Growing Up

Emry has hit the stage when she is aware of some of the new things she is doing. She is observing the world around her, seeing things with must greater clarity. (Probably greater than either of her parents without their contacts in!) If we’re holding her while we’re sipping our water, she wants to try to drink from the glass, too. She rolls from her tummy to her back. And she is enjoying reading much, much more.

In fact, her favorite toys are her cloth books. She’ll spend quite a lot of time lying on her blanket, book in hand and jabbering to herself. She also loves it when I lie down next to her with a book, holding it up above us and reading to her. She will listen contently, turning her head to smile at me ever-so-often. I can only dream she will always like books so much!

Emry and her cloth book “Sleepy Bunny”.

As for rolling over, she has that figured out pretty well. If we put her on her tummy, she’ll put her left hand up in front of her so it’s out of the way and flip over. Now sometimes it takes her a little bit of time…and then she gets frustrated. (I have a feeling we have a slight perfectionist on our hands – wonder where she gets that?) Other times, she flips over almost as soon as I put her down. And while she doesn’t yet roll from her back to her tummy (she flips most of the way, but not quite all the way), no doubt we will soon figure that out, too. Then she’ll be rolling all over the house!