So Proud!!!

Just a little Emma update!!  Last night late, we had a major scare!  Emma had quickly developed knots behind her ears.  There were 4 total!  Steven and I were scared to death of what this could mean and neither one of us got any sleep!  We took her to the first doctor we could get her into, and Thank God, she was just fine.  The knots were swollen lymph nodes that are caused by many different things and will go away on their own!  I hope no one has to experience the horror of worrying that your child could have a major illness.

On a lighter note, I have some updates on Emma's developmental milestones!! 
* She is crawling about 95 miles an hour!

* When asked a question, she will either shake her head yes or no, depending upon her answer!

*She plays peek-a-boo by herself.  If you ask, "Where's Emma?" she'll cover both eyes with her little hands and then take her hands back down and just grin!!

* She knows the signs (American sign language) for milk, water, more, and book and uses milk and more on a daily basis!

* She has a 25-30 word vocabulary.  Here are some of the ones she says that I remembered:
~ Hi and bye (while waving)       
~ go, no, and quit (the three words she hears most often LOL!!)
~ Emma
~ cookie
~ truck (She will use this in a sentence as "Da uck", or Dad's truck
~ good girl (which she repeats after each time we tell her!)
~ Mama, Dada, Gaga (Grandaddy, my dad), Ga (Pa, Steven's step-dad), Nana (Steven's mom), Gigi (my mom), A-da (for brother Alden), and Bubba (for brother Avery), Wu (our dog, Lucy)
~ gog, Emma's version of dog
~ gat, Emma's version of cat 
       There's a new cat that hangs around our house, is very friendly, and Emma LOVES him!!  Everytime she sees him, she hollers, "gat, gat, mea, mea"  It's beyond adorable that she's trying to talk to the cat!!
~ ba ba, which we don't use, but she does say it sometimes when she wants her sippy cup
~ mo mo (saying while signing more, for more food or drink)
~ Uh, uh (no)
~ Uh, oh

~ When she'll drop something, I'll usually make a silly face and say "Oh No" to make her laugh and to teach her not to get upset if that happens!  Now, whenever that particular phrase is uttered, she puts her hands on the sides of her head and grins!!  It's too funny!!




Here's my silly girl making one of her many goofy faces!! 

  Well, I think that about sums up what's been going on here lately!  Oh, I almost forgot, we are feeding ourself with a fork and doing AWESOME!!! 
  Oh, we also are very good when playing with other babies!!  Emma shares great, but at home she's begun to share will one particular individual I'm not too happy about, OUR DOG!!!   Emma just has a big ole heart and wants to make sure that Lucy gets extra snacks during the day!!  She will eat a bite, then throw down one for Lucy.  Then when she gets a drink from her sippy cup, she'll throw that down for Lucy too!  (No, Lucy doesn't get close to her cup)  But it's still precious!!
   We're incredibly blessed that Emma is doing so well and is so smart and is so well behaved!  She can put a smile on anyone's face!  She loves to give hugs and kisses and all you have to do is ask and she'll either blow you a kiss or plant one right on your cheek!!