Just got back from a great (if tiring, since the drive is two hours each way) weekend with our friend Molly and her three kids. Her 5-year-old daughter, Camilla, continues to be entranced with Rachel and couldn't give her enough hugs and kisses. At one point she decided she wanted to drag Rachel around in a cardboard box, sort of like a train ride, so she picked her up, deposited her in the box and off they went! I was so taken with Rachel's matter-of-fact attitude that I cracked up.
The big news is that Rachel SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT! Molly graciously let her use 16-month-old Marigold's crib, and I got Molly's bedroom, which means Rachel slept in Camilla's room all by herself. When Rachel woke up at 8:30, this morning, she stood up in the crib and just looked around -- no panic or anything. And then she just wanted to cuddle against me this morning while we listened to a musical rhyme book.
More big news: Rachel added another word to her vocabulary: cra-ca, which means "cracker." She says it over an over again, even when she doesn't want one.
One slightly bothersome thing: It seems that Rachel can no longer spend two hours in a car seat without whining. So, that may mean that trips to Eugene will take slightly longer because I'll have to pull over and find something to amuse her with.
I deposited her at daycare just as her friends were down for their naps. She started sobbing when Teacher Karen took her in her arms, and I bet Karen was cursing my slacker mommy-ness. I hope Rachel's crying didn't wake the other kids and I hope they don't kick us out of daycare.
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on the next road trip, just do what a mother of three told me to do if the child is whiny: turn up the radio!
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