Well gosh! I need to catch up on my posts. But there is so much is going on and I feel like I better write in the moment or it will be gone! We were without internet for 10 days after we moved into our new house. So I am very behind!
First and most important... Emery! She is doing so amazing! She is such an awesome little girl. Although it does not make her exempt from those toddler twos. But realizing the development side of this stage helps to survive it, as she is forming independence, social skills and becoming aware of her own being. But man, she gives me a run for my money some days! I don't remember if I blogged this before. But I realized at the end of my visit in Fresno that I was really letting her get away with a lot. And she was becoming this whiney, fussy little squirt. But I was mentally, emotionally and physically tired from all that was going on. Whether one could see that from the outside, I'm not sure, but that's what was going on on the inside. Sean and I noticed this upon returning home and agreed we had to kick it into gear and get back on track. I hate to think that friends and family back home saw her that way (hopefully it wasn't as bad as I perceived it...lol), because she truly is a very sweet and fun girl (all bias aside!). So we have been a lot more on top of discipline and rules and consistency. Even recently I realized how many chances I was giving her and, once again, knew I was creating a monster. So I now am telling her once and if she doesn't obey then there is a consequence. This only happens once or twice and then I can see her attitude change for the better. I'm setting boundaries for all her not-so-nice habits she's forming... "no", "I want blah blah NOOOOOOOW!" (this is the newest...ugh), whines, and irrational cries. It's amazing how quickly she changes and becomes a happier baby when we set, and stick to, these boundaries. Makes for a much happier family. :)
On the more fun side of things, she is growing so much in spirit and personality! She memorized her first memory verse, "Fear not, for God is with me!" Isaiah 41:10!!! It is adorable when she sings it with signs! And she's learned almost all of her ABC's and 1-10. She goes around singing A-Z along with the jingle at the end "now I know my ABC's...". Although she does leave out a few letters, but she puts them all in the right order. Yes, I think she is a genius!!! haha She still has funny sayings for some of her favorite things. Almost everyday, she asks for "oh-oh" which is the Lincoln Brewster song "Today is the Day". It starts out singing "oh-oh-oh-ohhhh, oh-oh-oh-oh!" She LOVES dancing to it! And when he says "Jesus", she sings along! It's awesome! The other thing she always asks for is "ooh-ooh-ah" which means monkey. lol First it was a monkey sing-a-long video on you-tube but now it is baby monkey Nala getting a bath on you-tube. Her vocabulary continues growing every day! We have full on conversations now! It's so much fun! I still can't believe that we created her!!! It amazes me all the time! And the times when we can't understand what she is saying, she gets all impatient and frustrated. It's kind of cute. lol
I keep thinking I want to leave my "Emery" journal out (I haven't written in it in months!) and jot down every cute, amazing and funny thing she does and says. As you parents know there is so much! I feel like I'm experiencing this as if it is all new to mankind. To think I had missed out on this for soooo long! But I'm here now and it is the most amazing time of my life!!! I feel so blessed to get to be home with her, working minimally, and get to be such an intimate part of her life.
