A few more pics!

I have added some more pics taken the past two weeks!

Taken at the zoo a week ago! He is so cute!

Sarah and Rachel riding the camel at the zoo.

Derek and Sarah on the first day of school! Derek is in 5th grade this year and Sarah is in the sixth grade.

John taking a bath. He doesn't seem to mind too much except when I accidentally get his face in the water. I try not to do it too much!

Rachel moving in on John's playmat. Rachel is really enjoying all of the new baby gear that is out. We have a bouncy seat, a couple of playmats and a baby swing that sits real low to the ground. Rachel sees no reason as to why she should not be able to sit in and play with all of these items. Needless to say she stretches the swing cover and bouncy seat to their limits.

She also enjoys playing with John whenever he is in these and she will turn his music on for him or the vibrations.

Well a couple of weeks ago, John was in his swing and I was in kitchen and Rachel was running around. Before too long, Rachel comes running in the kitchen saying "Baby John fall down, swing". So I look around the corner and baby John is laying on the floor right at the bottom of the swing. Now mind you, this swing only sits like maybe 4 inches off the ground. I guess Rachel had gone to say hello to him and she put her knees on the bottom of the swing where his feet were and he just kind of slid out on his side. He never did cry or anything. I have now learned my lesson to always buckle him in the swing even if only for a few minutes and if I am just around the corner!

My goodness--very busy!

This is Rachel back in May after church. She loves sitting by this particular statue whenever she gets the chance. It is the statue in Memory of the unborn. I tried to get a picture of her imitating the statue with her head in her hands but miss it every time.

This is Baby John's "Uncle Fester" picture taken when he was about a month old.

Here is Rachel enjoying an ice cream cone at McDonalds the day after her 2nd birthday.

This one was taken a couple of weeks ago and I had to capture it. Rachel was sharing her "night-night bunny" with John. As most of you know, getting that bunny away from her is like pulling teeth. Not as bad as trying to get the pacifier though which we are going to try to break her of very soon as she is just getting too old. It is like a drug to her!

Well the past few months have been very busy for some reason! I can't believe how the time has gone by and that John is now almost 3 months old.

I of course have many pictures but keep forgetting to bring them to work with me so as to post them to the blog. I did find the few above on my phone though. Also, you should all be receiving hard copies of his professional pictures sometime in the next two weeks or so. Another thing I have been very slow at. The kids have all started back to school and John has started daycare. He and Rachel have to go to separate places though because Rachel's did not have a full time opening. Luckily they are within 2 miles from each other so not too much further out of the way but does add another stop on my route to work.

Rachel loves her baby brother quite a bit and is always giving him kisses and hugs (sometimes by laying on top of him). We have to watch her since she doesn't really understand that she can hurt him when she lays on him. She still keeps us entertained with her vocabulary increasing daily and just by being silly.