Growing up

Candace started something with her latest post! Now she has this mommy reminiscing about the early days. I don't necessarily want Rachel to be a baby anymore. Maybe because I have a newborn. My perspective is a little skewed by early morning feedings. I love the way she is now. I'd like to keep her like she is now (minus the tantrums) forever. But, I would like to see her grow and marry.

It's life's greatest irony. You want your children to grow up and become something great. However, deep down, you just want to them to be little forever.




Thanks for the reminder Candace!

By the way, I can't get over how much this picture of Rachel looks like Sarah. Crazy.

Our crazy house

Sarah had her 4 week check-up yesterday. She's 10 lbs 1 oz and 21 1/2 inches now. Chunky monkey! Her pediatrician said I could have easily fed twins with the amount of weight she gained. Needless to say, she's a great eater! Thankfully, we have another very healthy little girl. Looking back, Rachel was 11 lbs at her 2 month visit. Sarah has almost grown out of all her newborn clothes. We're moving up to 0-3 month clothes! Also, as this picture shows, her head is getting bigger. (Gotta fit those brains somewhere!)

Rachel hates to have her hair up. Mariah was able to put her hair in cute little "pig-tail buns". Here's what they looked like:

Here they are AFTER we took them down. Can we say Shirley Temple?

Here's Tim and Sarah. She says, "Hey Daddy!"

Here's me and Sarah. Hilarious!

Finally, Rachel has taken a liking to pushing chairs to the counter to help herself to whatever she can find up there. This particular day, she pushed a chair to the counter, climbed on the counter, got a glass bowl, and put snacks in said bowl...all within 5 minutes. Sneaky! (Please excuse the panties...we're trying to potty train...trying being the key word.)



By the way, Tim has his resume out to a few different places. He's had an interview but he was "overqualified" for that position. He has another interview on Thursday. Friday will be the last day he has to go into work. It'll be nice to have him home for a little bit. We are thankful for your thoughts and prayers!

Our Week

This has been a full week for our house! The biggest news is that Tim was displaced from work on Thursday. He and 100 of the other employees at the Underwriting site were laid off. He will go into work until September 12th and the official last day of work is October 28th. He will, thankfully, receive 3 months severance pay (this comes in the form of a lump sum on October 29th). Needless to say, he has started to look for another job. So, please pray that something comes along soon. As always, Tim is very optimistic about our situation. We'll keep everyone updated on what's going on.

Now, on with some fun stuff. Here are some pictures from our week...

Rachel made a triangle out of the remotes...creative.

Building a train.

A good laugh....maybe

Found this website while checking out Cheap Healthy Good...

The Most Disgusting School Lunches

Note:Don't go anywhere else on this site...Don't say I didn't warn you.

Sweet Slumber

Catching up

Wow, has it really been over a month since I last updated?? I suppose I have an excuse. Sarah Emeline came in our world and our home will never be the same! I'm not sure what to write. Lack of sleep may be the culprit.

Sarah has had a hard time figuring out how to sleep...at night. Just about every night around 12:30 she gets wound up. We end up sleeping on the couch together. It's the only way Tim and I can both get sleep. We're doing well though. Somehow, I feel rested after just a few hours of sleep. On Friday night, I decided to put Sarah in her own crib. She did very well! She woke up about every 2 1/2 hours to eat. She had a bit of trouble getting settled in around 12:30am. I tried letting her cry it out but she sounded a bit hysterical. I decided to rock her a bit. She drifted off to baby land. We'll work on her falling asleep on her own in a couple of weeks. Rachel was good at doing this at about 6 weeks. Hopefully, Sarah will be the same.

It's a little different with two kiddos. My attention is split in two now. Thankfully, Rachel is doing very well with baby Sarah. She absolutely loves her baby sister. She talks to her in a sweet mommyese and loves to touch her hair. She's always very concerned about Sarah's whereabouts. "Where'd baby Sarah go?" Although, if you spend any amount of time with Rachel you would soon learn that she's always concerned about everyone's whereabouts.

Anywho,I'm rambling A LOT so I'll just post some pictures.
(As always, click on the image to make it bigger)

Our July...So Far

Rachel watching the "fire trucks in the sky". She loved them but wasn't too sure about the loud booming.

Enjoying the pool at Everett's 3rd birthday party.

Enjoying Everett's Cars birthday cake...that's my girl!

A picture of my very pregnant belly. This was taken at our pastor's goodbye get-together.