Wednesday, June 18, 2014

9 Months and Mobile

The anticipated (ahem, dreaded) day has come: Rachel is on the move. No electrical wire is untouched, no crumb on the floor inedible. All those days of pushing her butt up in the air have finally turned into crawling.

That being said, Mommy is tired. 

Some facts about Rachel this month:
She is an adventurous eater and always willing to try something once. Her fave go-to is string cheese and yogurt. She can finish an adult size serving in one sitting!

Rachel is getting picky about her company and makes it very clear whether you've made it on her list. It can be very embarrassing with strangers.

She makes this motion with her wrists as if she is revving a motorcycle. It serves as her sign for "all done", but she also likes to wave "hi" and "bye" using the same motion. Apparently, this is not normal?

Another odd thing she does is stick out her arms with her fists balled up and she shakes and smiles uncontrollably when delighted with something.

She started signing "all done" earlier this month and then just signed "more" with PoPo on Saturday (still needs some practice). The day she signed "all done" was one of the most significant moments for Mommy--months of repetition finally followed with delayed gratification.

This girl will pull up on anything she can feast her eyes on. She isn't great at it yet, but she is busy practicing all day

Amazing auntie Erin drove up from SD just to help with Rachel. A literal angel! She watched Rachel so I could unpack and get us settled into the new place

Rachel rolling with the big gals

Celebrating a very special 2 yr olds birthday :)

New hobby: sucking her toes

Ready for summer thanks to auntie Erin

Like a fish in water 

Wow, another 2 yr old's birthday (he is the hairiest one pictured)

What a pleasant visit we had from Neil, Piya, and Cyrah (legs and arms emerging from Ergo) at Newport Beach

So what? We had a craving and drove out to Azusa for some chickfila. Rachel was thrilled to be there.

First trip to the zoo with buddy Kaylee

Rachel loves her aunt Delia! Thanks for coming out to see us!

Wanted to imagine Rachel with hair (or toupee?)

Three stooges?

Rachel got a kick out of it