Happy 16 month birthday, Emily.

Emily and her parents spent most of her 16th month in the arctic tundra, aka England. A reunion with Chelsea the Cat was undoubtedly the high point for our little Dr. Dolittle, as was obvious by the replacement of ‘more’ for ‘meow’ at the number one slot on Emily’s Most Often Spoken Word list. It was great to see family and friends and get Christmas presents and eat home cooked meals (prepared by someone other than us), but it was absolutely dreadful playing the age old game of Pass The Infectious Disease with everyone in Jan’s family… but that’s a story for another blog post.

Chilly Willy

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it again: we can’t get over how fast our little girl is growing up. We see kids that are six months old and neither of us can remember Emily ever being that small / young / uncoordinated / weird looking. It’s a good thing we have this blog to remind us or we would have no option but to produce another child in order to relive those golden moments 🙂

I guess my favorite part of this past month’s development has been the newfound ability to finally answer questions. And not just with a head shake for no or a goofy laugh for yes – we’ve been there for months already. No, we’re actually getting proper grammatically correct answers. Kinda.

Me: Emily, would you like some water?
Emily: Neh (still accompanied by the appropriate head shake).
Me: What about milk?
Emily: Yeah! (still accompanied by the big smile and goofy laugh).
Me: And then it’s time for bed.
Emily: Neh.

Fantastic!

Since we are seeing more progress in Emily’s language skills than in any other area at the moment, and since we received such positive feedback after debuting this new feature in last month’s birthday blog entry, I will continue to expand upon the easy-to-read table that has come to be known as Emily’s Communication Breakdown. New additions to the table are marked in red for your reading comfort:

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