Emily and Rachel's Photo Blog :)

2012-02-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

The girls thought it was fun to set up the chairs and
play catch this way!! :)

Then figured out they could kick too! Silly girls :)

I looked over and saw two mermaids in the air.....via
Emily's TOES!!! :P She cracks me up :)

Rachel got an early birthday present! A new bed!! She
was so in love with Emily's twin that we got her one too!

They were dressing up in necklaces, hats and sunglasses
and then Emily tried to help Rachel with her shoes!

A visit with grandma means another repair session
with Emily's favorite blanket :)

Aunt Tara, Kendra and Taz came too! Rachel decided
to give him a pet!

Snuggle time.... :)

The girls loved Kendra's hat!!! :) Say cheese!

Our trip to Denver!

2012-01-07T08:39:00.000-08:00

More pictures to come as pop and gram took many more than us!

But here are a few :)

Waiting for the PLANE!!!

Watching a movie on the way! (It was not always quite
this calm, but hey I had a minute to get a picture!)

The girls were excited just to have stairs in the house!

Having fun in the couch pillows!!

Me too! :)

Taking it easy with Pop! :)

Gram had put out bath crayons for us!! WAHOO! :)

The girls loved "playing" the piano!!

At the outdoor Christmas light display peeking
in one of the elf windows!

Pop and Rachel during the walkthrough lights section!
It was COLD out...brrrrr :)

While there we also went to look at some fancy Christmas
light displays, played on the rides at Chuck-E-Cheese,
went to the library for story time, enjoyed the fish at the
aquarium, had Christmas with lots of fun presents, built

smurfs at BuildABear, played on the slide incessantly at the
house, ate plenty of good food, showed off for Great

grandparents Cecy and Ralph, chased the puppy with baby
strollers, and gave lots of love to Pop and Gram :) What

a great trip!

Waiting for the plane to go home...awww, we don't wanna... :)

2011-12-15T11:02:00.000-08:00

An early Christmas was in order since we'll be
in Denver Christmas day! Yay for the tree!! :)

The girls were both obsessed with the ornaments
that make noise!! This was probably the 850th push :)

Coolest stocking stuffer ever!

Look at what you got!

WOW, me too :)

These things are sure fun!

Stealing mommy's Christmas mug!

And getting tickled for it!! :)

Busting out the new coloring books!

Awww...I'm so excited about this!

And this!!

Christmas was fun! :)

Also did another trip to zoo lights!

All bundled up together waiting for the train!

In our new santa/snowman hats :)

2011-12-02T16:07:00.000-08:00

"Helping" put up lights!

Rachel was an even better "helper"! :)

Fun with great grandpa on Thanksgiving!!

Flipping the lights on and off!

Cutie patootie :)

We went to ZOO lights!!! :)

Look at that!

No, no, over here!!

Emily loved the people dressed up as animals!

On the train!

Saying "choo-choo" :P

2011-11-20T19:15:00.000-08:00

Our little "lefty" :)

Our precious Emily :)

The pink balloon...oh, and Rachel :P

A picture I have been meaning to post! Grammy rides! :)

Lazy Saturday morning :)

Josh and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on 11/11/11!
Here we are at Multnomah Falls!! :)

Happy Halloween!!

2011-11-02T20:45:00.000-07:00

After picking pumpkins at the patch! :)

Emily wanted to pick up EVERY pumpkin she saw!!

Thanks to Pop and Gram for the decorating kits! How fun! :)

Intrigued by what mommy and daddy are doing!

Rachel "helping" :)

The final products!! :)

The best picture I could get of the "girls" in front of the
pumpkins....Rachel is inside wanting nothing to do with it! :)

Grammy was in town for the occasion and got some snuggle time in too!

And now for the costumes!!! A cute Tink!

And a posing Cinderella ;)

But more importantly, the LOOT!

Yum :)

2011-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Happy as can be underwater! :)

Reeeeeeeeeeeach!

Rachel exploring outside!

Rachel playing dead :P

Cuddles with daddy :)

Emily and mom cuddles :)

Somebody's tuckered out!

Our "baby" got a big girl bed!!

2011-10-16T19:11:00.000-07:00

A trip to Seattle! This is after a day at the aquarium :)

The girls had a blast!!

These little portholes were fun!

And so was being taller than everyone else :)

Group shot!

Emily was in awe of everything...just look at her reflection!

