She's 8 Months Old Today

Rachel is 8 months old today - and she is one busy, busy, busy little bee. She is giving kisses, clapping her hands, 'skooching' all over the place, rocking back and forth on her hands and knees like crazy, saying da-da and will give the occasional wave bye-bye. She adores her brother and wants to do/see everything he does (poor Noah, he's in trouble). She has six teeth and loves to eat. She's still wearing some 3-6 month clothes, 6-9 month clothes and size 2 diapers (hard to believe since she likes to eat so darn much!) and weighs right around 17 pounds.

"Mommy! I'm riding my bike!"

Those were Noah's words to me this evening as he was riding along on the sidewalk. He was so excited to get this new tricycle. In fact, I had way too much 'help' as I was trying to put this baby together. He has had a tricycle for a long time, but the one we had, he had a lot of trouble riding. This one is no problem! He rode it all the way around the block tonight and enjoyed every minute of it.

Swimming

Like I said before... they love the water... they could swim, float, wrinkle up like prunes all day...

Bubbles

Who doesn't love bubbles?

Later Gator

These pictures make me smile. Noah had fun riding around in Braxton's Gator the other afternoon. I loved watching them drive around the yard like little men. Tooooo, toooooooo cute.

So Much Fun...

Noah, Rachel and I had a lot of fun visiting with Braxton and Ramona yesterday afternoon. The boys had an absolute blast. They played in the pool, shot water guns, rode in the Gator and did all sorts of fun things. I love watching these boys play together. Rachel seemed to have a great time too! More photos to come...

Completely Oblivious...

Bath Time!

Do all babies love water this much? My kids can't get enough water... Noah will play in the pool all day then can't wait to get into the tub at night. Rachel splashes as much as Noah does even at less than half his size. Oh, and don't mention going to the lake (or out in the boat) - we never hear the end of it when we mention that- and a nap after just talking about the lake is out of the question.

Freckles

They're poppin' out all over! He is such a funny & sweet boy. Love our little guy.

Trouble...

...that's what we're in... this child is on the move. She is trying so hard to crawl. I'm not ready for that! Somebody tell her to just slow down. Man, Noah didn't really ever crawl at all so we were kind of spoiled with how long he was stationary. She is definitely skooching along now. I guess it's time...

"Da-Da"

Doug won this time... Today was the day. He's only been trying to teach her to say "Da-Da" since she was born... Noah said "Ma-Ma" first, so I guess it's only fair... ;)

Playing at the Park

Rachel is even starting to appreciate our trips to the park...

4th of July

Noah holding his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.
Mmmmmmm, corn dogs - the girl loves mustard!


Hope you all had a very happy 4th! We enjoyed ours down on the river front at the Little Rock River Market. Noah and Rachel loved the fireworks! I was worried they wouldn't like the noise, but they both loved it. The Arkansas Symphany Orchestra played for about an hour before the fireworks began and Noah even enjoyed that. He kept telling us how 'fun' it was. I love hearing that. It was a really nice day. Photos of the fireworks are below!

Fireworks on the River