Walking. A Baby Update.
Emme has started walking. At 15 months old and the youngest of five, I am convinced that up until now she just has not seen the purpose in walking. After all, there are like a million other people at her beck and call and she has used that fact to her full advantage. So, when she started taking those first frankenstein-esque steps she received rounds and rounds of applause from her family fan club — aka eveyone in the house. Now she walks from the couch to the coffee table and claps for herself. Which, of course, elicits more applause from the surrounding masses. Her favorite is to grunt and reach until someone will offer their pointer finger (usually Jade is selected for this duty) and then she graps that offered finger as she toddles all over our house. Pulling along the person attached to that finger as if they are baggage. The last time Jade was on finger duty, her finger actually turned purple and lost all feeling. Here she is making a break for the FLIP camera on Saturday.
Other than the whining, which clearly means “Give me the damn camera!” she will only speak four words. The rest of the time she babbles CONSTANTLY and LOUDLY in what can only be described as the perfect hybrid of Chinese and Yiddish… Or Jawa (for those Star Wars fans out there). Her favorite American words are “Uh Oh” which she uses liberally. “Uh Oh” is followed by “Cookie” which sounds more German than American… as if she is clearing her throat, “KKCKCKKKCK…” Then comes “Night Night” and finally “YA YA” which she uses in reference to any and all family members. I have to admit, creating one name for every member of this family is pretty darn effecient, and I gotta admire that. Brilliant.
