Weight: 19 lbs, 9 oz. (25 %)
Height: 29 1/2 inches (79 %)
So basically, Rachel continues to follow in Caleb's "body type" path. Like I posted before, at their respective 9 month appts. they weighed only a difference of 1 oz., and following that trend, Rachel weighs 5 oz more than he was at 1 yr (he was 19 lbs. 4oz.) and she is the same height (he too was 29 1/2 inches). Since birth through this first year, they have literally turned into the same exact body type within just a few ounces of each other. I am so fascinated by that! They are both little string beans, but very healthy so we are thankful! In lieu of posting a crazy amount of pics of each event, I'll try to do one or two of each to get caught up. Sorry about the videos as well, I am so bummed that I'm not able to post Rachel walking or signing (she does some baby sign language now), etc. Oh I almost forgot, Rachel is starting to talk too, her favorites words currently are ball, WOW, and belly button! Her first word was "mine", and she said it as she took a toy away from Caleb. Go figure! Ha ha! So the pictures are basically going to be backwards in terms of time, starting with the Pocono Vacation (I'll hopefully posts pics of Rachel's party and our recent camping trip to Maine sometime soon). Here we go!
A group shot!
Matt's new girlfriend Sara and her son Declan (Dex) came to the Poconos as well. Caleb and Rachel loved having another partner in crime to play with!!!
Grammy and Pops with the crazy kids!
One night Jason and I took the kids over to Nora's house for dinner with her family (Nora is one of my best friends and was one of my bridesmaids too)!
We celebrated Rachel's birthday on the trip so the fam could see her eat some cake! She was just a week and half shy of turning 1 at the time.
Proud of herself for blowing out the candle with Daddy!
First touch...
First taste...
She was a fan! Here she was sharing the cake love!
Can someone clean me up?
Uncle Matt, Sara and Dex got Rachel a shopping cart and food! It was a hit!
Some of our other favorite presents...PSU gear (especially Rachel's first cheerleader outfit from Grammy and Pops)!
My favorite pic of the trip of Uncle Matt and Caleb playing football!
Some other fun gifts: a super cute dress from Sara and Dex to Rachel above, and some cute clothes for the kids that Nora got them as well below!
Meme and Pepe made Rachel her very own chair like they had for Caleb too!
Before the Poconos trip, our good friend Todd (and Jason's college roommate) visited. The kids had a ball with him!
These two pics above and below were from the 4th of July. Rachel loved the fireworks (it was her first time!), she was dancing to the music and was quite mesmerized.
I did a fun baseball themed family night for Jason that included tickets for him and Caleb to see a Lowell Spinners game. As you can see, we made baseball cupcakes for Jason too, but Caleb dropped the plate so they were a little messy! It was definitely a fun surprise night for Jason. The game was a few weeks later, and they had front row seats on the 1st base line. Caleb had a blast!
All of the next round of pics were from our family's first time camping. We had so much fun! As you can see, we made a s'mores fan out of Caleb! And doesn't he look so grown up in the pic below? Crazy!
Rachel liked camping too!
Jason got a camp stove and some other things for camping as Father's Day gifts from us, and part of his gift was that I booked this campsite for Father's Day weekend.
I don't know why I took this pic of Caleb, but I just liked his little face in it!
Finally, at the beginning of the summer, Grammy and Pops visited and we took a tour of Fenway in Boston and then went to Hampton Beach on another day. Grandpa and Nana visited around that time too, but we didn't take any pics so unfortunately I have none to post. But we had a great time with everybody!
So that's a recap of the summer so far (with more pics than I planned on posting...thanks for sticking with me)! Like I said, I'll try to post some Rachel birthday party pics soon!
