a letter to emery | ONE

Emery Cate,

I absolutely cannot believe you are already one! It seems like yesterday that we were bringing you home from the hospital!

You are 25.1 pounds and 31.25 inches long! You are in the 97% for height and weight! You have (light) brown hair and blue eyes! That dark hair didn't stick around too long. You are so beautiful! You have 2 teeth! You say "thank you" "squeaky," and "da da!"

You are such a happy baby!! You are content playing by yourself, but you do love to see what Avery is into. Most of the time, she doesn't like that too much. You often will pick up a baby doll (that she may or may not be interested in at that current moment) and you will take off in the other direction because you know she will want it. It's funny to watch!

You love to dance to music! If you hear a song on the tv, radio or if I am singing one, you immediately start dancing! It is so cute. It's every single time... It's as though you can't help yourself!!!

You are definitely a mommas girl and I love it! You prefer me over anyone and I am soaking it in!

You are napping 1 time a day and you are drinking whole milk now and you love it! You are such a good napper and sleeper and you lay down so good for us at bedtime.

You hate to get dressed and have your diaper changed and that is a constant struggle for us! I leave you in your diaper most days at home because you seem to prefer that over clothes.

You love to play with big kids and you are such a daredevil! You love to climb on anything you can. If you climb in a chair, you will immediately stand up! You give me so many heartattacks daily! We tell you no and you will squat down and whine a little and then stand right back up ... repeat! You also will climb into the little tyco cars at meme and papa's and you are always so content in them. I believe you have spent upwards to an hour in one before.

You are walking so good now! (& you are super bowlegged) Avery loves to tell me "Emery walking" everytime you're on the move.

You love to eat! You will eat everything we give you and you love feeding yourself.  You are content sitting in the high chair just picking up your food. You will eat it all most of the time!

You have to most delicate sounds when you are trying to tell us something  .... usually combined with the sweetest look on your face. You will hold out what ever toy you have in your hand and mumble something so quiet but you look so serious about it.

We love you so much baby girl. Life is so much fun with you and we are beyond thankful we get to be your parents. You have been such a joy and we love watching you learn and experience new things.

Keep growing big & strong baby!