Emily's turn to say something

I had thought that my opportunity to sign with Emily had probably passed, but I thought I'd try a couple of things anyway. I was getting tired of all the pointing and "Uhh! Uhh! Uhh!", and knowing that there's probably another year or two of that in store for me, I figured I'd give it a shot. All day yesterday, when Emily and I were eating, I'd make the sign for "milk" before I gave her her cup to drink, and when she pointed at it, I'd do it more. This morning, I saw her practicing moving her fingers in the sign, and I said 'Yes! Milk!" and I shoved the glass in her mouth. :) Tonight at dinner, she pointed at the glass, and I saw her little fingers go into a fist, and she looked up at me and smiled. I think we may be onto something!! This could be pretty cool, if I can stay constant and a step ahead of her!!

When I dropped Emily off at daycare today, her sitter gave me a about 6 or so pictures from their Halloween party last Friday. There were 10 kids there, all 4 years old or younger! Emily is the youngest, but yet in the picture of all of them in their costumes together, she doesn't stand out as younger. She used to be Baby Emily in a sea of kids, but now she's right in there with all of them. It's crazy what she has done in one year! And yes, I am still madly in love with her. She's just the most amazing little thing. When I go into her room after she's waking up from a nap or in the morning, she crawls over to her corner of the crib where her books are sitting, and she points and smiles and jumps. It's fun to see her find things she likes and get excited about them. What a little PERSON she is!