First of all, Happy New Year to all! I can’t believe it’s 2009 already.
I also wanted to thank everyone who commented and emailed me about my last post. I want to reassure you all that Emily is as joyful and sweet as ever – this issue of her not liking her lip in certain photos seems to be something just emerging and more troubling to me than to her.
This morning she woke me up very early (far too early on New Year’s Day) and we had some fun with one of her Christmas presents – a Pilgrim costume. Why did I buy her a Pilgrim costume? Well, Ana was learning about Thanksgiving at school and she asked for a Native American costume from Santa and she said, “but you have to get a Pilgrim costume for Emily.” So blame Santa, not me. The costume was very, er, historically accurate and also far too large (but, strangely, the waist was really small and bothered Emily). Still, we had some fun taking pictures which of course I want to share.
I believe she was going for “delightfully evil Pilgrim” with this shot. Kudos, Emily, very creepy.
Surprised Pilgrim?
I told her to look serious.
Pilgrim of joy!
I was going for a “sweet” one here, but it kind of looks like she was holding her breath. Shortly after this shot was taken, the Pilgrim costume was returned to the costume bin (likely never to be seen again).
She’s now dancing around the house wearing fairy wings, sunglasses and a princess skirt pulled up to her armpits – I will attempt to get pictures.
Thanks again to everyone who reads and comments on the blog, and sends me email and support. It’s an amazing comfort to know we’re not alone in our journey. I hope Emily will be updating her blog by herself one day!