Happy Yellow Friday Day!

Still has the touch!

So last week when we went to visit Jacob, the first time Rachel saw her daddy she got scared and bawled. It definitely didn't take her long to warm up to him though, and before long he was able to get her laughing again. I think it is so funny that she will only laugh for certain people and I'm so glad her daddy is one of them. She hardly ever laughs for me, although on Sunday night she gave me quite a few little laughs. She is such a cute funny girl. The times when she will laugh are so rare that I feel like I need to record them as proof that she does indeed laugh, so once again here is a little video of my little Rachel girl laughing.

Roll Anyone?

I know I talk about Rachel eating food quite often, but she is just so funny about it. A little while ago I had a roll, and before I could even take a bite out of it, Rachel was whining and reaching for it. I gave it to her thinking that all she would be able to do is just suck on it and drool on it a little bit. Boy was I wrong! I didn't know one roll could make such a mess. She was so excited about that roll, but there were crumbs everywhere! I took a picture at the very end but when I went to put in on here I couldn't find it so you'll just have to imagine what a mess it made! She is just so funny!

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall. . .

Rachel loves to look at the baby in the mirror, and it makes me so happy! She will grin and grin and grin whenever she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror. I think it is so cute! I think it is pretty funny too though because I know she doesn't recognize that it is her she is looking at, but she doesn't grin at other babies as much as she grins at herself in the mirror.

It was really cute when she first saw herself in this little toy mirror, she kissing the baby in the mirror! I didn't get any pictures of her kissing herself but I really wish I had!

When we were in Texas, the room we stayed in had mirrors on the closet doors. I let Rachel get close enough to touch if she wanted to and she did! She thought it was great fun to get to be so close to the baby in the mirror.

Rachel was funny because she kept trying to touch the baby in the mirrors face, but every time she went to touch her face, the other baby's hand came up to block her! She got kind of frustrated about that after a while! :p

It kind of reminds me of Anne of Green Gables how Anne had a "window friend" named Katie. Well my child has a mirror friend. I wonder what her name is. :)

Relay for Life

The Relay for Life was a couple of weeks ago and I'm finally now getting to posting a few pictures from it. I love the Relay for Life. There are quite a few people in my family who have had or who have cancer so our family has been involved with it for a lot of years. Last year was my first year not attending the Relay since we started doing it. We were living in California and couldn't come back for it. This year I didn't get to stay for nearly as long as I would have liked. Usually I go and stay all night long and spend a good part of the night walking and supporting my family members, but this year it kind of snuck up on me and I couldn't stay all night because I needed to take Rachel home and put her to bed. The part I did get to stay for was a lot of fun though! My brother and I went out and got sushi and it was so good that I couldn't stop thinking about it. I had to go out and get some the next night too! It was way fun! The Relay for Life is ALWAYS fun! I didn't get many pictures, but here are the few I got.

This is a picture of all of the cancer survivors in purple and their caregivers in white making the survivors lap. Can I tell you I just love the Relay for Life?

Here is a picture of my Mom's Dad. My favorite Grandpa Doodle starting on the survivors lap. My grandpa is so awesome, he makes everyone feel like they are loved and like they are the most important person. He makes us feel loved because he truly does love everyone.

Here is a picture of Uncle Danton and Aunt Susan doing the survivors lap!

Rachel was so funny at the Relay. She looks kinda grumpy and tired in this picture and in truth she was pretty grumpy and tired most of the day, except for when we were at the Relay. She was loving being outside in the stroller. It was a super windy day and most people were cold, but Rachel would smile and get excited when the wind would blow in her face. Also there were some loud speakers on one side of the track playing music. It was so loud that when you walk past them you have to stop talking because you can't hear anything except the music. It was so funny, because whenever we would walk past the speakers Rachel would laugh! She is a funny baby. Most babies hate the wind and loud noises, but apparently she likes them! Silly girl!

Here is a picture of Grandma and Grandpa Murphy on the Survivors lap. We love you!

Here is a picture of my cute Aunt Susan! She and her family do so much every year getting everything organized for the Relay for Life! Thanks for all you do Aunt Susan!

I didn't get a very good picture of this, but after the survivors lap all of the survivors let go of their balloons at the same time. I love seeing all of the balloons going up into the atmosphere!

Rachel's cousin Kayla was having so much fun playing with her! It was so cute! Kayla was actually getting Rachel to laugh!