Emma: Two and a Half

Emma's two and a half, but if you ask her, she's six. If you ask us, she's acting like a teenager.

Likes/Dislikes: Emma absolutely loves playing kitchen, doctor, with her dolls. Pretty much just likes playing pretend. She's also is super into Bubble Guppies (still), Doc McStuffins and Charlie Brown. Emma's still a little lover and constantly giving hugs, kisses and telling us how much she loves us. She wears her heart on her sleeve and is genuinely sensitive. All that being said, she is also little Miss Sassy Pants does not like being told no or that she has to stop doing something. In fact, she will squeal at you, yell no or throw herself onto the ground in a tantrum. This girl is all about routine....like her mama. She also is not a fan of Maggie now being able to get into her things. We are working on sharing!

Development: Emma's potty trained and doing fantastic with very few accidents. She knows her ABC's (with a few missing), numbers, colors and a few songs. It's crazy how much she has learned in just the last month. Remember at two when I thought she was going to be mute and how I was concerned on her lack of speaking? Certainly NOT the case anymore. This girl talks. A lot.

Favorite/Common sayings: 

• "I wuv (love) you tho (so) muth (much)."
• "What are you waughing (laughing) about?"
• "Oh, why?"
• "Go. Shut da (the) door. I want priacy (privacy)."
• "Blockhead".....thanks a lot Charlie Brown!
• "What are you doing?" 
• "Go Cycwones (Cyclones)!"
• "I work on 'puter (computer) wike (like) daddy."
• "Rub my back."
• "I don't wike (like) dat (that)."

Sleeping: We got rid of the pacifier and she saw Santa within a 24 hour period in November and her sleep has never been the same since. Emma normally slept from 7pm-7am and went to bed when we said. Then she started stalling/crying at bedtime and waking up through the night. While she is still stalling, it only is about five minutes. She wakes up about once a night a couple times a week, but it's that she usually wants a drink. She's waking up between 6:00-6:30am. Emma's still taking afternoon naps, but are down to about 90 minutes to two hours (max).

Eating: Emma continues to eat the most at breakfast. It's her favorite meal of the day and she would (and does sometimes) have it for dinner too. She usually eats pancakes, waffles or french toast sticks, fruit and sausage at our house on the weekends. At Nana's, it's any of the previously mentioned, cereal, eggs or yogurt. She's not much of a lunch girl, but we can usually get her to eat something. She refuses to eat a ham and cheese sandwich, but would eat raw veggies and salad if we let her. She also likes stir fry, anything with rice, noodles, all veggies and fruit. She's not huge on frozen pizza or chicken nuggets. She's odd. Ha. Emma is also a huge moocher when it comes to food. If you want to eat all of your meal or snack, you better eat it when Emma isn't present or so that she doesn't see you. She wants bites of everything you eat.