In 3 months I will have a 2 year old...again.

 Emme turned 21 months old on Wednesday.  She has just blossomed in the last month.  Vocabulary expanding by the minute, growing more in her personality and stubborness!  She is a little living doll.  A doll that is prone to occasional bouts of whining and fits when she doesn't get what she wants.  This one definitely knows what she wants and when she wants it.  She's too funny!  All of the other times she is my active, fun loving, smiley, dancing princess!  She loves to dance.  I gotta get her in a dance class as soon as possible or she might implode!       

 She loves to be outside still and since she has begun speaking in sentences, she will ask now to go outside multiple times a day.  She'll say I want to go sou-si (outside) and then grab you by the hand and lead you to the door, whichever door leads you to the yard she wants to go to.  Or sometimes she will just say Come here and then beckon to you with her whole hand (not just one finger).     

 Emme is fearless!  I can definitely tell a difference in personality in this aspect between her & Jackson.  Jackson won't try anything unless he KNOWS he can do it.  Emme, on the other hand, will try and try and try until she gets it.  Some call it persistent, driven or tenacious...others call it stubborn.  Take your pick.  I think they all apply!  :) 

 Emme was so proud her the worm she found in the yard.  She wouldn't let me take it from her.  I finally told her that the worm liked to be in the dirt and she needed to let him go be happy.  She finally put him down, but stayed watching him until he disappeared into the soil.  My little budding scientist, maybe???  She is always so inquisitive.  What's that?  What happened?  These are questions I hear all day long everyday.   

 Emme can sing her ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Happy Birthday, Old MacDonald's Farm, and Itsy Bitsy Spider.  The other day I asked her if she wanted to count.  I said One, she said 2, 3 (gasp) and then 5.  I said no, 2, 3, 4.  She said 5.  I said yes, 6, 7.  She said 8, 9, 10.  OMG!  I was floored.  I had no idea she could do that.  So she's missing some numbers, but still.  Girls really do develop faster than boys.  Incredible.     

 I need to measure her, but she is still wearing size 4 diapers, but has moved into some 24 month clothing.  She can still wear some 12-18 month pants & skirts, but 12-18 month shirts are pretty short and a tad snug too.  Our whole family is in my little brother's wedding in September - Emme a flower girl, Jackson a ring bearer, me a bridesmaid & Aaron a groomsman, so I really need to get on that measuring so I can send in measurements, etc.  I think Emme will do beautifully, but Jackson has enough of Aaron & me in him to not like people looking at him, so I am a little concerned about how he will do.  I figure if he sees me & Aaron and Brennan at the front, he will be fine.  Fingers crossed!  Emme will only get scared if she sees Jackson scared...domino effect must be squelched!  I'm sure I am worrying for nothing, as usual! 

 Emme still loves to read.  She pretty much has Brown Bear memorized, but we are still working on the color recognition.  She will say white dog, but then when you ask which one is white, she can't tell you.  That's why I say she has it memorized.  She knows purple immediately and will usually get red & yellow, but that's about it.  She'll get there.      

She loves to be the Momma.  She plays and plays with her babies.  Patting them, rocking them, feeding them, hugging them.  It's so sweet!  A few minutes later, she'll be playing trains or dinosaurs or riding on a dump truck.  I'm still pushing the golf, so we play Gator Golf quite a bit.  SO many girls golf scholarships that go unclaimed - Emme will play golf.  :)  No, I don't really care what sport she decides to play or anything else she decides to do as long as she is happy and active!  I bet it will be dance what with her natural affinity for it.  Time will tell.  For now, she is the happiest little munchkin with a mind of her own and we couldn't love her more!