Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Hanging Pool Side

I meant to post these a while ago, these pics are almost three months old! One last salute to summer! I figured I better get around to it seeing how fall is just around the corner...boo! I am a summer girl, but there are a few things to look forward to about fall approaching: Halloween, gorgeous leaves that make awesome photography, and Thanksgiving! Everything seems more exciting this year seeing how it is Rachel's first everything! Rachel is growing up so fast, she is already starting to pull up on furniture and anybody who has legs nearby, almost ready to WALK! Umm...when did MY BABY turn into a toddler?? How cute is our little one just chillin' in the pool! LOVE IT, she is so dang cute! I always love going to my hometown of Vernal and visiting. My mom has this AMAZING yard that Rachel loves to explore! Considering our front yard consists of busy streets, it's a nice change! Here are a few of my favorites!

Rachel knows how to work it...when she smiles or laughs and crinkles that little nose...her dad and I are ready to give her just about anything she wants!

Rachel with her grandma (my mom)! Good buddies! I need to get some pictures of her with her grandma Moss, she was gracious enough to watch Rachel while we went on our cruise, and I think Rachel developed a new best friend while we were gone!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Baja Mexico!

Wow! What a trip! SOO much fun! A few words to describe our trip would be:
FREEDOM
Missing Rachel
Staying up past 11pm
Extreme FOOD POSINING...which I don't know if that qualifies as a highlight
Snorkeling
Exploring an island on a two person bike
Virgin pina coladas by the pool
Sun Burnt
Hot tubs
Eating way too much food
Sleeping in
Shopping aka: "Negotiating" prices in Mexico
Remembering how much fun it is to hang out with Mike

Well that pretty much sums it up!
I actually didn't take that many photos...Hey I was on vacation! I loved the little animals they made each day in our room out of towels...each day there was always such a cute surprise waiting!



This was the view of the elevator at night in our ship...pretty impressive

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Good Morning!

I just had to share, this is what I found when I went in to get Rachel this morning!!


Also we found this bear in our car the other night! Ferocious isn't she?

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Rachel...Six Months Later!!

Wow, it's been awhile! The photography blog is taking up all my blogging energy! So not much is going on, I dedicate most of my posts to Rachel, so why not another one?

I can't believe my baby is six months! It might be through a mother's eye, but she just keeps getting cuter and cuter! It seems like she has grown up so much lately...so fast! It kinda makes me sad, because now I can totally understand how people say enjoy EVERY moment, because it goes so fast. She is now eating solids and sitting up all on her own. Our latest challenge is trying to get her to take a bottle. Mike and I are going on a vacation in a couple of weeks to celebrate our anniversary, and we're trying to get her ready for a week with Grandpa and Grandma. Any tips??? Seriously, we've tried everything!! I just don't think she can live a week strait on rice cereal and mashed string beans!

So in other news, our anniversary is on Tuesday...another thing I can't believe how fast life is flying by! I'm so lucky to have such a great husband. Our trip that we're taking...was totally planned by Mike and was supposed to be a surprise. Long story short...I found out we're going somewhere, I just don't know where!
Another milestone coming up is my B-day. Wow...one year older...and just older! It kinda seems like all the milestone ages that you look forward to are behind me, but that is also a good thing. Every stage I'm in I think is the best one, but then when I see other people going through ones I've already been through I always think to myself, "That was a fun stage, but I'm so glad we're not there anymore!" Oh well, Rachel is slowly stealing my youth with every late night feeding anyways hahaha! Well enough of my random thoughts!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

First Time Swimming!

We had so much fun on Saturday watching Rachel play in the pool for the first time! She was totally a natural! She just automatically started kicking her feet and waving her arms...she knew what to do! The whole time she just had a big smile on her face and was squealing in delight! It is so awesome watching your child discover new things, and how they see the world, I love being a mom so much!