Wow, turns out that Emily's mom is a slacker, too! :)

Emily has been attending school full-time for the past couple of months. She absolutely loves it. She is so social and she seems to have a lot of fun there. The only downside is that she rarely naps there. I think that she has started to adjust to the lack of sleep, but there have been plenty of days when she has been rather fussy and edgy. She does a good job of catching up on the weekends, though, and we have also found that if Chad can bring her home on Wednesday afternoons for a little mid-week nap, then she seems to do much better.

We had her parent-teacher conference a few weeks ago and they basically told me what I already knew - Emily is just the sweetest little thing. She listens well, follows direction, asserts herself when needed, plays well both alone and with others, etc. The teacher asked me if we ever needed to correct her because she just seems so well-behaved at school. :)

Emily has finally started to identify letters and she is really excited about it. Not surprisingly, the one that she has chosen to identify first is the letter E. She points is out to me all the time. Also, Abbie has recently started a "school" for Emily at home and has been helping her hold a pencil to write the letters A, B, and C. Abbie has decided that Emily needs to get comfortable with her letters before they move on to numbers. :)

Also, Emily had her three year old well-child check-up on September 13th (yes, we were very late this year). She is currently at 28.2 pounds (16th percentile), and 37.5 inches (44th percentile). Not much change from some of her prior check-ups, so that is good.

Emily had a great time on our recent visit to San Diego. She had wanted to fly on a plane for a long time and this was her big chance. She absolutely loved it and wants to do it again. Also, she really enjoyed our time on the beach. As tends to be the case with Emily, she was interested but also cautious. She liked the waves, but always wanted to have a grip on someone's hand so that they wouldn't knock her over.

I love the look of pure joy and excitement in this one above. Of course, as is so typical for San Diego, you can see that it wasn't that warm. Mom and Dad are bundled up while the girls were swimming in some rather chilly water. :) As you can see, though, Emily has a hold of someone's had in every single photo.

For Halloween this year, Emily has decided to be Bat Girl. She has a cute little costume with a black mask that is very stunning with her big, blue eyes! She is desperately looking forward to candy, and I think she is at an age where she is really going to enjoy the whole Halloween process this year. Pictures to follow soon, I promise! :)