Hopscotch!

What a Beautiful Day!

We had a great Sunday and finally had a chance to enjoy the outdoors. We met up with Dave, Kelly & Molly for lunch. Annie LOVED watching Molly and they enjoyed playing together. Later in the afternoon we took the girls for a walk so Rachel could ride her bike. We stopped and had some ice cream and spent the rest of the evening outside with our neighbors. A perfect way to end the weekend! Of course the forecast calls for rain much of next week so I'm happy we got to enjoy at least one day of nice weather!

New pictures for the week

Here are new pictures from this week. Annie was busy keeping up with her sister by trying some "poses" of her own. The other photo is Rachel's fort that she built with pillows and blankets in the basement. She intended on sleeping in her fort overnight but only lasted about an hour before she crawled into bed with us.

New Moves

Annie picked up some new moves the other night during dinner. Not exactly sure what she's doing but we laugh everytime she does it!

Another cold Saturday

Of course this means we'll spend another day indoors. We should be OUTSIDE working on the yard or the garage! I hope this is the last winter-like day because we are ready for spring. Annie is taking a nap so I thought I'd post a few pictures I took this morning. Annie took a bath and we decided to go "punk rock" with her hair and try a mohawk. Pretty sweet huh? Of course Rachel decided she should have her picture taken too and she wanted hers to be with Ruby. As you can see Ruby was less than thrilled with this idea!

She's officially on the move!

She's officially CRAWLING and we have video to prove it! Rachel had a bowl on the floor and Annie decided she wanted it...badly. She took off like she was shot out of a cannon and I think she actually surprised herself! Thankfully Rachel was there to cheer her on! We spent the rest of the night in wonder, watching our little peanut move around on her own. Hooray for Miss Annabelle!!!

Abe

This is Grandma & Grandpa Strang's new puppy, Abe. As soon as I told Rachel they got a new puppy we HAD to come back home to meet him. He's part lab, part Blackmouth Cur. He's missing his 8 other brothers and sisters but he enjoyed playing outside with Jena and Rachel today. He LOVES a warm lap and enjoyed a few naps inside. Abe has some pretty big paws so he won't stay little for long!

10 Questions for Rachel...

1. What is your favorite color? brown

2. What is your favorite movie? Horton Hears a Who

3. What are you going to do this summer? play outside on my bike

4. What do you want for your birthday? a baby doggy, a REAL one!

5. What does Mom say when your in trouble? RACHEL IRENE!!!!

6. Why does dad put you in time-out? because I'm being bad

7. What is your favorite food? pudding...and ice cream

8. What is your favorite toy? my big bear

9. What is your favorite book at bedtime? the Barbie book, the one with the velet dress.

10. Best day so far? Christmas! When I told Santa I wanted the Bratz house and he brought me my favorite make-up instead.

Spring Photos

I just got back from taking Annie to get her spring pictures taken and she looked so cute in her dress. I just couldn't resist taking more of her before I changed her clothes!