Meeting Aunt Mandy

Mandy was in Houston for a few hours on Tuesday at the beginning of her visit to Texas this week. It was great to see her and Rachel was finally able to meet her aunt.

Mandy brought Rachel some adorable felted wool shoes - we tried to get her picture with them on the couch after dinner but she was not really cooperating.

In addition to having visitors, Rachel has been enjoying playing with her mommy...
...sleeping unswaddled at night...


...gazing at herself in the mirror above her swing...

...looking cute...


...sitting in her Bumbo (even when it makes her sneeze)...



...and concentrating while playing on her mat.


Rachel and I went to our first playgroup this week. It is a group that we found through Heights Kids for babies born March 1 to September 1 of this year, so they are all right around Rachel's age. We had a good time, even though the babies do not really interact much beyond staring at each other at this point.

Here are a couple more videos of Rachel talking and playing. I hear from her Oma, Opa and Aunt Angela that they enjoy watching them.