Rachael is turning into a toddler! She is changing so much so quickly. She likes to feed herself applesauce with her own spoon and bowl. It is messy work, but she is doing an amazing job. She gets excited when her empty bowl reveals a picture of "Hello Kitty" (thanks, Christy!).
She has started to communicate more by pointing and remarking with babble words on different objects, pictures, etc. She points at all different things and says, "ga, ga, ga". Rachael also loves to climb. That is part of the reason we are desperately behind on her blog. I can't turn my back for a second without "discovering" her discovering a new way to scale up the coffee table, stacks of magazines, a few shoes, a chair, sofa cushions, stair gates, etc. She usually stands by whatever she wants to climb and waits for me to look at her. When I say, "No climbing, Rachael", she, of course, smiles a big smile, shakes her head "no", and tries to climb anyway. This usually results in a baby time out of me holding her tightly and repeating "no" until she stops giggling at me. Wow, this keeps us really busy! Of course, it is so darn adorable, it is hard to be the "enforcer" when she makes us laugh so much! This is a picture from a few weeks ago, so don't judge the Christmas decor in the background. Of course, it is still up now too.
