09 July 2009

the long awaited picture post.

Summer is definitely here! The weather has been great and we are loving our new home more and more. My oldest sister and her kids are in town so the parents house is nice and loud! It's great to have them here and we're looking forward to Carly and the kids coming and spending some time on the Oregon coast in a couple of weeks! Here are a few pictures of what we've been doing with life lately....

Natalie loves her swing! She gets so excited sometimes that her arms and legs go crazy, it's pretty comical.


Natalie still doesn't have the knack of rice cereal (either that or I'm still not very good at feeding it to her!). Sad to say she looks like a boy in this picture. She does look just like Brady though, I just love it!


Ever since I made that comment about no hair, it has started growing!! Look! Look!
Maybe pigtails are closer than I thought :)



Cousins meeting for the first time. This is Penny, Wendy's youngest. She is only 9 weeks older than Natalie, but about 10 lbs heavier and she got the hair genes.



Three of the five sisters.


Ally and Sammy (Wendy's other two) picking apricots.
They were excited to tell Grandpa that they "worked on the farm".

Natalie's first peach picking! i love my husband!



They decided it would be fun to put Natalie in Mom's walker so she could carry her around. Very funny. See how they treat her when they babysit? :) Just kidding, my family is wonderful. By the way mom is doing awesome recovering from her knee surgery! We are all so proud of her!!


We frequently have to cut Natalie's nails because she seems to attack herself. This time Grandma was cutting her nails and she was just enjoying getting pampered and fell asleep!!



Natalie's new outfit. What a cutie!

6 comments:

Laura said...

Natalie looks so sweet! I can't believe how much she really does look like Brady. Thanks for posting pictures, we sure miss you guys!

Carly Andelin said...

Natalie has grown so much! Those are so cute pictures of her and Penny! I'm so excited to come to WA I can't hardly stand it! You guys better not have all the fun without me! :) And yes, Natalie looks SO MUCH like Brady now! That is a really nice picture of you and Madie and Wendy...you guys look really pretty :) I was laughing so hard at the picture of natalie in mom's walker...this little tiny bald baby girl with this wide eyes...so funny! Anyways, thanks for posting all the pictures! Don't forget to add my email to your blog invites!

Kelly said...

she is so darling! I love her huge hat in the last picture. she's just so cute!

Mindy said...

Gosh! She's getting so big! I just love it. Isn't it the best when family comes to visit? I love when I get to see family. We can't wait to see Nat and you guys next month. And we're excited to see the farm and your house.

Heather said...

Hey Rachael,
I miss you, Natalie is so big, I can hardly believe it, wow! How are you liking being in Washington again?

Shanae said...

Natalie is ADORABLE!!! HOW FUN!