Levi and Lillie

We had a really nice day here on Wed. it was I think 85. So we went outside and got some picks. Hope that you enjoy these.





She has been more determined to sit up straighter in her highchair and her swing in the house. Don't think she is going to be laidback. So we decided to put her in the outside swing. Then Levi came home and wanted to join her.








We went in the house and a little later Levi and Lillie decided to play a little video game.



I think she was really getting into the game. Well, I hope everyone enjoys the pictures, this weekend is going to be a busy one. Tomorrow I am going to a friends wedding reception, then on Sunday I will be in training from 8-4 at the Y getting the remainder of my aerobics instructors certification. So Josh will have the kids all day. Then at 6 that night we have the church Thanksgiving dinner. So it will be busy. Take Care and God Bless.

Lilliebug!

Wow not even a week since my last post. Do I get some sort of reward for this??? Come on family. I get the hardest time when I am slacking. It has been crazy this past 5 days Lillie and I were both sick. I felt ok on Friday when I took her to immediate care. She had a sinus infection, then Sat., I got worse. I started taking some Amoxicillian to clear me up but was not doing too hot by yesterday. I went to immediate care and they did blood work to see if I had mono or a problem with my white blood cell count. I just wanted to sleep, at least Josh came home and watched Lillie so I could go to the dr. I ended up just having some virus, so he sent me away to get Sudafed and Prednazine(I am sure I didn't spell that right, but it is a steriod) I am feeling so much better today. So I got out the camera this morning when Lillie first woke up. She is really a happy baby when she first wakes up on her own and not due to hunger.

As you can see arms are flying she was happy to see her mama. Which she will now say mom and she doesn't have to be screaming mad to do it. So mom was her first word but it wasn't the sweetest since she was mad when she would say it. Although I was still excited for it to be her first word. We then went out to the living room and got new diaper on and clothes on for the day. She was just content sitting and playing with her paci. Ok I couldn't decide which one I liked better and then thought I would just put them both on I am sure people won't mind seeing more pictures of her.

This one is so cute it looks like she would say "Oh man she is taking my picture with my paci in my mouth. What are you doing mom?"

This is her practicing up for her model shoots. "This is my good side"
Now we have LILLIEBUG!

OK now that I finally got my balance took mom forever to get me to sit on it. Kept falling over. Course I was trying to get the bugs anntenas.

I have one but I really want the other one too!

Oh heck with the other one I'll just eat this one, don't care as long as I can put it in my mouth.

OOPS I leaned over to far to get more of it in my mouth. Good thing mom was there to pick me up.
It was now time for MY big brother to go to school. He has late start on Wed. so he doesn't leave home until 8:45.

He is getting so big, and learning so much. He comes home and reads to me and mom. Last night he read 2 books that he had made at school, and they aren't easy words like "See Jane run". Someday I wanna be like him, cause I love him lots. I missed him soo much last week and when he come back to our house on Monday(he missed school because he had been sick on Sunday) he sat down by me and I just talked to him and he talked to me it was great. I sure do love him. Well, mom started out writing this and I guess I will finish it up. Love Lillie

3X in 1 Week!!!

Well, wish I had pictures to share, but I haven't received them from Britta yet. It hasn't been that fun of a week the last few days anyway. Lillie and I were both feeling pretty rotten yesterday. She was running a fever and I had a major sore throat. She wouldn't let me do anything but hold her. She didn't even want to sleep anywhere else but my arms. She was doing better last night and she nursed just after 6 this morning so I am hoping that she will stay a sleep for a couple more hours and let me get some stuff done. Other than that not much going on.

Ok I decided to find some cute pictures of her to share. This one is when she was looking out the window, just from the back side.


This one is actually from Sept. but I thought it was cute. I have decided that I need to start taking more pictures of Levi when he is here, because I don't have him on here much. So next week when he is here I will do that. Take Care and God Bless everyone.

