4 3/4 Months Old

It was another busy week of birthdays in the McDonald household. My birthday was on Thursday and we had a family birthday party for all the July/August birthdays in Cookeville over the weekend (which marked our third trip to Cookeville in 3 weeks!)...craziness! We are thankful to be staying home this weekend and we probably won't be back up there until Sept 19 for Laura's 1 year b-day party.

Here's me and Rachel on my birthday...did she pick that bib with the birthday cake on purpose?!?!? How thoughtful!


Family pic on my birthday...



Here's Nana and Rachel after Rachel had pooped out from all the partying:o) Nana came down and made salmon patties, mashed taters, fried okra, pinto beans, and cornbread to help celebrate mine and Adam's birthdays since his was last week. It was yummy! Then she also made a cherry pie for Adam and a frozen oreo dessert for me. Yes, we're spoiled...but I don't even like cherry pie and that's what Adam wanted for his dessert...so it was only fair that we had both our favorite desserts on our birthdays:o) Nana took care of Rachel for the night by giving her a bath and putting her to bed, so we actually got to watch a movie! We watched Bride Wars. It was cute, but definitely not one I would have paid to see in the theatres or purchase....but I'm cheap like that:o)



Isn't she just adorable when she first wakes up in the morning?!?!?!

Here's Nimbus just chillin' on the stairs...

Rachel FINALLY took the other pacifier this week. She's never been a huge fan of the paci, but when she did take it, she'd only take the Soothie one. We had a breakthrough this week and she started taking the Nuk kind....right after I finally broke down and bought a paci attacher for the Soothie one. It figures! Anyways, we hope she'll stick with the Nuk paci b/c she can keep it in her mouth easier than the other one and you don't have to put it back in every 3 seconds.

Here's Rachel just sittin' up in her boppy pillow. She really wants to sit up all the time now...but she just can't do it by herself yet...

Here's Rachel just playing...Aunt Christy cleaned out Cade and Laura's toys...so it was like Christmas for Rachel this week! Lots of new things to play with!

Adam had to help his dad with his computer this week. So, Rachel and I tagged along. Papa Charles sure enjoyed visiting with Rachel while they were working on the computer!

Ah, what we will do for a good deal! Here's the line to get in the consignment sale this past Friday night. We got some cute clothes, but looking back, I don't think it was worth it. Mimi came over to watch Rachel as we couldn't get in the sale until 8PM and her bedtime is 8:30...so there was hardly any way to take her with us. Anyways, we didn't get home until after 11PM becuase we stood in line to pay for an hour and half after we finished shopping. It was like the day after Thanksgiving!!! Madness!!!! And we didn't even get the jogging stroller we were hoping to find! They had some, but no swivel wheels on the front like we're wanting. We were also totally unprepared! Everyone in line kept walking up with clothes baskets...it made it easier to carry around all the things you wanted to purchase. We'll definitely be more prepared if we go back again.

Here's Laura trying to catch some bubbles at the family birthday party this past Saturday night. My camera had low batteries, so I didn't even get a good pic of Cade (the birthday boy!).