Awww...special time with Aunt Tara :)

Jake-y tickling Em :)

Out at dinner...Emily taking in the convo while snacking!

Rachel cleaning up! Who knew cleaning was so fun?

The girls also thought the hotel blinds were the coolest!!

Where'd Rachel go? :P

2011-10-09T22:28:00.000-07:00

My new favorite photo of the girls being cute together :)

And they can pick as many of those "flowers" as they want!!

Focusing hard on those legos!

The perma-grin we see on the swings ;)

Having fun in the sandbox!

Ta-da! It's Emily! :)

And Rachel??? :)

Emily loves this alphabet drum!

The baby cuddling the baby :)

2011-10-02T16:40:00.000-07:00

Raspberries anyone??

I'm not sure this is how the toy is supposed to be used :)

Coloring time!!

Impromptu "nap" :P The girls even brought out their pillows!

They also think it is funny to play behind the kitchen!

Balloons!! Yes, it's game day---Note those Oregon duck colors! :)

Catch!

Think these two are related??

Lego tower!

Rachel actually giving Emily the pieces! :)

The continuing series....find the Rachel in this photo :)

2011-09-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

Rachel the dj making sure everyone knows what song is playing :)

Emily loves the end of the alphabet most :)

Winkler park in action and rare squawking "birds", er kids :)

Emily, our little fish!!! :)

2011-09-09T22:27:00.000-07:00

Matching hat day :)

First time in the sandbox!!

Bunny ears are so fashionable :)

The girls love to look out the window when someone
pulls up or in this case when daddy mows the lawn :)

Our niece Liana came to visit!!! :)

Oh, and these other folks too :P

Group shot lounging on the couch!

Cousin bonding! :)

Enjoying the swings!

A full sandbox!

Grammy and Rachel spent the most time here!

New zhu zhu pets! The girls thought these were hilarious!

Room for two! :)

A coloring fest!

Emily and Liana would run around and tickle each other :)

My adorable niece...can't believe how big she's gotten :)

Uncle Michael time :)

Laughing with Auntie Nilanthi :)

Emily adored her Uncle Michael (or as she called him, "Bicycle")

All had a great visit :)

2011-08-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

She can almost hide behind it!

It's a good thing this one is too big for the hoop :)

However, then getting it back out is a bit of a challenge!

Rodeo girl :)

Who doesn't sit next to a life-size cookie monster?

Typical cartoon morning:
Daddy snoozing to make up for the early hour...

Emily completely engrossed in the show....

and Rachel flipping the lights on and off and running
back and forth across the couch :)

Awww...sharing the chair! :)

And drawing together :)

Emily got her first haircut! A cute little bob :)

2011-08-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

Emily being a goofball :)

Rachel actually putting the cap back on!

Outside fun!!

Going up....

Going down!!!

Hey, this is fun!

Emily brought us all yellow "flowers" :)

And of course all petals go in the cupholder :)

2011-07-31T16:08:00.000-07:00

Can you find the Rachel in this picture??

If I stand completely still, noone will see me :)

hehehe...this is fun! ;)

Slow dancing with daddy!

Swing your partner...

New bath toys!! Sooo fun!

Josh got out his old hot wheels and the girls love them!

Especially Emily!

2011-07-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

The girls enjoying their swings!! :)

Tickling :) And discussing their shirts :P

Trying to get the monkey to smile for the camera
and then loving on her little sister :)

2011-07-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

We got the girls a playset!!!

Wheeeeeeeeee! :)

Lots of giggles and grins!

So far, all they want to do is swing, swing, swing!

But being inside is fun too with rides like this!

Or this....

And sometimes it's a two for one :)

I'm a plane!

So am I!!

And then daddy's arms were tired so reading was in order :)

2011-07-04T11:28:00.000-07:00

Getting situated to watch our fireworks!! Yes, it's light out :)

First sparklers! :)

Emily wanted to be like Rachel...held up high :)

Our little pyro :P

Emily in action with the sparkler!

Rachel loving her first one!!

2011-06-28T22:24:00.000-07:00

Always wanting to do the same thing :)

Our little dancers :)

Goofballs!

2011-06-18T09:56:00.000-07:00

Snuggle time with daddy :)

Somebody is cracking us up!!!!

It's grandma! :) We loved our visit with her!

Dancing with Tinkerbell and Cinderella!

