Well this past week we went to visit my parents for two days and then up to "Green Acres" to visit my grandparents! (They live on a farm out in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma, so Green Acres is very fitting!) You see, Thad was working in Oklahoma since Monday and then Berk had her 9-month doctor visit on Tuesday and so we decided to go to my parents for a couple of days and then meet Thad at my grandparents for a few days! When we were at parents we got to catch up with one of my best friends from high school and the only one that I really keep in contact with, and we had plans to go to the waterpark on Wednesday, but Mother Nature wouldn't allow it! So instead we hung out at parents for the evening, got some good R & R and some great time for Berk to spend with her grandparents! We got in the car and drove 2 hours to my grandparents on Thursday and was so happy to see Thad! (I think it's a great thing when you still get butterflies when you see your honey, don't you?!) The few days we spent up at my grandparents was tons of fun since Berk hadn't visited the farm yet and she got the whole shebang: chickens sitting on her lap, fishing, playing on the porch, and no trip to Green Acres would be complete without AIR CONDITIONING would it?! Yes, no air conditioning, just fans blowing around the humid, HOT air; boy were we thankful for our air conditioning when we got home on Saturday! Berk also got to meet her great-great-grandma and so did Thad for the first time! Oh and Berkley also took her first step at Mema and Papa's while me and Thad were fishing the last night! Mema said that she just let go of the entertainment center and just took a step towards her! I swear we miss all of the firsts!! But I am posting some pictures from the visit and also Berk's 9-month statistics! Hope you enjoy!
Berkley 9-months:
Weight: 21 lbs. 9 oz. (90th percentile)
Height: 29 inches (95 th percentile)
Head circumference: 18 inches (95th percentile)
She also got her finger pricked to check to see if she was anemic (look at the child and you would know this answer) and also if she had lead poisoning; thankfully both were negative!
She is also able to eat just about EVERYTHING off of the table in addition to her formula and canned food! She has already enjoyed mashed potatoes, tortilla, fried potatoes, pop tart, toast with gravy and I'm sure much more is to come!
******And the BIGGEST THING to come out of the appointment is this:*****
Berkley is now in a BIG GIRL CAR SEAT and gets to face forward with the rest of us!
Meadows
6/10/09...Playing with the kitty cat at Nana and Papa's.
6/11/09...On our way up to Green Acres! I'm so thankful that she loves riding in the car!
6/11/09...Meeting her great-great-grandma for the first time!
6/12/09...Mema said "Oh just let her get in those cabinets while you do the dishes; there isn't anything she can mess up in there!" Well Berk found the one thing that she could dump all over the ground-oatmeal!
6/12/09...Getting ready to go fishing!
6/12/09...First ride on a tractor!
6/12/09...Berkley's idea of fishing!
6/12/09...Three of the fish we caught and kept! We caught plenty of little ones that will be good in about a year but these are the ones we kept to eat later!
6/12/09...I guess she thought this cardinal was real! She was so gentle with it!
6/12/09...Playing with this rabbit that has been there as long as I can remember!
6/12/09...Sitting and eating in the high chair that pretty much ALL of us have sat and ate in!
6/13/09...Sitting with Papa eating a bottle!
6/13/09...Sitting with Mema on the porch watching the chickens; that cat beside them is 18 years old!
6/13/09...With Papa on the porch before we left! This is the same girl who screamed the first time he picked her up when we were there; she is loving on him now!
6/13/09...On the road again! It took us 7 hours to get home and she was trooper every minute of it!
6/14/09...Getting ready to go to Gran and Pop's for supper! Gran made her this oufit this summer!
6/14/09...It won't be long and she won't need that stool to help her walk!
6/14/09...We were playing peek-a-boo in the house in the play room!
And since we didn't get to go to Schlitterbahn like we did last year (yes, big fat pregnant lady in a bathing suit, I will spare you those pictures!), Berkley and I did a little "swimming" of our own today:
6/27/09...Making sure we put on plenty of sunblock!
6/27/09...Getting used to it!
6/27/09...Splashing herself in the face!
6/27/09..."I'm loving playing in the water, mom! See my smile!" 
And then she decided to entertain me with this:
6/24/09...Berk and her baby blues!
6/24/09...I don't know why she was making this sad face but she did!
6/24/09..."Here mom, I will share!"
6/24/09...I love this picture of her and Webster!
6/20/09...The diaper cake that I made for Rachel for the shower
6/20/09...I stole this idea from my sisters-in-law that they did for my shower and we did it for Rachel as well! We stuffed the play pen full of all the essentials she will need for Jayden!
6/20/09...Berk playing with Nana and Mema-Mema tucked her dress into her diaper because she was having problems crawling with it!
6/20/09...Berkley wanting Rachel's bracelets to stick in her mouth!
6/20/09...Rachel with the diaper cake that will go in Jayden's room!
6/20/09...Rachel with the hostesses!
6/20/09...Sisters and the Berkster!
