Big Girl

Emily is really getting to be such a big girl.

 She has been doing a great job with her words and has started putting together sentences. Last night at dinner, she said "Yummy! Thank you, Dada." Its so amazing to hear. Some of her sentences are less perfectly constructed, but still fun! I think that last night she was trying to say that she had had a good day, so she said "Good day me."

She has been really into pretend play lately and has been cooking up a storm in the play kitchen. She also likes to pretend that she is going places (like to the store) and will get all ready to go and then wave and say goodbye to us as if her ride is just waiting outside for her. When we actually do go some place, she gets really excited about it and likes to bring her purse, and put on her own shoes. Here she is ready for the weekly trip to Target.

Notice that she decided that her bunny blankets should go along for the ride and that a hat was essential, despite the 80 degree weather.

Emily was also very excited to see Grandma and Grandpa C. a couple weeks ago. She was really cool with them holding her, getting her out of her crib in the morning, etc. She frequently asked Grandpa to get her up on his lap so that she could look at the computer with him. She is fascinated with screens and totally bummed that the rest of the family seems to look at this TV thing from time to time, but that she is never allowed to watch it with us. Apparently the computer is the next best thing.

In general, Emily's mood has been great lately. However, she has also struggled with some pain from emerging teeth. A molar popped through last week and it looks like some more top teeth are getting ready to come through any day now. This morning she was in one of her really good moods - ready to play and read books. This seemed to continue after I left for work. As you can see, she looks thrilled to be at the park enjoying the nice weather.