Life gets busier and busier...

Rachael is growing so fast! She has transitioned to her new room at daycare, and is such a big girl. In the last few weeks she has hit many milestones. She is trying to talk more. She does the "toddler" slide all on her own at the park. She can go down the big curly slide with help. She rinses her own hair in the bath by lying back--- a major milestone for a little girl who refused to get her hair wet at all without screaming... She loves to wave and say, "hi" to everyone in the neighborhood. We have been having a fun summer so far.

Here is a video of Rachael rocking out. She loves to dance.

Rachael Pretends

Lately, Rachael has begun "pretending" more while playing with her toys. She also does very silly things that make us wonder what goes on in her amazing little mind. For example, she likes to climb into boxes, baskets, and her step stool and fill the space around her with her fisher price animals. All of them. She will point to any stray animals that didn't make it in with her and once they join her, she will climb out and dump them on the floor. The game starts over. She also loves to "pretend" that each little animal is going to sleep by lying them down on the floor. They also eat from a toy that has little bananas in it. She is learning her animals. She can usually pick out the right animal when I say, "where is your lion, giraffe, panda bear, etc.". She likes to trace our house numbers in front with her finger, and we talk about how we live at 609A and neighbors Tiff, George, and doggie Kiki live at 609B. She traces their numbers and says, la la la BEEE ba ba Beee. I guess she knows the letter b. It does begin her favorite words, "ball, bubble, balloon..." Here is a video of her climbing in her step stool and feeding her animals some bananas. Notice she makes a little eating sound for them.

Early Heckling

Rachael warms up her heckling technique. Later she tries to spell out Podsednik you're a bum with the crowd, but even grown-ups can't spell Podsednik very well...It was a beautiful day in the left field bleachers at Wrigley.

Cubs Game!

Rachael (and her parents) ventured to a Cubs game against the Rockies on Sunday. First off, if you haven't been following, the Cubs have had the best record since like 1908. Seriously. They finished their homestand on Sunday an amazing 7-0...

Rachael had a great time. We sat in the left field bleachers with our usual group of regulars. Before the game, she got a souvenir ball from the grounds crew. In the 6th inning, she finally caught Alfonso Soriano's eye with her adorable face and Soriano shirt, and got yet another souvenir ball. (She got her first one from Soriano last June 16 at her first game.) She enjoyed the game until she passed out moments after getting that ball from Soriano. It was almost like she held out until she got it before giving in to a nap! She slept right through the seventh inning stretch until the end of the game.

Her are some pics and video of her big day at Wrigley Field.