Sesame Place - Day 1

Sesame Place is awesome! I didn't want to leave! Raeleigh loved meeting all the characters and the parade was definitely the best part! We have already decided to come back when Rudy is bigger. Here are some pictures from our first day. We had such a great time!

Vacation Pics - Day 1

We are here!! We arrived in Philly yesterday around 10:30am. We had a great flight. Raeleigh was WONDERFUL! I hope she is that great on the way home! Brandon got over one of his biggest fears and actually liked flying! YAY!

After getting settled yesterday we headed to Build a Bear to let Raeleigh stuff her Elmo we bought online. She had lots of fun (not as much as Brandon). We are so excited to finally be here! Today was our first day at Sesame Place...pictures from that soon!

4 month check-up

Today was Rudy's 4 month check-up. He weighs 15 lbs. 15.7 oz and is 25 inches long! Raeleigh was half his size at this age! We got permission to start cereal and baby food! Hooray! Maybe now Rudy will stay full for longer than 2 hours!

Summertime! - Part 2

Summertime! - Part 1

Catie Caterpillar

Last Tuesday Raeleigh made a caterpillar at school. We decided we would name her Catie Caterpillar. She came home with us on a styrofoam plate with a note that read:

Dear Parents,
We made caterpillars today. They are filled with potting soil and grass seed. If you will help your child water them daily the grass will grow through the panty hose. When the grass gets long enough you can even give them a haircut.

I meant to take a picture of Catie Caterpillar before she started growing grass but she is growing too darn fast!

This picture was taken on Saturday afternoon.


And this is what Catie looked like when we went outside this morning.


I think it's about time for that haircut!

Raeleigh's last day of school

Today was Raeleigh's last day of school. Walking out of the school with her was a bittersweet moment for me. My baby girl is growing up. Next year she will be one of the "big kids" in her class. She was walking beside me and waving to everyone we passed and saying, "bye!" She has changed so much over the past 8 months.

When she started school in August she was saying very few words and didn't understand much of what was said to her. She had only been walking for 2 months. There was no way she could have walked from her classroom to the car by herself. She simply did not have the endurance. When her speech therapist asked, "Do you want to go home with me?" she wouldn't have said anything. Probably wouldn't have even looked at her, but today she firmly said, "NO!" and told her "bye!"

She came home today with a scrapbook from this year. Raeleigh has been sitting in a high chair at lunch since the beginning of the year but today they told me that this week she has been doing this...



Obviously I took a picture of what's in the scrapbook so I apologize for the glare!

Congratulations on this milestone baby girl! I can't wait to see how much you continue to grow over the summer!