A funny story about Emma and her monkeys. Last Christmas, Josh and Mackenzie picked out a teddy bear for Emma. MJ thought she needed a bear because she didn't have one. Well, Josh picked up a monkey for Emma to give MJ. A few months ago, Emma latched on to the monkey and it has since become her "lovey." MJ wasn't too disappointed as the monkey didn't seem to interest her much. Emma started looking for her "mommy" every night before bed. She pronounces it "mommy", but we somehow know when she is meaning "monkey" and not me. She loves this thing and gets very excited when we talk about monkey. It sleeps with her at night and during naps and usually comes upstairs in the morning. We try to make monkey stay at home so he doesn't get lost, but he has ventured out a few times. The other day, Emma was with me in Boise and we stopped by a maternity store so I could get a few new things to wear. Well, she saw this little baby monkey at the checkout stand. In order to keep my little two-year-old occupied and out of trouble in the fitting room, I relented and let her carry it around. After checking out the price tag and seeing he was on sale, I decided he could come home with us. She was so happy with it and kept saying monkey over and over again. It was just too cute to pass up. Now she calls her big monkey, mama monkey and the little one baby monkey. It's kind of appropriate that she would love monkeys as she is the little climber in the family. She's so adventurous and up for all kinds of mischief. Now, when we say monkey, she dances around and says "hoo hoo hee hee". Now hopefully no one gets any funny ideas about starting a monkey collection for Emma. I believe two is plenty. :) But, I just had to share this story. P.S. MJ wanted to get in on the picture taking today.
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