Our July Update

For the 4th we went to Village Fest in Prairie Village. We had Chris Cakes (where we saw Mary O'Halloran from "Ruckus") and then took Rachel through their petting zoo. They had a zebra, a monkey, kangaroos, and baby buffalo. Not your average petting zoo! Soon after that we watched The Elite Frogs, a skyjumping team. Rachel was fascinated by that and said she wanted to jump too. Later that night Rachel and I went to see the fireworks at Shawnee Mission Park. This was sort of her first fireworks display since she was only 9 months old the last time we had gone. She thought it was pretty neat but didn't really get it. I'm sure the concept of colorful things blowing up in the sky is pretty weird for a 2 year old. And this after seeing four men fall out of the sky.

Lauren had her 6 month appointment this morning. Maggie and Audrey came along so that Rachel could see her favorite doctor, "Dr. Rozie". While Lauren had her shots, Maggie and Audrey kept Rachel busy out in the waiting room. Lauren has grown 2 inches since her 4 month appointment and is now 27 inches long. She's also 18 lbs 4 oz. Both of those measurments are in the 90th percentile. So, as chunky as she looks she's actually proportionate. She's been sitting up on her own for about a month now and is starting to try to pull herself up on things. She also babbles quite a bit; ma-ma-ma-ma, ba-ba-ba-ba, wa-wa-wa-wa.

Rachel is becoming such a big-kid. She likes to direct but doesn't seem too bossy. She'll tell us where to stand when we play wiffle ball, makes up rules for new games, tells us how to "make juice" (pour water into the cup before pouring the juice), and shows Lauren how to play with toys. I remember being the teacher when we played school or being city manager when we made our pretend city with the neighbor kids. Maybe she'll be the same way.