"Ball"

Emmy loves a ball. You can imagine how much this THRILLS her Daddy. We have exposed Emmy to sports since pretty much birth. The NBA playoffs were on during my labor/our hospital stay and then the NFL draft was on TV our first night at home as a family of three. She has also attended various HPU events in her one year on this earth.

Emmy has a big plush basketball and a baseball, but one day, I actually found one of Brinkley's tennis balls for her to roll around. "Baaaaa.." she said. Yes, Emmy! It's a ball! (She says "ba" for a lot of things, so I still haven't considered anything her real "first word", although she talks all the time.)

As much as it tormented the dog, Emmy had a great time playing with her tennis ball. She'd roll it somewhere, chase it, and then do it all over again. Since then, the Easter bunny brought her a great purple ball in her Easter basket. LOVE at first bounce!