First words

So far, Emma has a 2 word vocabulary.

She almost always gets "kitty" right. (She'd love to be friends with Leo and Smudge. Leo and Smudge prefer to be friends with the highest object in the room.)

She frequently gets "daddy" right. (When you walk in the door to a happy cry of "daddy!", even the worst day seems a lot better.)

Christine is working hard on adding "mommy" to Emma's repertoire. This morning was the usual practice of "Can you say 'mommy'? 'Ma-ma', 'ma-ma'". Emma looked at Christine, then licked and smacked her lips (just like the end of a good meal).

Is there any higher praise than that?

Chores

I have this thing about making the bed every day. Doug, like many, doesn't see the point but being a good sport, he humours me. Sometimes he adds too much humour but at least it gets done.

April and May

Where does the time fly? Over the hill and beyond my reach.

Between Emma, spring and my natural tendency for procrastination, I've not done an update for 6 weeks. And what an eventful six weeks! Emma is now 9 months, nearly 10. Since the last post, she has:

- learned how to go up and down stairs. Though she can climb down backwards, her favourite method for getting down is to yell and hold out her arms to be carried down. Too clever for my own good.

- grown two new teeth (only one tooth in this photo but it sure is cute!)



- and last but not least, learned how to walk. She is now able to go across entire rooms and is getting steadier every day.

A slide show of some other notable shots of the last 6 weeks.

Faces of Emma - 8 months

Yes, I know she is over 9 months old now, but her she is at 8 months.