Things I want to remember...

Here are some things about Emma that I am loving right now:

* Every morning I wake up to hearing ocean waves and then lullaby music followed by the sounds of tiny fingers pushing buttons over and over again. This is Emma in her crib turning on the different sounds of her ocean themed crib soother. Not fussing or crying for me to come get her but sitting in there with her blankie in one hand a baby doll in the other and pushing the buttons watching the little crab pop up and down and the fish swim back and forth. She will sit in there and play quietly with it until I get up and go in to get her. As soon as she hears the door she crawls over and pulls up to the side of the crib, chubby cheeks hanging over the rails. She slings her doll up on the rail next to her and smiles at me to one side of her binky. It is the sweetest wake up.

* She is so verbal. She is now saying Up, Wow, Bye-Bye, Mama, Dada trying to say Uh-Oh She has been waving hello and bye bye since she was only eight months. For about a month now when you ask her for a kiss she opens up her mouth and leans in and gives you one.

*She is definitely an emotional eater. Every mealtime no matter how much she has had or how big her budha belly has gotten when the food is gone and we tell her she is all done she cries. If anyone hands her the binky to comfort her it becomes the source of her frusteration and she will throw it over the edge of her tray dramatically. It is pretty hilarious. Also when we put in her high chair as soon as we bring the food over she spits the binky out and goes to town.

* She now takes any phone in the house play or real, holds it up to her ear and says daaah. If handed a comb or brush she rubs it back and forth on top of her head trying to brush it. She is doing so much imitating it is so cute

*She still hates loud noises including the vaccum, the shop vac, outside yard equipment, the blow dryer to name a few.

* She is often found crawling with a baby doll in each hand of course held by the hair. If handed a doll or stuffed animal she will smile at it make a cute content giggle and pull it up to her cheek and hug it. If handed multiple dolls or stuffed animals she will make sure to get every single one in her arms at the same time and hold them all.

* She is super ticklish and loves me to play "this little piggy" with her toes. She laughs so hard she can hardly breathe when Hunter hides behind the couch and then jumps out and crawls after her. She loves me to put her on my back and then crawl around the living room making horsey noises. Or to put her on my shoulders and chase Hunter and Avery around the house.

* She is super cuddly. All throughout the day she will crawl over to me and as soon as I pick her up she wraps her little arms around me in a hug and makes a sound like she is saying awwwwww. Her favorite spot with daddy is in the computer chair that rocks. All he has to do is get her blanket and snuggle her close and within a few seconds she is out on his shoulder.

* She can give quite the scowl. When something scares her or upsets her, she will furrow her eyebrows way down into a full on scowl of disapproval. It seriously cracks us up.

* She loves pictures of her family. I made her a book of pictures of her and each member of her family and she loves to look at it and point at everyone. If she sees the picture of her and Hunter and Ave that is on the desktop of the computer she will start smiling and pointing at it and making all sorts of cute noises.

* We tease that she is part marine animal because of the noises she makes. When she is happy or excited about something she makes little squeaks and sounds almost like a baby whale. Or maybe a dolphin. It is so cute.

She is so much fun. We love her so much.