Rachel standing up by herself!

What a busy day!  This morning I went in to get Rachel out of bed and she had set herself up for the first time.  Then this afternoon, she was crawling around in the floor, made her way over to my stool and started standing up by herself.  Momma nearly gave Daddy a heartache yelling at him to come look.

In the words of Dora..."She did it! She did it! She did it, YEA!"

Rachel finally figured out what to do with her hands.  She's going to be on the prowl now, LOOK OUT!  She was 8 months old yesterday.





Snow days are fun ...

but everyone is ready for life to get back to normal.  Momma and Daddy can only entertain for so long. 
 

You mean I have to put all this on to go outside...for what?
Who cares if it's my first snow.

My precious snow angel!



I'm going to hit you with a snowball, Momma!

Awe...poor Kaso!





Almost nearly....

but not quite hardly.  Rachel has figured out a way to move forward, but it's not exactly crawling.  She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks.  She pulls her knees up under her, but can't figure out what to do with her hands.  Once she gets those moving, she'll be gone!