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Friday, November 23, 2007

Okay, I'm not going to ask what you all do or did to get your children to eat. Let's just say that it's sometimes dinner & a show here in the Burnett kitchen.

Rachel loooooves to fall on top of Mommy while she's in the floor.

"But Baba I can explain............I think that there's this invisible person that keeps throwing my toys under this couch. It has NOTHING to do with MY throwing them there.....OVER & OVER & OVER."

At Starbucks (Fourbucks) with GOOD company!!!

Kevin and Doda Laura

Princess lost a shoe. And we only have about a dozen or so who would love to put it back on her..........Auntie Racquel gets first dibs.

"Does this hat make my head look big?"

Eating with Auntie Racquel, Kevin, NaiNai and YeYe at Pei Wei......Yum!!

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Rachel's First Thanksgiving

Hello everyone!

Tonight it is only 11:38 pm and not 1:00 am :) We had a great day. It was beautiful outside and Rachel played hard with Nai Nai and Ye Ye all day. And of course Baba too. Rachel liked almost everything - she's not a picky eater - only if she's in a MOOD. But, she especially liked the cranberry,pineapple,walnut and apple jello. With this she said forget the spoon - I'm just diving in with my whole fist :) We couldn't ask for better company - of course unless we also had Nana, Peepaw, Auntie Tina and the family......................SOMEDAY hopefully tho.

Have a great night.

Hugs and love and Happy Thanksgiving,

Kimberly, Tim, and Princess Rachel

A Very Happy Thanksgiving Day with Nai Nai and Ye Ye

Nai Nai & Ye Ye are keeping Princess occupied while Mommy cooks for the big Thanksgiving feast.

In the garden...Rachel likes to pick the - well ANYTHING. She loves to pick pick pick.

It's a hard job watching Princess - but someone has to do it - might as well be Nai Nai and Ye Ye

In this photo - Rachel is in Time Out.........So no one is looking at her right behind them in her pack-n-play/prison for her 2 minutes.

Someone is tired of Mommy cooking and wants to be held........

Mm Mm good..................

Fingers, spoon? Fingers, spoon? Hmm?

Princess DID have a great big handful of cranberry salad................

Not now.............her lap or bib trough does.

Just playin.............

Latest Rachel Update

April 6, 2010

Lullaby music playing in background and very much a Mommy's lil girl asleep in her bed while I sit in her rocking chair on my laptop. Every night we do this same routine. "Mommy, get you compooter and stay wit me for a loooong loooong time - okay?" To which I of course tell her that I absolutely will IF she goes to sleep.

What a journey it has been for this couple of almost 24 married years now and a total of 26 in all. We are now a Mommy & a Baba to the most precious gift that God has ever given to us. Yes, we sometimes miss the quiet & the romance - but NOTHING compares to the sound of Rachel's giggle or her singing just because she is so very happy. The daily routine is like clockwork now - with no room for slacking in the attention department - but the evenings when we are alone are filled with our re-accounting of the day's events and some stunningly smart, silly or sassy thing that Rachel said or did. I can truly say that I've never loved ANYTHING as much as I do my Rachel.

She is a definitely a princess through and through with endless acting and conversation of anything that is Princess-like, pink, glittery or sparkly from her tennies to her toys. And oh the hoops we've jumped through to dare I say 'pick our battles' with. High maintenance was named after our Rachel. She is getting more and more aware of the soon to arrive new lil brother OR sister and has already firmly stated that she thinks his or her room should be UGLY and hers should be BEAUTIFUL. My oh my! Well, lets give her points for her honesty :)

She give me moochies all day and asks me if I know who she loves and for me to close my eyes. When she asks me to open them - her lil arm is stretched out with her index finger pointing directly at me. She loves movie night and making popcorn with her Baba. Baba got her a big red bowl for Christmas that says Popcorn on it and she runs to get it out of the pantry as he places the bag into the microwave. She loves anything that has to do with all three of us being together. We love this too and always strive to be comfortable in our family skins.

Rachel turned 4 years old this past Feb 10, 2010!!! I think that when you spend years of your life on the infertility hampster wheel - that those parents deserve bonus years added on. Say for every 1.5 years your child gets another year older. But, this is not the case - so we cherish every second with her. Her teachers say that Rachel could go to Kindergarten early as in a few months - but we've decided to keep her in PreK to mature more and be with the majority of her friends. We want her to be defined by love and grow in this environment and not feel so challenged to be above and smarter than her peers - even though we think that she is >:) We are her proud parents of course :)

Her latest phrases are:

"WHAT EVVVVER!"
"CHILL MOM - CHILL!"
"DUDE..........WATER?!"
"DUH & HOLY COW"
"GET WITH THE PROGRAM!"

We blame Preschool...................well, maybe not for ALL of the aformentioned :)

We wouldn't trade one second of any of it! We tell her that when people ask why she doesn't look like her Mommy or Baba to tell them that this is because she was/is special delivery from God.

True............so true!!

Mommy

HELP ME!!!

I can't quit staring at her picture. NOTHING is getting done either in my house or in my head right now. I could just sit her for hours. Double click on the photos of Rachel and WHALLAH they get even bigger so that you can see those plump cheeks and peircing eyes up close.............................................
must stop staring ........but can't............

7/10/07 6:02 am

Now, I'm at home from work......still can't stop staring.......

6:22 pm
Mom

Just can't look long or hard enough and I still tear up everytime I go to this site.................
It was easier before the picture. I wan't to hold and kiss those adorable cheeks yesterday!!

7/11/07 6:10 am

Mom

4-6 weeks of doing this is going to kill me..........just starring......

7/12/07 5:07 am

Mom

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This wait to travel is KILLING Mom & Dad!!! We're almost at 2 1/2 years of waiting for Rachel. God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change..........
Mom

8/6/07 8:15 pm

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