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Monday, May 2, 2011

Whoops! What about Christmas, Rachel's Birthday, Moving...

I think Halloween was the last post...

Right now we are doing really good. I must say we are a bit boring and don't do too much exploring, but we haven't been bored. We have Colby (my bro) and Michelle (his wife) just south of us, so we get to see them more. We love it :) We just had Kevin's parents come to see us Easter weekend, which was way fun. We finally got out and did some Denver stuff, went to the Museum and an ice cream place that looks like a milk can (Little Man's Ice Cream). Way fun weekend.

Rachel has been walking for a few weeks now. Now she is mastering speed and shoes. She just keeps getting better and better at it. Today when I asked her where her nose was she pointed to it and said "No". That surprised me, since she really doesn't mimic or repeat too much. She talks and jabbers all the time, but they are her own words. I think mom's are suppose to know what it means, but I don't have that talent. She says "Uh-oh!" when she drops something, ya know, when they drop food off the side of their high chair on purpose. I'm sure Rachel didn't come up with that. She likes to give open mouth kisses on our cheeks, she hasn't got the puckering thing down quite yet. In the last month or two she has started hugging real tight around the neck, and holding herself up better when she is sitting on my hip. I love the hugs she gives, she can almost choke ya. She understands more than I realize sometimes. Some things she knows is to shut a door or cupboard if you ask. Whether she does it or not is a different story. Most everything that she does know how to do, she won't do unless she wants to. So if you get her in the right mood she will give a good kiss and hug :)

Kevin's family Easter weekend.



Rachel got a giant pink hippo for Easter. She kept tackling it and got pretty possessive for a while. She didn't want anyone touching it.

Pretty Easter outfit from Nana



We got to visit the temple with Kevin's family. Got some fun pics.





This park is in walking distance from our house using the awesome trails here.








We went on a walk on the trails right behind our house with Colby, Michelle, Jayden, and Kylie.





We got to have a taste of what life would be like with five kids when we stayed with Shelly and Russel's kids. This is Brianna taking Rachel for a ride. She love being around all the kids. Too bad she's going to have to be the oldest in her family.



We bought a second vehicle. Kevin still takes the car to work most days, but at least I'm not stranded.



We would take all the junk mail and play in it, at least it was useful, eh?


Rachel would not touch her birthday cake. This really surprised me since she is always smearing things around on her high chair tray whenever she gets the opportunity. In fact she kind of got upset because we were trying so hard to convince her that it would be fun.



Jayden was obviously explaining to Rachel something important.




Now we are getting into some older pictures from before we were actually in Colorado. For a few weeks we stayed at both our parents houses. They were kind enough to have us while we were in between homes. It made for a nice long holiday.





Rachel really enjoyed this, she like it enough that we got her one too. Even now she is crawling into everything she can fit in. We have some plastic dressers and she pulls the drawers out and empties them so she can sit in them. So naturally she likes the tent and tunnel too.




These were some devil horn she got after we took her pig tails out. She was pretty tired too, so it made for a good picture :)





Now we are into pictures when we were still our apartment in Logan. So she is less than 11 months.
First pig tails.


Reading is so fun!!! As you can see.

Friday, April 15, 2011

New Place!

This is the place we are living in right now. It is a town home that belongs to Kevin's Mission President. They were moving to their St. George home about the same time that we moved to Denver, so it worked out well. We actually live in Littleton not Denver (same city as the Temple), and Kevin works in Centennial.





Monday, November 8, 2010

Summer is gone, but...

Great NEWS!

Kevin got a job in Denver!! He starts the first of January. We are really excited about it too. So as soon as he is done with class in December and after the holidays, we'll be moving to Colorado. People would ask what's after school and we would just shrug our shoulders, so its nice to know what is going to happen after school now.

