Spinning and Kissing

A few things Emma has mastered before 14 months (I know I am forgetting things):

Spins around. Sometimes mid-spin she will start spinning the other direction. Then we are there to make sure she doesn't hurt herself because she is dizzy.

Kisses. Blows kisses. Kisses stuffed animals, real animals, and pictures of animals. Kisses the air when she sees animals on TV.

Walks backwards.

Drinks from a regular cup, a sippy cup, and a straw. She also likes to spill, pour, and watch the water flow.

Understands when we say many things, some are...milk, strawberries, eat, drink, water, shoes, socks, come here, puppy, book, more, all done, pajamas, nigh nigh, bye bye, go for a ride, go on a trip, bunny, phone, music, dance, itsy bitsy, do you want to brush your teeth, nose, ear, hot, blow your nose (she sometimes grabs a kleenex and does this herself), ...and we are still learning no, let's go, and just a minute. :)

Emma is enjoying a wooden rocking chair from my grandma that my grandpa had refurnished. She will grab part of the newspaper or a book and her remote control and sometimes her sippy cup or stuffed animal and sit in it. Sometimes I think she is trying to copy her dada.

Emma will point and say eh? when she wants to know what it is or to show us something or when she wants something. Signing has helped with a few of these things.

She is trying to say more words: puppy (I can't even attempt to write how she says it), (what does a puppy say? or hears the dog bark) woof, dada, hi dada, mom (very rare), buh (bunny), bah for a lot of animals or ball, bye, mih (milk), baba and mmmmaaa (baby Emma) 

She still is persevering in getting up on the couch. She struggles but tries her hardest. Most of the time she can get up there but sometimes she just wants our help. I wonder if it is that she is short or that it is hard to get on a leather couch since there is no cloth to grab onto or both. Her face gets all red like she is working really hard. But the happiness on her face when she makes it! Priceless!

Emma loves eating strawberries and tomatoes. Those are two things I can count on her not feeding to the dog. Pretty much any fruit or vegetable and she is happy. She likes lots of flavor. Maybe due to being able to taste the flavor of everything I ate through the breastmilk?! She is not a real picky eater. Just a generous giver to the dog if she is done sometimes!

We are trying to see if she has a sensitivity to dairy like me so she is pretty much off of it and I am really limiting my intake. I'm glad for rice milk.

One story of one of my favorite special times with her. I will be nursing her to sleep in the dark in the chair in her bedroom. She will nurse on one side. Then when she is done she will sit up on her knees facing me, give me a kiss, eat on the other side, and fall asleep. That kiss won't last forever. Such a fleeting moment...