Finally!

It is official! Rachael has said "Mama". Well, she actually keeps saying it over and over. I guess the lesson is to be careful what you wish for. I now have little Rachael hugging my leg and saying, "mama, mama, mama" a lot. She is very proud of herself, though. She says "Mama" and looks at me, she says "dada" and looks at Mike. We are now working on "Rachael". When Rachael is eating, we like to look at the pictures on the fridge and talk about them. She likes to walk around with a particular picture of all three of us from a Cubs game last summer. She waddles around the room, shakes the picture, and says, "mama" and "dada" . She then shoves the picture in her little red barn where all her favorite things go (this week). In this picture, Rachael has just finished shoveling in handfuls of delicous black beans and avocado. The messier the better!