Growing up is hard to do!

Em has become quite a character.

Some of her favorite things to do are giggling, making mischief, and hanging out with Truman.

Every night as we pull up to the house Em starts yelling, "Noo Noo! Noo Noo! Noo Noo!" This melody continues until we enter the house and let Truman out of his crate. As soon as I open the crate he jumps up and greats Em with a lick smack dab in the middle of her face. This is usually followed by hysterical laughter from Em. Ahh. . .a girl and her dog.

Two buds hanging out on the couch
Truman trying to will Em's oatmeal into his mouth. Look at the intensity in his face. This photo cracks me up everytime. Em also appears to be quite amuzed by his gaze.

Em's language development has exploded. She's a magpie and tries to repeat anything you say. Her comprehension is even better. This morning Brian was cooking bacon and she informed us that she wanted some by pointing to the pan and demanding, "Bake!" . I told her that we had to cook it first and she responded,

"Why?"

I almost hit the floor. I then informed her that bacon was slimy if you don't cook it.

Again prevoking the response, "Why?" At this point all I could do was laugh.

Apparently we've enter the "why" phase of toddlerhood.

The trick of the week is Em can now tell you how old she is!




Em's still not walking but she has been practicing standing on her own more and more each day.

We're not actively potty training but Em has now peed in the potty twice. The first time I thought it was a fluke, but she proved that she was capable of doing it a second time. She now announces before she soils her diaper, so I'm thinking potty training is in our near future.

Here she is posing on her potty.