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| Happy 2nd Birthday Emmaline |
The last time I blogged, Emmy was stumbling around on her chubby little legs, saying things like “dada”, “daddy”, “dad.” Now she is darting out from my watch at lightning speed while yelling “leaf me lone”…my how times have changed! One of the many amazing things that have advanced this past year has been her vocabulary. I am honestly shocked every day with her level of understanding or pronunciation and even her phrasing, she is hilarious. This is definitely the age where “kids say the darndest things”. Here are a few of her most used one-liners:
“Wear
brother’s shirt?” – every night and day
while getting dressed
“I like
those peoples, I do” – when we go through
a drive thru
“Cover me
up” – looking at her blanket pretty much anywhere
“Good job
Mommy” – when she sees Mama use the potty
“Two minutes”
– when negotiating bedtime every night
“I want my
vitanim or I want my fru-nacks” – at any
given time of the day
“Play with
Ellie, Jayden, Marin, Miss Sarah, Miss Hurry (Hilary)” – on what she did at daycare
And my
personal favs…
“My Daddy’s
picking me up” – to anyone she talks to
at daycare
“Go bye-bye
Mama [while waving]” – the second I walk
in the door from work (sad but really funny)
“Oh my
goodnessssss, that’s too funny” – while
looking at most pictures of kitties.
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| Emmy & Ellie - Besties for the Resties |
She has been
attending a daycare called BeeBops in Tigard since June and has thrived. The curriculum is so perfect for her age and the other tots in her daycare are the best. Her and her bestie Ellie are in
separable. They are the two youngest and
Ellie helps Emmy take off her shoes when we arrive and hold her bear (which has
been officially adopted and named, Red Bear Lewman). They are so adorable together. We get all kinds of gifts and art
masterpieces that Emmy makes and I love how much she is learning there – even
if it is things like “not yours, MINE”. We are working on our sharing. J
Emmy has
been in good health other than a persistent cough she has had for the last 4
months. She just started on an inhaler
to see if the will help open up her lungs.
And of course cold after cold, courtesy of her cutest friends at
daycare. In November, she had a fever
induced febrile seizure which was very scary to witness but a very important
lesson learned on what to do in those situations. If you aren’t sure what to
do, here’s a video
that you might find helpful. It’s very
common in children ages 6 mos. to 6 years of age so if it were to happen again,
we know how to handle it. All in all, we
are blessed with a healthy and active little girl.
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| Emmy and Gramma Judi on Christmas Eve. |
This
Christmas was very special because we introduced Santa to Emmy’s world. I am not sure if it backfired or not because
every time she heard a noise she would say “that Santa?!” even still in
February. She got more than necessary
and had a really enjoyable time with the grandparents and soon-to-be-married
Uncle Chris and Laura, and her family from Canada – congratulations to them!
Excited to impose my ideas for their wedding!
And Emmy was asked to be a flower girl!
Can’t wait to see her protest her duty right at go-time…(I really can see
her doing this).
Toys, books, bears and shopping carts, these are a few of her favorite
things. She loves to pretend she’s a
mommy at Gramma Judi's by feeding and burping Red Bear. She pretends that she’s
the one saying ni-night, sweet dreams and covers Red Bear up with her blanket
and asks if he wants the hall light on or music.
It’s so cute the things that she picks up and tries to imitate. We read 3 books every night and she has
started to memorize some of them so it might be time to hit up the library!! In
fact, over the summer an incredibly special person wrote a book about Emmy
titled “The Adventures of Broomgirl”. To make a long story short, I started
following this woman on social media (in a non-creepy way) because I loved her
writing and her photos and her creativity with words. She then started following me on Instagram
and loved all the “broom pictures” of Emmy.
We had emailed several times and became pen pals. One day I received a package in the mail and
it literally brought me to tears from the first page. You can read it here. This is such a special book for me and for
her and I still cannot formulate into words how much it meant to me.
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| Two little monkey's jumping on the bed. |
Hayden and Emmy – a true love story! She loves to be involved in her
brother’s sporting events and friends and pretty much obsesses over wearing his clothes although I tell her she can only wear them at home because they are about 5 sizes too big.Hayden is so
helpful with her and calls her “honey” and I smile inside every time. He teaches her things and patiently shows her
how to operate something and tells us about what he wants to get for her next
time he’s at Fred Meyer. He’s a true boy
but has softened so much since she’s been in our life. So happy that the two of them have each
other. You can usually find the two of
them dining together on the weekends with Gramma & Papa Lew for breakfast/dinner all around Portland.
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| Emmy and Elmo ringing in another year together. |
Emmy turned two yesterday and although the snow prevented a majority of her family and friends to come over– some were able to make it. She had presents and balloons and cupcake and friends. Who would have thought we would be snowed-in for her birthday in February! I might actually plan a get together at Playdate PDX for her little friends later in the month. Gotta make time for your girlfriends!
A little update on the family – Tye and I (and friends/family) are
happy to share that we are the 2013 Champions of our softball league last
summer.
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| Coach Lewman (on the left) VERY PROUD! |
This year has been extraordinary in watching Emmy develop into a person. Hayden as a thoughtful brother. Tye as the sweetest father to a little girl and I have learned so much about myself and put light on the things that are really important to me at this stage. So incredibly blessed to know the people I do, marry the person I did and have the family I have. Thank you to each of you for participating in our lives. And I will get my Christmas cards out at some point :)
Here's a little slideshow that I made for myself and Emmy's birthdays.
Until next time...
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| Lewman Family Photo credit to Michael Byers |
