dear emmy,
you melt my heart and make me laugh all at the same time. you are such a little sweetheart and my quirky, full of expression, funny little girl. i just love you so much.
one of my favorite things that you've been doing lately is whenever we leave the house, you wait for me and raise up your hand for me to hold. you love holding my hand as we walk. it's just the sweetest thing and gets me every time! you also are a big waver. you love packing your backpack and then giving daddy and i kisses and waving at us, pretending to leave on a trip. this game literally lasts like twenty minutes... you'll kiss us both, wave bye-bye and then come back to kiss us again, move waves, more kisses... you get the picture. so cute. you never leave. just lots of waves and kisses. at night when i put you to bed you'll oftentimes look up at me--all tucked in, clutching your bunny--with those big brown eyes and start waving goodbye. ahhhhh. you are just so precious!
you're saying new words all the time and it's so fun to see what you'll come up with next. today, bella was standing on one of our chairs and i was telling her she needed to sit down. you looked up and her and yelled "SIT! SIT!" it was so cute. my favorite word you say (hands down) is "lulu"... it sounds more like "roo roo" and your eyes get big and wide and you stick your lips way out when you say it. adorable. you've been calling bella "sissy" a lot lately and you love saying "mah! mah!" (more) when you're done with your food and want more (which is every two seconds). you're also getting good at communicating even if you can't come up with any words. the other night you were fussy; i was hurrying around in the kitchen trying to get dinner ready, so i wasn't really acknowledging your fussiness. you grew more and more persistent until finally, you stomped over to the cupboards, dramatically pulled open a drawer and lifted a bowl up so i could see. you were hungry. and you wanted me to know right that SECOND!
you're so affectionate. you love giving hugs and kisses. yesterday, we brought apple pie to our neighbors, an older couple that lives in our backyard. she welcomed us to stay and visit for a while, so we did for a few minutes. when it was time to leave, you leaned forward to give her kisses. and when we were walking back over to our house, you'd stop every two steps and turn around to wave to her. tonight i was reading you a bedtime story with pictures of babies. you had to kiss them as we read. so sweet.
you are also what bampy would say a "little imp". man, you have a pesky side and you sure do have a temper! i told daddy the other day when he got home from work "she has mastered the art of being a bug!" you love picking on bella and taking toys from her, or getting into her stuff, or doing whatever you can to annoy her. you also do that to me! the other day i was using something and you came over to me, grabbed it and ran for the hills. and wow... you are FAST! i find myself chasing you around our house multiple times a day to recover something you've taken from either myself or bella! i think you're going to be a little cross country star at some point in the future. you also love to get into anything and everything that you know you're not supposed to. the other night i got incredibly sick, and daddy was at a football game so i was in rough shape. at one point, i was laying on the bathroom floor i was so sick. you took that as an opportunity to start getting into everything. you started bringing stuff to me in the bathroom; a box of crackers, a canister of oatmeal... you were totally stressing me out i had to call meme to come help me before you destroyed our whole house! you also have learned how to plug your ears... the other morning i was singing to you and i thought we were having fun... until you plugged your ears in the middle of my song! you seem to already have a knack for mischievous behavior and quite a little sense of humor to go along with it... we may be in trouble!
one of your favorite things right now are baby dolls. you are loving them. your babysitter told me that you play alot with another little girl your age, and that the two of you always have a baby doll in your hands. so cute. the other night i came home after daddy had put you to bed, and when i checked on you, there were two baby dolls in your crib. daddy said that you insisted on going to sleep with them! so sweet. yesterday we went outside to play for a bit before dinner. you had a purse in one hand and a baby doll in the other and didn't let go of either the entire time.
you are not the biggest fan of heights or anything "ride-like". daddy was throwing bella up in the air the other night and you decided you wanted to try. the minute you got too high, your eyes got huge and filled with tears. daddy put you down immediately and once your feet hit the ground, you ran away crying. it was so sad! you've just gotten to where you'll let me sit you on our kitchen counter; you used to be petrified of even being up there!
you LOVE the park. we go there all the time. there's this one slide that's a bunch of round bars that roll as you go down and you are obsessed with it. one night a couple of weeks ago, i took you and bel to the park, just the three of us while daddy was at practice. i like taking you guys there on those nights; i get you a bagel and cream cheese from tim hortons and put you both in the swings so you can eat your dinner and swing at the same time. then we play and play until it's time to go home and go to bed! toward the end of our time there, we had the place to ourselves and started going down that rolling slide all together. it was one of my best memories so far in my life as a mama. over and over again, all three of us would go down that slide, both of your little hands clutching mine and the giggles... i never want to forget the sound of your giggles as we would glide and bump our way to the bottom. you have the best laugh. i don't want it to ever change!
you LOVE food! macaroni and cheese you eat by the fistfulls. it's hilarious. we're trying to teach you how to eat with a spoon, but your hands are your utensil of choice. you love yogurt, and we give it to you totally knowing it will end up everywhere and likely require a bath when you are done. you go to town on any kind of fruit imaginable, and i can't really think of one vegetable you like right now. a couple of weeks ago, we went to pick apples! you had never been before, and i was so excited to take you. once we got to our spot in the orchard, i gave you an apple and you totally plopped right down on the grass and sat there, eating your apple. it was awesome.
dancing is your thing. seriously; you have one go-to move that is just awesome. you sway back and forth as vigorously as possible... it is just so adorable. and you do it to anything; a ringtone, a toy that plays music, anything can give you the dancing fevah. you love it. but your all time fav is dancing to vacation bible school songs from this summer!
speaking of church, you've been doing MUCH better in the nursery when we leave you! you used to cry and cry when daddy and i dropped you off... but now, you reach for the nursery workers and wave bye-bye to us! it's been so great! i'm so proud of you :)
everyone just loves you, emmy ems. you are so sweet, and so so funny and the cutest little thing. the other night we were hanging out with friends and you were upset about something. my friend said "i feel like i've never really heard her cry!" you're just pretty chill (most of the time!!!!) and a happy little girl. i'm just so so so thankful for you, sweet pea. can't tell you what a joy it is to just sit back and watch you... i can't help but smile and just be full of gratitude that god gave you to me. i love you so very, very much!
love you to the moon and back (and back and back),
mama
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