Opposties attract?

In case you couldn't guess, Wes and I are complete opposites! Most everything we do, we do differently. Of course we both think we're right and the other is doing it wrong. My motto in life is, "Simplicity is best." Wes' motto is, "....." ....well I don't really know what his motto would be he would have many. Anyway, since having Rachel, I have become somewhat of a bottle expert. I usually fill the bottles with water ahead of time and take them to Rachel's room so that I'll be ready for them when she needs them. The challenge in this is taking all the bottles full of water up the stairs to her room. As you can imagine, I have gotten good at this. It's really a challenge for me to see how many I can take upstairs at one time without dropping them. I think my highest number has been 13 (not trying to brag or anything :). My wonderful husband seems to have trouble with this task. He usually drops a couple of bottles on his way up the stairs and of course I give him a hard time about this. I usually say something like, "my arms are much shorter than yours and I can manage to take the bottles upstairs without dropping them." So my dear husband became inventive tonight and made a bottle holder. He somehow has his shirt in his shorts creating a pocket and guess what... it workedhe didn't drop a single bottle.

Lizzie holding bottles in her hands. SIMPLE!

Wes' bottle holder. Hands free-I might add.

Got to love him. I guess opposites really do attract.

Busy Days

The Parsons have been busy these days. The weeks just fly by, I can't believe we're in October. My little girl is almost 9 months old! Crazy!!
My weeks are full but not packed. I spend my Monday's and Friday's playing with Rachel at home, cleaning, and running errands. Tuesday's I do a Bible study at church and Rachel goes to the nursery. Thanks FBC for free child care!!! Wednesday's and Thursday's Rachel goes to Weekday school at church and I work with the toddlers right across the hall. They are really preparing me for Rachel's next stages. Weekends are usually spent with family, friends, and WEDDINGS! We only have 2 more this year!!

I don't think Tyke is having as much fun as Rachel!

Rachel has a tooth! However, I can't ever get a picture of it so here is a picture of me attempting to get a picture of her tooth. I think she is working on another one, she's been pretty irritated this week.

Wes has a special job with Rachel every night. He gets her ready for bed! Wes gives Rachel her bath, puts her in her night clothes, gives her her last bottle, and tucks her into bed. He loves having this special time with her. I know Rachel will be a daddy's girl!

Wes went in to check on Rachel tonight to see if she was sleeping ok. This is how he found her. She must have fallen asleep sitting up because she is just folded over her legs. She's a wild sleeper, I know she gets that from her dad! One day Rachel's husband will insist on a King size bed just like I did!!

Future Gymnast?!?

Rachel would really like to be able to stand up. She can get on the tops of her feet and hands but that heavy head of hers keeps her down every time :). So, she just stands there on her head for a few seconds. Here are some pictures of her.

She's also loving being upside down. She thinks this is pretty funny!

Of course Tyke, her dog, is over to the right.

Updates

Rachel is crawling a little bit better and faster! She still stops to take a rest at times and her knees are pretty pink these days. I've been putting her in pants a lot to protect her knees a little more. The dresses are on hold for a while because it interferes with the crawling. Rachel is starting to follow me places, I guess that's the end of privacy...right?

It seems like between 7 and 8 month old a lot of things have happen very quickly. Every week Rachel has been doing something new. This week Rachel has started pulling up on things. Mostly she loves to pull up on me :(. This is real interesting when I'm trying to get ready in the morning or brushing my teeth in the bathroom. She doesn't seem to mind if you're sitting or standing she's going to try to pull up! (She of course is now accident prone!) She loves to stand. You can see a little smirk on her face after she's pulled herself up as if to say, "there's no stopping me now, watch out."

Rachel just has one more thing to say, "Thanks for visiting the blog, I love you!"

Bye Bye!

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

Rachel has got two things under her belt now. She can shake her head NO and she can Patty-Cake or clap her hands. Occasionally she will roll her hands in Patty-Cake but that's not a consistent skill yet. In the video she does roll her hands for a split second, clap and shake her head No.

Just a Swingin'

My Grammy got me a swing to swing in outside. I love it! I can go really fast and high! My hair blows in the wind when mommy pushes me! Thanks Grammy for my swing!

Rachel's Day With Dad

Saturday I met my friend Debbie at the mall for a little girl time. It was such a treat to not have to take the stroller, diaper bag, and my sweetie, Rachel. We spent a while out and it was great!! While I was out Wes kept Rachel. He did a great job and documented his day with pictures and video.

"Dad, where's Mom?"

Rachel crawled and climbed all over Wes. Wes loved it!!

My two darlings!

This crawling and climbing is hard work.

Is that not the best laugh! Check out those legs!!

Wes gave Rachel a bath also. He loves to play with Rachel's hair and make it look crazy!

Thanks Babe for taking such good care of Rachel! You're a wonderful dad!