Birthday Pictures...Mary and Rebekah

Rebekah...one year old

Mary...10 years old

11 Months

"Mom! Rebekah's eating poop!"

One afternoon I heard Sara gagging in the kitchen.  With the winter of sickness we have had in our family, my first thought was, "Oh no! She's sick AGAIN!"  I ran into the kitchen knowing I was going to find Sara throwing up.  I turned the corner to see this! Sara was next to Rebekah gagging. When Sara finally saw me she exclaimed, between gags, "Rebekah's eating poop!"

Fortunately, I saw a mushed up Oreo cookie in Rebekah's hand so my mind was quickly at ease.  I tried and tried to explain to Sara that it was NOT poop; it was only a cookie.  She did NOT believe me. Her gagging intensified as she ran off to the bathroom and began puking.

I began to take Rebekah's clothes off of her which had their fair share of mushed up cookies on it.  I was about to head upstairs to give her a bath when Sara came out of the bathroom.  I asked Sara if she would please wipe up the floor for me while I bathed Rebekah.  She took one look at the floor and ran back to the bathroom to throw up some more.  Luckily, Jacob had a strong enough stomach to clean the floor for me!

Sara still will not eat an Oreo cookie!

10 Months

Rebekah is now crawling all over the place very quickly.  She puts herself to a standing position but then gets stuck and can't get down.  This is super bad when she stands up in bed and then cries for someone to come help her lay back down.  Let's just say I make many, many trips up and down the stairs! She continues to be a Mama's girl.  She wants me to hold her ALL THE TIME!  She is super light and easy to carry around but it sure makes it difficult to get things accomplished.  I find myself sneaking around the house if  she is playing happily so she doesn't see me.  If she sees me then she immediately crawls over and hangs on my legs until I pick her up.

She is super cute and fun though.  I love how she scrunches up her nose when she smiles and her giggles make all the hard moments worth it.  We are so blessed to have her in our family.

Trip to Washington

I was blessed to fly out to Washington and visit with my parents for a week.  Rebekah was my travel mate! :) My mom picked me up from the airport and we stayed in Chehalis that evening.  We did some shopping and relaxing. She pampers me well! Rebekah was so tired that evening from jet lag and we couldn't get her to calm down in the hotel room.  Then I thought of having her sleep in the bathtub and it was a great solution! It was dark and quiet.

The week spent with them went way too quickly, as it always does.  We played games with my dad, did some sewing, and just spent time together.  It's so nice to visit them and I wish we lived closer so we could see them more often.  I am blessed to have wonderful parents that teach me by example to love and serve others, rely on faith in Jesus Christ, and to value family above all else.

9 Months

Our peanut is 9 months old!  She still doesn't make the charts for her height or weight, but she hit 14 pounds even!  Still wearing 3-6 month clothes and size 1 diapers!  She has become very mobile...officially mastering the real crawl while we were on vacation visiting Grandma and Grandpa.  She is fast and finds every small thing on the floor.  Rebekah has become quite the Momma's girl.  She wants to be connected to me in some way ALL THE TIME!  She is content and happy as long as she doesn't see me.  I have to be sly as I move around the house so she will keep playing and not cry for me to pick her up.  We are still working on  getting her to sleep through the night for more than 3 hours...one day that will happen! :)  Her smile and giggle make everyone happy.  So grateful for her influence in our home and family.