Reading together with mommy :)

Emily giving Rach a spin!

Emily surprises Rachel with every turn!

Both spinning together! They love this chair :)

Trying to stand up in the tub after mommy said no! :P

Rachel drinking her milk on her own!

Emily's underwater shot! She is still LOVING swim class!

2011-06-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

Pushing her sister who's too short to reach the pedals! :)

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Emily found the traditional basket on head method most
effective for transporting the big orange ball! :)

Proud of her impressive throw!

You can never have too many balls!

Rachel attempting to throw hers :)

Nice weather means fun at the park!

Emily showing Rachel the ropes!

Wee!!! :)

Fun with daddy! :)

Rachel was too fast for me to help her scoot into position, so she
went down the slide on her tummy instead! Clearly she didn't mind :)

2011-06-03T14:57:00.000-07:00

Awww...mommy and Emmy :)

Rachel feeding her baby!

And kissing the baby :)

Emily backing up to avoid going to bed :)

I have a feeling someone wants to be picked up!

2 little monkeys jumping on the bed....er couch :)

Such a sweetie pie :)

The girls :)

2011-05-22T09:49:00.000-07:00

Badminton fun!

A break to smile with grammy :)

On the go....well sort of.... :)

Rachel getting in on the action!

New shades!

Too cool! :)

Rachel acting all grown up :)

Acting more like her crazy self here!

Our precious girls all "cozy" :)

2011-05-16T10:42:00.000-07:00

A sunny day meant it was time for fun in the yard!

Rachel pretending she knows how to blow bubbles :)

Watching Emily like a hawk!

Checking out the grass!

Our mini lawn mower :)

Who knew grass was THIS exciting!!! :)

Rachel got obsessed with this ball!

The girls being cute together :)

2011-05-01T10:42:00.000-07:00

Pretty girl :)

Our "little" girl looking bigger every day!

Rachel forged her way through the back of the kitchen
and managed to push it away from the couch!

They then thought it was fun to play peek-a-boo!!

Soooo funny :)

We've been on a painting kick...Emily tries to "help" :)

Having fun :)

Rachel thought it was fun to walk around without any vision!

Emily didn't want to miss the action!! Our goofballs :)

Happy Easter! :)

2011-04-24T09:12:00.000-07:00

A trip to the Woodburn tulip farm! Gorgeous!! :)

Emily smelling the flowers...this could take a while :P

In the wooden shoes!! :)

On the run!

Delighted by these bright things! :)

The girls thought the tulips were most fascinating!

On the tractor with daddy!

We took the girls to the zoo easter hunt!

They had fun putting things in their baskets!

Target spotted, purple egg almost within reach :)

2011-04-15T15:34:00.000-07:00

A rare tornado touched down in our living room!

Clearly this couldn't be just from the girls!?! :P

Rachel playing with a little car and looking older!!

Here she tried to feed herself!

Except she likes to flip the spoon over which means the food on it gets tipped over too!!! :)

Emily thought it was fun to pull the blanket off the chair!

And then snuggle on top of it herself! :)

Rachel can't decide on just one book :)

Getting cozy in the recliner...when did she get so big!?

Rachel started walking!!!

2011-04-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

2011-04-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

Awwwww.....the girls snuggling with daddy! :)

Rachel laughing with mommy!

Think they're related? :)

Caught her in a reflective moment!

2011-03-27T10:01:00.000-07:00

Waiting for Em who is lapping her :P

Looking too cool in her shades :)

Bath time has become slightly calmer now that
Rachel isn't flailing herself about every second!

Emily sharing the cups!

Acting like sisters! :)

Drumming with daddy!

Who knew laundry was so entertaining?? :)

Emily actually helping put the laundry in the dryer!

Rachel's form of "help" is pulling stuff out! :)

2011-03-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

The girls playing with the ball toy for the first time!!

Rachel being a goofball and playing peekaboo!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2011-03-18T16:11:00.000-07:00

The girls being cute together and in their green! :)

Watch out!

Girl on a mission!

Emily cracking herself up! :)

Note those shamrock pants!

Josh surprised me at work with the girls for St. Patty's!!

Happy GREEN fam :)

2011-03-09T19:30:00.000-08:00

A new toy...or rather one we finally bought batteries for! :)

This is fun!

The air works for hair too :)

Not sure what's going on here, but it took concentration :P

A trip to OMSI! Emily loved being in charge of the stroller!

