seventeen months - 07.27.13

emery annabelle is seventeen months old!

this week, when we ask emery: "what color is this?" and she answers: "yeh-yo" (yellow) - for everything. occasionally she'll say "bu" (blue), but usually it's yeh-yo. 

she finally started to sign and say "pees" (please) and when she signs, she rubs her belly with both hands (the sign in one flat hand, rubbing your chest). yesterday, when i let her taste a little ice cream, she smiled big and signed and said: "peeeees!" she got one more bite.

frequently when i get her up in the morning or from a nap, she asks: "daddy wir?" (daddy work?) or where's daddy? when i remind her that he's at work, she says: "bye bye, daddy." when i ask her if it's windy, she blows air out her mouth -- same as when her food is too hot. 

above our table there is a tiny hole in the ceiling where we tried to hang a lamp. emery points to it and says: bug! bug! so i've explained to her: it's not a bug, it's a hole. this week, she heard a dog and said: ruh ruh ruh, and i said: he's not barking, he's howling. and she pointed to the hole in the ceiling. i guess she thought i said he was hole-ing. haha. 

for a few weeks, she's been very interested in reading books. she brings book after book after book to blake or me, sitting on the floor. she backs up and sits down to listen to the story. or maybe just one page of the story - because then she's off to get another book. most mornings, we "read" [the first page of] over 20 books. 

she also likes to color and frequently requests that we "do-dar" (color) during breakfast (we usually wait till we're finished eating). she sometimes colors in her book (at least one crayon in each hand), but most of the time she just works on putting the crayons in to the box. 

emery sang her first song: the sesame street song. it sounds like "Uh uh ay." (it's the right tune, minus actual words). this could be "Sunny day..." - or one of the other 4 lines in the song where those three notes are sung, ending in the sound -ay: Clouds away, On my way, Come and play, or A-OK. she also sings the Hot Dog song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - complete with arm moves like Goofy.

emery has 10 teeth and i can see at least one more on the bottom right. the opposite tooth shouldn't be too far behind. she has her hands in her mouth frequently. if i tell her to take her hands out of her mouth, she will. but they go right back in a moment later.

emery is very loving and enjoys giving kisses: to her stuffed animals, to mommy and daddy, to herself in the mirror, to herself reflected in the shiny car at the car dealer.

"emery can you do a flip?" she's almost ready for cheer tryouts!