14 months old - Oct. 16

Emily is definitely expressing more of her own personality these days and it is neat to watch. She has discovered the stairs so we had to teach her the proper way to descend on the tummy. She's still a little skittish about walking, but she stood all by herself without even realizing it one day.

I believe we can say her first real word was door. Charlie was watching Emily one afternoon and taught her the word door while playing with her Noah's Ark toy. Later while he was in the office he heard Emily in the bathroom across the hall saying "dor" each time she opened and closed the cabinet doors. What Charlie realized later was that every time Emily opened the door and said "dor", she was pulling out a towel or wash cloth and pitching it on the floor. She can also now say "uh oh", "no, no", "cheerio" and on the verge of saying "thank you".