And We're Off!

Let the crawling begin!! Ok, so it's not a "real" crawl yet, but she if she sees something she wants, she will get her little body there one way or another. Here she is going for Daddy's sandwich:


We had a wonderful time this past weekend with Grandma. We planted an herb garden, went to New Seasons (grocery store) and just had some fun family time. Grandma gave Rachel baths, read books to her, and fed her a few meals. It was a lot of fun!

Rachel's personality continues to come out more and more. She of course grabs anything that she can and as of recently, has started becoming quite upset if that "thing" is taken away from her. Exploring is so much fun for her...it can be scary for mommy and daddy but we know it's part of her developing.

We are finally having some summer weather here which I am beyond thrilled about. Not only is it nice to finally see some sun, I finally get to dress Rachel in all her cute summer clothes. They have been hanging patiently in her closet, taunting me for so long now...she has so many dresses, skirts and shorts that I can't wait for to wear. And of course, her cute bikini from Auntie Danielle.

Fathers Day 2008

We celebrated Brent's first Fathers Day this past weekend. It was very nice and low key. Brent is doing a major project in the garage so that consumed the majority of his time over the weekend however we did sneak some time in to go to the park and have a little picnic. The weather couldn't have been better and we both really enjoyed spending time like that as a family.Brent requested an ice cream cake for Fathers Day-it was quite yummy!

Rachel continues her adventures with solid foods. She is funny because every time we go to feed her, she always grimaces when the spoon first gets to her mouth-even if she has had that food before. Then by the second bite, she seems to be liking it better. But, I don't think she is completely overjoyed by it all..she eats but I think she could easily do without if it was up to her. The newest food we tried was some avacadoes yesterday. She seemed to like them but she wasn't in the best of moods so we cut it short. So far she has tried sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, carrots, and avacadoes-in that order. I think the next food we might try is peas or some other green vegetable. Here is the carrot face herself:And her two bottom front teeth are almost in. But still no pictures....hopefully soon I will be posting those pearly (and sharp) whites.

Until then...

7 Months Old!

Wow-where has the time gone??? Rachel turned 7 months old this past Monday!!! There are moments when I am so excited to see her grow and develop and there are other times when I would just love to freeze time for a bit...or even go back. So I do my best to live in the moment and enjoy each experience and memory as it happens.

We have been going through a few milestones recently including new teeth, becoming more mobile, and the most exciting one....drum roll please, she can now sit up on her own!! Yippie! And she looks so cute doing it. Here is a short video of her sitting up:

And here is a pic of her sitting up-I think she looks just like Brent in this pic:

She is also now cutting her second tooth. It's right next to the other one-so her bottom right front tooth. I am still attempting to get pics of those but that proves to be challenging.

Here she is on her 7 month birthday:

We Have A Tooth!

Ok, so it's just the tippy top of the tooth but it's there and it can be felt!! It's her lower left front tooth. It's pretty sharp. I believe it first came through last Thursday, the 29th. A little bit more pops up each day. She had been doing really well-only a rough night here and there. I am so proud of her. As soon as she lets me, I will try and get a picture of it. Here is a pic from over the weekend, wearing her Dale Jr outfit.