Emmett Update

Emmett is really interacting more every day and is a hilarious mimic. He claps, smacks his lips, pats his belly, and tries to recreate lots of silly noises. Last week he pulled up from a sitting to a standing position for the first time by climbing up Casey's shirt. Now that he's mobile it seems he's always after something. He's much more curious about getting into things than Miles was. Right now doors and door stoppers are a favorite. Once I caught him playing in the cat food and another time we caught him a second away from reaching into the trash so we have to really watch him. Miles has been a great help in keeping unsafe toys away. He seems to really like being allowed to take certain things away and sometimes he overuses that excuse. Emmett also loves the cats. Usually they are good about keeping a safe distance, but sometimes they get distracted and Emmett gets pretty close. Louise is often torn by her desire to gaze out the front door and her desire to stay out of Emmett's reach. He's starting to talk some too. He says mama pretty regularly and yesterday he said cat, "gat."