Emily has a lot of things to be joyful about (appropriate, don't you think, since Joy is her middle name) . . . her Daddy had his birthday on Wednesday, she got to visit Grandma Kathy & Auntie Mandy on Wednesday night while Mommy & Daddy went to see the new Die Hard movie, her Mommy doesn't have to go back to work again until the end of August, she has 2 teeth, she has started eating more solid foods (like oatmeal--which she LOVES, and applesauce--which she would rather live without, in fact applesauce elicits a face from Emily that makes it worth giving her a spoonful just to witness her reaction.), she gets to go to swimming lessons & the zoo again soon, she had A LOT of fun last weekend with her Overindulgent (and very polka dotted) Aunt S & The Italian Godfather, plus she has her jumperoo . . . and who doesn't love a jumperoo? As Emily has gotten taller, the jumperoo has become more and more fun for her to play with. When we first got the jumperoo, her feet didn't really reach the floor and her arms kind of stuck up out of the seat, so she couldn't really reach any of her toys very easily. Now that she is a whopping 27 inches tall, her feet can reach the floor with no problem and can reach all of her toys with ease. She has even tried to stand up on her tippy toes and extend her arms out all the way to reach for the parrot & blue frog that are hanging from the "leaves" above her head. She hasn't managed to get them yet, but she occasionally tries and it's really cute to watch how determined she gets about trying to get them. It's also really funny to watch her when she gets really excited about jumping; sometimes she can't stop jumping, she's having so much fun. There is music that plays when she moves the toys or when she starts jumping; there are also animal sound effects (monkeys, elephants, and birds) and when she really gets going, the animal sounds start skipping because they can't keep up. It doesn't really matter that they can't keep up because Emily manages to keep up her own running commentary with squeaks, squeals, grunts, giggles . . . it is really fantastic. It is really unfortunate that the video below doesn't have sound but at least you can see the joy on her face (and in the pictures below you can see the teeth in her mouth).
The run time on this video is 3 min, 13 sec.
(We apologize for the length, but we were having so much fun making the movie, we couldn't stop. Emily was having so much fun jumping, she couldn't stop. We all got a little carried away. We hope you enjoy the movie . . . you may want to get some popcorn before it starts. We also want to mention that there are no trailers, credits, or commercials, Just Emily & her Jumperoo.)
3 comments:
I didn't realize that Emily could tap dance - though come to think of it, she did some dancing on my ribcage last weekend...
And I didn't need to look at pictures as proof that she has 2 teeth. I literally witnessed their existence first hand (at least she didn't get hold of my toes!)
In the interest of accuracy in reporting, I should mention that the Godfather is only half Italian. The other half is a blend of English, Irish, and Danish.
Mmmmmmmm....Danish!
I knew you were going to say that.
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