September 8th - September 14th

Rachel is getting so big.  At her doctors appointment she was 32.5 inches tall which is 90th percentile, 23.9 pounds which is 75th percentile, and her head was 18.8 which is 90th percentile.  She loves waving but she had a tendency to wave after people are gone or the doors are closed. Her favorite place to be is outside, she loves the freedom of running around.  She understands so many things, such as what I mean when I tell her it is time to eat, do her hair, or change her diaper. She is getting some new words which makes me very happy. 

Putting her to bed is getting so fast (of course except for tonight).  The longest part of the routine is her bath which can last us to 45 minutes as she has so much fun.  Once we get her to her room, it usually takes less than 5 minutes. Most of the time and she is crawling into her bed so that she can sleep.  Putting her down for her nap is just as fast.

Monday 8th - In the morning I finished packing up mine and Rachel's stuff and putting it in the car.  We headed out about 9 and stopped first at my dad's work to say goodbye and then headed to my mom's work to do the same thing.  We got on the road about 10. We ended up stopping at a Wendy's in Cedar City because Rachel had decided that she was about to die from starvation. I decided I was going to starve about Beaver, so we stopped there for me. We made it the rest of the way pretty with Rachel sleeping most of the way. That afternoon I worked on unpacking everything before John got home so we could have an enjoyable evening.

Tuesday 9th -  In the morning I took Rachel over to someone in my ward to watch her while I went to my yearly checkup. When I got back to pick her up she did not want to come with me she was having so much fun.  We hurried home to feed her a quick lunch and then headed to Rachel's 15 month doctor appointment (only a month late).  She did a pretty good job. The doctor said she didn't scream as much as most children.  After her appointment we headed home and I put her down for a nap.  Once she was up we headed over to Granger high school for Brigitta's tennis match, which got rained out pretty quickly. That evening John and I took Rachel and went grocery shopping.

Wednesday 10th - Rachel and I spent a fun morning playing at the playground and on the patio.  That evening we went on a walk and then to Arctic Circle for an ice cream treat and Rachel loved playing on the playground. She was very unhappy when we had to leave.

Thursday 11th - Rachel and I went back to the park for about an hour and she had a blast.  During Rachel's nap I worked on more carseat covers.  That afternoon I went to Hunter to watch Brigitta's tennis match.

Friday 12th - I spent the morning working on pizza and playing with Rachel.  While she napped I worked on the covers some more.  We headed over to Granger after she woke up to see the rest of the match that had gotten postponed due to the rain on Tuesday.  That night are friends Becca and Joe came over for some dinner and games.  We stayed up until after 11 playing Nerts and a couple games of 7 Wonders (John won one and I won one).

Saturday 13th - In the morning John and I took Rachel to a ward members house so that we could go to the Temple.  She had a blast with the girls there and didn't want to leave.  They had a toy shopping cart and some play food. She was in heaven.  After we got home we all ate lunch and then Rachel and I took a nap.  That evening we decided to go hang out at the pool.  John played with Rachel for most of the time while I read my book.  

Sunday 14th - We spent the morning just relaxing and getting ready for church.  During Sacrament meeting I gave the opening prayer and John gave the closing prayer.  Rachel was pretty cranky and acting very tired.  Sunday School was very long with lots of tears from Rachel so after the meeting ended we ended up just taking her home for a nap.  While she was sleeping I finished a book (and took a short nap) and John played on his computer.   After dinner our friends Kevin and Kendra came over for games and dessert.  We played a lot of hands of Nerts and enjoyed visiting.