UPDATE Just so you know I didn't forget.

WOW! 2 days in a row. Just wanted to let you know that I forgot the camera last night in order to get pictures of Levi and Lillie. Britta is going to be getting me some since she had her camera. So when I get them I will post them.

SLACKING

Ok, it is one thing when your family tells you that you need to get updating, but it is another one when friends from church ask why your slacking. YIKES. Better get better at keeping up on this. I mean I guess it has been a month and a half since the last update. Guess I am slowing down in my old age.

Here is Lillie 5 1/2 months staring outside. This is when she first started to sit.


Well, I have lots to share. Lillie turned 6 months on the 29th of September and a week before she turned 6 months she decided she wanted an extra feeding in the night. 1 AM to be exact, so I decided it was time to start food.

She took the spoon away.


Big girl and drinking out of a cup.

Levi came over on a Sunday after he had been at a birthday party. He had a balloon and a bag of candy. Lillie enjoyed them just in a different way.


It was funny when the balloon would hit her in the face. She would just have this funny look like what just happen. Even though she was the one making the balloon go all over. She loved it.

Finally, here is one of her outside with daddy. Because you know mommy wouldn't put a purple hat on her with a red and white outfit.

She just started this past Friday drinking out of a straw, she just continues to amaze me daily at how fast they grow. Guess I forgot after 6 years how fast the first year goes.

So it has been a busy month to top it all. I went back to Nebraska 2 weeks ago and we celebrated October birthdays. That was fun, course when you are with my cousin Sindee you can't expect anything accept to be laughing most of the time. It was an enjoyable 1/2 week that Lillie and I spent there, even though my Great Aunt passed away and we had her funeral. It was fun to meet people from her side of the family. Her grandchildren are about the same ages as myself and my brothers. There was even a great grandchild of hers that was only 28 days older than Lillie.

Then last week I aged a year older. I know most of you are reading this going come on your only 29, BUT (and it is a big but) I remember my parents turning 30 and remember how OLD that was, (I was 12 so it is a clear memory) and now I am almost out of my 20's. Well, I hope everyone enjoys this. I am hoping to get on here tomorrow and put pictures of Levi and Lillie on here from the Fall Festival at church tonight. Take care everyone and God Bless.

More pictures!!!

Busy Week

Well, it has been awhile and I am hearing from a lot of family, so I had better update. This last week Josh's parents came into town to visit. They did some house hunting, and found one they like, but it will depend on how things go with what they have going on in Texas. On Thur. Josh and his parents went to the Winfield Bluegrass Festival.

Lillie hadn't had a very good week so we didn't go. Lillie and I did go up to the Kansas State Fair on Friday and met Grandma Eckdahl and Aunt Dixie. Grandma and Grandpa Racchini went and had lunch with Levi at school on Friday and they picked him up from school. He really liked that.

Friday night they guys headed over to our friend Brandon's 30th B-day party, while my mom, Aunt Dixie and my mom-in-law came to my water aerobics class that I was teaching.

On Sat. Levi spent the day "shopping" with Grandma Eckdahl and Aunt Dixie and Lillie went shopping with Grandma Racchini. Levi I guess watched Grandma and Aunt Dixie try on clothes and he was the critic. Lillie just slept. So all in all they both had a good shopping day. Then Sat. night Grandma Eckdahl, Aunt Dixie, Levi, Lillie and I watched the Husker game. Well most of the game. It wasn't a win but we had cheering going on.


Then on Sunday Lillie was dedicated. It was an awesome experience. Pastor Tom did the dedication and it was really neat. It will be exciting to see how Lillie grows to love and follow the Lord.

Now today everyone has gone home so it will be getting back into routine again. Until we have more visitors or when we travel to Nebraska next month to celebrate October birthdays. Not sure if I am looking forward to that or not. I will be 29 for the 1st time.

1ST Day of 1ST Grade!!!

