Still Playing Catch-up

Halloween 2006 - Year of the Super Hero!


Reagan and Sean were very excited about Halloween this year. They started deciding what they want to be sometime in July! That's about the time of year we get inundated with catalogs for costumes. So, Reagan was Super Girl and Sean was Batman (from Batman Begins). Connor was a little dragon, but my camera died as I was taking this picture! I keep meaning to put his costume back on him and take a couple of pictures, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I originally bought this outfit for Connor to wear for Halloween, but his Aunt Allison found the cute dragon costume for him so he wore it instead.

Baptism & Birthday

On Sunday, October 29, Connor Augustine was baptized and I turned 30.
By far the more important event was welcoming our son into God's Covenant Family.

Connor hung out in his carseat before the big event.

Damian gives Connor to Pastor Mike as Reagan, Sean and I look on.

Mike prays for Connor.

Mom made me a pumpkin shaped cake. This is a tradition that has been going on for my entire life, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

My family loves the 'generational' pictures.
Dean Chandler (my Papa), Phil Chandler (my dad), Me and Connor.

Connor hangs out with Mama.

These beautiful flowers came from my friend, Heather.

This is a close-up of one of the purple roses.

Joanne was a little more daring and actually sent an indoor rose bush.
I don't know yet if I have a green thumb or not! I just hope
I don't kill my flowers. They're so pretty.

Bumbo Seat

Brother time!



My sister, Katherine, told me about this handy dandy little seat. Connor loves it! It allows him to see the world from a different perspective. Reagan and Sean also have an easier time getting in his face....not sure if that's a good or bad thing!

Rock Star

Sean loves his guitar. And sunglasses. And to pretend he's a rock star!

A New Post...At Last

Time to play major catch up. For some reason life has been so crazy I haven't made time to update my blog in quite awhile. So some of this will be old news, but the pictures are fun to look at anyway.

First order of business, Reagan has lost her first tooth. This happened about a month ago, I guess, and she has a second one loose now.

It might be hard to see in this picture, but the first tooth to come out was on the bottom. Now she has a top tooth loose.

Family Time

Mama and Papa Chandler came to visit Sunday afternoon. Papa was looking forward to taking a nap with Connor. As you can see, he got his wish! I don't know if Mama was dying to feed Connor, but she seemed to enjoy it. My favorite picture in this post is the one of Connor and Reagan holding hands. I think that will have to make its way to one of the walls in the house.


Sunday naptime with Papa.


Feeding time with Mama. The great thing about grandparents visiting is mom and dad get a break!


Reagan is a great helper. So is the Boppy, which lets Reagan hold Connor much easier (thank you Tracy!).





Reagan & Connor

Reading Counts

I don't have any pictures to post right now, but I do want to brag about Reagan for a moment. As you know, she started 1st grade this year. Her school participates in a program called 'Reading Counts', and it's for grades 1 and up. The kids read books (which have reading lvls assigned to them) and then take a 10 question quiz. If they get at least 7 questions correct, they get 1 point (or more if the reading lvl is higher).

Well, there are 17 children in Reagan's class. Her class has a total of 51 points that have been earned from the quizzes. Of those 51 points, 15 of them belong to Reagan! The next person behind Reagan only has 8 points. So, needless to say, Damian and I are very proud of her. She truly loves reading, and her comprehension is coming right along too.

Since this is not just Connor's site....

It was brought to my attention that even though the title of the blog is, 'The McCrea Family', so far there is only news about Connor. Well, that's because he is the newest thing to happen to our family! But in the spirit of fairness, I'm adding a few pictures of Reagan and Sean. I do plan to update the blog with stories and fun stuff about them as well.

Reagan started 1st grade at Christ Community Lutheran School this year. This picture was taken on her first day of school.


Sean had to have his picture taken too, of course.


Reagan with 2 of her good friends, Emily and Olivia.


This was actually taken on Father's Day. Dad and Pappa came down for lunch.


Some more Father's Day fun.

Labor Day

Connor had his first visit to Mama and Papa Chandler's house.

Nice face, dad!


Uncle Philip gets some baby holding practice.


Fortunately mom was right there, just in case.


This is one of my favorite pictures from the day.

Next time we're in Fort Myers I'll have to get some pictures of Aunt Savannah with Connor. Unfortunately the only time she held him on this day he was crying because he was hungry. Pappa was also over and he really enjoyed seeing Connor, and of course Reagan and Sean.

First Bath

What the heck is my mom doing to me?


I swear I didn't sign up for this!


Connor pretty much screamed through this entire experience. I think the shower head scared him a little as well.


Is it over yet?


Strangely enough, as soon as he had his clothes on, he was very calm and content. And by the time he had his next bath, there was no crying at all until the shower head was turned on!

Week 1

My daddy takes good pictures of me.


Sleeping, what I currently do best!


There's no telling what made Connor make this face of surprise! (maybe his daddy?)


The swaddler worked wonders the first couple of times I used it. The first time was pretty funny. Connor was crying and crying so I set him on his changing table and started wrapping the swaddler around him. By the time I got the last piece of velcro attached, he was out like a light. It was truly amazing.

Going Home!

Yea, it's almost time to go home!


But this special 'crib' is so nice and cozy...


All settled in my carseat.


What a perfect little hand. If my socks were off, you could see my perfect little feet too.

Visitors

Mama Chandler with grandchild #4!


Papa and Grandma McCrea with grandchild #6!


Doug and Heather came by as well.


Sean was very excited when Pastor Mike came to visit.