The State Fair!

We went to the State Fair a couple of weeks ago and had so much fun! Rachel loved the rides and she got to enjoy them with her friend Ryann. Fun times for the Patels and Aycocks (although you notice we didn't get any pics of the adults).

"Mommy, take a cheese"

As you can imagine with having a new baby sister, Rachel is really into babies these days. She likes to nurse them, change their diapers, check their heartbeats, and the list goes on. The other day she was trying so hard to swaddle her baby and finally let me do it (she is also into doing everything herself and asking "why?" all of the time!). So, after the baby was swaddled for the 3rd time she finally sat beside her and said "Mommy, take a cheese!" It took me a few minutes to figure out what she was saying but when I did it made me laugh. And as you can see she has her "cheese" smile on.

October 7, 2007 - 2 months old!

Pumpkin Patch!

Here are pics from our annual visit to the pumpkin patch.

I'm the Big Sister

All wrapped up

Foot Day at Preschool

Each fall at Rachel's preschool they have "Foot Day". They set up stations outside for them to step in, on, etc. to experience the different senstations/feelings. I was able to go an watch and take pictures. She had so much fun!

Sweet Anna

Family of 4!

Smiles

It is one of the sweetest moments when your children begin to smile. I remember when Rachel first started smiling and it was so incredible to see her respond to me in that way. Anna started smiling a few weeks ago and it just melts my heart when she looks at me with a big smile! Catching it on camera is no simple task but I've been trying. Here is a small glimpse of the smiles to come!

Anna's friends

These mobile bugs are Anna's favorite friends of the stuffed variety. We love to watch her as she watches them go around and around. She kicks her legs and coos at them. Of course, she would rather spend her time with Mommy, Daddy and sissy but the bugs keep her company when we can't be right there.

Daddy's Girl II

1 Month old!

I can hardly believe that Anna is already 1 month old! I tried to take a picture each month of Rachel on a blanket to show how much she had grown so now I'm starting the tradition with Anna. Here is our first shot. I wish she would stop growing already!

Pre-school!

Rachel's first day of Pre-school was last week! She loved it! After we visited the pre-school she kept talking about how they didn't have any fish because they didn't have any water. It was so cute - she was glad to see the fish there in the water on the first day! I can't believe she is big enough to go to school - sad!

Bed-time video

If you haven't seen this video on youtube yet you have got to listen to it! It made me laugh so hard! It is a very sweet and funny video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uISuvTiTYJA

First Real Bath

Anna finally lost her umbilical cord
and was able to take a real bath! She loved being in the warm water and looking at herself. Her bathtimes are much more fun now that she can get in the water (she usually screamed the whole time she was getting a sponge bath).

"I'm little and Anna's little"

Lately, Rachel talks a lot about being "little" or "big". She'll say, " Mommy, you are big and Daddy is big and I'm little and Anna's little". Well, it is true, she and Anna are both little but this picture certainly doesn't make it seem so! She looks huge compared to Anna! We often hear her say, "When I big...I can ride a bike or I can have a dog, etc., etc." It is so cute!

Sisterly Love

Rachel absolutely adores Anna! She is really sweet with her most of the time and you can see that in these shots.

Bathtime

Here is Anna taking one of her first sponge baths at home. She didn't really like them so much but I really can't blame her. She already likes her real baths much better.

Family Visits

Soon after Anna was born we had some visitors. Vimal's sister, Amy came and his Mom. Then a couple of weeks later his Dad and Step-mom came to visit.