we LOVE Shriners!  Here is how our morning went at Shriners!

First we checked in, then we cruised around the waiting room.

Then Sage did some coloring.

Reagan's name was called and we were off to the exam room.  She is wearing a silicone liner.  She will wear this inside of her prosthetic.

Reagan was not happy.  She didn't want anything to do with that man or the cast he was making of her leg!

But don't worry, more FUN is to come!!

For the entire family!!

Yes, we LOVE Shriners!

One day at a time

Yesterday was a hard stressful day;

We had our follow up appointment on Monday with Reagan.

It was actually a good day,  not as hard as I had expected it to be.

I was calm and patient and felt like I could do anything.

Then on Tuesday it got tough.

We are wrapping and re wrapping Reagan's leg three times a day.

It is stressful.  She does not like it.

Today was a good day!

We are learning to wrap faster.

It can only get easier.

I hope.

My Special Girl

Reagan getting ready for surgery in her scooby doo gown.

Here we are in the holding room, Reagan was pretty sleepy at this point.

Finally I got to hold my baby.

Reagan and her Doctor.

Daddy took Reagan for a wagon ride!

Almost ready to go home!

Surgery day has come and gone.  I can't believe it and I am so relieved that it is over.  We arrived at the hospital on the day of surgery at 7 am.  It was not an easy day.  It was hell day in a lot of ways.  I was emotional from the moment we pulled out of the drive way.  I actually started to talk myself out of everything in my head.  As we took our exit I literally thought, "we could just keep going and run away from it all."  But the reality was that we could not run away.  As much as I knew in my heart and in my mind that Reagan needed to have surgery to amputate her foot it was soooo hard to send her into surgery.  Reagan was an absolute doll.  Everyone fell in love with her at the hospital.  Nurses would come to our room just to see her because they heard how beautiful she is.  Everyone involved in taking care of Reagan was amazing.  I felt so much support and so much love.  I could not have done this without all of the love from my family and friends.  I thank all of you for your phone calls and hugs.  Reagan is doing great.  She doesn't even act like she just had surgery.  She is crawling everywhere like usual and is as happy as she always has been.  We follow up with the Doctor on the 17th, meet with the Prosthesis department, fit her for a prosthetic in 5 weeks, and then get her leg soon after.  Sage is taking this all pretty well.  She is still trying to understand what has happened.  She has many questions.  I figure we just take it one day at a time.  There is one thing that I have learned through all of this, "TRUST in the Lord with all thine heart."  I have had complete faith in the Lord through all of this and I know that He has carried me along the way.