Rachel's room

Rachel's room was done about a month ago but I just finally got some pictures taken. I picked out the color to match her bedding and it looked great on the swatch but once we got it up on the wall it looked a lot brighter. I was going for a lighter pea green. so at first I wasn't sure I liked how it turned out but it quickly grew on me and now I love it. It was dark blue before and what a pain it was to paint over because we had to do two coats of white first to hide the blue then two coats of green. the most annoying thing was the trim around the middle of the wall. It made the job take a lot longer but I am pretty happy with the end result.

P.S. I just love how big the closet is!

Flashback Friday on Saturday

I didn't get around to doing this yesterday but the day doesn't really matter anyway. ok this is Will as a baby. The picture has water damage from a flood so it is stuck inside the frame. Thats why I had to take a picture of the picture. haha. I think Rachel looks a lot like her daddy from this photo. She definitely has that same expression on her face sometimes. I see the resemblance in the facial features. Her head is a bit smaller though. Does anyone else see it or is it just me because I'm her mommy?

Checkup

Rachel had her 15 month check up on thursday and here are the results:
Weight- 18lbs 0%
Height- 29 1/2 in. 20%
Head- 46cm 50%

The doctor says she is still really under weight but since Rachel is happy and healthy and eats like a pig most meals, then she is not concerned about it. Luckily she didn't get any shots with this visit but next time she will.

Flashback Friday: New Years 04'

This is about 3 1/2 years ago on new years eve. We had just barely started dating and Wow how young we look! We got professional photos taken because Will had just given me that locket I am wearing around my neck and we needed a picture for it. We figured that the photographer could shrink it enough for us. I'm glad we did it because the pictures turned out really nice.

Doesn't Rachel look cute today?

Flashback Friday: Christmas 05'

This photo is Will and I at the beach in Monterey,CA. This was christmas of 2005 when we were engaged. We were in Monterey that day to celebrate my little sister's birthday. We got married 3 weeks later.

Almost walking

I have been hoping for a while now that Rachel would start walking because sometimes life would be easier if I didn't have to carry her everywhere. Well she is not walking on her own yet but she is getting close. She can stand up by her self and balance and she will walk if she has something to hold onto. We are practicing with her every day. A lot of people say that once she is walking, we will wish she wasn't. What do you say? Do you encourage walking or not?

Flashback Friday!

A friend does this on her blog and I hope she doesn't mind if I steal it because it is a cute idea. I'll post an old photo with a description every friday just for fun and to relive some good memories. So here is the first one, it is a picture of Will and I the day we met. I was 17 and he was 20. this was taken at his parents house in Felton, CA. I was friends with his sister and he was in town visiting for a few days so we spent some time together. We actually didn't start dating until 2 years later.

New baby pool

I got Rachel a baby pool for the summer and I thought she would love it since she loves bath time so much but she played for about 5 min and was done. Maybe it was the cold hose water that she didn't like. This picture is her with her cousin Cory.

My cousin's wedding

We went to St. George for my cousin Kim's wedding this last weekend and it was a bit of a crazy day. I was a bridesmaid along with my cousin Michelle and two of Kim's friends. First of all the dress didn't fit right which is not a big surprise. Isn't that the case with most bridesmaids? Then the wedding was supposed to start at 11am but Kim wasn't ready, she was still doing her hair and makeup so everyone had to wait around for two hours before she finally showed up. Then the reception wasn't until 7pm so we went back to the hotel and changed and just hung out in our room for a few hours. I wanted to go swimming but Rachel needed a nap and I didn't want to risk messing up my hair. So at 7pm we went to the reception and had dinner then lite dancing. Have I mentioned that my shoes were killing me! I finally gave in and danced barefoot. The reception was short and fun because Kim was 30 min late (no surprise). I swear that girl can't be on time for anything. She and her new hubby were supposed to catch a plane from Vegas that night and fly to florida because the next day they were getting on a cruise for their honeymoon. Well they missed their plane so they missed their cruise. luckily they worked it out so they could catch a plane to the Cayman Islands to catch up with the cruise. It was quite an eventful weekend.