Mya Holly Stock

I'm an aunt, Dylan's an uncle and Raquel is a cousin! After a very long day of all of us sitting anxiously by the phone. Mya Holly Stock FINALLY made an appearance. Kristen and Derek went to the hospital early in the morning on Wednesday, but by evening there had been no progress and they had to do a C-section- ouch! They are both doing well and we are going to visit in a couple hours:) whoo hooo:)
Here is a link to her photo on the hospital website. I will update later with some more flattering poses:)
http://www.communitymemorial.com/baby_gallery/baby.cfm?b=1024

Growing up:)

Now that Raquel is a whole year old, there have been many changes in her life. She now drinks cows milk (whole milk, not the 3% that I told Dylan to get at the store- he was so confused:) from a cup, not a bottle, and she sits in a new carseat facing forward! Ain't life grand:)

Girls of Summer

Raquel's friend Ana Tyler gave her this dress for her birthday so they could match. The picture was taken a few days ago while Raquel was in serious need of a nap, so you can understand the less than thrilled facial expressions. But today there was no excuse for her behavior when she was scratching Ana in the nursery. I guess she has not learned yet to play well with others (Aunt Kristen does this bring back any repressed memories:).

Birthday Morning

Yesterday was Raquel Ariana van Rensburg's first birthday.
Here are some visual snippets of the day's festivities.

Birthday Dinner

Raquel had a combined birthday dinner with her
Great-grandpa McClain. He turned 80 today (May 2nd).
Everyone came to Dad and Mom's for supper and
then they opened presents and had cake.



Raquel's most favorite things to play with are our
cell phones, so I made her cake in replica of them.



The birthday boy and girl:)



Raquel received many presents and was especially
interested in the bows and wrapping paper.

Cake Diving

Mmm Mmm Good