We Have a Walker!

Emilia has finally decided she’s sick of hanging out down around her friends’ knees and it’s time to do more of this walking thing. She’s been practicing for many weeks now—taking several steps at a time and then deciding to go the rest of the way on all fours—but in the last week or two she's realized going upright might be more efficient. Personally I think peer pressure played a part. Walking has only fueled her curiosity. Here she is exploring the cupboards (she really gets into it!).

She’s also quite a talker and her vocabulary is rapidly expanding. One of her favorites is “bye, bye,” which she yelled to all of the cashiers (one at a time) at the supermarket the other day while waving to them like the Pope in a parade as her papa pushed her along in the shopping cart. Our favorite, however, is probably “ya está,” (three syllables!) which loosely translates to ‘all done’ (that’s right, she’s officially bilingual!). And she answers her cell phone "hola" or "hi" depending on her mood. Of course, this bilingual thing can be confusing. Agustín thought “caca” meant poop until I informed him it was Emilia’s way of asking for a cracker. You can see how that could cause problems!