whoa.

this was a big big weekend full of developments for our little bunny.

when i got home from work on friday, emme and i were playing on the floor in her room.  the next thing i knew, she was up on all fours crawling towards me and then climbing up my body like a jungle gym.  insane.  i thought maybe it was a fluke, but sure enough, when justin got home, she did it again and again.  we were amazed!  i totally cannot believe that this itty bitty person is so mobile.  every developmental milestone absolutely boggles my mind.  humans are incredible.

as if that weren't enough, on saturday we had an insane day.  e was up early and we had engagements and appointments basically all day.  all semblance of schedules and structure went out the window, so emme had to catch winks in the car to and fro and even diaper changes were handled on the backseat.  i expected her to be completely unglued and exhausted by the time we got to erin and derek's for derek's 30th birthday bash, our final engagement of the night.  but, she held on for a while and stayed in a relatively good mood the whole time (my anticipation of her being cranky is always WAY worse than any mild crankiness she ever has).  she got to drink water out of a cup (her favorite thing) and spill it all over herself and me.  and she also demonstrated that she had figured out how to wave bye bye.  this was the first time she did it on command, essentially in response to us saying bye bye to everyone at the party.  luckily, dad was on the scene to capture the event for posterity.



finally, over the course of the weekend, justin noticed that emme was saying mama in a way that was really pretty much directed at me.  she has been saying mamamamamamama for a while now (as well as lots of other consonant noises, that chatty little thing), but i don't think i would have said she really understood that i am her mom.  but this weekend she would call me when i would leave the room and talk to me when i came back by calling me mama.  clearly one of the most rewarding feelings since becoming a parent.

the only drawback to all of this excitement is that sleeping has been nuts for a few days now.  i think she just has so many new things to practice that she just can't stand to waste her time with shut-eye.  hopefully she will remember her good sleep habits soon...