And I thought she never would...

Those of you who spent any time with Emery and I in the last 6 months probably heard me joke at some point that Emery doesn't speak English. She just didn't seem like that verbal of a kid... until we moved to Cedar City. Suddenly, she figured it out. She went from saying about 10 words to now, 6 weeks later, 100! She surprises me every day with a new word that she apparently knows. It's so fun to watch her grow up and get so smart. She's learning letter sounds too - she knows A, B, D, F, H, L, M, P, R, S, T, W and Z. She loves the ABC song and it's funny to listen to her try and sing it. Her favorite song is "The Wheels on the Bus", though. She tries to sing the "round and round" and "up and down" parts of the song and does the actions and always sings the last word in the verse - "town". Too cute. And here are Em's words (and a couple of pics) for journaling sake! (I think I'll stop keeping track next week when she's hits her 18 month mark - it could clearly get ridiculous after that...)

silly girl, cheesy smile

why Emery doesn't like baths with mom - daddy's way more fun

Jesus, fish, down, up, mom, dad, yes, no, dog, duck, what's that?, I don't know, whoa, whoops, uh-oh, where'd it go?, this, those, glasses, dirt, rock, ball, grandma, grandpa, amen, delicious, please, more, bird, bug, yeah!, bath, bubbles, book, egg, pops (corn pops), kix (the cereal), hat, thanks, eyes, mouth, knees, nose, ears, book, toothbrush, brush, hi, buh-bye, poop, bloop (her baby brother), boo, umm..., Miles (her cousin), Abe (her cousin), Russ (her buddy), Jack (her buddy), Mag (my bff), Bek (my bff), Max (from the Max and Ruby book at Grandma's house), out, all done, milk, bike, ni-night, necklace, push, wipes, blocks, hot, bus, snacks, shoe, grass, bounce, pants, ouch, sit, seat, house, keys, sock, yuck