Pie in the Face

So this past week was band camp.  It was a great week.  We were very blessed with wonderful parent help, awesome hard working kids, and great weather....okay it was still hot, but not as bad as it has been in previous weeks.  The Seniors decided on the last day they would surprise Joe and give him a pie.  Here is a fun video of the last day after we did awards!

18 months!

Becca had her 18 month check-up yesterday.  It went really well.  She doesn't usually like to get weighed (but hey, what girl does! :), but when she saw the paintings of the Sesame Street characters above the scale she got excited and talked right through the nurse weighing her and measuring her length.  She finally went back up on the weight chart which is good.  She weighs 22 pounds and is 32 inches long.
She was very vocal with the doctor and talked her ear off.  She smiled and played peek-a-boo.  Maybe this was because the doctor told her no shots this time!  Dr. Joshi said that Becca made her day and that she was a really smart little girl.  Good news with her ears as well...they were completely healed with no infection! Yea!!!

Elmo, Elmo, Elmo!

Anyone who has been around Becca recently knows that she LOVES Elmo.  She also loves Cookie, Oscar, Ernie, Na Na(this is Big Bird....not sure why...), Count, Zoe, Abby, uffy (Snuffy).  These are the names she can say.  Becca gets to go play that the Thompson's house on Wednesday nights and they have all of the Sesame Street character stuffed animals.  Obviously she loves this.  When we dropped her off one night they graciously gave us a picture of her in a frame that they had made.  It is adorable.  Here is a picture!

Becca's Buddy Brian

We had a bunch of high school and college students over to our house this afternoon in order to prepare for band camp this coming week.  Becca, of course, loved the attention and decided she was going to tell all of them a bunch of stories.  She is not shy at all! :)  Is it bad that she especially likes to talk with the boys already?  She would hand them her books and want them to read to her and also give them her baby dolls and want to play.  I'm not sure they liked this, but she loved the attention from them!

Since Becca knows the Thompson family really well, she of course loved the fact that Brian came over as well.  She actually goes around calling his name when he is not here.  She did that after he left tonight.  After our meeting, the kids decided they wanted to play the Wii and Becca wanted to get right in and play with them.  They would yell and then she would squeal and clap.  Brian, being such a nice guy, let her "help" him drive the Mario cart.  She was having a great time. She also wanted to be a big girl and drink the same drink Brian was drinking as well.  Unfortunately the bottle was a little big for her.

It was a fun afternoon.  Having all of the kids here made me think about what it is going to be like when Becca has all of her friends over.  Good thoughts.

Fun with Cousins

Today Becca and I met Meghan and Tyler at the Indianapolis Children's Museum.  We had a lot of fun.  I'm amazed at how much Becca remembers from our previous visits.  When we entered "Playscapes" (the area for children under 5) she kept saying ducky, ducky.  She remembered that she played with the ducks in the water last week when we were there.  She is now very comfortable in this area and enjoyed running from one side of the room to the other while mommy got a workout chasing her back and forth.  She also remembered climbing through one of the tunnels and finding daddy at the other end. So today, she tried to climb through and kept saying "Daddy, daddy."  She also did this as we were riding the carousel.  She is so used to seeing daddy standing there waving.  No daddy today though.
It was fun seeing Tyler and Becca interact with each other and the kids around them.  I really enjoyed spending time with Tyler and Meghan.  It was nice to get out of the house and talk with another mommy and sister!

Fun Adventures This Summer

I thought I would have more time to update our blog this summer, but that obviously hasn't been the case.  We have been enjoying the summer and here are a few fun pictures from our adventure so far.  We have taken a few trips to the Indianapolis Children's Museum, which Becca loves.  We also went to a place called Monkey Joe's in Lafayette.  Monkey Joe's is an indoor facility that houses inflatable bounce houses and slides.  It was a lot of fun.  Becca enjoyed seeing Elmo on the 5 and under bounce houses, but she really enjoyed going down the big slides.  I think it was more of a workout for me trying to help her climb up the big slides.  I was exhausted afterwards and a little sore! :)

This is Joe and Becca on the Carousel at the Children's Museum.  She loves to ride it and has to at least 3 times every time we go! :)




This is Becca on July 4th in her cute Osh Kosh outfit.  We didn't do much for the 4th.  Joe and I played in the Civic Band on the 3rd, but no fireworks this year.


We tried glue for the first time today.  I know it is probably a little bit early for her, but I'm trying to come up with new things for her to experience.  She caught on right away and wanted to do it herself (which is a big thing right now!).

Becca has a lot of fun "swimming" in her little pool.  She can stay in for a long time and loves the water. She also loves to swing ("Weeee" as she calls it) and slide.  She climbs up the slide the wrong way, but we are trying to teach her to climb up the steps and then go down.  We really are enjoying our fenced in backyard!

This is a narrated video from Monkey Joes.  Joe decided he would give you a step by step account of what was going on.  I didn't realize until I uploaded everything that we really didn't get any pictures from Monkey Joe's, just video...so here is the best one!  Becca loved going down the slides! :)

Teach us to number our days...

I know this blog is mainly to keep everyone up to date on Becca, but I also feel the Lord impressing upon my heart tonight to write thoughts down as well.  I'm amazed at how quickly the time flies by.  I've been thinking a lot about this lately, I don't know if this is just because summer is flying by and I get sad when I walk into a store and see the school supplies being stocked up; or if it is the fact that Becca is growing so fast.  Every time I think of her getting older, I am overjoyed yet saddened at the same time.  I want to cherish every moment and commit it to memory.  She is in her "NO" phase right now....or will this phase ever end? :)  She says No really clearly.  She also does not like being strapped in to her stroller or carseat right now.  Guess it is good we aren't taking the 11 hour drive vacation to Philly this summer.  Playing in the backyard sounds like a lot more fun!
Moses said in Psalm 90:12, "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."  I find it interesting that I've been thinking a lot about time and this was in the devotional I was reading tonight.  Our time on this earth passes so quickly and there is so much to do while we are here.  I need to be spending my time more wisely.  I need to ask the Lord every morning to guide my path and show me how to honor and worship him today.  Sometimes I get caught up in the fact that I don't really have any "free" time anymore and I can't just sit down and read a book.  The Lord has totally changed my thinking on this lately.  What a blessing it is to have a wonderful little girl to raise and spend time with.  God has entrusted us with Becca to raise in His ways.  What an honor and a blessing.  I pray that I can serve Him by raising Becca and guiding her heart to the things that truly matter.