8 Month Update

YAY 8 Months!

I think this is a record - posting the monthly update merely one day after her actual monthly birthday! Rebekah hit the 8 month mark yesterday, and it sure has been a fun month!

This little girl has scoped out every inch of our house. You turn your head and she's into something else. Her reach is getting higher and higher each day, which continually poses new challenges for us. I'm amazed by her curiosity.


Rebekah moved up to the next room at daycare at the beginning of April. The typical move up age is 8 months, but she was crawling around so much in the baby room, which is not made for crawlers at all! I was miserable watching her be miserable as she had to hang out in swings and exersaucers for much of the day (they have a video monitor I can see online). I asked if she could move up early and was so grateful the day care could make it work. She spent a whopping 2 days there, and has been out for almost 2 weeks now with my weird work schedule and her off and on illnesses. She goes back on Tuesday, and I think she's ready to play with her friends again! :)

She has a giggle that is just contagious.

If you get her belly just the right way, she will squeal and scream and laugh. Just this week we started a new game where I hide around the corner and she comes to find me....she just can't stop giggling when she finds me!

And I love watching her and her daddy play and laugh in the evenings after dinner - it's my favorite time of day.


We also decided to join the Dallas Arboretum this year! We can take up to 6 people with us, so let me know if you want to go sometime! We went on the last day of the annual Dallas Blooms festival with Adam's parents (aka Grammy and Grampy). We couldn't find any tulips (the hallmark image of the Dallas Blooms pictures), but we we able to get some good family photos.


You can see all the pictures from our picnic at the Arboretum here.

Well, here are the rest of the 8 month pictures - there are definitely some fun and some crazy ones in there:

2011.04.23 - Rebekah Month 8

And of course, the Rebekah and the Bee photos have been updated as well.

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter today! We sure had a great Easter weekend. Pictures of that will be coming soon as well, but I have an essay to write and some work hours to make up (from taking care of the sick little girl), so it may be a bit before I get around to them. Until then, I hope you enjoyed the latest little update!

March Trip to Lubbock

Rebekah is 8 months old today! Of course, I'm not quite ready to post those pictures....I'm a few events behind, so I'm going to catch up on those first. Hopefully the 8 month update will be up in the next couple of days.

This post is all about our trip to Lubbock to visit my sister and her family. We missed our nephew's 1st birthday party, so I really wanted to make a trip before their family of 3 became a family of 4 (which is any day now!). It was the first time Rebekah and I flew by ourselves, we went on Wednesday and Adam joined us on Friday for the weekend.

We had a great time! Landon was so sweet with Rebekah. He gave her toys and hugs and hats and loved playing with her. I can't wait to see how he is as a big brother! We went on walks, played in the backyard, had an Easter photo shoot, and ate Rosa's and Sheridan's (2 things I have to do when I go to Lubbock). My sister and I even took advantage of the boys being there on Saturday and we went to get our nails done and have lunch without the kids!

We had a wonderful time, and took tons of pictures! Here are the best pictures and videos (click the image to see):

2011.03 - Lubbock Trip

7 Month Update

Well, Rebekah hit 6 months, then crawled her way right into 7 months old.

(click image to see video)

From 2011.03 - Rebekah Month 7

She is definitely our little explorer! She started off slowly - crawl around a bit, sit up, look around, giggle, then crawl some more. But each day brought more adventure and more speed.

We had some firsts this month...

Our 1st high chair (iphone picture with bad lighting)


Our 1st straw cup (we tried sippy cups, but she seems to like the straw much better!)


And our 1st trip in the shopping cart without the car seat


This little girl is just unbelievable amounts of fun. She brings joy to our life everyday. My favorite part of the day is after dinner when we are all at home and playing on the floor. She is just such a happy little girl and loves playing with her mama and daddy!

We did take a few bee pictures, so they are updated in this album. She wasn't cooperating very well, but we were able to snap a few.

Rebekah and the Bee

And of course, we had some good times with our families as well. All of her 7 month pictures can be seen here:

2011.03 - Rebekah Month 7

We started off the next month with a trip to visit Rebekah's Aunt Angie, Uncle Scott, and cousin Landon. Lots of great pictures from that trip are up next!

My Favorite Holiday

I just love St. Patrick's Day in Dallas. Even though I haven't actually attended the parade in a few years, I love the atmosphere in the M Streets area. It is really fun to me to see so many people in green hanging out on their lawns spending the day outside with family and friends.

The fact that it is my favorite holiday led my sister to buy these for our little Baby B last year! It was one of her first outfits! I couldn't wait to get them on her this year:


We spent the Saturday hopping around to a couple of parties. We celebrated with the KGB, the MMB, and other good church friends first.



Then we went to Pat & Joe's new house - our favorite St. Pat's Day hangout. They make some awesome corned beef and cabbage and are about the best hosts we know.


Rebekah and I spent the afternoon of St. Pat's with some of our mommy friends having a picnic in the courtyard at Northpark Mall. It was great fun!


Our friend Becky made us some great corned beef and cabbage on Thursday as well, but I guess I was done taking pictures by then. :)

All in all, it was a great way to spend the week celebrating Rebekah's first St. Patrick's Day!
Check out all the photos here:

2011.03.12-17 - St. Pat's Fun

Trip to San Francisco

A couple of weeks ago we took a trip to San Francisco to see Adam's brother get married. We had a great time with the family and meeting some of their friends. I'm not sure Justin's friend was glad to meet Rebekah since she had an explosion all over him, but he still held her afterward so I guess it didn't scar him too badly!

We were able to have some family time Friday morning before the ceremony. We went to Ghiradelli Square and went to a pier with a bunch of old refurbished boats.

Saturday was our family day. We were out all day from 9-6:30 and Rebekah was such a trooper! We went to Alcatraz, walked around Pier 39, then went for a trolley ride. The weather could not have been more perfect, especially for SF in March! Please enjoy our photos:

2011.03 San Fran Trip

6 Month Update

Well, I am finally getting Rebekah's 6 month photos up - 6 days away from her 7 month birthday! I've already complained about how busy we've been, so I'll skip that. I've already posted the bee photos, so I can skip that too. I've already given you a summary of how she grew between 5 and 6 months (which is good because she's changed so much in the last few weeks that it would be hard to remember!

So, onto the photos and fun!


Rebekah practiced sitting up


she learned to scoot... (click image to see video)

From 2011.02 Rebekah Month 6

...she learned to dance... (click image to see video)

From 2011.02 Rebekah Month 6

and she was working on crawling! (click image to see video)

From 2011.02 Rebekah Month 6

click below to see all the month 6 photos and videos

2011.02 Rebekah Month 6

6 months was a big milestone! Looking forward to sharing with you all what she has done since then! Stay tuned...

6 Month Update - Well, Bee Picutres...

I am soooo far behind on pictures! It is March 13 and I still haven't posted Rebekah's 6 month photos. I'll blame the 2 Billmeier weddings we had 3 weeks apart from each other. ;)

I also did a talk at church this morning. I kind got into school mode where I drop everything else for a week to wrap up the presentation. It went well, and now I'm catching up on things.

Well, I at least wanted to get the Bee pictures updated and shared. Here's the album with the latest photos included. Hopefully I can go thru the rest of the 6 month pics and finish that tomorrow!

Rebekah and the Bee