Shane and Crystal

My papaw, Jim Reagan, walked into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Many people may remember him from his days in construction, as mayor of Pigeon Forge, on the board of directors at local bank, the courthouse, BP Station, FOP, Scottish Rite, or having the fastest cars down at Tarwater straights. [...]

Another year has flown by as Harper Cole celebrates his second birthday! We celebrated with him at our house along with many friends and family that share our love for the lil guy. I’m pretty sure he already has more friends than I do! For those of you that couldn’t join us, the theme this [...]

Any of you that know me, most likely know of my Mamaw Reagan and what an incredible blessing she has been to me over the years. I simply cannot reach a pedestal or cloud high enough to put her up on…seriously…she’s that amazing. Well, today (January 19) is her birthday. And if you don’t know [...]

There aren’t many people that can say they got to see a great grandparent or even a great-great grandparent, but I was blessed to spend 31 years of my life with my great-grandmother “Mamaw Cole” who was Harper’s great-great-grandmother and is where Harper’s middle name came from (along with Papaw Cole). For 18+ months of [...]

During Harper’s first Halloween, he was decked out as a lil’ cowboy, but he had these booty things that “looked” like boots since he wasn’t walking yet. Well…I think it’s finally time to bump him into his very first kids cowboy boots! I didn’t realize there were so many cowboy boots for boys and girls [...]

Throughout the 31 years of my life I’ve seen a lot, been quite a few places, and had some pretty big accomplishments. But nothing…and I absolutely mean nothing…compares to being a father. Each day I see my blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy run up to to me with that 1 & 1/2 tooth grin exclaiming “DADA!” I [...]

Mother’s Day is here once again to celebrate all the mothers out there…I also like to call this day “labor day”…or “ouch day”. I definitely have a whole new respect for Mother’s Day after seeing Harper Cole bust his way out into this world. So with that said, Harper and I wanted to do something [...]

There are fewer greater moments in life than when a son shows interest in…well…”manly” stuff. Maybe it’s a rite of passage to manhood in someway (yes, even if the boy is only 15 months old). Harper is all about 4-wheelers (boodin’ boodin’), dump trucks, bulldozers, firetrucks, cars, drums, guitars, music, and ladies (not necessarily in [...]

Harper has started copying things we do and say lately and now he has started “laughing” whenever we laugh. I say “laughing” in quotes, because we’re not really sure if he’s laughing…or just making fun of us. It’s sort of a laugh/cry/yell that’s…well…just funny! Check out the video below to see it for yourself!

Alright, so you probably saw this post title and though “Haircut? But he hardly has any hair!!!”. Well, that’s true, but he has been getting a lot of comments like “Awe look, he has grandpa hair” or “Whoa…nice hairdo kid”. Harper came to Mommy and me the other night and said, “Mommy…Daddy…I’m tired of all [...]

Many people have asked about pictures and the special video that was played at the party. Well, some pics are posted and you can get to them by clicking on Harper’s picture on the right side of this page. Also, I’ve uploaded the video I created for the look back at his first year. It [...]

It’s hard to believe it, but one year has passed since we were blessed with our baby boy and he just celebrated his very first birthday and is now officially “a finger”. Crystal put a lot of work into planning Harper’s big day as the whole thing had a circus theme complete with circus music, [...]

I’ve had many Thanksgivings come and go and I always have so many things to be thankful for, but this year is different. This year I’m a Daddy and that brings an entirely new meaning to being “thankful” that I’ve never known. From the moment Harper was born, there has literally been something new every [...]

It seems like most of the videos that I post are of Harper eating…well…I guess that’s because his true personality shows when he takes a bite of food. He shares his daddy’s love of food and his mommy’s expressive personality. You put those two together and you’ve got a pretty strong baby food critic! So [...]

It has taken nearly 7 months, but Harper finally has enough hair that he can “style” it now…if that’s what you want to call it. He knows bald is beautiful, but he’s starting to dig this whole “hair” thing. After all, he loves yanking on our hair! Mommy gave him his first lil’ spike, and [...]