Little Miss Pretend Play and Independent

Emma's pretend play is getting very elaborate and it is so fun to watch.

Tonight we were playing up in Emma's playroom and I gave her a yogurt cup and a spoon. She automatically started pretending to eat from the cup. She then went over to the little table and sat down to eat some more. She pretended to put something into the cup, mixed it up then ate some more. She put one of her babies into the play high chair and another baby onto the second chair and started pretending to feed them. She then started going to the refrigerator and getting more containers. She gave one cup to each of the babies and a few for herself. She was getting up and down off of the chair by herself and walked around on her knees to get things.

She is starting to get frustrated that she cannot walk. She tries to walk, but since her legs are so different in length it is just too hard. She can side-step while holding onto something, but for any real distance she has to crawl or walk on her knees. This is why we are looking for her to get her surgery sooner rather than later. Not being able to walk is very hard for our little independent girl.

Speaking of independence. The last couple of weeks Emma has started wanting to do everything herself. She wants to wash herself in the bath (so much so that I have to hide the soap after awhile or she will use the whole container in one bathtime) and today she wanted to brush her own teeth. Considering that I don't think she had ever brushed her teeth before we got her, this is big. She hated toothbrushing for quite awhile.

You know, I say awhile a lot, but Emma has only been a part of our family for 24 days. Not even a month. Hard to believe.

Here are a couple of pics I took tonight.

A photo I took the night before Ba Ba (Daddy in Mandarin) left. We miss him a lot.