83 Weeks!

Emily is 83 weeks old and closer to age 2 than 1!  Eeeek!  She turned 19 months old this week.  We had a lot of fun this week, as usual!  We had swimming again, and Emily sat on the steps by herself and swam with the teacher while I watched!  She looked like such a big girl!!  She is coming out with new words and gestures everyday.  I will sometimes do the come here finger to her.  Not really sure how to describe it, but she was standing in her room and I was walking by and she didn't say a word and just gestured with her finger for me to come to her.  It was too cute!  She loves reading her books by herself and she even recites parts of pages.  Even after reading a book to her once, she will remember things I said and repeat them the next time we read it.  She also knows a lot of her books by name, and not just the easy ones like Sesame Street and The Cat in the Hat.  I am amazed each and every day by what she knows.  We went to Emily's first library story time this week.  She had fun listening to the stories and coloring her craft afterward.  We also got to pick out some books to bring home.  I keep telling her we have to be careful with them and not to rip them, so when she reads the library books she says "no rip".  Smart girl I tell you!  Not that she always follows the directions she repeats, but we are on the right track!!  Saturday was Kim's baby shower, so Emily had fun with Daddy and the boys all day.  I don't think she stopped running until we got her into the car!  Today we went for a nice family walk and enjoyed some football time together.  I think Emily is still exhausted from yesterday!  Here are some pics from this week of fun...

Cute in her new Elmo jammies.

Look what Daddy found in his backpack!

Coloring at library story time.

Peek a boo!

Emily and her tree at Grammie and Pop Pop's.

Walking down the "hallway".

The trail has trees on both sides and Emily kept calling it a hallway.

Follow the leader.

 

 83 Weeks Old!