Watching for birds

She has loved them for awhile now. Everytime we head out the door to go somewhere she starts pointing, "Birds! birds!" she will excitedly exclaim even if she hasn't seen one yet. Then when she does comes the sweet giggling. After Brenn's bridal shower I had three little ceramic birds left over that Emma loves. I put them up in her room on Ave's dresser and her changing table. When she is getting dressed for the day or getting her diaper changed she loves to hold one in her hands, hold it out to me smiling and say "Bird!" She is really starting to say a lot these days. A few of the more common words she uses are bye-bye, mama, ball, bird, uh oh... and now if we asks her a question she will either say "no" and shake her head or say "yeah" instead of yes. The other night we were playing a family game and she wanted one of the playing pieces. She kept pointing at the table and crying. Finally Deke said "Emma do you want one of these?" "Yeah" she said in the cutest little voice. She is only fifteen months old, I couldn't believe that she is already starting to respond to us. I have been trying to find some plastic or soft animal birds for her to have instead of these breakable ones but she loves them anyway. Here she is giving the bird "kisses." Then giving the bird a "hug" and bouncing and patting it on the back. sweet.
Since it is too hot to spend a lot of time outside I will sometimes sit her on her bed and pull open the blinds so that she can watch out the window. She will sit and watch for a bird to fly by get excited when she finally sees one. Watching her today sitting by her window with that ceramic bird clenched in her little fist. Those big beautiful blue eyes, wide, looking all around. She is so beautiful.