sneak peek

my BFF took our family pictures saturday...here is a sneak peek

the fort

can you find olivia in this picture?

probably not unless you have x-ray vision...she was camped out in this fort for a few hours the other day.

it was pretty roomy & took up about half of the living room. she had her lunch in there. and she relaxed for quiet time in there too.

she was pretty proud of herself & this little fort.

the best part (according to olivia) was the secret windo where she could watch tv.

rachel & the heat wave

this little girl enjoyed the recent heat-wave by playing with a package of 500 water balloons...

as you can see, she dumped the package in the yard & i didn't even try to pick them up...

she's lucky she's so darn cute...

i guess now mother nature has snapped back to reality because today is supposed to be much much cooler than the near 90 degrees of saturday & sunday. i'm so ready for it. i love me so fall weather, you know jeans & hoodie weather. that's the best. highs right around 70, lows in the 50s - absolutely the best.

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since this post has pictures of my lovely little 2 year old, i thought i would write a little bit about her too. here is what rachel has been up to lately:

• saying "ok, ok" after everything. example: "mama, i am going to get my blankie. ok ok" and it's not just any ok ok. jarrett says she sounds like joe pesci. haha! and she really really does.
  
  
• she talks non-stop now. we were at the laundry-mat over the weekend, there was an older gentleman there too. rachel kept walking up to him saying "hi, man" or just yelling "maaaaaan, i rachel". she will talk to anyone. makes me smile, but also scares me a little because she is not scared of anyone.
  
  
• if you ask her "what is coming up soon?" she will very proudly say "my birsday!"
  
  
• if i call her "honey" or "sweetie" anything like that she corrects me "i not honey, i rachel" which sounds more like "ray-sell"
  

i can't believe she is going to be 3 later this month. where has the time gone, no really, where did it go? she was just a little baby.