So Em has been talking in sentences for a while now, but this weekend it turned into paragraphs! Where has the time gone? It feels like only yesterday we heard her say mama for the first time. Now my little girl is carrying on conversations, and talking like crazy. She is quickly becoming a little girl and not my baby anymore. If you ask her why she is getting bigger she will tell you "I growing up."
Really how do you slow the time down? The two and a half years it took to get a positive pregnancy test seemed like forever. The two and half years since she was born has flown by! It seems like overnight my baby turned into a toddler. She went from relying on my to being even more independent. We went shopping yesterday and she held the item and waited her turn in line. Handed the cashier the money, and carried her bag until we got back to the truck (after going to another store). She is so smart I do not know how Steve and I got so lucky. She will ask what something is, and turn around and tell someone else what that item is for. She will tell you about planes in the sky, road signs, songs from church, and what tower is for what.
As I type this she is stretched out in the floor watching videos on Steve's phone. She doesn't like to watch tv, but will watch kids play on the slide or with playdoh on our phones. She loves music and dancing. She will sing along in the truck, and sing as she is playing. She loves to sing her ABCs, Jesus Loves Me, twinkle twinkle little star, 5 little monkeys, and lots of other kids songs.
Where did my baby go? I look at her and already realize how much I will miss her being little.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy"
I love hearing Em say "Mommy", but here lately she has cracked me up with it. She will say "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" when I respond "what Emma?" she just smiles "Mommy I love you". Of course this makes my heart smile, as I respond "Emma I love you too". She is always telling us that she loves us, and giving us hugs and kisses. My family is not affectionate, and often will not talk about emotions so I am trying extra hard to show Em that affection and emotions are good things.
I often tell her that I love her more than she will ever know. How can you tell a 2 year old how she has completely changed your life, how she makes your hardest days better, and how her smile lights up your world? I know that as she gets older I can tell her more, but I still do not think she will completely understand until she has a child of her own. I have been around children all of my life, but never imagined how much my life would be changed.
Em loves to look for planes in the sky, and count them. Before her I never thought about how many planes are in the sky. She loves to look at the stars at night, so we often linger in the driveway at night as she exclaims "oohh, look at all the stars, they are so pretty". She has honestly changed everything about my life. On my worst days her smile and giggle take all of the stress away. She truly makes me realize what is really important in life - living it! I am not going to lie, I do get caught up with trying to get this or that done, tell her to wait a minute while I finish something around the house. However, there have been times that I will let something wait because she wants to play blocks. I try to give her undivided attention because I realize that one day I will be the one begging for her attention. Too quickly the time will pass, and I do not want to miss this time in her life.
I often wonder what she is learning personality wise. The other night she was playing with her baby, and told me the baby was crying. I told her to cuddle the baby so it would feel better. As she held it she patted its back, rubbed it, and asked it what was wrong. In a few second she said the baby was better. She put the baby in the bed and covered her up, as she sang to her and rubbed her back. Moments like that show me that I am doing a good job. She didn't yell at the baby to stop crying, she didn't just leave it, instead she picked it up loved on it and made sure it was okay.
I often tell her that I love her more than she will ever know. How can you tell a 2 year old how she has completely changed your life, how she makes your hardest days better, and how her smile lights up your world? I know that as she gets older I can tell her more, but I still do not think she will completely understand until she has a child of her own. I have been around children all of my life, but never imagined how much my life would be changed.
Em loves to look for planes in the sky, and count them. Before her I never thought about how many planes are in the sky. She loves to look at the stars at night, so we often linger in the driveway at night as she exclaims "oohh, look at all the stars, they are so pretty". She has honestly changed everything about my life. On my worst days her smile and giggle take all of the stress away. She truly makes me realize what is really important in life - living it! I am not going to lie, I do get caught up with trying to get this or that done, tell her to wait a minute while I finish something around the house. However, there have been times that I will let something wait because she wants to play blocks. I try to give her undivided attention because I realize that one day I will be the one begging for her attention. Too quickly the time will pass, and I do not want to miss this time in her life.
I often wonder what she is learning personality wise. The other night she was playing with her baby, and told me the baby was crying. I told her to cuddle the baby so it would feel better. As she held it she patted its back, rubbed it, and asked it what was wrong. In a few second she said the baby was better. She put the baby in the bed and covered her up, as she sang to her and rubbed her back. Moments like that show me that I am doing a good job. She didn't yell at the baby to stop crying, she didn't just leave it, instead she picked it up loved on it and made sure it was okay.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Look back at 2014
Goodness 2014 was busy! Emma loved the snow in the winter, and we ended up bringing snow inside to play with so she wouldn't get so cold. Then we headed into Easter and warmer weather. Emma loves to be outside playing. She would play on her play set, ride her four wheeler, play with sidewalk chalk, ride in her wagon, and run around. As summer came she was helping us in our garden, and playing in water. She loved playing in the pool and went under water a couple of times. For her birthday we had her party at church, and the theme was Minnie Mouse. Everyone had fun playing on the play set, and asked if they could have a birthday party there too. Then came our beach trip which is always fun. We went back to Oak Island, and this year we stayed for an entire week. We had so much fun and created so many priceless memories. In October she switched over to a big bed (full size), and we switched the other bedroom into a play room. In October we also lost my Dad, and in December I lost my job. However, we have so many things to be thankful for, and so many memories from 2014 that over all it was an amazing year! Emma knows all of her colors, shapes, ABCs, can count to 10 (sometimes 20), talks in full sentences, and is such a smart giggly girl. I can't imagine life without her.
I have added a few pictures from 2014 below to share some of our memories.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Parenting Style
So today I was having lunch with a friend and we starting talking about parenting styles. I will be the first to admit that I do things that shock other parents. We often laugh because people comment on how relaxed I am with Em that they wonder how I would be with a second child. Truth being told I do not think I would be any different.
These are the Top 5 the things that people seem most shocked by.
1 - The day that Emma came home from the hospital we took a nap and then went out to dinner and walmart.
2 - I let her play with balloons when she was under a year old.
3 - I didn't move things off of the coffee table, or out of her reach. We used it as teaching moments of what she did or didn't need to mess with.
4 - Things new parents often want that we didn't - pack n play, swing, bassinet, and walker. She would play in the floor, use the swing at daycare, slept in her bed as soon as she came home, and besides the fact of the walker being bad for her muscles she would walk while pushing her toys.
5 - She was in a toddler bed when she turned one, and a regular bed when she was two (no side rails either).
Did you do any of those? I am not saying that my way of parenting is perfect, but it is perfect for us.
What have you been surprised by regarding your way of parenting? Have you done something that really shocked others? What would be your top 5?
These are the Top 5 the things that people seem most shocked by.
1 - The day that Emma came home from the hospital we took a nap and then went out to dinner and walmart.
2 - I let her play with balloons when she was under a year old.
3 - I didn't move things off of the coffee table, or out of her reach. We used it as teaching moments of what she did or didn't need to mess with.
4 - Things new parents often want that we didn't - pack n play, swing, bassinet, and walker. She would play in the floor, use the swing at daycare, slept in her bed as soon as she came home, and besides the fact of the walker being bad for her muscles she would walk while pushing her toys.
5 - She was in a toddler bed when she turned one, and a regular bed when she was two (no side rails either).
Did you do any of those? I am not saying that my way of parenting is perfect, but it is perfect for us.
What have you been surprised by regarding your way of parenting? Have you done something that really shocked others? What would be your top 5?
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