Sometimes she needed a little help steering, though :)

Putting up St. Patrick's Day window clings with Grammy!

Car racing......zooooooooooom!

Almost within reach...

Rachel is now on the move with the shopping cart!

Emily liked to lap her, but paused for a moment here :)

Zzzzzzz....all that running around wore me out!

Water Fun!

2011-03-07T19:10:00.000-08:00

A bath with Emily cracked Rachel up! She wouldn't sit still and
kept falling over which made her laugh even more!! :)

Soooooo funny! :)

Two happy girls!

More swimming pictures! Loving it!

Floating is fun with a mermaid in her hand! :)

S-P-L-A-S-H!!!

Rachel LOVES this float and would glide all day if we let her!

And a littler splash from Rach!

2011-02-28T07:51:00.000-08:00

15minutes of playtime captured in photos...busy girls! :)

Who knew balloons were like flying kites!

Sharing with Rachel!

I SEE YOU!

Got your nose Em :)

Haha! Surprised you up here, didn't I?

Coming in?

Now see, we put them in here....

And then we can get them out here!

Yeah, but putting them up here is more fun!

2011-02-22T18:45:00.000-08:00

Yes, this is officially how you stuff your face! :)

And here's a more dainty approach....

Rachel doing a little light reading....

Cooking up something in the kitchen!

The cutest little 2 year old grin :) When did she grow up??

2011-02-13T13:15:00.000-08:00

Guess who turned 1?!? Happy Birthday Rachel!

We opened a few gifts on her actual bday!

Intently trying to figure this out!

And now at the party!!

This looks fun....

So does this!

But does anything really beat the tissue paper?? :P

Wahoo....who knew my bottom would be so good on the piano!? :)

But perhaps this works better...

Emily getting into the action...WHOOSH! :)

Time for cake!

Grandpa making me laugh!

Rachel didn't make a mess at all, but I think it was because she

didn't want to waste any!! She liked her cake and just kept eating it!

2011-02-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

Daddy had fun tickling his girls!!!

They seemed to have fun too :)

Playing ball! Watch out Rachel!!

Rachel being a goof...she put this on herself and kept it on!

2011-02-01T05:34:00.000-08:00

Just got some video from a couple months ago off

the camera and thought we'd share :)

Emily playing video games with daddy!

Rachel bouncing, laughing, and clapping :)

2011-01-28T13:24:00.000-08:00

A trip to the park! :) Em liked the tire swing!

But Rachel LOVED the regular swings!!!

Driving already :)

Rachel giving it a spin!

Rachel pondering her next move :)

Emily's favorite is the big spiral slide!

All that running around wore her out though...aww :)

2011-01-22T11:35:00.000-08:00

Rachel's new favorite move :) She tries to stand up but gets this far!

Getting serious with the bubbles :)

Then not so serious ;)

Awwww.......time for loves :)

Big smiles while playing!

Getting up on the mat at swim class!

On one of the floats!

Rachel in the pool! :)

2011-01-07T22:13:00.000-08:00

Christmas Dresses Photo Shoot! :) We couldn't quite get the

great shot of both of them at the same moment! Oh well :)

Rachel being her mischievous self :)

Swimming Lessons!!! Both girls started this week, but
Josh gets Emily ready during Rachel's, so here are the pics
I got of Em! They both seemed to really enjoy it, though!! :)

Listening close for the next instruction!

Face to face time :)

Practicing kicking while on their backs.

2011-01-02T18:09:00.000-08:00

What? Don't you all talk on the phone like this??

Group shots from New Year's!! :)

Uncle Michael with Emmy and Liana!

Emily loved playing with her cousin :)

Basketball time!

Reading break :)

Rachel found out she can make fun noises with her hands!

On the move :)

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T20:11:00.000-08:00

What IS this thing? :P

I don't know, but I'm going for it :)

This is fun!

And so is riding on this!!

The girls are still working on sharing which made unwrapping
all new toys "interesting" :P But sometimes they surprised us :)

Look at 'em bowl!! :)

Rachel thought she had to bend in half to shoot!!

Reaching for the dunk :)

Josh and I painted a wall with magnetic paint!! The girls thought
it was pretty cool that these animals stuck!

