Friends and Family

This is a hodge-podge of pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Last week Dustin had a conference to go to so I was a single mommy for a few days and nights. To help me make it through, Rachel and I invited some friends over for her first ladies night! I didn't get pictures of everyone who came- oops! Next time I will!

Rachel was excited to meet "Aunt" Heather. We went to high school together and she now lives in Lynchburg so we are able to get together every once in a while and catch up. Heather had been sick on and off for the past few weeks so she had not met Rachel yet.

Here are Rachel and Amanda just hangin out. Rachel decided to show her most feminine side for ladies night and completely blew out of her diaper. Even Mommy had to change clothes after that one! (So glad I had been holding her and not anyone else right at that moment!)

Maybe it's just us, but we can see a resemblance here between the cousins!

This is Rachels idea of tummy time. It was too much work to try to lift her head so she just went to sleep!

Great-Grandpa Nieter and Rachel taking a little nap Sunday after church.

Rachel Photos

For the past 2 nights we've been trying to take some photos of Rachel. She wasn't too excited about them, so I had to hold her. There are a lot more, but these were some of our favorites. As soon as the rest are fixed up a little, we'll post them!

More Great-Grandparents!

Grandma and Grandpa Nieter couldn't wait to get their hands on Rachel either! They came down from Northern Indiana for the weekend to meet their first great-grandaughter. Dad Nieter wanted to come over too so we could have the four generations of Nieter's together, but he has been sick this past week and decided not to bring the germs over here. We wish he could've made it and hope he feels better soon.

They look happy and excited to see Rachel in person finally!

Here are just the ladies again.

1 month checkup

So Rachel's 1 month was scheduled a few days late for some reason.
Here is a break-down of her statistics:
She is now 21 inches- 41 percentile
Her head is 14 inches- 16 percentile
She weighs 7lb 9 oz- 11 percentile

The doctor is not too concerned with her weight gain. He said that she is probably just evening herself out and getting to where her personal weight gain will be. He said she will probably not be one of the "above 50 percentile" kids. Either way, he wants to see her again in 2 weeks for a weight check to make sure she doesn't go below 5%.

She is doing very well, even though she has just recently gotten her days and nights mixed up. Midnight till 4am sounds like a great time of bonding to her, while I would much rather have that time starting at 7am! Because of that, Dustin and I are a little tired but doing great!

1 month!

I can't believe Rachel is already 1 month old! She is doing so well. She tricked us the first couple weeks with sleeping for long stretches at night... she's not making it quite as long now, but it is rarely less than 3 hours between wake-ups.

She is following rattles and people now with her eyes. She does smile some, though not consistently at people. She is growing and is in between sizes now. Newborn outfits still fit, but the one piece outfits with feet are getting too small- her legs can't stretch out in them! Some 0-3 fit, but those one piece outfits swallow her and her legs somehow end up in the same pant leg within 10 minutes of dressing her!

She has her 1 month check-up at the end of the week, so hopefully the doctor is happy with her growth. I'll keep you updated!

More Family Time

Dustin's brother, Benji, and his girlfriend, Katie, came to visit and meet Rachel on Monday. We loved having them here and had a really nice visit.

Katie has just finished her degree in physical therapy and just spent the last couple months working in pediatrics. Rachel loved her!

Uncle Benji was great with her too and so excited to meet his little niece.

Great-Grandparents

This weekend was a great treat. My mom's parents came in to town to see Rachel. Mom decided that she needed to be here to have four generations all together so she surprised Nana and Grandpa and was holding Rachel when they showed up!

Rachel meeting Nana and Great-Grandpa DeLaughter for the first time.

Four generations!

Just the ladies!

What is this in my hair?

So safe in Great-Grandpa's hands

Rachel loved hearing Great-Grandpa sing- she was so intrigued!