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

So many changes!

I would normally save some of these tidbits for R's 6 month update, but they are just too good not go get down already.

Before that, we had a fabulous weekend last weekend as tons of Adam's relatives were in town for his sister's wedding. (And now I know they keep up with the blog - yay!) It was a really neat thing to see all of his living aunts and uncles in one place for this occasion. It was also an awesome opportunity for Rebekah to meet so many great aunts and uncles, and a few (2nd?) cousins as well! I only remember meeting one great aunt in my lifetime, so it's really neat to have our daughter meet so many of hers. We need to make a trip to Minnesota (and Arkansas!) to see more of our relatives.

Ok, so on to the changes.

The biggest thing - why didn't anyone tell me that this pre-crawling phase is so entertaining?? The little girl gets up on those hands a knees and just rocks back and forth, occasionally getting a knee to scoot forward. She is extremely proficient in scooting around on her belly, and can pretty much get where she needs to go doing that. I did see some frustration in her today when she couldn't make the crawling thing work, so I know she's getting there!

She can sit up ok and has started being able to push herself back up into a sitting position if she falls forward. She still is a bit shaky and prone to fall quickly to one side, so we have to be careful on the hardwoods. She really likes to sit on the floor in between our legs (for protection) and just play and play.

The little words have started trying to come out of her mouth. Ok, not real words, of course, but moving her mouth in a way other than just to cry or laugh. She makes little faces and noises that I know she thinks are words! Today she also started sticking her tongue out and spitting - I guess I should stop doing that to her!

Finally, Rebeka loves giving kisses! I do a lot of kissing on her cheeks and putting my mouth up to her cheeks while making noise or giving raspberries - I think she is catching on! If you hold her close to your face, she loves to grab your face and smack her mouth right on your cheek and give you slobbery kisses! I'm not sure she knows what she is doing, but everyday it seems a bit more intentional!

After 3 days in the office, I got to stay home with her all day today. It was wonderful to get to spend a whole day just the two of us! She turns 6 months next Wednesday, so stay tuned for some Bee photos and a 6 month update!

Snow Day #4

As most of you know, we've been holed up in the house for the past 4 days due to ice, then snow in Dallas. It never stays below freezing for this many days...so it has been kinda crazy to not be able to go anywhere.

So, Snow Day #4, and a favorite activity of the day has become "sit Rebekah in the bumbo, put the toy basket next to her, and see what she does." I had to share these little videos from the most recent episode of this activity.

I call this one: "Why Can't I Pick Up the Snail??"


And this one: "Attack Sophie!!" (have to wait until about half-way thru for this excitement)


Then, finally, "Giggle Box" and "I'm going to pretend to eat the green bean"



We did finally venture out of the house tonight to walk across the street to a sushi place we recently discovered.
We got all bundled up...


And went for a stroll (yes, this is Dallas - crazy snow!)


For some yummy sushi


Anyone wanna lay out??