I was doing great at keeping up the blog and then we updated/got new computer and I didn't have a computer for over 2 wks! That took all my ambition away and here I'm behind again! This is a post I've been going to do for awhile, when I did her last checkups I was going to post pictures during this time frame, but then the post went on so I decided to separate them, but haven't got back to it obviously. Enjoy catching up on Rachel's life in fast motion!
In September she started to do the moving thing where she never was where I left her. She officially rolled over on September 27 back to front. Then in the first of October she rolled from front to back. It was also interesting to see her awareness bloom- to be able to tell that she really was seeing things like the toy on her car seat. She has always been on the go even from this time, has to be doing things all the time. In October Rachel started the grabbing phase and boy did she have a tight grip! 
Even as early as Sept 7 she was leaning forward in her bouncy seat to see what was going on. She certainly doesn't want to just lie around as she keeps almost falling out of her swing.
On October 15 she attended her first movie in the theater (at the popcorn store as Miriam calls it). We saw Cars 2; which Miriam did great, Aaron tried to wander and Rachel was a little fussy (top middle picture). Top left picture was taken on October 16 and she is wearing my blessing dress, I'm sure having a hard time keeping up on her wardrobe. Top right was the first time in the swing outside on October 12. I'm not sure what she thought but Miriam loved having her out there and being able to push her (all wearing their pumpkin shirts)! Bottom left is her first time in the bumbo chair on October 19. Bottom right was her first general conference. Through October she was still pretty fussy and spitty which we figured were connected to each other. She was pretty indifferent to nursing times though I wondered if she just made up with snacking all night. She took a pacifier more than Miriam but still around this time I began to wonder if she was using me as a pacifier. We also discovered she has extremely sensitive skin with a never ending case of eczema. 
Top left picture shows off her sitting ability on December 2 and she loved smiling at people as we shopped. The picture on the right, also on Dec 2 was at Babies R Us (looking for a new car seat) they have these toddler chairs in the rest room. I wish more restrooms had them. Her first time in the high chair, center bottom picture was Dec 4 a little early but we forgot the bumbo chair in Idaho when we went up for Thanksgiving. She was cracking us up playing all around the bumbo getting in and out. By Dec 20 she was definitely up on all fours though not quite crawling. Top center with Grandma Nicee on Dec 30 when they came down to see us and spend New Years Eve with us. She is wearing my mom's favorite onesie.
Gave her first solid food (apparently all I got were videos of the event)- rice cereal on Christmas Eve, I figured it was a Christmas present. We all got a nasty stomach virus the week after Christmas including Rachel, but she was pretty good through it (probably first major illness besides colds and such). By January she was starting to stand up leaning onto something. She seemed to prefer standing to crawling which didn't get more fluid till middle of January until then she had only crawled a couple of feet.
