Currently, our little family is borrowing a house in Downtown Denver near the Zoo, a huge golf course, and (the best part!) City Park. A few mornings a week we get out of the house after breakfast and go for a walk around the neighborhood and through the park. It’s a wonderful place to push a stroller, and has a great playground for both little and big kids. I think it’s the main thing we’re going to miss about this area when we move!
Lets go already!
Looking at plants with Daddy
The playground (in the distance!)
Happy Girl!
Her favorite thing is to find the most perfect piece of bark in the whole place.
On the way home, she wanted to hold Daddy’s hand. Very sweet!
This next picture was too cute to pass up, so I had to post it. (Just for the record, though, it’s completely the reason we’re joining a gym this week. Sorry to all of you that have to see how large my rear end has gotten lately… Yikes!) Anyway, Emily likes to walk with us along the path like this and point at all the geese. She loves the park! Getting her back in the stroller though is sometimes a little tough.
On a different note, I read an article recently that said a child Emily’s age should be able to say about 7 words. Um, I think we can check that milestone off the list! Rob and I counted as many words as we could think of that she says, and we stopped when we got to 50. She’s always been a chatterbox, but it seems like she picks up at least a couple new words each day now. Just so I can remember, I want to list some of the things she says most often:
Bye-bye (she says bye-bye to everyone and everything! Tonight she said, “Bye-bye bubbles!”as we left the bathroom after her bath. Haha. :), hello and hi, sit, stand up, mama, daddy, blanket, book, ball, blocks, up, down, more, please and thank you (she will sometimes say these appropriately on her own) milk, cracker, noodles, apples, cheese (her favorite), hot, walk, outside, SHOES! (another favorite), socks, pants, shirt, hat. She says the names and makes the sounds of a few animals: puppy is her all-time favorite, and she also knows kitty, cow, pig, duck, chicken, birdie, and elephant (complete with arm motion for the trunk. I love it. :). She names body parts: head, nose, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, chin, hair, arms, hands fingers, tummy, knees, feet, toes.
She’s catching on to new things really quickly, also. If we point to something and tell her what it is, she’ll usually repeat it. Today in the grocery store I found a magazine I had been looking for, and like a total dork I said, “Yesssssssss!”. The next thing we know, Emily’s in the shopping cart going “Yesss! Yessss!” complete with the silly arm motion! She’s dorky just like her Mama it seems. She also loves to read books with us now, and sings songs and makes the hand motions like we do- her favorite song is The Itsy Bitsy Spider! I think I sing that one 27 times a day. :)
Our little social butterfly has been to the church nursery twice now and they say she does great! She smiles and waves at everyone wherever we go, and loves the attention she gets back. I don’t think we have a shy kid, that’s for sure! I’m really enjoying watching her grow and learn, even if I think she’s getting to big too fast. Being a Mama is the best thing I’ve ever done. I have a friend who’s pregnant with twin girls and I am so, SO excited for her and her husband!! Little girls are absolutely wonderful, even if I do want to pull my hair out sometimes. I can’t imagine our life without our sweet Emmie, and I thank God every day that he gives me with her.
Life is Good. (And tomorrow, to the gym!!!)
