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November 2002. For seven days in the fourth week of November, Emma Rose had a new audience to show her newest dance moves, well-developed eating skills, and remarkable chair climbing abilities — click on the thumbnails below to enlarge each photo.

Her California family (Lolo, Lola, and Tita Steph from the San Francisco Bay Area, and Tita Jen and Tito Brett from Bakersfield) hadn’t seen her in several months. They wanted to see some snow in Washington, DC, which they missed by just one week. Nevertheless, she did not disappoint her West Coast relatives.

In addition to a delicious Thanksgiving feast, Emma Rose also experienced a surprise pre-first-birthday party, when she tried chocolate cake for the first time and attempted to blow out her lone birthday candle. The first of many parties in your honor before the real thing on December 12th, Emma Rose!

Due to the constant interaction within this short period of time, Emma Rose likely accelerated some of her mobility development and problem-solving competencies. She’s blowing kisses, slobbering raspberries, giving high fives, completing 360-degree pivots on either foot (yes, like Michael Jordan), and of course, dancing to any beat she can hear. Yikes! Unfortunately, now Mommy and Daddy may have to divert some of her college education fund to newer, more advanced baby security devices and stress-relief massages for her parents just to keep up.