Sweet and Funny Emerson!

Hello Family and Friends!

It's been awhile since I've given you an update on how BIG and SWEET I am! November means I'm 17 months old...whaaaaat?! Wow! So, so, so much has changed and I'm busting with excitement to tell you all about it:

• I run. I don't walk. I run, everywhere. I pump my arms from side to side and most times than not, my feet move faster than my arms =)
• My personality is really starting to shine. Some people say I'm sweet. Others say I'm sassy. That's a good mix, right? My parents say I'm quite the daredevil. They think I will be the first to get stitches in the family. Here I am standing on my toy airplane.
  
  
  Here I am standing on my toy elephant trying to rock climb on the fireplace.

Here I am climbing up my swing set outside. Mommy was pushing Ethan on the swing so I snuck over to the ladder and climbed on up...much to the fear of my mommy.

• I can blow kisses and always wave bye-bye when someone is leaving.
• I loooooove babies. Real babies. Any time I see one I point and say, "baby, baby, baby." I also like to go over to their strollers to see how tiny they are.
  
  
  
  
• My favorite game is peek-a-boo. My favorite place to hide is behind the curtains. I wrap myself up in the long curtains and then squeal with delight when someone finds me.
  
• I can point to (and say) eye, ear, nose, and hair.
  
• My vocabulary is expanding all the time. I can say mommy, daddy, brother (or some version of it), bear, please, ball, and ketchup.
  
  
  
  
• You might be wondering why I learned the word ketchup? That's because it's my new favorite food! Mommy discovered I will eat almost anything if it has a little bit of ketchup on it.
• I reached a big milestone at the highchair last week - I can successfully use a fork!! It's fun to poke my food and then try and get it in my mouth. I'm also really good at using a spoon...as you can see with my yogurt.
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I have a new best friend. His name is Bear. I do everything with him and he has to be with me at all times, especially when I sleep.
  
• I like to bounce up and down when I hear music.
• I've been known to eat cat food a time or two. Here is a picture of when I opened the pantry by myself and thought I'd "feed the cat."

• Now that I'm big, I want to do big girl things. Like swing all by myself. This is a picture of me at the park in a baby bucket seat...see, not happy.
  
  This is a picture of me outside on my swing set all by myself. Look at my smile! Happy girl!
  
• I love to put things in drawers and then find it. Or just leave it there for mommy and daddy to find. Sometimes I even put myself in drawers.
  

 

       

• I have a fun way of playing with toys. If I see the bucket of Legos, I dump it out. If I see a box of flashcards, I dump it out. If I see books on the bookshelf, I dump them out. This is how our toy room looks on a typical day:
  
• Remember when I was little and wouldn't let anyone hold me for the first year of my life? Well, I've come a looooooong, loooooooong, loooooooooong way and now I'll let (almost) anyone hold me! Even perfect strangers. My biggest progress has come in the nursery at church. I'm on week six and now I don't cry at all when mommy and daddy leave. And I'm happy as a clam when they pick me up! The nursery director can barely believe the change in me =)

 

• My parents still think I'm one of the funniest people they've ever met. {Almost} everything I do puts a smile on their face. Except for when I do this...



 

• But, then I do this and it's all better...

• I'm truly a happy, happy girl and feel so loved by my family. I run to the door every night when my daddy gets home from work. He tells me he loves me 1,586 times a day. Ethan gives me hugs and kisses before every nap. Mommy gives me nuzzles, sings me songs, and takes such good care of me. Thanks for checking in on my update!