Hailey's accomplishments

Hailey found her thumb! She's been chewing at her hands for weeks now and yesterday after many frustrating attempts, managed to locate her thumb. Pure bliss! She has enjoyed a pacifier, but we think we may have our first thumb sucker. She was so relieved to get that in there the right way.

Saturday was soccer (of course). We found a Mexican soccer uniform that Shawn bought back when Rachel could wear it. It has been passed down through all of our children and served as Abby's first Halloween costume. It now fits Hailey. So we dressed her up and took yet another picture of one of our kids in this uniform. It's a good thing the images are digital, and therefore dated. I'd hate to try and sort this one out of a stack in a box.

Back to school

I truly love Autumn in Indiana. The weather is cooling, the rains are coming, the grass is growing again...and my kids are back in school! We had an unusual summer with little Hailey. They may actually be glad to be back just to have a little more social time.

(Yes, it really was dark when Rachel left for school. Gotta love the bus ride!) We caught Ian after his first day. Pretty good smiles considering it was school. They are both doing well. Rachel is particularly driven to get strait A's. Yesterday she completed an extra credit assignment for math that will bring her grade up to 117%! She's not an overacheiver or anything though. :)

Ian is content to just complete his regular assignments and anxious to get outside to play. He loves playing two sports this fall. Football and soccer. Last Saturday his games were back to back, and he had a bruised heel from P.E. the day before. He still ran like the wind. Yesterday he helped me mow the lawn (He can do most of the backyard himself). His Dad has taught him to look out for me when he is out of town and Ian really tries to fill that assignment.