Today Rachel is 9 months old. She had an appointment today, and the doc said she's looking good and healthy. She is light, but her hight is average. Almost 16 lbs. She's quite the traveler, loves to try to eat paper. I think that is her goal in life right now. She's also pretty handy with standing up and sitting back down. She still just has those two bottom teeth, so we still have some teething fun ahead of us. She's my little shadow, I love it. When Dad opens the door, she knows he's home from work and she is always excited to see him. She's our little punk'in (sometimes without the "in")!

It's dark in our house, so pictures aren't always the best, but this is Rachel today and she is playing with her favorite toys. She travels with them and then leaves them there for mom and dad to step on.


9 months old!


Rachel, Nanna, and Drew on Halloween


Rachel was all about grabbing the candy!


Rachel was an elephant for Halloween.
Rachel and Daddy (and sleep Drew)


She'll crawl under the table, then get stuck. This is before she got frustrated.


You can tell she is on her way to trouble.


Homecoming attire, however Aggies let us down, plus we got rained out.
Rachel and Daddy


I'm a little busy...


Rachel


She was pleased with the swing.


Isaac's baby blessing. She has now met all of her cousins.


The girls in the playhouse.


Getting ready to go on a stroll. Now that it is cold we are missing them :(


Cutie!
Rachel got to meet her Vegas family too! Alyssa, Rachel, and Karl. (Kim was in the kitchen)


Road trip! (on the way to Vegas)



Thursday, September 16, 2010

Small but Mobile

So Rachel is small (but healthy, don't worry). Doesn't stop her from crawling. She gradually started going from rocking back and forth to moving limbs. She starting sitting up on her own too about the same time that she figured out she could crawl. We have some videos, but most babies crawl alike I would think.

Rachel's teeth are coming out more everyday, and are sharper than ever... I'm tempted to stop nursing...

Rachel also got to meet her family in Vegas. That was a fun trip. Thank goodness Karl and Kim needed some beef :) Pictures are still on the camera. Now Rachel only has one cousin left to meet...

So I still can't believe it is September and its already half gone...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Since Last Time

This last month went by so fast! I kept thinking I would do a post but I kept pushing it off. Anyway, we went to Drew's baby blessing, we went to some family reunions, we went camping, we went to the Cache County Fair, and we applied for some jobs.

Rachel is getting more mobile everyday. She squirms where she wants. She still doesn't quite understand that if there is something across the room, she could get to it. If she sees something too far away she just loses interest. However, when she plays on the floor, she can wind up on the other side of the room. She has her bottom teeth showing now. They emerged last Tuesday, at least that is when we first felt them. Now they barely show if you look really close.

Close up, so you can see her teeth on bottom

Kevin has already got some call backs for job applications he has sent, I'll let everyone know if we take a job... its in the workings. School has started and already, third day, Kevin has been swamped with homework, just from two classes. Plus he is working and has his thesis to finish. He's a hard worker that one :) Anyways, here are pictures.

At Drew's blessing, Raegan let Rachel try on her glasses.


I had to post this, its Drew's Halloween costume, we were just making sure it would fit Drew in October, I'm sure it will be fine since he's catching up to Rachel anyway...

Raegan holding Rachel


Drew and Rachel


Had to try Rachel's boots out for the fair :)


Tysen Jumping into the picture.


Angel Stand, new trick


Rachel, Jenni and Kendall at the fair


Logan, Casey and Ashlee at the fair


Rachel likes the grass.
Rachel being surrounded by a whole bunch of things to stick in her mouth


Rachel and her cousins


Another new trick...


I find this funny, she always sleeps with her butt up in the air


I got a haircut, the point was for Rachel to stop pulling my hair, but I'm afraid I'll have to shave it off to accomplish that. Kevin will also have to shave his legs, I'm telling you she can pull hair no matter how short.


Dressed up for church


Rachel and Dad


Dinner, she has been getting rice and baby veggies and fruits for a while now. She doesn't care for peas, but fruits go down pretty easy and sweet potatoes and carrots too.


She was giving the cutes smiles, but the flash was making her squint... still cute

She is almost crawling, she gets around pretty good, army crawls a little, pivots quite well, crawling is right around the corner. She gets a little closer every day.