7 Months Old

 Here we are 7 months old.....I have to stop and look at my little girl and soak her up as much as I can. Time is going by so fast! I look at my little lady and I think, how did I get  so lucky to get blessed with this little girl. She is amazing! I recently read a post by Stacie Lang. It was amazing to read her talking about having to enjoy the moments that I have with Elleanor because one day we won't have what we have now. It's been somewhat trying these last few weeks just because Elleanor's teeth may or may not be trying to make me go crazy!!! She has no teeth and no sign of them popping up but its like she teething!!! She goes down for bed sleeps for an hour and then screams! Its heart breaking! I wish she could just tell me what is going on so I could fix it. But oh well sooner rather then later she will be able too!! My sweet girl is doing  so many different things these days such as:

   

• She babbles all day long she is saying BABA which cracks me up because she has never taken the bottle but she just babbles babababababababa I keep trying to get her to say mamama but to no avail!
• She is I wouldn't say mobile but she does this sort of army scoot which she does well but she doesn't like her face in the carpet which happens when she does this.
• Elleanor just rolls all over the place. The only problem with this is she hits a wall and gets angry cause she can't seem to figure her way back to me, cracks me up! 
• She is super tickleish right on her sides which I can't help but do to her even though I HATE being tickled I can't help but tickle her cause she laughs so hard! 
• We are sticking EVERYTHING  in our mouths her favorite thing to eat is jewelry 

•  Ella is still in love with Dexter she gets so excited when she sees him and bounces up and down... Dexter is in love with her as well and is always by her when she is on the floor 
• She doesn't want to hold still with diaper changes any more she likes to roll out of them or eat the diaper we are trying to put on her! 
• Ella smiles all the time and she smiles so big when she sees my younger sister Danielle and her Daddy!

Paul and I are completely in love with our little girl she is the light in my life and I couldn't be happier with being a wife and mother. We have been so blessed with family these last few weeks and its been so nice! Ella had my mom and Nana come up and hang out with us for a week and it was amazing! Elleanor was awesome she loves her grandparents and being around them. I am so thankful for family and how much they help me! I love my sweet Elleanor she is my favorite person in the whole wide world! Oh and Paul!

Aren't they adorable?

Last month in PICTURES!

LOVING ON DEXTER!

4th of July at Grandpas!

love her

my favorites

Loving having Nana in Washington

her new smile

ahhh she just chats away

Rock of Ages Midnight Premier

Ash and I have way to much fun

Hanging out together while I garden

Pubby came to visit

Elleanor loved it!

Teething SUCKS!!

6 Months Old

 My sweet baby is 6 months old, and I can't figure out where all that time went. She is getting so big sooo fast! She is stellar at all sorts of things like:

• Sitting up by herself
• Eating lots of foods like bananas, pears and sweet potatoes
• Laughing a ton 
• Playing in her bath with daddy 
• She is starting to be ticklish 
• Plays Peek a boo
• Smiles like crazy when Daddy comes home 
• Makes all sorts of crazy noises we call her the Pterodactyl
• She uses a sippy cup and a bottle like a pro
• Loves her feet, she even sucks on her toes 
• No teeth but I swear they are teasing me by pretending to come
•  Grabs your face and gives you big wet kisses when you ask for one!

 Elleanor loves her daddy! She lights up like a frecking light when he walks in the room when he gets home from work!
She giggles like crazy when he gives her kisses because of his beard which she thinks is hilarious to rub her feet against.

 Dexter thinks of Elleanor as his baby. He is constantly in her face and checking on her if she is in her crib or playing on the floor. She loves him dearly as well, she grabs and pulls on his face and ears and he just puts up with it because they love each other haha!

My family is fantastic I love them!

Bathing Beauty

Loves to suck on her wash clothes

And play with her feet

Beautiful Blue Eyes

Paul called me into the bathroom the other day and told me we had not gotten any pictures of Elleanor in the bath. He said we needed to get better at documenting with the good camera haha. These dang phones make everything so much easier when it comes to snapping some pictures! ANY way I went in with the camera and this is what I came out with....pure perfection! Isn't she just a doll? She was laughing and playing with her feet the whole time and got a kick out of peeka boo. She was laughing at Paul the while he did it. Her laugh is contagious and by the end of her bath Paul and I were cracking up so hard because she is just that awesome. I love this little lady she bring so much joy into my life. I love watching Paul with her and seeing him get so excited with the new things she is learning. It's great to be a little family and just enjoy the life I get to live. I am thankful for my sweet babe and my handsome husband. It's nice to be happy. :)

