Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Our Growing Girl

At Elizabeth’s last doctors appointment on the 27th of June went very well. She now weighs 10lbs. 15oz. (Which I am sure by now is at least 11lbs.) I absolutely love listening to her “talk”. It seems each day brings more and more of those precious sounds; you can’t help but smile.


Mommy is VERY happy to report a good night’s sleep (from 11:00 to 7:00)! Yippee!!!! Elizabeth has always done very well at night. For several weeks now she has only woke up once in the early morning hours to eat and then easily went right back to sleep. She is not totally consistently sleeping through the night but I can’t really complain. We are working that way at a very pleasing rate!

We had a very happy 4th! On Tuesday we celebrated with our church family by having a picnic in the park. Brandon and I played some games with the kids, and then we played a game of volleyball. After that there was a short service. It was a really nice time.

On Wednesday morning we went and enjoyed the Bethany parade. My mom’s family has a float in it every year.My Papa Joe rides a little bitty clown bike for the parade. He made a short stop on the side lines to give a hug to his adoring fans. We were going to be on the float but Kristina and I decided it would be easier with the kids for us just to watch. So, my Mom and Dad, Kristina and Jasmine, Brandon, Elizabeth, and I all enjoyed the parade from the sidelines. Brandon and I were going to go downtown but ended up buying a few fireworks and going out to my parent’s house for the night. I really enjoyed the entire day!


We went swimming at Uncle Cecil’s pool recently. It was a little chili so Elizabeth enjoyed her first swim time sitting in the hot tube with Papa. We love to swim during the summer and are looking forward to vacation later this month.


Her second swim was in the real pool with daddy. The water was a little cold but she seemed to really enjoy it.








Hope you enjoyed this update. I apoligize the post have been so far apart. This week is Character Week at our church. Things are going really well so far. We would appreciate your prayers.

- Blessings,
Rachael

3 comments:

Leslie Shepherd said...

Absolutly adorable! The Lord has blessed you two with an beautiful little girl! :D

Anonymous said...

well... she still isn't as heavy has I was. 12lb 1oz. well leslie is right she is a adorable little girl and i'm proud to be her uncle.
-Justin

Anonymous said...

Hey...thanks for the cute pics. She is such a beautiful baby. The Lord has abundantly blessed you with such a cute little girl.

Love you...GM