Emily - 20 months

Emily are having a fun and relaxing summer. Every morning (before it gets steamy hot) we take a walk up to the park (and this really is a walk UP, so I am getting in lots of exercise going up hill). She plays at the park for awhile and then we finish our walk around the neighborhood and come home and cool off in the pool on the deck. Actually only Emily is cooling off since the pool is too small for me to fit in. Hopefully I can find a bigger one. Emily is also really enjoying "craft time" and playing with paint and play doh. Fortunately the paint is washable paint and comes off very easily, but I also need to find a good kid's table for her to do her crafts on.

She enjoys dressing up too. Her favorite outfits are bathing suits and hats. She wears the bathing suit around her neck and struts around the house all day long thinking she is so cute. Sometimes it her bathing suits, other times it is mine. It is pretty funny when it is one of mine or Andy's hats.

She is saying tons of new words a day. "Mommy" and "Daddy" are still her favorite words that she sings all day long, but she also repeats everything we say. She isn't putting two words together yet, but we are working on that. It is amazing that even with her limited words we can have complete conversations. She follows my instructions very well and is very obedient, most of the time. However when I tell her it is time to get dressed in the morning, she runs laughing the other way. And she tries to stand up in her chair when I turn my back. She has this guilty smile and sits down real quick when I turn back around.