Holy crap! I can't believe it's been since May that I last recorded anything going on with my little nugget. Time is flying by way faster than I can keep up with. I'm desperate for time to stand still just for a minute so I can soak in all that's going on.
If I haven't mentioned before, James and I are finally going to take the plunge and get married next June. I've been trying not to stress out too much about wedding planning and just focusing on one thing at a time but I know it's going to creep up on me before I know it and I'll have nothing finalized. At least so far I've gotten a wedding dress, the venue and some decorations for the reception. I'm also sending out save the dates this week so I feel a little more confident right now than I will in say about 3 months!
The holidays are quickly approaching and we have Jamesy turning 8 already!!! Then Emily turning 2! Then my sister having her baby, oh and don't forget about Turkey Day and Xmas in the meantime!! Then we get to finish it all of with Joli's birthday. She's turning 10. The stress is already starting to seep into my veins......
But onto more important things. Emily. She is so wonderful. I say it every time I write an entry but I just can't say it enough!!! She has the biggest personality of any little tot I've seen. She loves to play and laugh and watch Spongebob along with a few other cartoons. As soon as we get home from daycare she'll point to the TV and say "Spongebob". Sort of....she'll say something that sounds like Spongebob.
She loves to sing and dance. Another little girl at her daycare has taught her Twinkle Twinkle and her ABC's and now she's learning to count to 10!! She's a genius!!
I'm also happy to report that after a short stint of being a Daddy fan only, she's finally come back around to her Mommy :) Just last night, her Dad asked her for a kiss and she said "no Mommy kissy" and came and gave me a kiss instead. She's been such a delight to hang out with. She loves to eat chips and salsa with me and we'll watch cartoons or go shopping together. The latter is a little more difficult since Emily seems to think stores are just big houses with all her stuff in it. Most of the time to make it enjoyable, we'll get a pack of goldfish crackers and let her go to town while we shop.
Joli is in gymnastics now and is constantly doing cartwheels and somersaults and all kinds of flips so Emily tries to mimic her. So far she's able to do side ways somersaults. She loves to read books and have books read to her. She's so good about nap times and bed times. She'll be the first to guide you to her room or her bottle when she's ready to go lay down. Oh and she's OBSESSED with brushing her teeth! Which I guess isn't a bad thing, but every five minutes she's saying "come mommy" and ushering me over to follow her to the bathroom and then she points at the counter saying "teeth" until I brush her teeth for her or let her do it.
A few months ago her new obsession was blowing on our stomachs to make a fart sound. She thinks that's hilarious! I don't appreciate it when she wants to show off my belly in public though....
One thing we do need to work on with her is her food choices. If it was up to her she'd eat nothing but crackers and chips everyday all day and since it's so easy to give her a handful of we tend to slack on healthier food choices. Hopefully since the kids are back in school and we're back on a routine she'll have more well rounded dinners :)
We bought her a potty not too long ago but she's only used it once for Nana and that's it. Sometimes she says she has to go potty and will sit on it for a minute but she quickly gets bored and moves on to something else. I'm in no hurry to potty train her though. I remember those days with Jamesy and just feeling so much closer to him when I had to change his diaper. I will be devastated when she's using the potty like a big girl. She loves bath time so I just bought her some crayons that she can use on the bathtub but that rub off with a towel so she's having fun with those. She loves bubbles and will point outside and yell "bubbles" begging us to get them for her.
There's just so many wonderful, cute and smart things she's doing every day that I wish I could remember and document every little thing. It's killing me to know she's growing up so fast and before I know it she'll be 20 asking me what her first word was. I don't even know if I remember!!!?? I want to have documents of all of it and it's frustrating to know that's not possible. At least not as possible as I'd like it to be! One thing I know won't change and that I'll always remember is how obsessively in love I am with this little girl. I'm not even sure if it's healthy how much I love her. She is just the greatest thing in the world, my world at least and I can't imagine one second without her. I miss her all 9 hours that I'm away at work and every second I leave her with a sitter. Her smile, her little chunky legs running around the house and the way she pronounces her S's just make my life so much greater. She's like Prozac but free and without having to wait in line every month for refills.
My little sister will soon be embarking on this great adventure of motherhood. She is expecting her first little nugget in late December. It's a BOY!!!! I wish there was a male version of Diana so she could name him after her favorite big sister :) I know she will finally understand what I've been saying for the past 20 months once he gets here. I'm so excited for her because we're a lot alike and I know being a Mom will affect her like it's affected me (in a good way!) and I can't wait to look into her eyes and know that she now knows what I now know.....
Love,
Diana :)
