Wow…what a difference a week makes! Our little girl is now crawling around the floor….but only when she really wants something. She still prefers to stand up and dance around. Since daddy has come to a stopping point with the yard…we have more family time on the weekends which is so much fun. Last weekend we took her to the beach for the first time. I love so cal weather….75 degrees and nobody on the beach! She was a bit afraid when we brought her to the water….but other than that she had a good time. We also went to Stu Miller’s take-it-up-the-tailpipe pumpkin patch with her and we met my brother and his family for some great fun. As usual, I’ll load a video later.
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Just about any day now our little 7 month old Emmelia will be mobile….scootin’ around all over the house and exploring every corner…pulling on knobs…and knocking stuff over. We set her down in one spot right now and make sure that we have a minimum 3′ radius clear zone because she’ll roll around and inevitably whack her head on something. To our surprise last night though, Emmelia grabbed daddy’s shirt while I was laying next to her and she pulled herself up to standing in one motion. My eyes got big as I looked at Joelle in disbelief of what I just saw.
So, in light of our monster goin’ mobile soon, Joelle and I turned the couch 90 degrees clockwise in an attempt to ‘box’ her in the family room. In theory this is a good plan but I think something will get lost in reality….as usually is the case. This also means that daddy is going to have install all those annoying cabinet locking devices that are supposed to keep kids out but actually serve a much larger purpose which is to frustrate the parents (just an observation at this point).
I can’t express how much fun she is. She is so animated and so vocal. I am noticing how she increasingly watches daddy….she studies me. Not only that, I see that she wants my attention. Honestly, it is a bit unnerving to know that she will be so heavily influenced by me and mom, our actions, our conversations, our body language, our habits. Mom and me have a lot of growing to do. It is such a great privilege though to be responsible for loving and disciplining this little life from God. Nobody else has this honor except us for her life. It is very exciting. So, Joelle and I are absolutely loving this stage in our lives and in our marriage…because we know she will one day be gone (not to mention think mom and dad are geeks).
Enjoy the pics. The video below is Emmelia laughing at Joelle playing with a stuffed ladybug-thing.
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