Adam, Tonya, & Rachel

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!

Happy Halloween

We went to the Fall Festival at church on Wednesday night to start all the Halloween festivities. Big Al went with us! I enjoyed the popcorn mostly and Adam had the cotton candy.

Dr. Rachel McD and Al...posing with their stethoscopes...although Al is a dental hygienist, not to be mistaken as a dr...

Adam and Rachel enjoying the festivities...

Brendan, Brookie, Sarah, and Justin also joined us at the fall festival...here's Brendan after his face was painted...

Mr. Matthew acting crazy as usual with manly flowers painted on his face...

Dr. Rachel and Franken-Lilli...

Rachel with mommy...

We went to Nate & Lauren's on Halloween and joined Adam and Lauren's family in all the fun. Here's Tristan in his pirate costume...

Tristan, Emeline (a friendly witch), and Evelyn...

The first house Rachel trick or treated at (too bad it was so cold outside...she couldn't even show off her cute scrubs! At least she had a festive orange jacket!

The second house...

Back at Nate & Lauren's...Aunt Lalo gives good candy!

Mmm....a Milky Way...I like Halloween already...

Rachel's homemade Halloween bag...I know, we're cheap! BUT, we figured there was no need to buy her a bag when she was only going to a couple of houses and wasn't really even getting any candy since she can't eat it.

I made this side...

and Adam made this side...

Pics of Dr. Rachel McD before we left home for the Halloween party...

Rachel and Evelyn at Uncle Nate & Aunt Lalo's...these chew toys are good!!!

The Cheese

We went to Chuck E Cheese with the S family and Big Al on Monday night. We had so much fun!!!

Here's Adam and Al showing their skills on skee ball...Rachel is helping:o)

Rachel and Lilli practicing their driving skills...glad to see Lilli's in control of the wheel since she is the oldest:o)

Lilli, are you my BFF???

Lilli riding with Chuck E...

Rachel driving with Chuck E...

The band...need I say more?!?!?! They rock!!!

The star of the show...Chuck E himself...

Adam and Rachel posing with Miss Cheerleader...

Rachel with Al...

Rachel checking out skee ball...

Brent got the all time high score on the Whack A Shark game...way to go man...making a score that's just unattainable for all the little kiddos who'll go home crying.

Riding the carousal...the ride was actually broken, but we got a pic on it anyways before we realized it didn't work...

On the slide...

We had so much fun! Thanks for planning the night out Rachel S!!

7 1/4 Months

What an exciting week! So exciting that we have divided up the fun into 3 separate blog posts! I couldn't decide which pics to post, so I've posted lots! Lots of visiting, going to the Cheese, and Halloween of course! Among the not so exciting things - Rachel got her flu shot and has to go back in 30 days for a booster. On the up side, Mimi called just as we were pulling into the doctor's parking lot, so she went with us. Then she watched Rachel so I could go grocery shopping. Thanks Mimi! It was a nice break!

Here's Rachel with Brookie while we were walking on the greenway this week. Nice hair Brookie! (leftover from Halloween dress up!)