14 Weeks Old

We started our week by going to Cookeville to pick up my cousin Ashley who was going to spend the week with us. Donnie and Christy were vacationing in Miami so my mom had the kids. We spent the day with them on Tuesday. Cade of course wanted to play exactly where Rachel was playing:o)

Laura joined them when she woke up from her nap...

It worked out great becuase we had a ratio of one person per baby while Ashley and I were at mom's. Here's Ashley with Laura...

Laura loves her exersaucer at Nana's...a yard sale special!

Ashley spent the week with us and helped out with Rachel. Here they are hangin' out on the couch...I actually got to take a long shower on a couple of days that Ashley was visiting! It was great! She watched Rachel while I got ready!

We wanted to do a little something fun with Ashley while she was visiting...as taking care of a baby all day probably wasn't too terribly exciting for her. So, we went bowling. Here we are at the bowling alley. Ashley, did you steal that bow from Laura...shame on you!

Here's Adam with the bowling ball he picked strictly based on the pretty color:o)

We went back up to Cookeville on Friday for a big July 3 get together with my family. We decided to see if Rachel was big enough to play in the bouncer at Nana's. The seat almost swallowed her up, but I think she liked it...the back of the seat was a perfect head rest! She looks zoned out with excitement in this pic!

Of course, we had to get a pic of Nana and Rachel...

Here's Rachel playing at Nana's. We brought some toys the second time around along with some rings to hook them on the playgym Christy gave mom for Rachel to have at her house since Cade and Laura had outgrown it. We only had one ring/one toy from Rachel's carseat on Tuesday when we went up...so we came more prepared this time...

On the way home we stopped by Lebanon to visit Mama Elaine (Adam's grandma) at the Rehab Center. Rachel wasn't too happy about getting her pic made...but in her defense, it was bottle time! It sure makes Mama Elaine's day every time we take Rachel to visit. Her favorite part is her little toes:o)

Here's Rachel just hangin' out on her playmat at home one day...

Rachel's 3 month pics were not very good that we had made at JCP. I attempted to take some of her this morning, but alas, it's hard to do by yourself! Getting her positioned, smiling, and taking the picture all at the same time was very challenging. We're going to try again on Saturday when Adam's home to help. Here's one that was kind of cute anyways...