Fun with Emily

I have noticed more and more here recently that Emily is doing and saying things that just cannot be captured on film or video. So, here are my top five recent Emily quotes:

5. "Soap tastes yuckie." "Shampoo tastes yuckie too, mommy." (Yes, she is still drinking bath water sometimes.)

4. Sunday afternoon:
Mommy: Emily what is daddy doing at home?
Emily: "He's watching football."
Mommy: What is Zoey doing at home?
Emily: "She's playing (p-way-ing)."

3. "It's raining outside. Get umbrella (um-bwell-la) mommy."

2. "Hola mommy. Hola says hi." (She is learning spanish at school, we think.)

1. The number one recent quote was spoken at Wendy's on Sunday afternoon. Daddy kept tapping the french fry box on the table and then on Emily's head. After several "stop it daddys" she finally looked at him and said:
"Hear my words Daddy. No hitting Emily."

Priceless.

Ok, one more video from the beach.

Ok, so maybe one last post. I just really loved watching her reaction to the waves. If you listen you can hear her say "water" and "ocean." I can't recall whether I posted this already or not, but we also taught her about sandpipers. She chased this one poor little bird all over the place yelling "san-pie-ffer." I wish I would have caught that on tape.

Blowing Bubbles

This is the last clip from our beach trip. Emily learned to put her face in the water and blow bubbles. She thought that was pretty neat, but even better than Emily blowing bubbles in the water is watching her laugh at Daddy blowing bubbles in the water.

Especially for grandmas

I shot this little clip at the playground at Broadway on the Beach. It is especially for Emily's grandmas.

Helping with Sand

Emily really loved the sand and ocean...although she had a little trouble understanding that when you dig a hole in the sand you aren't supposed to fill it back up with more sand. This fact not withstanding, she must have made a dozen trips up and down the beach getting more sand to put in the hole. It was just such a treat to watch her little legs running as fast as they could carry her up and down the beach. I felt like I was watching her in fast forward.

Snapshots from the beach!

Counting!

We shot this cute little video of Emily on our Myrtle Beach trip this past weekend. She is sitting in her stroller at Ben & Jerry's at Broadway on the Beach. She just kept counting and counting. Finally, I got out the camera on the chance that she would count on cue. It worked. In this video she only makes it to about twelve before I had to help her, but we have heard her count as high as 20 without help. She's really catching on to counting. She is even starting to count her toys (and breakfast muffins). Fun.

Look how I have changed in a year!

I was recently traveling for work to California. It was a long plane ride and of course I was missing my little EE. So I was looking through some of her old videos. Compare these two. The first was shot in August last year. The second we shot today while Emily and Daddy were playing "I got you" all over the house with every push toy they could find. My how she has grown. Fun times.

Months & Days

Emily is practicing new words. She is working on days of the week and months of the year. My favorites are March, April and October. I was not home when Daniel shot this little clip. I am trying to decide if Emily thinks that mommy was inside the camera. You'll see what I mean when you watch. I also like how she high fives Daniel at the end. Cute.