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We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa this week because Rachel had a few days off of school.  One of the days we went to a pumpkin farm near ...

Here's our girl! We're amazed that she's looking at the camera!

Remember how excited I was about Rebecca finally saying my name?  Well, now she says it over and over and over, usually in a whiny voice (...

I thought we were all on the way to health, but apparently not.  Rachel started a cold on Thursday night, which turned into a fever and ear ...

We spent the morning at a pumpkin farm (we actually didn't get any pumpkins because Rachel's going on a pumpkin field trip on Monday...

I have been asking Rebecca this for a month or two now.  And she finally has the right answer! "Mom-mieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!...

It's 76 degrees with a blue sky.  A gorgeous fall day.  But it was a snow day....  sort of.  My routine in the morning is to turn on t...

Friday night, one minute Rachel was outside riding bikes with a friend, and the next minute she was laying on the couch with a 102+ degree f...

I think I may be able to post videos now, after five years of doing this and not much success with it.  This isn't a very exciting video...

I just watched, helplessly, as Rachel tumbled down the stairs below me.  One of the scariest moments of my life. She had just gotten ready...

12:15 PM I leave for the bank while my husband is home for lunch because I just HAVE to get out of the house.   Rebecca has been fussing AL...

:: Rebecca's been sick.  Several nights ago she started waking up around 9 pm, crying, and wouldn't go back to sleep.  We figured it...

At 16 months Rebecca seems to be talking so much more than I remember Rachel talking at this age.  She's actually understandable somet...

There's a tooth poking through!  That's my assurance that this fussiness will come to an end soon.  It's one of the one year mol...

Rebecca's learning lots of words.  But she's pretty efficient.  For instance, "gock" is her word for sock, truck (sounds a...

Rebecca's been fussy.  That sums up the last week or so.... Here's what she's usually doing: (Trying to climb up on Mom...