Friday October 31st

Happy Halloween. It is nice that the weekend is finally here and the long work week is done. Rachel and Lisa dressed up as devils today and they were quite cute. Lisa even took Rachel with her to work for a Halloween party and they won a prize (new Sony Ericsson cell phone). Here are some pictures of the two of them.
Rachel continues to crawl around the house and you can't really take your eyes off of her or she is gone. She also continues to pull herself up onto anything and stands looking around. We have even caught her standing with no help for a few seconds before gravity gets a hold of her. Ah gravity. Rachel is continuing learning all about gravity and its rules. This has lead to some tears and head bumps but nothing major. While standing Rachel looks around and slowly bends her knees and carefully drops her butt before sitting. So she has learned not to plot. She is already ahead of her father.
Lisa leaves for Sweden on Monday and we have no real huge plans for this upcoming weekend. Just cleaning the house and getting Lisa packed for her trip. Nothing else of major note is going on here.

Wednesday October 22nd

The Indian summer seems to be over here in Virginia and things have started turning cold. This past weekend, Dad & Joey came down to visit and we went to the Redskins/Browns game. We all had a blast and of course the Browns were close enough to win but shot themselves in the foot way too many times. Rachel is doing great and she has officially learned how to crawl everywhere. She only uses her hands and knees. No more belly soldier crawl everywhere. She also developed a small rash on the front base of her neck. You might see it in some of these pictures. It has cleared up on its own and she is fine. Rachel has also learned how to pull herself up onto almost anything and she will stand there swaying until she falls down. It is a matter of time before she is walking. Plus, she babbles and babbles and is starting to mimic. She is a fabulous baby and we are truly blessed.
Lisa is being sent to Sweden in November and i am not sure who is worried more. Her with leaving the baby OR me being left with the baby. Luckily Grandma Wendy is coming to stay for most of the days. So we will be fine. Here are some pictures since the last post.

Wednesday October 8th 2008

This was a cute picture of Rachel eating dinner tonight. I thought i would share.

Nothing of note to report here in Virginia.

Sunday October 5th 2008

We are doing fine in Virginia. Rachel had had a slight cold and a cough but she has not really been hindered by this. She has been (for the most part), her normal jovial self. We took her to the doctor about the cough and he told us she had a double ear infection and we have been giving her antibiotics twice daily now for about a week. If the doctor hadn't told us she had the infection, we never would have believed it. She has really been quite the trooper with the slight cough and runny nose. She does not like the antibiotics and it is a twice daily fight to get her to swallow that orange medicine.

Rachel has also started crawling like a fool. It is not so much as crawling as it is body surfing around. she goes from room to room following people and exploring. She also now can sit herself up on her own. One second she is on her stomach, then she rolls over to her back, and then sits up. I have nothing to compare this to, but people tell me that she is doing this months before most children do. She also babbles and babbles and runs her mouth almost as much as her mother does.

Other than all of us sharing a cold and her new found mobility, nothing much else of note is going on. And that is nice!