Emora walks!

Emora really made huge strides while in Houston. She was quite enamored with her 13 year old cousin Christian. He and I were with her in the hall. She learned to stand up from a sitting position and walk several steps toward Christian! Do you know how many times I’ve tried to get her to do that for me? Christian is very good with kids and it showed because she kept going to him over and over for a half hour or so. Now that we are back in Abilene, she has been trying out her new skill and is very pleased with herself.

She likes her computer and when she realized that it says “goodbye” as she closes it, she repeatedly closed the lid, waved and said “da!” That’s her universal word for everything. She also says “oh oh” and did a lot of that after throwing something on the floor- another favorite game.

It seems like she got older overnight. Her hair is suddenly longer and curled up in Houston with the humidity. She figured out that she could quickly make it to mom and dad's bed by screaming in the night in a house full of people and she learned how to tilt a pretend letter just so to get let it slide into her mailbox toy. Next she'll be hacking into the computer with Dominique as her guide. But I guess I won't complain, it may be good to have a daughter or two that know how to work this fool thing!