Another month has come and gone. I can’t hardly believe that
we are a mere 4.5weeks away from Christmas, sure to be followed quickly with a
big New Years Eve bash and then we will be working our way into 2014. YIKES!!
Ok, rewind….. back to November. Yes, it sure went fast but lets
try to take it back and reminisce about all the craziness that Emery has
started to embark on. Well, we all saw that she is well on her way to walking.
Thank goodness she isn’t quite there yet, but she gets braver by the day, and
is picking up speed both in her walker and with her push cart. She has almost
mastered the art of “driving” forward in her pink car walker, backwards is not a problem, and is working
on her turns. I think she’s a ways off from parallel parking, but who knows-
the girl surprises me every day.
She is becoming a master pianist with her Fisher Price Step’N’Play
piano. She made me remove the infant chair so that she can get the full effect
of both sides of the toy and really work the keys. She loves it when she
strikes the keys that play the songs. I swear she is starting to recognize the
songs, and will “sing” along to them. Ok, maybe sing isn’t the right word, but
I think it is her kind of singing, and she definitely goes along with the
melody (sometimes)! She even sang us a few songs on Thanksgiving! We were all very impressed,
and who knew we would be getting dinner and a show at the Thanksgiving
dinner table?! We all just listened and
laughed, while Emery belted out her own tune and had we not all be so full, she
probably would have earned herself a standing ‘O’. Her very first Thanksgiving and she has
already made herself the star of the party. She enjoyed the turkey and even the
occasional brussel sprout (thanks to Auntie Laurel), but she stayed true to her
mama’s colors and spit the mash potatoes right out.
Emery’s new favorite “trick” is clapping. One night, after
Matt got home from work, she was sitting in the middle of the floor doing
something that impressed daddy, so he clapped for her. She watched him, with
her furrowed eyebrows of wonder, and mimicked him with her hands. The first
couple times she missed, but it didn’t take long for her tiny little hands to
connect and make a small little pop. Her eyes lit up and a giant smile dashed
across her face. She has been showing off ever since. She is that much more animated
now when she gets excited about something. She will drop her jaw, bounce on her
little fluffy bum and clap her hands. Makes it a bit harder to take her
pictures these days though; her fast clapping hands usually come out all blurry
and sometimes make her look armless.
Ahh yes, November was full of great fun. We are working on
more teeth. She is up to 3 now on the bottom, and if my tired mama sensor is
correct, I would say she’s got a few more on the horizon. We are also in full
fledge stranger danger mode these days. We started to see signs of this about a
month or 2 ago, but look out, she’s got it bad these days. This wouldn’t be
such a bad thing, if the “strangers” were in fact strangers, but when it is her
Uncle John, or one of her aunties who just want to hold and hug her, feelings
are hurt more often than not. Fortunately, I think most of the “strangers”
understand that this is just another phase that will come and go, and she will
soon be giggling at their funny noises and silly faces!! And although this phase makes it extremely
difficult for mama and daddy to find time away, we just keep reminding
ourselves that it is a good thing that she is attached to us, and that one day
soon she will realize that she doesn’t need us all the time (that day will probably be harder than
dealing with the wails of today).
Well, I think that about sums it up and brings us back to
today. We just took down all the fall décor and tomorrow
the stockings will be hung and the Santas will be up. This is going to be such
a special holiday season. I can’t wait to spend it introducing Emery to the
wonder of Christmas and the good-ol’-fashion spirit of the holiday. We started
it off right two nights ago. We watched the local Christmas tree lighting
together, saw our first glimpse of Santa Clause, and felt a bit of Jack Frost
on our noses. Daddy put the lights up on the house today, and the Christmas
tree will hopefully be trimmed next weekend….. hmmm—I wonder how that will be
with an almost-walking, busy little curtain climber buzzing around?!?!?!
