7 1/2 Months

What a beautiful week this has been! Rachel and I have truly been enjoying this awesome fall weather. We've been playing outside and going on stroller rides every single day! This week has been full of excitement as usual, but it was especially entertaining becuase we had play dates with Cade & Laura and Lilli.

Here are some pics of Rachel enjoying the fall leaves this week...

Papa and Mimi came over for dinner on Friday night. I made 15 bean soup...and for dessert we had brownies, ice cream, and homemade hot fudge sauce that was to die for!! Everyone enjoyed playing with Rachel after dinner.

Then we had a play date with Cade & Laura at Nana's on Saturday....along with a hot dog roast. My favorite was the s'mores...mmmm...messy, but yummy goodness!

Here's Adam spoilin' Laura a little...

Such a cutie pie...

Here's Cade rolling the ball...

...and Rachel taking a spin on Laura's ride...

...and Cade & Laura double timing it on the ride...

Rachel also had her first experience with Puffs this week...didn't go too well. I don't quite understand. Everything she sees, she picks up and puts in her mouth...but give her something that she's supposed to put in her mouth and she doesn't want it...crazy!

Puffs get really sticky once they get a little wet...and they stick to just about anything...hands, faces, the high chair...:o)

...but she's loving her white grape juice in the sippy cup...which she's getting much more proficient with...

We went to Brent, Rachel, & Lilli's on Sunday night. They made chili, potatoes, cheesy cornbread...great night of fun, food, and fellowship! Adam, Julia & Meredith also came.

Rachel liked the cool rug in Lilli's room...it was kind of shag, much different from our carpet at home...

Here's Lilli playing away...

It was such a treat for Rachel to play in Lilli's room. She has so much cool stuff from toys to books to tables, etc...what fun!!!

This is what happens when you leave the mail sitting near Rachel's play area while you go into the other room for just a second...good thing we didn't really want to read this sale magazine anyways...it's in a million pieces!