Reaganisms (& Other Moments) Part I

So when I was younger, my mother told me that she had tried on various occasions to write down little things we said and did when were little so that she would never forget. Well, life continued happening and she of course never got to write down all that she wanted the moment she wanted to. As a new mommy, I completely understand this. That said, I still intend to try just as my mother did. Here are a few of the moments most on my mind lately...
*Justin and I have recently begun trying to keep Reagan in his bed at night. This requires Justin to wake at least 3 times in the night to fetch a crying baby so that I can feed him, and then it requires said baby (now sleeping) to be taken back to his bed. This is so much harder than we imagined. Not only because Reagan does not appreciate it, but because of our own tiredness. Often, we fall asleep at the 2 am or 5 am feeding and he remains in our bed. After several failed nights, we decided last weekend that we would be tough and he would go back each time. Reagan was NOT, I repeat NOT, happy about this. He woke us up bright and early crying in his bed. Justin was ready to get up anyway, but when he went to the room he found an explosive diaper awaiting him. Needless to say, I did not sleep in last weekend and we had to join forces to clean the mess. Score: 1- Reagan .5-Mommy and Daddy. 

*Reagan has learned to crawl in the last 2 weeks. While he hated it at first (because even our 7 month old seems to know only babies crawl and he wants to walk), he has taken to it for the time being and is very, very, very fast. Each morning I set him on the floor in our room while I get ready. He crawled after me the other day and immediately located the spider waiting on the bathroom floor. He knows what "no" means and loves to test how serious we are when we say it. That morning was no different. I had to carry him away from the spider and back into the hall. In the middle of his ranting (I'm completely serious), he looks at me and says "Yuh nuh nuh nuh nuh." Translation- "You no no no no." I couldn't help it y'all. I lost my resolve and smiled as I asked him if he had really just called me a "no-no". Of course, he responded with a smile and looked away. *The other night I got on the floor with a very cranky baby who couldn't be put to bed yet because it wasn't quite time. I took all of his toy eggs (that he loves to take apart and leave "scrambled" on the floor every day) and placed them on top of the spinning racetrack. This is a big no-no. While he loves to watch the racetrack spin and make noise, he does not like for the race car or anything else to be on top of it. He continued to open the gate and let the eggs out while simultaneously raking them off the track as well. I, in the meantime, continued scooping them up and putting them back while closing the gate. Every time he would become exasperated and looked at me as he did this funny grunt/ yell thing like "Mommy! You aren't playing right." It was the funniest thing ever. He is already pretty particular. 

*Last night Justin and I were going to grab dinner. Justin went to the front door while Reagan quickly crawled after him. When he reached the door, Reagan sat up and looked back at me in the kitchen. He said clear as day "Mama". It was the cutest thing. *When he wakes up and has had a good nap, he sits up and looks at the door (& sometimes the baby camera) until we come. When he isn't ready to get up, he cries while he does this. When he doesn't want to nap (or thinks he doesn't anyway), he sits up as you lay him down and smiles. For naps he has a toy turtle in the bed with him, so at some point he will play with it while he tries to convince us he is not tired. It is so precious!

*Right now- Justin decided to take a shower while I caught up on some blogging. Reagan woke from his nap just before Justin left, so he came in here to eat his crunchies and play with his toys. When he realized Justin was in the bathroom, he began crawling in that direction. Every few "steps" he stopped and sat up like "Mommy, do you see me?" Of course I do, but I'm not about to play chase right now. I wanted to see what he would do. (I've also been in the middle of teaching him not to cross the bathroom/hallway doorway.) He couldn't decide whether to go see Justin or stay with me, so he would crawl to the bathroom door and then crawl back to the living room door. He likes to be near both of us, so this makes perfect sense. Finally, he heard Justin and the decision was made. I had to catch him and put him back into the hallway.  Okay, so I know I am forgetting something, but this is all I have for now. Needless to say, he is very entertaining already.