one years old
Emi turned one last week! When she was a little baby, we envisioned her growing up to be a shy, sweet, quiet baby because that’s what she was like as an infant. Those days are gone for sure – she loves to holler at you from across the room in order to get what she wants. Her favorite thing is to get carried around and point at what she wants to look at or pick up or gnaw on. This can be a very exhausting activity but she loves it. She can stand on her own for a long time now, and take 2 or 3 steps at a time. She still prefers crawling, though, and that is because she is a master crawler. We have to watch her like a hawk because she can make it across our living room in just a few seconds. Her other favorite thing to do is to crawl up the stairs. This definitely gets old.
She is still not a big eater, although when she gets in her groove she will eat a lot of whatever is in front of her. She loves fruit – blueberries, watermelon and canteloupe are her favorites. She really despises getting fed with a spoon. When she is done with whatever she is eating, she drops it on the ground for the dogs and leans over the highchair in order to watch them eat.
At bedtime is the only time that mommy can hand her over to daddy without any protest. She sees the blanket and the bottle and knows exactly where she’s going and she calmly says goodnight to mommy with a smile. Tonight, she pointed up the stairs as Ralph was taking her up.