A few days ago, I sang Emma her "11 months oooooolld" song. Time goes by more quickly when you have kids. Next month, my baby will be a year old. Sometimes I find myself looking at her pictures and thinking to myself that the baby in them is gone forever. Never will there be more pictures taken of her when she looked or acted just so. It's kind of sad. At the other end of the spectrum, my "new" Emma is so amazing. She's learning so much. Her problem-solving abilities knock my socks off. Truly.
Yesterday, I took my shoes off and watched as my little daughter took each one and pressed the bottom of her foot against the sole of the shoe. When that didn't look right to her, she set the shoes side-by-side and stood on top of them. She seems too young to think that way. She doesn't ever wear shoes or socks right now. I'm amazed that she recognized her feet as being the equivalent of my own.
I had another surprise when I was standing in the hallway (no windows visible from the hall) and Emma began to twist her head left to right frantically. I thought she was looking for Daddy, but instead she began to shout "Gar, gar!" She was absolutely right, a car was going by and she didn't get to see it. All this time, I'd point out a moving vehicle to her expecting her to recognize it in the future. I had no idea that she was registering the sound as well. Clever girl.
Emma is also showing a lot of skill with shape-sorters and stackers. She doesn't place the rings on her stacker according to size, but she does place them on there. She also takes the rings and hangs them on things. She's been doing this for months. I find it quite impressive.
When my mom came to visit me recently, she pointed out that Emma doesn't speak anywhere near as well as I did at her age. On the other hand, she is much more curious and better with using tools and problem-solving. I suspect I have a baby engineer on my hands.
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oh dear, watch out for those baby engineers!! She sounds delightful and it must be so fun to watch her learn - fun to read about too!
Hi Shawndra!!
They grow up too fast, don't they? I am so amazed at the word "gar!" that she says. Of course my children never seem to talk until somewhere between 18 months and 2 years. And no I'm not kidding. They are just not verbal (beyond maybe saying dada and mama) before then. Anyway, it's so fun reading about Emma!! Enjoy each stage because it's true you can't look back and ever again see them looking like they look at past stages.
Even though Emma is pretty verbal, I still can't get her to say my name. She will say "daddy" though!
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