It’s a first in our household…Today, we put Emma in her bouncy chair, which has an arching rod that goes over it. From the rod, there are three toys that spin. One is a frog that sings, one is a pair of bumble bees and one is a rattle filled with colorful plastic balls.
We were getting a new dishwasher installed, and Ashley and I were both busy, so Emma was chillin’ in her chair. We looked over, and she was spinning the toys! Granted, we only started putting that rod on there a couple days ago, but we’d never seen her take any real interest in the suspended toys. Needless to say, we were quite proud of our little prodigy and had to stop what we were doing to watch her go.
She’s also taken to talking a lot. We’ll try to get some video of it and post it soon.
And speaking of talking, Emma’s paternal grandparents are convinced that she’s already said her first word.
Now, for those of you who don’t know, Bubbe Alissa has spent her entire adult life working with young children. For almost my entire life, she’s been the director of preschools — first, the one I attended, University Presbyterian Children Center, and then the place she’s been for about two decades, the Block and Dreeben School for Young Children at the San Antonio Jewish Community Center (where Emma goes…click on the link and see her school!).
El Jefe is a lawyer who works with children, and one of the smartest people I know. Their combined intelligence and experience is what makes it so funny. They say Young Emma likes to tell them “Hi.”
Actually, they say she says, “hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.”
If The Little One is in fact speaking, then I think she should probably be in the record books for the youngest child ever to speak. Kids typically say their first words around a year of age… We probably also ought to go ahead and get her enrolled at Harvard.
Anyway, all’s good on the Emma front. Stay tuned for some photos and video!
