New Duckies

As I mentioned in the last post, Emma has been sick with a cold/croup for over two weeks now. As you can imagine, her ducky has been covered in snot. It has been a chore to keep a clean duck on deck at all times. I had her laundry basket in the dining room last week and she saw a duck through the holes. She tried to pull it out and the basket fell on top of her. She just sat there and cried as she tried to pull the duck out, not even bothered by the laundry basket on top of her. I, of course, thought the whole thing was hilarious, but Emma did not. Yesterday the doorbell rang and a package arrived for Emma with TWO NEW DUCKIES!!! Here is a video of us opening the package and some pictures. She sat in her highchair for 20 minutes just rubbing the ducks and sucking her thumb, stopping only to flail the ducks in the air and squeal. I could not get her out of the highchair (not that I tried very hard). She just loves her duckies and it is very, very sweet! Also in the pictures Emma is sucking on a pacifier. She left hers (which is a toy to Emma) at Sammy's and when he found out Emma was sick he sent it to her to help her feel better. She has been sucking and chewing on that while rubbing the ribbon. If only I had known that she would enjoy a pacifier and ribbon so much I would have purchased one sooner but it is always more special when it comes from Sam! Thank you Aunt Sue and Aunt Abby for helping Emma feel better and loving on her!