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momEmi-
You have discovered a new favorite game, Peek-A-Boo. While you have always liked when people played it with you, you now like crouching behind whatever you can find in order to pop up and giggle uncontrollably.
It is too cute!
Love, Mom
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dadDear Emilia,
We’re catching up on all of the recent things that you’ve been doing. We’re a bit behind on the blog. Mostly, we’re a bit behind because we already have a hard time keeping up with you!
One new toy that you love is the laundry basket. It’s clear to us that whoever told us not to worry about buying special toys was right, you’re much more interested in playing with the things that you see us using around the house.
You are pushing all sorts of things around as you stand and walk behind them. You aren’t quite taking steps all by yourself, but you’re really close!
Love, Dad
Dear Emi-
While you have had your share of runny noses over the past few months, we have luckily been spared any major illness until now. You woke up with a slight temperature of 99F. I thought is was just teething since you started getting some swelling of your gums. When Theresa called from your daycare at noon to report you had a fever of 103F, my heart sank. You had lost that little spark in your eyes and it was so hard to see you feeling so crummy. Your fever kept going up to 104F for 2 days. We knew you really didn’t feel well because you only picked at your food! We were especially worried given the H1N1 influenza scare this year. You stopped taking medicine because it made you sick, and because you were so miserable- Dad went to 4 different drug stores at 4 am to look for some Tylenol suppositories. By the time he got back, your fever miraculously broke. In another day you started to bounce back to your usual happy self. Let’s hope we can all ward off illness for awhile!
Dear Emilia-
We are a bit behind on your blog, but that is only because it has been a very busy month! It seems that everyday you are adding new skills to your repertoire and your sunny personality. You continue to make us laugh every day and we usually spend a good part of our day making each other laugh. It also helps that you are so ticklish . . . a great way to get a hearty giggle out of you.
You are also now waving and clapping with wild abandon. You even combine the two when you are especially excited. (In this case it was dad’s pancakes getting the praise).
We also discovered you could walk pushing your little cart. When you started we put 10lbs of weights in it to slow it down, but now you are cruising all around the house or down the sidewalk as fast as your little legs can carry you. The only problem is you haven’t quite figured out how to navigate road blocks.
While you are not walking on your own quite yet, you are able to ascend the stairs at breakneck speed. Now if only we could get you to remember to come down them feet first.
You continue to be an excellent eater and have learned that you have a loyal mealtime companion in Yeti. In order to reward her loyalty you sometimes decide to share with her.
As always you have added new sounds and phrases to your vocab – including “Eddy” for Yeti, and an occasional “Uh-Oh” as well as “Hey Doe” which we decided is the Swedish good-bye, Hej Då. My absolute favorite sound that you make besides that wonderful laugh, because it is uniquely your is your whisper talking. It is like you have a whole bunch of secrets to share . . . I just wish I understood them.
In just a few short weeks you will be 1 year old and I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone.
Love, Mom
Emilia-
This weekend you got to meet one of my dearest friends, Clara, and make friends of your own with her little girl Katelyn. Clara, Kevin and Katelyn met us up at the lake for the weekend to play. While it rainned most of the time, you and Katelyn entertained us with your smiles. While Katelyn can’t crawl yet, she was very intent to watch what you were doing and you were pretty good about sharing your toys with her. Maybe next time you see Katelyn- you will both be running around.
