A couple of big things are going on in Emma’s life lately. She has teeth working their way into her tiny little mouth. Last week she cried, and I mean screamed and howled, for two hours straight, scaring the you-know-what out of me until I figured out it must be teething. I couldn’t see anything on that day, but a couple days later two teensy-weensy little white lumps appeared on her lower gum. They haven’t broken the skin yet, but they are definitely there and she is not particularly happy about it.

Also, Emma has figured out that her legs do cool things. She started using the bumper in her crib to pull herself into a standing position last week, so that had to go. The crib rails were a logical next step for her and we didn’t really want her doing a front pike off the top rail, especially since she hasn’t quite been able to stick the dismount yet. So on Monday we lowered the crib mattress substantially so she can pull up to her hearts content and we can stop putting blankets on the floor in front of the crib to break the fall (seriously that happened, and lets just say it wasn’t me who put them there…how cute is that?).

Oh yeah, and just the other day Emma went for a walk in her stroller without the car seat. She strapped in like a big girl, facing front, and went on a walkabout, checking out her neighborhood with a whole new point of view. Next thing you know she’ll be driving.