Rock Star!!! :)

Attack the daddy :)

2010-12-21T22:21:00.000-08:00

Emily turned 2!!! Daddy got to take the day off with her and they went
to the Children's Museum! She loved it! Happy Birthday Emily!! :)

Playing in the water!

Balls are always fun!

Tinkertoys can double as drums :)

This time of year also meant an early Christmas celebration!

Rachel loved burying herself under the xmas blankets!

We put a bow on Rachel's head and then she thought she
needed to put more up there! Funny girl :P

Emily liked to help open presents with everyone!

Showing off her new princess pj's!

There's also been plenty of playtime...as always!

Both girls love these musical cards!!

Rachel getting into the shopping cart.

And she's up on her knees now!

The girls being cute together :)

And Josh and Rachel being cute together :)

2010-12-12T22:26:00.000-08:00

Em posing in front of our tree :)

Teaching Rachel about all the colors!

Grammy was in town for a visit!

Which meant more Zoo Lights!!

This time we met a dinosaur!

Rachel looking all cute bundled up!

Emily wearing one of my baby dresses!!

And now one of Grammy's baby dresses! This
was made by Emily's great grandma Barbara!!

Playing with Rachel :)

Both girls love the window clings!

2010-12-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

GO Univ. of Oregon DUCKS!!!!

It was Civil War day and we dressed the girls accordingly :)

Fall leaves are fun :)

Wait, what am I supposed to do here?

Emily -- our little goof ball :)

Rachel decided to start army crawling...slowly but surely.

2010-11-28T10:44:00.000-08:00

Snow day at home with the girls!! :)

Rachel sooooo wants to follow Em!

Rachel figured out the ball drop!

Emily loves her stickers!!

Rachel thought she was pretty cool leaning up on the
couch and looking over at Emily in the play kitchen!

We went to ZOO LIGHTS at the Portland Zoo!!

So pretty!! But a little chilly too, so the girls were bundled!

They both seemed to really like it, but Emily's favorite
part was seeing the train go by!! She'd go "choo-choo!"

2010-11-19T21:52:00.000-08:00

If I could just...........

Oh, you want me to pose for you...here you go!

Back to work....wait, wait, this seems closer!

But this is a sooooooo much easier :)

Daddy dancing with his big girl! Awww....:)

Emily showing Rachel the ropes :P

And "helping" her look her best :P

Wait a minute...what the heck happened?? :)

2010-11-14T17:54:00.000-08:00

Josh and I were here for a couple days, so the girls got
some special time with grandma! What a view!

Awww...Rachel tries her darndest to do everything
Emily does!! However, if she moves from her spot,
it's all over!

On the move!

The girls chilling together :)

Reading time with Rachel :)

HALLOWEEN!

2010-11-04T07:32:00.000-07:00

Our little Tinkerbell :)

Our happy pumpkin :)

Trick or treating was fun!

But reviewing the loot was also exciting :)

This one is yours....

Wait a minute, are those MY skittles???

How the heck do you get into this thing?

Helping Rachel after she dropped a candy :)

Awww....hugs!

2010-10-24T20:03:00.000-07:00

Cutie patootie :)

Pesky little sister "helping" with dinnertime :)

She will sneak up and tickle Emily's toes too!

Emily playing with mommy :)

Rachel holding herself up and loving it!

Thinking she's a big girl :)

Our little climber! Wish I could have caught pics
of her retrieving the Halloween window clings!!

Rachel being a goofball :)

2010-10-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

Playing with the musical card :)

Emily setting up her baby to eat! :)

We joke that Rachel has abs of steel because she does
these leg lifts ALL the time...even in her sleep!!!

Pj playtime!

Grandpa got the girls PINK camo hats! :)

Rachel got herself situated like this and was cracking herself up!

Important phone call to take!

2010-10-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

What's in here??

Playing together :)

They crack each other up!

Rachel just started clapping!!

They both love the balls! :)

Emily wanted her hair done, even though there's not

much to work with!! :)

Rachel showing off her hair-do too!

2010-10-01T06:51:00.000-07:00

My mischievous girls!!

(finally saw how Em was getting in this!!)

Rachel loved being pushed around by Emily...too cute!

Playing with the drum!

Emily's version of croquet :)

BUBBLES!!!

Rachel loves bath time!

2010-09-25T06:31:00.000-07:00

Our little twins :)

I love Costco carts because they both fit!!! :)

Rachel snuggling with daddy :)

Awww...cutie smiles :)

Kitchen fun!

