Birthday Dinner and Elmo

We went out to dinner for my birthday tonight. We didn't go last weekend because Emily and I both had bad colds. Emily wore the dress that Grandy made with the new blouse that goes with it and looked really cute. Here are a bunch of pictures of her. Before dinner, she had a great time playing with her little purse and a shirt that she took out of her room. She tries to wrap the shirt around her like she is putting it on.

After dinner, Emily had fun sitting and rocking in her rocking chair. Notice in 2 different pictures that there are objects in motion besides Emily! One picture has Elmo being dropped and another is moments after she tried to throw her ball.

Her big things this week have been practicing throwing a ball. Of course, Emily's throw looks good, but the ball tends to go down, not out. But it is fun watching her get so excited about it. She also started finally calling herself a name. She calls herself Emmy and it's pretty cute. She will get a play cup from her kitchen and say that it is for Mommy or Daddy and then get another and say it is for Emmy.

The last couple of pictures were from last weekend when Emily was wearing her Elmo slippers. She had her toy bottle and a cheese stick and was feeding them to the Elmo slippers!