Many Milestones

Emily is doing well these days.  She is eating wonderfully and sleeping through the night 4 out of 7 days a week.  Her smiles in the morning make me melt and we start the day off with fun and games.  She is clever and has figured out how to say mumma and dadda, Maple comes out sounding like mabba and grandma...gabba.  Hi and yea is her response to questions. She also waves with her hand turned around in an Italian way.  We have the arrival of 2 front bottom teeth.  She has been chewing on everything and I warn family members not to stick there fingers in because they are very sharp.

She is full of sunshine when she smiles.

Emily got weighed today and is 22 lbs.  She is an impressive 74 cm long.  Her feet are almost a size 4 and she is wearing size 18 month clothing.  The doctor says that she is larger that the average baby, but nothing to be concerned about.  She is a very good size for her frame.  In 2 weeks she will be 8 months already (time is flying by). 

Her hair is red with blond highlights and her eyes have stayed blue.

She is easy to entertain but loves to be active and play so much that it is exhausting.  I can see a little frustration in her that wants to take to her heals and get running.  She is still tyring to figure out how to crawl.  It is either her head up or the other, but not at the same time yet.  She can log roll to the toy that she wants or dose a sort of inch worm on her back.  It surprises me how fast she can move like that.  Singing and rhythm is improving and dancing is starting to happen with a little nod of her head.  Today she was singing a song about dadda and had one word in the lyrics...dadda...dadda...dadda, I think there was an "oh yea" in there too.  Her grasp is improved greatly and she can hold on to something and twirl it around in her fingers like a baton.  Every day she has something new or is practising her skill.

She is a wonderful girl.

I am  so happy to finally be a mother.  The heavens opened up and delivered us this perfect little girl.  She is a happy, beautiful baby.