Emily helping Ben water our new landscaped flower beds..

It has been a big month for Emily. Hard to write it all in one blog post, but here is the summary:

Highlights: Emily is walking everywhere. She likes to walk around shaking her finger at Mella and saying "no,no" even when Mella is being good. She can also say "ma,ma" although she says "no, no" a lot more often and typically only uses "ma,ma" when she is shaking a baby gate or grabbing my knees. She understands "da,da" and definitely makes the "da" sound a lot lately so I'm sure she will start saying that soon too. She likes to carry around one of my old purses and one of my old wallets with old cards in it. She takes out the cards and swipes them. Hilarious! She now has a sign she uses to tell me if she wants more food. I taught her that yesterday. It took about 20 minutes for her to understand - amazing! She taps her right pointer finger into the palm of her left hand when she wants more. It is surprisingly helpful. She has also just cut one of her top teeth and the one next to it is on its way. And lastly, my favorite devolopment is she now pats me on the back when I pick her up. I know she is just doing it because I pat her back, but it is still the sweetest thing ever!

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Emily's very first piece of art work! I will be holding an auction later this week. Grandparents, bring your checkbooks. Bidding starts at 100$.

Emily was having a big time this morning in the playroom so we grabbed the camera and got some footage. She is walking around a little more confidently now. There's some video of her walking to Caroline about a minute in to the video.

The password to view the video is: lesem