I am

I am Rachel Marie Dickson  

I think about what kind of mother I will be

I am happy when the sun shines

I have lots on my mind constantly  

I miss my parents 

 I fear that I am not a good enough wife and mother  

I feel at peace 

I smell Johnson and Johnson cocoa butter baby lotion 

 I usually spend my days at home 

 I search for clothes that will fit my ever disappointing body 

 I wonder when I will like what I see in the mirror 

I regret not finishing college  

I love my daughter more then I ever thought possible 

 I care about being an active member in my church  

I tell people I am fine  

I worry about bills and having enough money  

I am not the best cook 

I remember the summer of '07 and how it was the best summer of my life 

 I believe in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  

I sing all the time 

 I don't always keep the house as clean as I would like  

I don't like not having close friends anymore 

I write grocery lists 

 I win board games 

 I lose my mind if I don't talk to at least one of my sisters daily  

I dance with Elleanor in my arms to make her laugh 

 I wish I could get a good group of girlfriends 

 I never go to bed mad at my husband no matter how late we have to stay up 

 I listen to Britney Spears and Lady Gaga all day, Ella loves them too 

 I don't understand why my boobs have to be so huge.....it drives me crazy 

 I can usually be found laying on the floor with Elleanor  

I need to lose this baby weight

Generation Gap

I noticed something today as I was walking arms full of a baby car seat and things I needed to return to Lowes. The bag I was carrying was ripping and Elleanor was asleep in her car seat. As I was trying to juggle carrying everything while walking into the store I was passed by two men my age who obviously saw me struggling but walked right past me. As I manged to make it to customer service an older gentleman who came to my aid. Grabbing my ripping bag and grabbing me a cart for Elleanor. I can't tell you how thankful I was for this little act of kindness and how shocking it is that my generation is full little punks that pass people by who are in need of help. Thank you my good sir for helping me out I am so glad that there are some gentleman out there

Moving right along

OH what a fun few weeks we have had!! We got to go to Calvin, Mabel and Richards birthday! McKenzie rented out an awesome little Bounce House Spot! HOLY HANNAH it was so much fun!! It was basically a huge bounce house that had an obstacle course and a 17 foot racing slide! Which was a huge hit among the adults. Little kids were telling us to stop it and don't bounce so high! I KNOW LITTLE KIDS WERE SAYING THIS!! We first had some awesome pizza and my favorite SHEET CAKE, then went and jumped off all of those calories!




I was obviously having a grand time if you can't tell by my grin! Haha little Elleanor was with Aunt Carol who graciously volunteered to hold Elleanor while I went off and played. I was lucky because I seriously had so much fun. Ashley and Cam made it down for the birthday too which was so awesome because I miss Ashley living with us, she made things so much fun, and was an amazing cook!

That was Monday and the rest of the week was pretty lack luster haha! Poor Paul was incredibly sick and had to stay home most of the week. I don't know what he had but it was not good stuff and Ella and I were lucky that we didn't get it. Let me tell you I am scared of when I get sick for the first time having a baby. You don't get the day off to stay in bed, there is a little person waiting for you anyways haha! Paul finally started to feel better by the weekend which was a good thing because it was St Patty's Day! Which was so awesome, my amazing sister in law made us Corn Beef and Cabbage with green bread and awesome party hats. We also had a birthday cake for Ms Mabel who turned ONE! Omg I can't believe she is that old already! She is so special to me I think because I have known her since she was born and ohh boy I can't believe she is getting so big!







Dinner was delicious and so much fun! After we had our dinner we got to see sweet May eat her birthday cake which was so awesome to see. She loved her birthday cake and was so happy to have it all to herself. It makes me excited to see Elleanor turn one. Which I am not ready for by any means but it makes me excited!



After watching that sweet baby eat cake and after she got a bath all of the adults decided it was time to have a dance party. OMG the kinect dance party thing HOLY HANNAH SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!! We got to boggy! I burned off all the cake calories lol it was a dance battle to the death! I challenged Cam who I knew in college to a dance off. It was a bad idea, he hasn't lost any of his skills and wiped the floor with me. I thought I had retained some of my skills but it looks like I need a refresher course. It was a great time! That night Paul and I decided to take the night off and go see a movie. Paul's dad is an awesome grandpa and came over after she feel asleep. Paul and I got to go see a movie and had a great time! I can't wait to use grandpa over and over again because it was kind of nice to get out without pulling out a carseat with me! Haha we saw 21 jumpstreet and holy moly I LAUGHED SOOOOOOOOOO HARD! It was a pretty fantastic movie, and a great date night! Well thats about it for today its been raining all week and I am ready for sun! Anyone able to send some my way?