Trip To Houston!

Rachel, Gma Oakley, Aunt Krista, Aunt Shelly, Kate and I flew down to Houston to surprise Aunt Jess for her birthday! We had fun visiting and SHOPPING!!!

Me, Kate, and Gma on the plane.

We made Gma carry most of the bags!

Me and Rach

Swinging with Kinley

Close up of swinging

SHOPPING!

We "snuck out" one night...okay so we just went out the back door because all the babies were in bed and Uncle Ryan stayed home with them while we went to Walmart!

Kinley wanted to put stickers on my face so I put them on her's and took a pic. She must like to do this...there was a post onher blog like this a few months ago!

Kate's Birthday Party

Septemeber Zoo Trips

My Baby Is Growing Up

I can't believe she is already 10 months old. I miss the newborn baby, but I love watching her change every day! I don't know how people keep from wanting 20 kids! Okay...so I do know, but I would love to go through this several times! :) I love the time, it just goes way too fast! :(

The pic below was yesterday when we ate at Texas Roadhouse. I loved the outfit and the bow IN HER HAIR is a regular occurrence now!

9 Month Pics (A Little Late)

Gma Skiles made Rachel the outfit she is wearing in these pics. So cute!

Crazy Hair!

Rachel's hair is FINALLY starting to come in a bit. We are now wearing small bows clipped in her hair instead of big bows on headbands! Although we are starting to get the hair Momma has wanted for 9 months, it sometimes gives us fits. It sticks up everywhere after naps and bedtime. And spit doesn't seem to calm it any...we have to use the water bottle or take a bath to get it to stay down! Hopefully it will grow quickly and get some weight! :)

Daughter and Dog Torment Each Other?!

Macy has recently started taking things away from Rachel when she is playing. I never expected my dog to be quarreling with my daughter, but these 2 sure go at it! A few examples... I was curling my hair and I hear Rachel yelling out. I come out of my room to find Rachel look at me, then look at Macy and yell again. I look between Macy's paws and find she has taken Rachel's toy. I proceed to swat Macy, say no and give the toy to Rachel. A few says later Rachel had her paci in her mouth while sitting on the floor (The paci is an occasional thing. When she sees it laying around she gets it and will basically just "chew" on it.) Macy is never too far away...I happen to look at the exact moment Macy comes nose to nose with Rach...Macy then quietly turns away from me...she had taken the paci right out of Rachel's mouth! I absolutely couldn't believe it! And obviously Rachel doesn't like it! Another time Macy took her toy, Rachel hit the dog on the nose and just crawled away...I am beginning to wonder how much kids really pick up what we do. When Macy took something of Rachel's she got yelled at and was swatted...Is Rachel yelling at Macy and hitting her as to give her a swat like I do?! Or maybe she will just try to get even!... Below are pics of Rachel playing with 2 of Macy's favorite things. The food bowl and her toy! She may be learning to punish the dog as Momma does, but she gives her a taste of her own medicine too! :)