What's new-14 months

Well, just 2 days shy of 14 months, but good enough, right? I actually have time to blog, so I am taking advantage. I keep forgetting to pull pictures off my camera from my brothers graduation and Christmas, but they are coming I promise!! It may just be a picture over haul of a post, but I am sure y'all don't mind. So what's the miss up too, let's see...

*She officially has 12 teeth that are all the way in. 4 on top, 4 on bottom and 4 molars. We are praying for a break here people. She has consistently been popping out teeth for over 6 months now. It's funny because we have a friend whose baby is turning 1 in a couple weeks and she just now started teething. Every baby is truly different.

*Other than the last few nights, she still sleeps amazing.

*She's a totally a lambie and blankie girl. Any recieving blanket will do. If she sees a blanket, she insists on carrying it around with her every where. Sometimes she will have 3 at a time. She rubs either that or lambie on the bridge of her nose or upper lip for comfort.

*This kid loves to spin and dance. I love it. I will try an sneak a video of her dancing to her new favorite toy ever. This thing keeps Em entertained for hours. She runs and pushes the button and when the music starts, she spins and shakes what her booty. I love it.

*She is in the one year room at school now, and LOVES it. She is becoming much more vocal, and really learning a lot just by being around the older kids.

*New words-cheese(pronounced cheeeeese), please (peas) which she signs and says, all done (ah yon) signed and said, uh-oh (said just like that with a pause between words), more (moe) mostly signed, but sometimes said, ouch and boo. These are words that if prompted once, she will continue to say over and over again. She is getting to the mimicking stage now, where we ask her to say a word and she will really concentrate on saying it. Sometimes it comes out right, sometimes not so much. We usually say the word a few times and she will try and say it back. Last night we were working on Nonni (my mom), and it came out Nana (nah nah), but she was trying really hard.

*She signs please to EVERYTHING. If she wants something, she will usually always sign please, without being prompted unless she is tired. When we ask if she is all done, she will sign it back to us. And she is starting to use more, more often. Next we will work on thank you, which will be hard because it is similar to her blowing kisses to people, which she loves to do.

*When you tell her someone is going "bye-bye," she will wave a blow a kiss.

*She is between 9 and 12 month pants, starting to grow out of 12 month shirts, between a 3 and 4 shoe, and still in size 3 diapers. She may be in them forever. Weight at last check was 19.6oz, before she was sick. I will have to put her on the scale at home to see if she's back up to at least that.

*She is still rear facing. She couldn't face forward if we wanted her to yet, because most car seats are from 20-22 lbs forward facing. We made a family decision to do extended rear facing with her. Mainly because she is so tiny as it is, and honestly she doesn't know any better. She doesn't seem overly bothered about her view. I am researching seats,because hers is so reclined, I think she would like to sit up a little straighter. There are so many options out there. So we will probably get a convertible that allows for rear facing, and keep her that way till her legs get too long or she is overly bugged. The goal is 2 years, but I would be happy with 18 months.

Emmy is just so laid back and happy all the time. It was so hard to see her sick last week, because she was just not herself. She is totally back to her silly little self, and we are all getting back into the routine of things. I just love being around her and watching all the new things she is learning everyday!