Today is Wednesday..we are 5 days until surgery. My nerves have gotten a little better. I have talked to a couple of people whose kids have gone through this surgery already. This has helped me a lot..now we just wait to see. Emma is a very strong baby and I know everything will be okay. My mom is going to stay with me the whole time at the hospital since Ron will have one child at home that night..we are lucky that we are so close to the hospital that if I need him he can be there quick. The surgeon thinks we will be there only for one night..I am happy with that.

Emma is now 19 lbs 6.2 oz and is 28 and a half inches. She is getting so big. It is sometimes hard to carry her around.. It is hard to believe that 10 months have gone by already. It has been too fast. I only have 2 more months until she is 1..I have really loved watching her grow into this little independent person who knows what she wants and figures out how to get. She is learning to step on things if it is out of reach..and it does not matter what it is. She is using everything and everyone to pull to stand. She is still mostly crawling with one knee one foot...I guess that is how she likes doing it and I can't get her to change. She is really wanting to get on those feet and start walking by herself. It is really cute to watch her do squats..she will pick something up and then will put it back down on the floor and will repeat it..over and over. When it is time to eat I used to have to get the food and then go get her..now I get the food and tell Emma it is time to eat and here she will come crawling to me as fast as she can.

I have been trying to teach her sign language..I have been doing a couple of words..I know she will not be able to do them for a month because of the arm restraints so I have not really pushed it. I will still do them to her.. she already will sign toy, and sometimes she will try drink..but now she is saying daddy..I was putting her to sleep the other day and she signed daddy a couple of times..I was happy to see that she is finally starting to respond..I don't have to teach her mommy since she knows that word and I hear it all the time..which I would not have it any other way..

Until later