I'm getting over it

I think I am over it.  I have just been too overwhelmed by the prospect to do a thorough post about our trip to see family in July and August.  A nod to my telephone survey experience from years past: Was it terrible, poor, just okay, good or excellent?   Well, it was all of those things. 
For example:
Our flight out was more than two hours late.  That was terrible.  It meant that we didn't arrive in San Francisco until after 1am.  But the fun that the kids had playing at the airport with all the other stranded kids was excellent.  Ask Simon: that was his favorite part of the trip, next to Disneyland.  About a dozen kids joined together for good old fashioned fun (tag mostly.)  We were lucky to be at the end of a terminal so there was room for it.
The loss of Simon's suitcase for a couple of days was poor.  It meant that we didn't get to Uncle John and Aunt Molly's house until 3 am (because of the paper work, etc.)  Good thing we packed the pull ups in a separate bag.  Just okay he and Jonny are only a couple of inches apart and could share (that meant Jonny ran out of clothes sooner though.)  But the excellent part was all of the jokes we got out of the "care kit" he received as compensation.  Deoderant, shoe polish and a razor.  I was sad we left the kit in CA.  He would have loved wearing deoderant to Uncle Dave and Aunt Lindsey's wedding. 

I think you are starting to see what I mean.   There's just a lot to say.  And there's pictures to show.  And now there's a baby who needs me.  So maybe I'll get back to this later. 

Rachel's Word List: 16 months

Rachel is about 16 months now and has a pretty large vocabulary for her age.  Here is a good sampling of what she says:shoe
flip flops
dress (means both getting dressed and a shirt or dress)
ba ba
hot
bath
Jonny
Simon
(James and Amelia are not recognizable by me yet)
Momma
Dada
dog
cat
car
bus
trash
bike
baby
story
tree
flower
ball
game
bird
outside
hi
hello (meaning the telephone)
bye bye
Nana
Pop
Jesus
 num num (something to eat)
chips (gold fish crackers)
cheese
yogurt
swing
minnie (means mickey and minnie and cartoony animals with extra large eyes)
eye
hair
nose
ear
knee
tummy
pony
poop (her first two word combo:bye-bye poop, after flushing the toilet)
brush (meaning toothbrush)
sit
floor
stroller