Update on Emily

It's as if Emily knew I was talking about her on the blog the other day . . . but this week she has been so much better about being so clingy and whiny . . .yea!!! She still falls on the floor and cries when we don't let her have something she's not allowed to have. . . but I can handle that any day over the whining and clinging to my legs . . . I just walk away from the falling on the floor and crying : )

I took her to her 18 month checkup this morning (yes I know I'm late but I put off shot appts as long as I can) and she FINALLY weighs over 20 pounds . . . yea! I sure do hope this trend of being long and lean sticks with this girl! She is doing well and we are happy to report that she doesn't have to have any more vaccination shots until she is 3 . . .whew! That is a load off our minds . . .we always worry about getting vaccination shots. She still screams the whole time we are at a doctor's office but that's o.k. . . . that all started when she got her kidney infection over Christmas and from then on doctor's offices have been scary places.

I have more pictures of how busy she has been this week . . . last night she figured out how to open one of the drawers on her chest of drawers (or as we have always called it: chester drawers) and has enjoyed taking all the clothes out of the drawer and transporting them to the same spot at the end of the hallway. But before I show you that video, I had to post this picture. I love seeing Emily sleeping and yesterday I was able to get a picture before she woke up from her nap:

Speaking of sleeping . . . Emily woke us up at 4:15 this morning with a sharp cry out for her "night night" (which is the little burp cloth blanket that she sleeps with). I got up to go check on her but before I could reach her room she had quit crying so I didn't dare go in to her room in fear that we would be up for the rest of the morning. I wonder if she was dreaming . . . it was just so quick and so loud. Of course, I never went back to sleep and kept having fitful little dreams of someone snatching her from her bed and kept questioning (in my sleepy stupor) if that was why she cried out. She was fine this morning so must have been a dream . . .weird.

I thought this was a sweet smile so had to post. This was last night after her bath:

She was playing sweetly this morning in her room while I finished getting ready . . . such a nice change from previous weeks:
After she got bored with the Legos she went for the PJ's again:

. . . my sweet baby girl . . .

I had a video I wanted to post but can't get it to load right now . . . so I'll try again later.