Adam, Tonya, & Rachel

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!)

Pa came to visit and play on Monday....yay!!! He brought Rachel a Halloween book that she's been reading all week long!

Pics of Rachel just being her cute self this week...

Watching Baby Einstein very intently...

Helping mommy in the kitchen while she was cooking dinner...

This jumper is SO MUCH FUN!!!!

SMART GIRL...An early reader...thanks for the book Aunt Christy!!

7 Months Old

What a fun week we've had! From going to the zoo to the pumpkin patch, it's been loads of fun! With Nana to the rescue, we even got a night out to Red Lobster!...what a much needed break!

Here's Rachel doing her "Elvis" impersonation with the collar raised on her blue jean jacket and helping Adam play guitar.

Laura and Rachel at the zoo...Cade was the only one who really cared about the animals. Rachel just enjoyed watching Cade & Laura and getting outside a little! She's not been sleeping very well lately. Not sure if it's teething or something else, but she was so worn out after going to the zoo and playing with Cade & Laura that she slept all night that night!