Emmy

Miss Independent wants to put her shoes on herself. She's not there yet - she does help fasten them when we put them on her.

Em with her Thirty-One Carry All Tote - purchased from my friends party I hosted. She LOVES carrying little things and immediately started playing with this at the party. 

Go ahead - eat her up.

One of her "gogos".

Her other "gogos" - she tries to say helicopter. You have to know that's what she's trying to say to know what it means. Otherwise, it's just jibberish. She likes to put her "gogos" in her little tote and carry them.

Tickle monster, obviously. 

Em's motto is to play hard, never mind what it does to her hair. Love it.

Another tickle monster attack from Daddy.

Emersen's vocabulary is increasing almost daily. She's clear on the question, "What's your name?" and she says Emmy. That's because she can't say Emersen, not because she's going by that now.

She knows her animal sounds.

Mommy, Daddy, Gaga, Pap-pap are frequently used, not in context, just because I think she wants to talk and knows those words. Uh-oh is still a favorite. 

She has differentiated between ice and eyes and pokes us in the eye to tell us her word. She's using cup and up. bubbles and bible, and today I discovered she knows keys. She knows up and down, on and off. When we're getting ready to leave, she points at the power button on the TV and says off. Same with when we turn the fan off in a room. She knows apple - of course, all fruit is apple. And she knows ball. She still has a word for blanket that sounds nothing like it. She's gotten very good with using baby as well. Something else she is doing is identifying objects and the people who use them. She was helping pull laundry out of the dryer, a favorite past time, and would say "daddy" to the shirt that was his and "mommy" to a nightgown. She does it with our cars as well. She does a really good job mimicking our intonation of a phase more than the actual words. But she is still saying "I know" when we say I love you. And she'll mimic "no no" when we say it to her. Not in a snotty way, she's just repeating it back. She is also learning about letters and will just throw them out there in succession sometimes and it sounds like she's spelling words. 

It's pretty unbelievable the speed of development at this age group. Many people told me how surprised they were as well. It's crazy how each kid is different and what things they pick up first - letters vs numbers vs foods. It's SO fun. She is so fun. It's been fun to take her more places now that she's older as well. I took her to visit Wes at work yesterday and we were there a couple hours and she was great. Same for Grandpa, who takes her to visit Mindy, to his new office, downtown, to the car shop, etc. Good times!