Oh Geez

Oh geez is right! Where have I been? Where did May go? I can't tell you really. Work, church, Em, family, new job training, I suppose.

But let's talk about Em, shall we? This girl just makes my day every day. She's after my own heart with her love of dots! I think it's a genetic predisposition really.

Em is UBER expressive. All the time. She makes hilarious faces. Lately, she wants to play monkey see, monkey do with facial expressions. Silly face to smiley face - you have to do as she does. She just started adding activities to the game. Yesterday we were dancing, bouncing, waving, shaking our heads and anything else you can imagine. And she laughs so hard so I do too!

Lately, she's gotten a little shy around people. It's sometimes very unpredictable who she will act shy around; sometimes it's somebody she's never met or sometimes it's one of her favorite people. Kids - they're fickle. 

And talk about monkey see, monkey do! Emersen will copy almost anything we do - not on command though. Here she is using her play phone as the remote control. And the other night, Wes was talking and leaning against the wall with his ankles/legs crossed. Em walks over, leans against the wall next to him and crosses her legs and just stands there. I....almost....died - it was HILARIOUS! 

We're having so much fun talking to Emersen. I think she learns at least one new word a day lately. We've been trying to make a list of her words. It's hard to keep up. Some of our favorites include up & down...specifically "down" includes a completely different tone of voice. She's putting two words together as well: daddy hat, daddy go go. She's added home to her vocabulary, which is cute. She's say "my baby" or identify and object and who uses it. The big couch is mommy's, the chair is daddy's, the pink couch is obviously Emmy's, the rocking chair is Gaga's. She knows shoes, eyes, garbage can, ball, some numbers and some letters (verbally only), and last night we kept telling her to go "out back" to play, not out front or in the garage and she said "out back." Of course we squeal and cheer because, I don't know why we're amazed, but we are amazed! I think we had added up over 60 words she knows and you can pretty much understand. Of course, we know the word for bib and blanket but anybody else would think it was jibberish. Last night she kept saying her generic word that could be anything - she says it when she's trying to say something but doesn't know how to say the word. It was after her bed time and she kept saying it. We asked her to show us. I asked her about blanket. She said yes and took it. But kept saying the word. Then I told her to show us. So she got the pillow off the couch, and put it down against the couch and laid her head down. Wes asks "do you want to go to bed?" and she said "DA! (yes)". WHAT!? Love her face. 

We've started getting the "when is the next one?" and "she needs a sibling" comments/questions lately. If you ask me what my dream job would be, with no risk and money isn't an issue, I will say "stay at home mom." So know that my heart is being a mom to some babies. Only God knows when and how many and all those details. I catch myself trying to plan for it - when would work best for being morning sick, or just sick, or really big with swollen feet, etc. Don't say it! I know - I don't have ANY control whatsoever on getting pregnant or having a baby. I do know this. I know this from last time - the best laid plans....usually make God laugh, right? So we'll continue after God and depend on Him for guidance. I have another month of work, I'm pursuing some training on a career change and Em's only a toddler. SO - if anything changes for our family, we'll let you know!