Quite the "meal" being prepared!

Rachel tried out the walker and loved it!!

She's actually tall enough to reach the bottom already!

I have no idea what Emily was doing here, but she was
very into it and kept talking to cookie monster about it :)

2010-09-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

The girls sharing Daddy's chair :)

Hugs for Rach :)

Rachel sitting up playing!

However, when she gets excited she ends up back like this :)

Bath tub toy OVERLOAD!!! :) Emily liked it though!

Wearing daddy's sweatshirt....our little E.T. :)

A trip to the coast! :)

2010-09-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Mommy and the girls!

Daddy swinging with Emmy...too adorable :)

Emily loved pushing the stroller on the boardwalk!

She did stop to say hello to the birds though :)

Too cute :)

Rachel's first trip to the beach!!

Emily loved riding the carousel!

Rachel had fun too!

Gotta love indoor pools! Rachel LOVED her little tube!

Emily got in some aerial moves with daddy!

Rachel got the ball and didn't want to give it up! :)

Awww...daddy and his girls :)

Mommy getting splashed courtesy of Emmy!

The girls first "bath" together after the pool!

2010-09-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

The girls having a little tea party :)

Emily's new game is to put a hat on your head!
She was clapping with Grammy at her masterpiece :)

Here she is dancing after putting the hat on herself!

Rachel looking through the doorway...she wants to play
with all the big girl toys already!

Emily playing with a new toy from the Kings!

She kept trying to figure out a way to pull herself!! :)

Testing out the Strawberry Shortcake apron :)

Grammy, Em, and Rach :)

Salt Lake City Trip! :)

2010-09-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

Had an awesome visit in Salt Lake!! Here are some photos...

Emily loved her cousin Liana ("Na-Na") and gave her

lots of hugs and lots of orders of things to do too! :)

She made herself right at home taking over Liana's room!

Rachel loved the extra hands to hold her with :)

Group shot! :)

Liana's gotten so big!!!

Me and Michael playing with Rachel!

Emily loved Uncle Michael and was entertained by the
random computer games he played!

Having a ball with Auntie Nilanthi :)

My girls :) Josh somehow escaped all photos!!

Uncle Michael was so sillly :)

Big grins! We surprised Emily from behind the chair! :)

Another "group" shot...we really need to get better at
these...but for now, three at once was challenge enough! :)

2010-08-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

Loungin' outside :)

And now on the move!!

Rachel and daddy enjoying the shade!

Emily wanted to push Rachel in the stroller! (no, we don't
make Emily wear a helmet when she's outside, she had just
hopped off her trike which she likes to "ride", aka, sit on!)

And they're off!

Cookie monster is as big as Emily which makes it
entertaining to watch when she carries him around!

Rachel's already busy making calls :)

Emily helps get the mail every day!

Rachel can now sit up on her own a little if you give
her something to lean back on. She loves these cups!

2010-08-13T06:57:00.000-07:00

A tie-dye birthday cake for Courtney!!

Emily keeping tabs on the badmitton game :)

She cheered everyone on :)

Our teething little one :)

Happy little Rachel!

Emily looking too cool in new sunglasses :P

2010-08-01T09:02:00.000-07:00

Lounge mode for the girls :)

Emily really wants to be my little helper these days :)

Rachel loved the red ball too!

A little too big to fit in her mouth, but she still liked it!

Okay, took this picture of Emily at like 2 1/2 months....

And here she is now at 19 months! The chair doesn't look quite so big anymore!

2010-07-31T08:22:00.000-07:00

How is it that our baby already seems big? :)

Emily always wants to hold hands with Rachel...cute!

Emily just brought her these toys and Rachel approved :)

Clearly this is the easiest way to move forward... :P

Emily admiring her kitchen set from the couch!

2010-07-25T13:51:00.000-07:00

A little more unstable on the grass, but getting the hang of it! :)

Rachel LOVED just being outside!

Awwww...Emily giving Rachel some love :)

Had a blast playing with Ellen on Saturday! She's so fun :)

Took a break to watch some sesame street together :)

Cutie Henry trying out the bouncer :) He babbled with Rachel too!

Rachel and mommy's self portrait session :)
We think we got some good shots!!

2010-07-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

Awww....daddy and his girls :)

Emily just before giving Rachel a kiss :)

She's really walking a lot now!

