We'd only had our daughter about a year when this picture was taken. She took a longer time than normal to learn to crawl and walk because the girls in the orphanage didn't get much chance to exercise and were often bundled up in clothing to keep them warm which made it difficult for them to move. So, we had to work with her a lot to get her muscles in tone so she could get around on her own. She was nine months old when we first got her and when she first started to sit up, we always had to prop pillows around her or she wouldn't fall over.
In this picture, we'd gone to the beach to feed the birds. Besides being fun and getting us all out in the fresh air, it was a good reason for Emma to get some more exercise to help with her walking. Cindy was trying to reach some of the birds that didn't seem to be getting anything and she was putting some extra effort to throw the food farther leading to her acrobatic position. And after all these years, I noticed Emma's position in the picture. It's a mirror image of my wife's position within the limits of what Emma was capable at that time. My wife worked with Emma so much and Emma was so used to following my wife's movements that even when we didn't notice, Emma tried to emulate her movements. The poor little thing was doing her best to do what her mommy did. Or is she trying to perform some Tai Chi? Click on the picture and you'll see a larger version so you can see Emma's position more clearly
It's so easy to take pictures with digital cameras that we take hundreds of pictures just because there is no cost for film and it's easy to store them. But it's not easy to go through all your pictures to truly appreciate what you've got. I hope this will be a lesson to me to spend a little more time looking at the content of the pictures I've taken.
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