Emi has a favorite book...it's actually from the $1 bin at Target, a Sesame Street book called Bubbles Bubbles. I've thought for a while that she's been saying "bubble" (well, it's more like "bubba"), and now I can say I'm sure of it. She now crawls over to get the book and says "bubba bubba" and today we went to baby storytime at the library, they blew bubbles, and she said "Bubba! Bubba!" So I guess that is her other very official word besides "Mama" and "Dada." I think one night last week when Todd got home from work she said, "Hi Dada." She loved going to storytime today and just getting out of the house. This is a girl who loves to get outside, go different places, see new things, and interact with various people. Winter is not a good season for this. In another couple of months, we'll be able to get her more of this sort of stimulation. Today she even loved getting out in the 60-degree weather and feeling the wind in her hair. She also loves looking at books and being read to, but only certain books. If something gets too wordy, she won't enjoy it unless there are flaps to lift or something. She enjoys helping turn pages, too, but usually I ask her to do it and then she does. Tonight while reading Goodnight Moon she was able to point to a couple items pictured (I usually point to each thing as I read).

Nine Months Old

Emi is nine months old today. She loves attention from people, smiling, being tickled and kissed, and gives me zerberts on my cheek.  :-)

 



 

A few notes about Emi while I'm thinking about it. She is working so hard to get around and starting to do something that looks like an army crawl. She keeps finding whatever toys Alaina has left on the floor, so we need to do a better job of picking things up. I think she may have said the following words recently but need to hear them again to be sure: ball, bye, bubble. She likes to wave at the window when we open and close the curtains and waves whenever we go toward the front door. She is happiest when well rested and fed and getting attention. ;-) Still looks at her sister with a mixture of fear and fascination. Alaina tends to squeeze too hard when hugging, etc., probably due to her own mixed feelings toward her sister.

First Christmas

Emi is now 8 1/2 months old. She started clapping on Christmas Eve. She loves music, and her favorite song over the past few weeks was "Jingle Bells." I've even noticed her trying to sing along. Her smile is contagious. Last night I put my mouth on her cheek and said something, so she did the same back to me and we both giggled. She keeps trying to say words, and every once in a while I think I hear her say something but I'm not quite sure (ball and Alaina are a couple examples). She rolls all over the place but still doesn't crawl. She loves to take books off the bookshelf. Still puts everything in her mouth. Her two bottom teeth are nicely in now. She loves to eat her meals. Emi is a very social baby. She loved interacting with so many people over Christmas. She enjoys how each person has slightly different facial expressions, silly little games they like to play with her, etc. She gets fussy when we leave the room for a few minutes to do something. She much prefers to have someone nearby even if that person isn't 100% focused on her. She enjoyed unwrapping Christmas gifts, although she mostly wanted to tear off little pieces of wrapping paper and put them in her mouth. She didn't enjoy the car ride home from visiting family last week. She doesn't nap well in the car. I really miss being able to take walks outside with her. Hopefully we'll have some nice weather here and there so we can do that occasionally before spring. I have more pictures, but Blogger isn't letting me upload from my camera, so maybe I'll add more later.

Look at this joyful smile! :-)

 

 

What a cute double chin!