Our little chameleon

Yesterday Rachel asked me, "Mom, am I a chameleon?". I said, "I don't know - do you change colors?". She said, "No, Mom, a chameleon is a person who says funny things!". Yes, Rachel is definitely a chameleon!

3D ultrasound pictures!

This week we got to experience something that I never thought we would get to do - a 3D ultrasound! I always thought that would be the neatest thing, but thought they were too expensive. During our weekly ultrasound, the nurse clicked over from a regular ultrasound to a 3D ultrasound with a simple click of a button. I went from seeing a black and white "alien" baby face to seeing our littlest girl's actual face! It was amazing. Here are a few of the shots and she even has smiles in them! One of our friends, Kim, (who is our favorite photographer) has always laughed about the many different expressions Rachel has in pictures. Kim pointed out this week that this little baby is off to a great start with the multiple expressions! Of course, we are hoping for a few more 3D shots over the next few weeks. If we get them, we'll share them here!

Imaginary Friends

I had always hoped that one of my children would have an imaginary friend. Rachel has come through for me and it is just as much fun as I had imagined! It started around six months ago when "Bethie" came to stay at our house for a while. Bethie was all kinds of fun because she got into lots of trouble and did the things that Rachel knew better than to try herself. But Rachel thoroughly enjoyed telling us all about the naughty things Bethie did. After a while, Bethie seemed to quiet down and we didn't hear much from her. Well, recently two new friends joined us. First, there is "April", who is Rachel's cousin and the exact same age as Rachel. They have all kinds of fun and April seems to be pretty obedient. Rachel and April go to gymnastics class together and even did a hoola hoop class yesterday. Usually when I get Rachel dressed or out of the bath tub, I have to do the same for April. Thankfully, April wears imaginary clothes, so that is easy. Yesterday April was sick, so we had to take care of her and she couldn't go out and run errands with us. The other new friend is "Matthew the Tyrannosaurus". Matthew doesn't say too much usually, but he did get invited to the tea party the other day.

I'd love to post pictures for this entry, but those imaginary friends are really hard to catch on film!