13 Months

Wow. How did this happen? How did she get to thirteen months old so quickly? We just celebrated her birthday and now it has already been a month. Last year Tara and I were at the mall with the kids so that Lucas could get his photo made with the Easter Bunny and we got this great picture of them on a bench there. So, last night we were at the mall again (seeing a theme here?) and I wanted a picture of them on the same bench, one year later.
Now that they are mobile, picture taking is getting more and more difficult. Sweet Emmy is doing so many new and interesting things. We still have not figured out to get her to take a bath without screaming for dear life. I am hoping that once summer gets here and we get to swim lots, she will feel better about it. Fingers crossed. She is eating all she can get in her little fingers. We have yet to find anything she doesn't like to eat and we are letting her try to self feed with a fork and spoon. She doesn't do a great job, but it's not a horrible job either. And she laughs with glee whenever she puts her spoon or fork into food. Apparently, that is really funny stuff.

Oh and the A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E! This morning, I was going to let her walk in to the babysitter's house but she refused to hold my hand. I told Mimi that was obviously something she got from her, certainly not me or John.

She has gotten really clingy to us lately and will hold on for dear life when she is up in our arms. I am not sure if that is because she just loves us so or that her teeth are hurting where these vicious molars are trying to completely arrive. Lucas got a chair this weekend when we were shopping so of course, Emmy had to have one too. She loves to do whatever he is doing and just lights up when she seems him. This morning, she wore her "Mommy's girl" shirt but I think she was a little fussy because everyone knows that she is really her Daddy's girl.

Tomorrow morning we go for her surgery on her ears. My sweet baby at 13 months is having surgery--neither John nor I have even had surgery yet and here she is having to go through it. We are confident that she will be just fine and we should be home before 9am.