JustAnn in LA: 18 month update

Happy Easter to all!

As I type, Rachel is curled up like a ball laying on the floor watching Daniel Tiger because she is teething 8 teeth!

What she has been doing recently:

- CLIMBING: She will climb benches, couches, YOU...at the park, she likes to find ledges to straddle and pretend she is rocking back and forth like a horse.

- TALKING: She loves to babble, but also says some words. These days her fave words are "balloon" ("boon"), "Dah" ("cat"), "doggie" ("da doh"), "bye bye", "bear" ("bay"), "banana" ("nana"), "up", "down", "shoes" ("shhh"), "ball", "egg" in Chinese, "no", "yes", "please" (ssss), "Apple" (bappo), etc

- NOISES: she started roaring like a lion, quacking like a duck (daddy's fave), mooing like a cow, barking like a dog, and tweeting like a bird

- NETWORKING: as soon as we are out the door at target or TJ's, she is saying hi and bye and giving smiles and waves. She looks like she will be an extrovert

Here are pictures from the past 3 months

Passed out with Hello Kitty (thanks auntie Jeannie)

Visits to Faraway Friends: you can live in the same city, LA, but that doesn't mean much when there is traffic-- so it is a special occasion when we make the trek or vice versa to spend time together!

Rachel met Bentley for the first time in Torrance

Explored the Fullerton a Arboretum with the Wang family

We rode the train at Descanso Gardens with the Talbotts

In March, we had many visitors from out of town:

Uncle Geoff was in town from Baltimore! We stopped by Santa Monica for a literal minute

Not pictured: Sarah and Nick came from Austin. The reason why there is no picture? I came down with a stomach bug (not as cute as it sounds) and was lying in bed for two days straight as Sarah watched Rachel and kept us alive.

Dan, tina, Steffy, and the kids made a pitstop in LA to see us. It was a mini miracle that we got a table at Din Tai Fung on such short notice 😛

Valentine's Day- we made it a family day and went to Disneyland. Rachel rode the teacups for the first time and had no reaction whatsoever! She loved Dumbo, the parade, and Mickey Mouse