John 13:1-17

May 2 to the 11th

We went to Jackson for the night. Joy and Louis came over to Grandmother's to have dinner with us. Guess who slept right through their visit?

Rebekah really likes bath time, rather its in the sink or the real tub. We think she has ecxema . We have stopped using Johnson & Johnson products and started using Aveeno. Her skin has cleared up.
We stopped in Jackson to spend the night on our way to Starkville. We met Momma and Hayley for dinner at Sakura Bana. Rebekah loves her Mamie. Check out this big smile!
Mommy is lazy and didn't want to pack up the Pack 'n' Play so...Little Miss slept in a drawer (on the bed) at Grandmother's. She seemed to like it as much as her crib. She slept straight through the night as usual.
We went to Starkville for my dear friend, Laura's wedding. I was an honorary bridesmaid. I enjoyed seeing Laura and her family, and getting to know Laura's other friends. This was Rebekah's first trip (other than to Jackson to see family).
My great friend !!!! Mary Helen went with us to Starkville to help with Rebekah. Mary Helen is a God.send. Rebekah liked her and was pretty good when MH babysat. I think MH got Rebekah smiling more than any of the grandmothers have.We drove home from Starkville on Mother's Day. These two mothers had a good time playing and talking to Rebekah, AND the "Beks" enjoyed it too!

We were ready to be home with J.R. We came home to learn that Cotton and Rice died. I was really upset. We went to have supper at El Rancho where Rebekah really smiled at her Daddy over and over and over. I miss my kitties!!! We got them in May 2005. They were about three or four weeks old. I had to bottle feed them, so teeny tiny. They went through several moves with us. I will keep missing them. I think I new kitten will ease the pain...maybe J.R. will give in before Rebekah is six, maybe.

Our regular Tuesday night outing to El Rancho

Some new things

Rebekah's started smiling when she's not pooping! She'll be grinning ear to ear and when we get the camera she stops. I got a few shots of the end of a smile. Cotton the ugly cat is really interested in Rebekah too. Also, I posted a video of Rebekah holding her head up. It is a little hard to see but pull out those glasses and put your nose on the computer screen and you'll see it (please excuse my high voice on the video).

Funky Friday

Little Miss has slept at least seven hours straight five nights in a row. Yippee!!!

We completely messed up her nap schedule, but at least she looked cute.

The Three Little Girls

Early this evening, our friends April and Jason stopped by the house with their crew. They have three children. Two of the three are twin girls who were born two days after Rebekah. It was neat to see them all together. Our little Rebekah doesn't look so little next to Ava and Allie!

Rebekah has slept through the night three nights in a row AND she is starting to find her thumb more consistently!

We've been seeing alot of this face lately. It is accompanied by lots of gas!

We ordered a Wubbanub because she likes her soothie so much. Wubbanub holds her soothie in place, kind of.http://www.wubbanub.com/about.php She's also been enjoying TummyTime.


She's holding her head up well.

And then she collapses!

The past couple weeks

Rebekah's first bottle, she took to it like an old pro.

Gravy has taken to guarding Rebekah and I while the baby nurses.


Rebekah and I took a two day trip to Jackson. Grandmother loved
walking the floor with baby.

The Graves family stopped to visit us in Hattiesburg.
It was fun seeing some of our favorite kids with our brand new kid.