Our dog has done really well with Rachel. They are becoming best friends and love playing and chasing each other around the house. Rachel thinks she is absolutely hilarious and doesn't hesitate around her one bit. Most of the time, Zoe ends up getting her eyes poked, ears and tail pulled, hair jerked out, or drooled on (just to name a few). She lets Rachel do pretty much anything to her and just sits there (She does get a lick or two in. She can't really help herself there).

Since Rachel entered our family a little over a year ago, she obviously takes up most of our time at home now. We try to make sure Zoe is included, but I know she probably feels rejected a little.

So here's a few of the best dog in the world. These were taken in the back yard last week ago.

Rachel was six months old Friday. Where did the time go? Seems like it was just last month when Rachel was born. She is definitely entering a more "fun" stage. Everything so far has been fun too, but I'm really enjoying all of the new things she can do. It's like she learns to do something new every day or she figures out how to do something better. The past month she has really gotten better at sitting up. It also makes it a whole lot easier to do photos that way.

These are a few of her six month photos. Lori made her a tutu, and we found an old necklace to put on her. She's really learning how to "turn it on" for the camera. One day I know she will get tired of it all and say "no more daddy." But until then....

We also took some Easter photos around the same time. I will post some of those later.

Rachel was three months old today. It's hard to believe it has already been that long. Everyone told me after we found out we were going to have a baby that the time flew and I believe them.

Now she is smiling, laughing, making talking noises, and today she rolled over for the first time. I was lucky enough to be taking photos when it happened and I was able to catch the sequence.

So we decided to do some more photos of my daughter in her Christmas dress. These seem to have better expressions from her. The last ones we did she wasn't smiling a whole lot. She wasn't being grumpy, but just wasn't smiling.

Rachel's Great-Grandmother gave her a Christmas dress to wear this year. Today we took some photos of her in it. She's holding her head up now and smiling all the time. It's amazing how fast they grow up. It's already been two months.

I bought a remote for my camera the other day so I could take some family portraits without having to use the timer. We set up everything in the dining room and spent a few minutes trading the baby around. In addition to the three of us together, Lori took a few of me and Rachel, and I took a few of them together. Here's a couple we took. We're using one I took in our Christmas card so I won't be posting that one right now.

My brother and his girlfriend came in to visit today. It's the first time they've been up since Rachel was born. So we took a little time and shot a few photos with him in his firefighter gear.