Emily loves wearing her bunny ears and insists that Rachel wears
them too....Rachel was less than impressed but indulged her sister :)

Emily's FAVORITE toy these days! She love to throw
the ball and then chase after it!

2010-07-11T13:16:00.000-07:00

Cousin Courtney was in town!

Emily enjoyed having another fun playmate!!

Rachel has been making the funniest face lately and
I actually caught it on camera!!! :P

She still really likes the exersaucer!

Grandma, Rachel and Courtney before heading
outside into the kiddie pool!

Emily before getting in!

I was planning on a great pool shot here, but
apparently the water was NOT as warm as the
bath so both of them were not into it!! Emily did
warm up to it once we all got in too, though :)

2010-07-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

Rachel trying out sweet potatoes! Yum! She's not
quite sure how to eat them yet, but seems to like 'em!

Emily enjoying her new toy from Grammy and Grampa!

I think she's making apple soup here :P

We had to hold her in place but Rachel
loved swinging back and forth!!! :)

Our girls having fun on the swings together! :)

Wahoo! :D

Josh playing with Rachel...she's been intrigued
with her hands lately!

A trip to OMSI!

2010-07-04T22:51:00.000-07:00

Emily's first steps!! Can't wait for more to come :)

2010-06-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

We introduced Rachel to the exersaucer!!

Emily wanted to show her the ropes!

Too cute :)

Went to watch Kalene at softball playoffs!

Rachel "watching" the game :)

Emily had fun cheering for the team!

Rachel got excited when the crowd did too!

Catching up on playtime with great grandpa!

2010-06-27T07:30:00.000-07:00

Emily being a goofball as always :)

Rachel is an early "reader" :P

Fun at the park! Emily LOVED this thing!

The tunnel was a close second :)

Rachel mesmerized by the chair!

Everything must go in the mouth! :)

2010-06-19T08:57:00.000-07:00

"School" photos :)

Grinning at mommy!

Emily's newest obsession>>>her baby!!!

The girls chilling together :)

Smiling for the camera!

Checking each other out!

Emily has discovered piggy back rides!!! :)

2010-06-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

More pictures from last weekend!
Train fun...I think Emily wanted to jump out!

Rachel caught a little snooze :)

Pop and Gram with the girls!

Emily trying to walk almost on her own :)

A group shot at the rose gardens...too bad it wasn't
more of a close up!

The four of us!

Gram holding Rachel...awww :)

Emily waving for the camera!

A neat display at OMSI....Emily was very intrigued!

What a cutie pie :)

2010-05-31T18:51:00.000-07:00

Emily giving a goofy grin :)

Rachel is now intrigued by toys!

Emily can't just pick one walker, but tries to push both!

A mini chair for the girls!

Rachel's a bit small for it still, but had fun trying it out :)

Pop and Gram came to visit and meet Rachel!!

A train ride at the zoo!

Emily wanted to go from lap to lap!

Playing with gram at OMSI!

Emily is getting sooo interested in Rachel and often tries to
play with her. Rachel smiles and coos at her...too cute :)

2010-05-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

Kisses from Emily :)

Little Chatterbox!

Emily using a spoon!!

2010-05-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

After months of not knowing why Emily didn't feel well, we
found out she has celiac (can't have gluten) and wasn't absorbing
any nutrients! We switched her diet and are excited to have our
energetic, happy little girl back!

Her new favorite game where she throws the ball and you go
get it :)

She's been back into her walking toys too!

Rachel "sitting" on her own against the counch :) Blame Josh
for the disheveled outfit as he took this photo!

Fun at the park!

Weeeeeeeeeee!

Trying to be like the other big kids!

Rachel can now roll over from back to front and vice versa!!

What a cutie pie!! :)

2010-05-12T14:03:00.000-07:00

Me and my girls! :)

Emily interested in the little white flowers at the park!

Fun on the swing!!

Rachel helping daddy on the computer :)

Mommy and Emily :)

Woah>>>this is fun!

Say cheeeeeese! :)

Daddy holding his baby girl :)

2010-05-02T19:44:00.000-07:00

Digging in the sand...er, Easter basket :)

Speaking of Easter...check out those ears!

Mom, I don't want this on my head!

I just want to get up and walk already :)

Emily being a goof ball :)

Rachel grinning at the toys!

2010-04-24T14:29:00.000-07:00

Grandma came for a visit!

