20 Months Old!

Emily is 20 Months Old Today!

It is becoming much more difficult to get pictures of Emily for her monthly updates because she is totally over me taking pictures of her . . . .gone are the days of me sitting her in the chair and asking her to smile and getting a sweet picture of her. Now I have to grab shots here and there of her playing . . . and if she notices that I have the camera out she either won't look at me or she wants to see her face in the display and gets mad if I try to get a picture of her before she gets to look . . . crazy nut!

Emily is talking A LOT now. She strings words together to make her little sentences. She speaks clearly for a 20 month old (I'm sure I'm biased a little on that one). She LOVES Elmo and talks about him all the time. We now have an Elmo toothbrush, Elmo sippy cups, and Elmo books to read (I see an Elmo themed Birthday party in the near future). She also talks about Big Bird, "Gouch" (Grouch), monster (cookie monster), Grover, and Bert and Ernie. She also loves to point out any motorcycle that she sees on the road when we are traveling in the car. She is really enjoying the Mother's Morning Out program that she is attending and talks about "Colin and Julia" all the time (2 kids in the class). She is obsessed with her 3 pacifiers and blanket that she must have with her during nap time and bed time . . . so I envision us breaking that habit one day to be a trying one. But . . . she is the BEST sleeper ever so let the girl have her pacifiers and her blanket . . .you go girl! Joe and I have so much fun listening to her talk and watching her at her activities.