{"id":2203,"date":"2010-08-16T18:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T22:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2010-08-16T18:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T22:48:43","slug":"emma-21-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2203","title":{"rendered":"Emma 21 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma is growing up too fast! \u00a0Just this afternoon she and I had a conversation that required her to do some reasoning. \u00a0She had been coloring and drinking milk in her highchair. \u00a0She wanted to get down and keep the crayons. \u00a0I told her that she would have to choose if she wanted to get down or if she would rather stay in the highchair and keep coloring. \u00a0At first she handed me the crayons as if to indicate that she wanted to get down. \u00a0I thought we had achieved a major victory! \u00a0Then, when I started to get her down, she decided she wanted to stay in the chair. \u00a0However, she didn’t want to color. \u00a0That left me confused…I think Emma won that round!<\/p>\n

Emma is talking all the time and it is nice to be able to have short meaningful conversations with her. I thought we really had a spiritual breakthrough the other night. \u00a0I was pretty excited about that since she isn’t two years old. \u00a0I figured she might be the most Christlike toddler or something. \u00a0Emma loves to bring books to Clint and I and she will hand it to you and say “book”. \u00a0This time she brought me her children’s Bible and said “Bible”. \u00a0I was pretty fired up that she already knew the difference and was ready to send her into strict training for the next round of Awana Olympics. \u00a0While I was putting together my plan for her scripture memorization and theological preschool education, she walked up to me with “Elmo rides the Bus” and proclaimed…”Bible”. \u00a0I think we still have a little work to do on this!<\/p>\n

In the past month our family bought a boat. \u00a0It is a pontoon boat that is great for our curious little passenger. \u00a0Emma seems to love being out on the boat, swimming in the lake, and entertaining all the friends and family that have joined us out on the lake so far.<\/p>\n

We also joined a new church this month, Cedarcrest Church in Acworth. \u00a0Emma really loves her new teachers and the kids in her class. \u00a0There are a lot of NCCS families at Cedarcrest and it is cool to know that some of Emma’s church buddies will also be her school buddies.<\/p>\n

This summer has been a blast for our family. \u00a0We are enjoying watching Emma try a lot of new things. \u00a0She is quick to pick things up and also quick to celebrate when something works like she wants. \u00a0It is such a blessing to see our little girl so happy and healthy. \u00a0We are very grateful that God has blessed us with our sweet Emma!<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures of the last month…<\/p>\n