Daddy playing with Rachel :)

Emily LOVED bubble blowing time outside!

Trying to show Rachel how it works :)

Although Rachel just wanted to sleep and Emily
really just wanted to eat the wand!

Our little smiler :)

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling :)

2010-04-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

2010-04-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

The girls "playing" together :)

Rachel seemed a little shocked to be sitting!

Emily was doing this a while ago and it cracked me up :)

Rachel thinks she should try to crawl...

But she is officially on the move, because as of today she
can roll completely over onto her tummy!! The hardest
part seems to be getting over that cumbersome arm :)

2010-04-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

Rachel started smiling in response to things we do now....too cute :)

Emily's first experience with crayons!

She was more into taking them in and out of the box!

Rachel thinks she needs to try to roll over already!

So far, she only makes it up onto her side, but still!

2010-03-27T09:27:00.000-07:00

Reading a book with daddy :)

A trip to the park!

I can people watch AND play :)

Forest trail fun!

I'm not too sure about these swing things :P

2010-03-24T17:25:00.000-07:00

Rachel's definitely getting bigger!

But not compared to Emily :)

Uncle Michael, Auntie Nilanthi, cousin Liana, Auntie Linda
and Grammy were all in town for a visit!

Can't believe how big our niece has gotten!

That should show just how big this dog is!! :)

A partial group shot with all the little ones!

Auntie Nilanthi holding Rachel :)

Rachel loves to wiggle out of your arms!

Auntie Nilanthi snuggling with Uncle Michael and Rachel
snoozing :)

Grammy with her two oldest granddaughters!

2010-03-13T20:39:00.000-08:00

All comfy in my crib.

The girls watching Sesame Street...well, Emily at least:)

Oh, mom.... :)

Emily showing Rachel the ropes ;)

Rachel was mesmerized by the monkey!

Emily has picked up how to feed the baby!! :)

Em likes to help Rachel out with the vibration and sound!

Awww....our big girl enjoying the outdoors!

She even covered up Rachel with a blanket!
Until she took it off a moment later :)

2010-03-04T16:23:00.000-08:00

Our littlest cutie :)

Getting in naps whenever we can!

Grandma with both girls!

Grandpa snuggling Rachel :)

First little smiles.

First bath! I liked it once I got in :)

Enjoying the bouncer seat and looking cute!

Granny and Papa came for a visit to meet Rachel!

Grammy and the girls enjoying the big, fluffy dog :)

A trip to the park! Emily liked watching all the kids!

Rachel enjoyed napping :)

Emily has wanted to revisit all her old things.

Sleepy time.

2010-02-12T09:57:00.000-08:00

The newest addition to our family!
Rachel Mckenzie Winkler!

Special time with daddy.

Snuggles with mommy.

All bundled up!

The gals :)

Our happy fam! :)

2010-01-26T21:20:00.000-08:00

I discovered a secret passageway :)

Look at me....only one hand daddy!

And I can still hold onto my lego piece :)

Mom put out my old bouncer for my baby sister who is almost
here....little did she know how excited I'd be about it! :)

A weekend with Grammy!

2010-01-20T10:09:00.000-08:00

Having "tea" with grammy! I even made a
slurping sound when holding up my cup! :)

Showing grammy how to work one of my new toys!

I'm getting better and better at pushing this around!
Sometimes I just use one hand!

2010-01-09T20:10:00.000-08:00

My first sucker! I was a fan...but also a mess :)

I thought I was pretty funny smooshing my face up against this!

My new favorite thing is being read to!

I'll push you the books....

And well, hopefully you get the idea :)

2009-12-31T14:46:00.000-08:00

I still think sippy cups are toys, but this one just lets the water
flow right out without any suction required, so I approve!

However, that means there is also NO protection when tipped over!

Which can cause issues with moves like this! :)

Pushing my birthday present from mom and dad all by myself!

The wheels don't go too fast, so I can even take a break next to it!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-28T08:21:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve at grandma's was hectic but fun! :)

Olivia and Aunt Cathy even let me open gifts that weren't mine!

Christmas morning! Let me at 'em :)

Reading a new book with daddy.

Eating a new turtle bath toy with mommy.

A glow worm....I'm intrigued! :)

Pondering my next move...

Ah yes, this one should be next :)

Had a wonderful Christmas...thank you everyone!! :)