Rachel is almost 3 months!

This has been a busy month of traveling for the kids and I, as we have taken two trips to PA in the span of three weeks or so (I spontaneously went to visit my family on their vacation in the Pocono's just this past week...I'll post pics of that trip soon!). I meant to post Rachel's 2 month stats before all of these trips, but didn't get around to it. I can't believe that she will be 3 months old this upcoming Saturday! She is definitely growing and being as cute as ever! She started giggling right after she turned 2 months old, (there's a cute video of that below) and she has found her fingers just like Caleb too. Although it looks like she is going to be partial to her thumb! Here were her 2 month old stats:

12.6 lbs (76th percentile)
24 inches long (90th percentile)

Topsfield Fair

Two weekends ago we went to the Topsfield Fair for the first time. It is the oldest fair in the country apparently and it was definitely fun all around with animals, rides and of course great food! I think I am still partial to the York Fair and Jason to the Minnesota State Fair though (since we grew up with those). But we still had a fun family outing at this one!

Caleb loved pretending to drive the tractor!

This was Caleb's first time on a carousel. He liked it a lot!

Rachel had a good time too!

Checking out the goats.

This was the 1,400 some odd pound winning pumpkin this year!

One more time on the carousel before we headed home.

Look alikes!

When Rachel was first born, we often remarked how much we thought she looked like Caleb. Now that she is just over two months old, she is starting to develop her own little look, less and less like Caleb everyday. So we might have missed our opportunity to take the "look-alike" photos (we were going to dress her up in some of his clothes for the comparison). But we still have a few shots that show some of their similarities. I would have you guess who is who, but they are wearing clothes that give it away, so I'll just tell you!

Caleb above and Rachel below, each at about 1 1/2 months old.

Again, Caleb above and Rachel below, each at about 2 months old.

We even think they have some similar sounds. The top video is Caleb's famous farting video (he was just under two months old when this was taken), and below is a video Grammy took this past week (Rachel is just over two months old now).

This one we tried to stage in the same outfit, but it is hard to see with the different angles of their faces. But their nose and mouth areas look similar to us anyhow!

Trip to York

After Caleb was born, we took a trip to PA to visit family, friends and neighbors so everyone could meet him. Mom and Dad hosted a little "get to know Caleb" drop-in party then too, and we took pictures of all of the people who visited Caleb. Well, just last week, the kids and I (along with Grammy, who came to Salem first in order to come with us on the drive to PA), took a trip down to York to do the same kind of thing. We saw lots of family and friends and we had a great time! It was a bummer Jason had to stay back because of work and seminary, but at least he got a lot of school work done in our absence. Here are some pics of the trip!

Our first stop on the way to York was to Uncle Matt's place in NJ to visit for a few hours and have lunch.

The next day after arriving, we had a lunch date with some family members at Marino's. Here's Aunt Ann (Val's god-mother) with Rachel below.

And this is Val's other god-mother, Aunt Sue, with Rachel too!

Caleb was entertaining himself (and all of us) during lunch with his crayon cup!

A cute shot of Grammy and her grandson :)

A group shot with the Aunts and with Flossie (she's on the far left).

Pops was at lunch too, but he had to go back to work before we could get any pics of him. Here he was with the li'l lady that night.

The next day I had a lunch date with some of my friends from PSU. The shot above was taken right before I left for lunch (it's the first picture I've ever taken holding both kids...I need to do that more often)!

We all met up at Isaac's for lunch. That's Charlotte, Jamie's daughter above.

Here's Kim holding Rachel.

This is Abigail, Carolyn's daughter above. She and Charlotte are a few months older than Caleb.

A group shot minus Caleb. He stayed back with Grammy because he had a little runny nose (I didn't want to get anyone sick of course) and also because I would have had my hands full with the two of them at lunch! Ha ha!

Checking out the ducks after lunch.

While I was out with Rachel, Grammy took Caleb to the park. He always has so much fun on swings and slides! What a cool Grammy he has!

That night, everyone was tired from a long day of fun!

On Friday we took the kids shopping at Park City Mall. This was a sleepy Caleb still waking up at breakfast before we left. I just think this picture is funny!

On our last day in York, Grammy and Pops hosted a "get to know Rachel" drop-in party like they did for Caleb, and a lot of family and neighbors got to meet her. Here she is cooing with Grammy before people arrived.

Her party cake!

On the Debes side there are two cousins of mine that have children. One family couldn't come because Sue Ann was sick with pneumonia (we missed you guys!), but we did get to see John, Alexandra and their daughter Katrina. Katrina is 3 1/2, and John and Alexandra are expecting another little one in late February. It was so fun seeing Katrina with Rachel...a picture of things to come! :)

Cousin John with Rachel.

LOVE this pic! What a great dad he is!

We were trying to get the kids to pose....good thing Katrina knew what to do. She did a great job trying to keep Caleb in place!

Alexandra with Rachel.

This is kind of hard to see, but the kids were throwing balls around with John and this is the two of them in mid-throw. These kids both have some good arms!

Uncle John and Aunt Joanne with Rachel.

Neighbor Mrs. Craven with Rachel.

Neighbor Rachel with Rachel :)

Neighbor's Mrs. Freer (above) and Mr. Freer (below) with Rachel.

Neighbor Mrs. Pomeroy with Rachel.

We saw some other neighbors too but didn't get pics of everyone unfortunately. The last people to stop over for the night were Aunt Sue and Uncle Roge. That's Uncle Roge below with Rachel.

One last shot with Grammy and Pops to end the night.

During Caleb's snack time right before bed, Rachel totally feel asleep in the bumbo. She had such a fun, but long day.

And this was on Sunday on our way back to Salem with Grammy. I think Caleb was really thinking about giving Rachel a french toast stick! We had a fantastic trip. It was so great seeing everyone!