WOW! Where has the time gone. This summer has been full of activities and has just flowen by. It has been over a month since my last post, and boy have I heard it from my family. So I will be working harder on updating more often. This last month has been busy with Levi on vacation with his dad and his family and preparing him for school. I also began my own home buisness as well. This last week Levi started school. He is now in 1st grade, and in a new building. They just built a new elementary building here in Rose Hill. It is really cool. Since there are so many classes for each grade they have made them into little pod like areas. So you walk through a door and then walk through another door and there are the 6 doors for the first grade rooms. They did it with all the elementary classes. However, it is a big building and I got lost after I dropped him off his first day of school. Here is his picture.
Well, this last weekend we headed to Nebraska for a family reunion, so there will be more pictures on the way. I just needed to get something on here or I wasn't going to hear the end of it. Hope everyone is well. God Bless!

Brotherly Love

I had been downstairs doing some work and Levi was upstairs with his sister. He LOVES to take care of her. He holds her and even likes to take her when she is upset and crying. Well, I come upstairs and this is what I see.

I just found this picture so sweet makes me love them that much more. I hate to say it, brings a tear to my eye. This book I bet will be a favorite of Lillie's as well. When Levi was little and he stayed with grandma, she read this book to him, but with character. She didn't just read the book. So you can imagine that when he was reading this to his sister it was the same way. I just love it!!

We are all doing well here. Levi goes back to his dads today and tonight they are headed to Minnesota for a week and a half to stay at a cabin on the lake. The other 3 of us are just going to hang out. I am looking forward to the family reunion and can't wait to go home. Take care and I hope you enjoy the picture as much as I did. God Bless.

My Little Firecracker...went out.

Well, it has been awhile since I have updated with a new post. I have been informed that I also need to journal more. I am more of a talker than a writer I guess. We have been keeping busy around the household, course not to difficult when you have a little one. We had a good 4th of July weekend. Josh had that Monday off, so was a 4 day weekend. We had Levi that weekend as well. Alot of people did fireworks around our house and they were big ones our neighbors said they usually spend about $2000.00. They did have some cool ones. They did theirs on Monday night so on Tuesday night others were going off around us as well. All big ones, these people I guess don't have anything better to spend their money on. Anyway, Tuesday night we went to the park and watched fireworks down there. Here is my firecracker from the 4th.

Then on the 6th we met with Aunt Dixie, Aunt Dude, and Uncle Leon. It was funny Dude kept calling him Lion and Levi was no it is Leon why do you call him that. Anyway Dude was the first to have her, actually Dixie didn't get a chance because she fell asleep. We met for lunch at Sonic and it was a good time. It was fun to be able to spend the little time that we had with them. Maybe someday they will get to come at stay awhile. We do have an extra bed now.

Other than that not much going on, I am teaching water aerobics at they Y and it is a good time. I even have people that have become my regulars. Which is nice lets me know I am doing something right. I am also working out my self to loose this baby fat. It is frustrating, but I know it takes time. Till next time. :)

Lillie at the Pool!!

We went to the pool yesterday, it was really her second time in the pool. We went to the Y on Sat., but I forgot the camera at home. So we just wanted to share her pool pics.

Silly Levi

I had to share this pic. of Levi. He loves his Larry Boy pj's and refusses to let me put them up. These pants are a 4T and he wears a 6-7.

Our little Lillie

I just wanted to share this picture of Lillie. We have flowers growing out back, and Josh had taken her outback one day and put this in her hair. She is growing sooo fast. Enjoy.

Welcome!

Ok, so I figured since the rest of the family seems to be picking this up, I might as well. I was waiting for someone to ask me when I was going to start mine. However, I do have to say that it is nice to be able to keep up with family by being able to post on here. It allows the ones far away to see the kids growing and that is a good thing. I hope to be able to post often, and keep everyone updated on the things going on in the Racchini household. Hope you enjoy and God Bless!