A couple of short videos of Emily having a good time at Chesapeake City Park listening to the excellent U.S. Fleet Forces Band.

Emily loves to sing.

She usually wakes up with a song and depending on the lyrics, we can tell the kind of day we will have. “Happy Day” is a good day and when we hear it we roll over and look into each others eyes and consider having just “one more”. If we here “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” or anything in a minor key we know we are in for it and use those days as teaching moments for our older two to reinforce the impact of unplanned pregnancy.

We may never be grandparents. Seriously, I think Elizabeth is content to own cats.

Apart from singing, Emily can count to 10 and has been doing that since she was 18 months old. She also knows all her primary and secondary colors and has started to draw and paint. She also started telling us to “stop it” when she doesn’t like the conversation in the car and is generally able to communicate what she wants and when.

She has always let us know what she doesn’t like, but it is kind of exciting to be able to figure out what she does.

I think I will introduce her to acrylic painting next week just for fun because I can’t seem to muster any desire to paint lately and have a bunch of canvases I am tired of looking at. As long as I pick a “Happy Day” we should be fine.

If I pick an unhappy day I may end up with a piece of work only Dali could admire.