My Koko

I'm sure most of you who visit our blog have seen the movie Meet the Fockers and will recall the little kid that was somewhat fluent in sign language, and learned a new word before the end of the show. Well, our little Emma is somewhat of a genius herself. She has a sign for eat, drink, more, finished and probably some more that I am not aware of. She has also learned that she tends to get what she wants when she points and grunts. She has even invented her own language. Lately, the phrase "Nuh Nuh Nuh-Na" has been getting a fair bit of use. It seems to be her go to phrase for "Hey, I want that right now!"

As for her listening comprehension, she is spot on. Sometimes I will say something to her, fully expecting her to stand there with an inquisitive look on her face and shrugging with her hands outstretched and palms up, and she will show that she knew exactly what I meant.

She is not all that vocal right now, but before long she is going to be saying all of those words that are trapped in her noggin. Shana had a bit of a stressful pregnancy and I'm sure Emma heard a dirty word or two in the womb. Won't be long before Emma starts embarrassing us in public! I guess it runs in the family. One day at a church service a nice, older lady came up to me and started telling a story about me when I was a youngster, probably 5 years old or so. She said I was at the summer reading program at the library and she had just read us a story. Apparently a little girl asked the lady to read the story again and my response was "shit, shit, shit." My mom was standing there as the lady relayed the story. I guess that was something my mom was known to have said a time or two in my youth and she took full responsibility for my vocabulary. As you can see, Emma was able to spell from an early age. I guess we are going to have to start saving now for Harvard.

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