Sara comes to visit: Part 2

Fort Fisher Aquarium.  So nice to go there when most kids are in school. I love this place

It's so creepy to be this close to a croc.

Look at those big mouths!

Cambers is much more daring this time.  She put her hand in the water and hovered a couple inches above the sand sting ray.

Carolina Beach.  

It was only 80 degrees, so not too many people to share the beach with. We were the ONLY ones in swimsuits and in the water.  It was a perfect North Carolinian Autumn day and we had a lot a fun playing in the water and sand.

Cambers would come up to camp for snacks and marched right back down to the water. 

Vienna woke up to eat, and went right back to sleep.

 Cambry loved Sara.  Sara was so fun with her.

Which way is the ocean again Cambers?

Sara comes to visit... Yay! (Part 1: The Fair)

Sara flew into town on the same day that the state fair started. So, naturally, we had to take her to the fair.

Cambry was in heaven seeing all the animals

There was a cute little sink, just her size, for her to wash up in when we got out of the nasty barns (the sink doesn't look much better).

Cambry danced at her first hoedown. There was this sweet bluegrass band playing and Cambry never passes up a good dance beat. She has some serious ups.

This one is for my Dad - tractor engine powered ice cream makers. I can just see something like this set up in the backyard.

We had to try out some fried Oreos which surprisingly are really good. I just thought that eating them would be like eating spoonfuls of shortening or something.

The fair was so packed by late afternoon. You could not walk a step without bumping into someone. We waited in a really long line to ride this Ferris Wheel. We thought that it was the best suited ride for our crew which included 2 babies.  

It actually turned out to be a great ride for us. At first, Cambry was too sure about it, but after realizing all the awesome things she could see from the top she was loving it.

North Carolina's version of the big yellow slide. I waxed all the little kids and my sister

It was a fun day at the fair and it was great to have Sara with us. Vienna just slept through the whole thing. Cambry had ample amount of things to keep her busy and never got lost... for too long. It definitely helped having an extra pair of eyes on the look out.

Tsee-zis

About a month ago Cambry added a word to her growing vocabulary: Tsee-zis, or Jesus.  She only whispers it, which has made me remember that it's not only a sacred word, but a special being that we should revere.  We have pictures of Christ around our home, but you know when something has been there for awhile that you stop seeing it?  It's been so humbling to hear that little voice whisper His name periodically throughout the day as she discovers and rediscovers His pictures.  It's been so great to be taught by my toddler to always remember Him.

Our New Life

We have a whole new life here in the Rappleye household

Vienna Jean coming home from the hospital

Cambry is keeping a close eye on Vienna trying to decide if she likes her.

So sad. She walked around with this melancholy face for about 2 weeks.

Grandma Beck took her to a lot of parks to lift her spirits.

Rappleye Girls

Aren't they the cutest?? Love them.

Vienna's first bath

My Grandma Ber's trademark fruit basket for the new mom.  Nice to have a piece of her.

Cambry "helping" Grandma Beck type

We got to meet up with Uncle Lindz and Aunt Lil for Lil's Birthday dinner.  It's always so great to see them.

Cambry loved the mud pie

Uncle Lindz held Vienna the whole dinner.  I could literally see the stress of a mission president just melt off of him as he held this new little essence of purity and innocence.

What do you think Cambry?  Are you going to like her?

My girls holding hands.  So precious.  Cambry actually is warming up to Vienna a lot more now that she's figured out how to give her high five and bones, and she can find Vienna's eyes, ears, nose, etc.  Today she did her first protective big sister act.  I was on the floor tickling Cambry.  Vienna started crying on the couch and Cambry slapped my hands away, stood up, rushed over to Vienna and looked at me like, "Well? Aren't you going to help her??"

Another thing I forgot about newborns is the umbilical cord cleaning.

Cambers is always making us laugh.  I wish I could know what she was thinking... "I wonder how much of myself I can fit in this bucket"

C disappeared for a few minutes.  When Devin finally found her she had unrolled an entire roll of toilet paper, threw maxi pads all over the place, and pulled some of the laundry out... oh wait, that's just me having bad aim.  Devin and I are having a hard time keeping straight faces when she does things that are so funny, but we're working hard not to encourage this kind of behavior.

Vienna's first time at the park... Not sure if she liked it or not, she just stayed on this bench the whole time.  haha  

I think this is where she lets everything go.  She wasn't ready to get out of the swing until she was almost asleep.  She's had a lot on her plate as of late.

I love this pic.  Curler, costume skirt, caught shaking and peeking in the bassinet

My mom shot this clip of Vienna blinking, yawning, kicking etc.  Only newborns can make this stuff somewhat entertaining (I use that term very loosely).  Can you imagine clip of a grown man doing the same things and posting a video of it?

Catch Up

I'm behind in a lot of things.  Since blogging is more appealing than folding several loads of laundry (but only slightly), I'll play a little online catch up.

Here are a bunch of pics of our little friend Cambry pre-big sister stage:

Not sure why, but she loves these bushes and we spend many mornings playing peek-a-boo in them.

 I wonder what she'd do if she ever caught a duck.  I'm positive she wouldn't touch it, they'd just stare each other down.

 Waving good bye to her feathered friends.

Sunday Morning Walk/Ride

Walking Daddy to the bus stop

I love it when she waves good-bye to the bus.  Most of the time she waves after it's turned the corner.

Puddle jumping gone bad.

Soggy bum.  Love her

Communication

Devin and I were watching the BYU football game.  Devin is 100% fully loaded, true blue Cougar.  I mean pre-game and post game shows, follower of cougar blogs and articles throughout the week, wears BYU gear on game day even while living across the country, etc.
Here's a conversation we had between a 2nd and 3rd down as I was changing Vienna:
J: Hon, can you get me a diaper?
D: Sure.  A big one for you or a little one for Vienna? (Eyes glued to the screen)
J:  Uh...?? one for Vienna.

Devin races to the back room, throws me a receiving blanket and is right back in the game.  A minute later Devin looks at me while I'm still holding the receiving blanket and giving him an, "Are you crazy??" face.
D:  What?

Moral of the Story?