It's all about Rachel

After Dad and my cousin David both gently reminded me that I haven't posted to this blog in quite a while, I thought it would be a good idea to come out of my shell and remind myself that, really, it's all about Rachel. Meaning: I may have lost my job and a career I love in the most humiliating way possible, but I still have an adorable almost-23-month-old daughter and that's what counts, right?

Rachel truly is developing by leaps and bounds these days. She loves looking at her belly button (and asking to see Mommy and Daddy's belly button as well), running through the house yelling, "agghhh!!!" and last night she began an incredibly cute habit: As we were finishing up dinner, she'd say, "be right back" and toddle into the living room and bring back some treasure (usually beads, to hang around our necks), then say, "be right back" and do the same thing again and again. Toward the end of the evening she pointed her finger at Drew and added, "Daddy." So the whole sentence is: "Be right back. Daddy" (one foot planted behind and the index finger on her opposite hand pointed toward Drew, for effect).

Today she discovered a pink headband in her sock drawer and immediately wanted me to put it on her (she couldn't stand headbands when she was younger). Then we went upstairs to play and while the rain drummed on the roof she insisted I wear the headband myself. It actually fit!

Another adorable habit: When we're about to do something or go somewhere and need her help, we tell her. Then she usually complies with a quick, "Okay" and does it.

Lastly, she has decided that when it comes to eating, she is a BIG GIRL and no longer needs her booster seat. She sits in the "big chair" between Drew and me and eats like a little lady. So...it seems as if we are done with high chairs and booster seats although I will keep the booster seat when we visit other people for dinner.