day 7: mom... or is it dad

we have been having a little problem with emmy. i don't know if it is the fact that i hang out with her all day every day, or if she just really really likes me, but i think the problem was starting to get to baker.

emmy can clearly say a lot of words. like car, teeth, nose, bye and a handful of others. these others include mom and dad. simple enough right? yeah not so much. nearly everyday that baker is at work we practice our words and names by looking at pictures (including those of our family) and say their names or what it is. we play that game, or we play the "emmy say teeth (or other word here)"... so she says it game.

easy enough

me: "emmy say dad"
em: "dad"

me: pointing to the picture of baker "emmy who is that?"
em: "mom"
me: "no emmy that isn't mom that is dad. say dad"
em: "mom"

clearly she likes me. as she should. but i also know that she likes baker, but for some reason she loves to call him mom.

he walks in the door from work and she gets so excited and immediately yells "mom".. i kindly remind her "thats not mom, that is dad". she continues with a louder "mom" and a bigger smile on her face. i think she has started to do it knowing how much it frustrates us.

in an attempt to get on her good side, baker took her on a daddy daughter date this morning to ruby's on the pier. yes it was raining all morning but nothing i said would get him to change his mind. he didn't even take an umbrella. she ate french toast with syrup and he even gave her her own side of whip cream.. i think it worked.

tonight at dinner

me: "emmy who is that?" pointing to baker
em: "dad"

i have never ever seen him so in love.