Oh my. We are far behind on this blogging thing. How does life get so busy so quickly? I guess I better start filling in the gap of the past two months! Not even a week after our last blog post, Emery started crawling. A ridiculous crawl. Here is a video of her first crawling experience. Luckily Drew and I were both home to see it and catch it on video.
Then a week after she started crawling, she got her first tooth. Then...a week later she started walking. Forget this crawling business. Walking is for big girls! How is it possible for my baby to have grown up in two weeks!
Now she is ALWAYS on the move. She doesn't want to do anything but walk. Which makes it easier in some respects..and much harder to find her in others! Now that she can walk, she has found new loves of things such as: opening all the cabinets. Thank you for child proof locks...if only I could remember they were there! She loves the toilet paper in the bathroom, dropping everything including Daddy's shoes and the baby monitor into the bathtub, playing with her night light, opening the trash can, licking the TV, playing peek a boo behind my chair, pulling the clock off my night stand, eating Gus' dog food...and I could go on for hours!
She is as rotten as they come (except maybe Carter Hignight -- her betrothed boyfriend :)) and quite the little drama queen. It's amazing to watch her personality develop. We've taught her "tricks" such as to make a mean face, act surprised, beat her chest like Tarzan and go ah-ah-ah-ah, blow kisses and most recently dance. Let's just pray she doesn't inherit moves from Drew or I!
I can't believe that in less than a month we will be celebrating her first birthday! What a year.
Drew officially has less than a year left of physical therapy school...for which we are VERY glad and excited. I have a feeling this year will fly by for him and before we know it, we'll be off on an entirely new adventure.
Nothing new is happening on my end of things in life. I'm so thankful its just about summertime and that all of the things I love most are about to begin: warm days and evenings, campfires, fresh garden produce, fireflies, beach vacations, tanning and a generally happier outlook on life. How can you not be happy when its the middle of spring/beginning of summer?
Here's a recap on Emery's latest happenings the past two months:
- At 9 1/2 months: You started crawling with a crazy hitch in your right leg. It didn't last long before you figured out how to move...although not very quickly....hence the reason
- At 10 months: that you figured out how to walk. You also had your first two bottom teeth come in and now you are into everything and eating everything! You now walk around your crib in circles during nap time when you don't want to go to bed.
- At 10 1/2 months: You've figured out what it means to be chased and love to run. Your run usually consists of walk, walk, face plant, crawl, laugh, crawl, stand up, walk, walk, face plant...but nonetheless. You are figuring it out and getting pretty quick! You are also obsessed with taking your Pooh Bear and soft fleece blankets everywhere you go...dragging the blanket between your legs and Pooh Bear tucked under your arm. You also are now thinking about sharing your binkie with others..although you steal it right back and pop it in your mouth. You are also amazing at sneezing, laughing and coughing, all while keeping that thing in your mouth!
- At 11 months: You constantly walk and jibber jabber to yourself. You will consistently shake your head no when we say no, no and the best thing to keep you out of something is to say: Leave It. Whoops...it's hard to break a habit after you've trained two dogs! :) You can wear your hair back in rubber bands now, eat like there is no tomorrow and love giving kisses if we ask for them. You love to read books all the time and can sit still long enough for only a few favorites. You love going to the park, swinging on swings and anything to do with water!
My first mother's day was so wonderful surrounded by my precious baby and family! I hope everyone else had a wonderful day as well!
