Emi wants to call Daddy

At the Park

This girl loves to swing, just like her mama!

March/April

Emi loved playing with Todd's aunt and uncle this week. They have a granddaughter who recently turned 1, so they're officially experts on playing with babies her age!

She got a cute Fisher Price vanity as an Easter present:

First Easter basket (included lots of healthy treats, a couple small toys, and her first toothbrush and toothpaste):

Emi is a sweet baby when getting the interaction she wants. Just today she nuzzled my face with hers multiple times. She lights up and smiles when people are around. If we are trying to get something else accomplished and aren't focusing as much on her, she can be pretty whiny. Understandable, though, considering her limited vocabulary. She is cruising all over the place now and has been for weeks. Likes to investigate and explore and does not listen to "no." Will respond to songs and sing little parts of a couple songs. Her vocabulary acquisition has slowed down and she seems to be focusing on gross motor right now instead. 

Feb/March Fun

Emi and Alaina enjoying pajama time:

Emi and Grandpa:

Crawling all over the place, getting into trouble:

Classic "big sister jumps in front of the camera at the last minute" picture:

She loves to look at Grandpa's iPad with him:

Trying on Alaina's Rapunzel dress:

Messy "I just ate pasta with tomato sauce" face (I have a similar picture of Alaina as a baby, and in the same shirt!):

Who does this resemble?

 

This is a photo of me (Elise) as a baby when I was right around Emi's age. Is it just me, or do we look a lot alike? :-) 

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.  :-)