Good thing I have a somewhat decent camera on my new phone

. . . because we have been terrible about getting out the regular camera and taking pictures. Here's an example: we left town last weekend to head to Tuscaloosa without our camera. Times have changed a bit from the first few months of Emily's life, when every moment was a photo op.

So, Emily is a major climber. She can climb into the dining room chairs unassisted, which means if she tried, she could probably get onto the table, but she hasn't tried that yet. She likes to climb on her stroller when it's in the house, which is very safe.

"Here's my belly."
She also still loves hamming it up in the bathtub.

Here are a few cute pictures of Emily eating lunch in Tuscaloosa before Robert and I took off to go sweat our butts off at the Bama Homecoming game. (We lasted for just over one quarter before the heat was too much for us to handle.)

This weekend, Grandpa Pud also diagnosed Emily with two more ear infections, so we called our pediatrician on Monday to report in and see if it was maybe time to see an ENT. He gave us a referral, and our appointment was this morning. Emily has a ton of fluid hanging out in her middle ear, which is almost certainly muffling her hearing and could possibly explain her delayed speech. So she's having tubes put in tomorrow morning. Say a prayer for us, as we'll be bringing Em for her little outpatient surgery tomorrow at 7:15!