A Beautiful Day!

I know a lot of ya'll have been enjoying beautiful weather for a while, but we are just starting to get a taste of that here in Iowa City. Josh, Rebekah, and I went for a couple walks this weekend- one to downtown to grab some coffee (it takes about 20 min to get there), one by trail around our city...last week, a deer ran across our path in our own neighborhood! Crazy, I tell 'ya...

This was on our way out to our trail walk- I thought they looked adorable!! Rebekah actually wore the hat for the whole walk! Amazing girl!


This is in our backyard- we love to swing!!

Hey, Mom, why don't you let me take the picture...


This is her trying to crawl....

This is trying broccoli- if I gave it to her myself, the broccoli would not have been received so well...however, anything she can feed herself is game-on! In fact, Josh covered her food with his hand- she immediately and indignantly, I might add, grabbed his hand, thrust it aside, and shovelled as much as she possibly could into her greedy little mouth! I was crying it was so funny- as if I would give her food and then take it away...

Malone Trip to IA

Josh's fabulous parents just visited us this week- they came in on Saturday and flew out today. Not unexpectedly, they fell in love with Rebekah all over again! Mike and Phyllis played with Rebekah as much as possible while Mike worked on a few house projects during nap time. They blessed us very much and we were sad to see them go! :( They did at least bring TX weather with them- it got up to 77!

Sam was thrilled to have Nana and Pop's semi-undivided attention!


Standing with Dad...


I wonder what's in the box?

We went to the dog park to let Sam run around and enjoy the warm weather. It was wonderful. Rebekah had a blast and her high-pitched squeals were like a homing beacon for all the dogs.

I love my mom....


Some warm weather swingin'...

Time with Nana...



How cute is this?! I love her long, skinny legs!


Rebekah has started scooting-- semi-army crawling, but mostly, getting her knees under her and pushing off them and then dragging her body across the floor- she can go wherever she wants now and surprisingly fast!



Play Pals time- every Wednesday, we new moms get together after naptime...this week was at my house- we had 9 or 10 babies at peak time- pretty fun! This was hilarious- we were clapping and talking and trying to get their attention- Rebekah had us cracking up- she kept putting her hand on her chest, as if saying, Who?...Me? I could eat her up!

Abigail 6 mos, Ansley 7 mos, Reb 8 mos, Josiah and Abigail 9 1/2 mos, Conley 9 mos, Abraham 2 mos


Sadly, Rebekah developed a pretty nasty cough and a drippy nose this week...I took her to the doctor and we found out she has 2 ear infections! Yikes!

A Few More from Dallas and some from IA

These are from my camera that I just downloaded...back in Dallas, it was Shannon's goal to get Rebekah to love her...I think she succeeded!

Some fun shots from the highchair....




Rebekah is not crawling- why expend that kind of energy when she can roll where she wants to go? :) We went to Amanda's for play time and Rebekah rolled across the room and under the dining room table where she enjoyed rolling back and forth with various toys for quite a while.


Did I mention that she's flexible...?


We celebrated Andrea's birthday last week with a small surprise party in the midst of a virtual blizzard! It was so fun to have the couples together again! David just celebrated his 1st birthday on Valentine's Day, Grace just turned 11 months, and the twins are just past 9 months. Here are our little ones with their dads, then their moms....sorry to Jamie for the funny expression, but I couldn't pass up this one of Rebekah...


Still hard to get a good shot of everyone...but we tried!

Playing with me at the party...


Bath time with Dad...



Nothing like a good rub-down after a bath...

Last- Rebekah and me at church this weekend...

Sorry for the delay....

Well, Rebekah and I visited my parents last week for a whole week! While there, my best friend Shannon and her precious daughter visited the first part and my mother-in-law visited the 2nd part, too! I loved seeing and reuniting with so many friends- thank you to all who took the time to visit! Upon returning home, my computer had a mini-meltdown, so I am slow to update the blog b/c I can rarely pry Josh's lappy from him!

My best friend, Shannon, and Elizabeth
Regardless of the fact that I adore Elizabeth like my own child, she only had eyes for Aunt Gayle...mental note to self, do NOT allow Elizabeth to spend time with Mom alone before I get there next time!


A rare restful moment...with my dad of course!

Lots of fun times with Granddaddy!!


And with Grandmama, of course!

And with both!!
My parents instituted "Diaper Time" in which Rebekah apparently loves the lack of confinement in being almost in the buff! We have kept the tradition at home, too!