Rachel 6-9 mon

 

I finally finished Rachel's last post and thought that I ought to keep going with the momentum. I have tried to keep taking pictures at the same rate as Miriam, but overall I think I'm taking less pictures and it doesn't help my smaller camera went missing months ago.

Cute picture on Feb 22 her 8 mon mark, I think we were setting up the beds. In January she went south for the first time when we went over to Las Vegas for the weekend (see other post) and while there got really good at crawling and started pulling herself up to stand. She first stood on her own, helping her up when we took her in for her 6 mon pictures at Target, but was pretty wobbly. I like getting them acquainted with the stairs sooner than later because then I don't have to worry about them falling down the stairs. So we started practicing climbing stairs on Feb 2 (37 wks)- I have video but no still pictures. If I lifted her leg she would take it the rest of the way and pull herself up to the next step. She was very steady standing by Feb, but as she always wanted to see what was going on she wasn't satisfied. She would get so upset that she wasn't going anywhere that she would stand up and cry. She stood completely unsupported for 5 sec on Feb 9 (38 wks). Rachel also has a lot to say, babbling all the time and starting to say mama and dada. We thought she would do the talking thing more like her sister, but at 15 mon she still isn't saying much that is recognizable. The funniest thing about her is how much she loves peek-a-boo that at 7 mon she initiated playing it. At church she pulled her dress up over her face then brought it down giggling all the while. After Feb I didn't take as good a notes on her doings because she wasn't nursing that often (still snacking throughout the night).

We moved her to her own crib right at 8 mon though it was a slow transition. Often we would put her to sleep and lay her in the crib then whenever she woke up she would stay the rest of the night in bed with me. She was taking 2 naps pretty good in the day (much easier than Miriam to get to sleep). Top left picture was when we were putting the crib back up for Rachel on Feb 21 (8 mon old). Top right picture is Rachel in the dress Grandma Delta made her for Christmas on Feb 26 after church. Somehow a lot of our pictures are in dress clothes after church. I loved the look on her face in the bottom left picture taken on Feb 23. It reminded me a little bit of her 6 mon Target pictures. Rachel loves being with her brother and sister doing whatever they are doing. The picture center bottom shows them all looking at a book on Feb 2. Rachel was a little slower than the other two to get into books, but has more than made up for it now. Bottom right picture is Miriam and Rachel playing peek-a-boo behind the couch on Feb 2.

She like any kid loves to help with the dishwasher although even now she is more helpful unloading than anything else. I have enough problems getting the dishes in it that it is very frustrating to see it unloaded about as fast as I load, not to much dragged off for parts unknown. Rachel is a master at redistributing things at our house- always carrying something somewhere else. This picture on Feb 27 shows how well she was standing also.

 This girl can eat and by early age was always scavenging. We've had this little card table up for awhile so Miriam and Aaron will make less a mess when eating. We decided on this when Aaron refused to sit in the high chair anymore, but the big table was too big. Anything left on it Rachel manages to get into spilling leftovers all over the place. She also was interested in drinking from a regular cup very early on, just had a hard time judging amount of water thus spilling a lot. This picture was after dinner on Feb 21, so pleased with herself.

Top left picture is some backyard fun on March 10, I couldn't believe the snow was already gone and getting warm enough to play outside. Somehow when my family came down for Miriam's birthday we got some great pictures of Rachel with my mom (Grandma Nicee) and dad (Baca) and not as many with the others. Center is Grandma and Rachel wearing an outfit Grandma bought for her (mom has great fun buying clothes for the grand kids and we appreciate her contributions!) on March 24. Top right with Grandma and Baca trying on Baca's hat on March 23. Bottom left she's checking Baca out on March 24 sporting St Patty pjs. She gets to play with Baca while everyone else is finishing sleeping. Bottom right picture is me and the kids after church on March 11, with all of us going Hawaiian (bringing a little sun to early spring). Rachel got her first tooth, one of the front bottom ones, on March 23.

Rachel's first haircut on February 23. As usual Grandma had the honors. She really didn't seem to know what to make of the whole situation. Now it seems like she's constantly got hair in her eyes and every time we see mom she needs a trim. Her hair grows incredibly fast, I think she has more than Miriam did at this age. Unfortunately it has the same texture that gets really snarly and feels like straw.

Rachel is definitely growing up and getting into everything, one might even call her a mini tornado. She sure loves her siblings and wants to do everything with them. Top left was taken March 28, "should we mail you?" Middle was taken also on the 28th and she still will gleefully pull all the Kleenex out of the box. My brother moved back from Texas around this time frame and he had a trampoline, but no where to put it so he is letting us use it. The kids have loved it even Rachel as seen in the top right picture taken on March 31. Now she can climb up by herself, I love when her hair sticks straight up from the static. I never thought much of the nets going around them, but that's the only way I let Rachel on at this point. Bottom left is Rachel on the deck looking out at what everyone else is doing on March 30. She also likes climbing up on the little picnic table and look out over the yard. Finally, bottom right is Daddy putting to sleep his two girls on March 31 though its rare he's still awake. One of his best putting to sleep methods still involve falling asleep himself. Looking back I can't quite believe how much she has grown over the last 7 months!