How do I love her? Let me count the ways.
1. I love her for being a sleeper! After our struggle with J's poor sleeping habits, this was such a huge blessing. Even now, when I tell her it's time for her afternoon nap, she'll actually go toddling off on her short little legs into her bedroom. (J, meanwhile, continues to fight sleep!) Unfortunately, E has started waking at super early, just a bit past 6am! Ugh.
2. I love her for being a girl, and thus allowing me the opportunity to dress her in pretty dresses and cute hair-clips. It's been a while since she's been in a dress though, because of the cold weather, but we expect to pick this up again soon, as the weather warms up in the next couple of months. Hair-clips... well, she (finally!) has enough hair to clip, but the hair-clips never stay in her hair for long; she pulls them out in about five seconds, maybe less.
3. I love how she now knows her P-s and Q-s. She can do her thank yous unprompted (although she does need some reminding at times): "Kyu, Dada" or "Kyu, Mama". We're working on please; she says, "Pea, Dada", but this requires more prompting.
4. I love that she's starting to demonstrate a generous heart. She loves to feed me or K, and just yesterday evening, brought her cup of water to J for a last sip before bed-time. When she's Skype-ing with her grandparents, she'll willingly hold up whatever snack she has in her hands, and feed their images on the computer screen. She's still more possessive when it comes to non-family members, but we're working on it.
5. I love her strong mind. This girl, she got spunk. She's become increasingly independent - pretty much feeding herself nowadays, and the mess she makes is a little - just a little - more contained. (She still has a Princess moments though, when Mama is required to do everything from feeding her to holding her water cup while she sips delicately. Thankfully, these moments are the exception rather than the norm.) E also loves brushing her own teeth. I don't trust her to do a good job, but I'll let her have a go after I'm done, so she'll stick her toothbrush in her mouth and wiggle it around. She's got a strong will, which can be a struggle on some days, but at least we know she won't be bullied in school!
6. I love her dancing. She does this butt wiggle when she hears music, and will on occasion do a little hop-skip as she moves around the room. A few months back, her butt wiggle was enhanced by her left hand being placed on the actual wiggling butt, but she has since edited this action of the hand. To my disappointment.
7. I love that she's great at hide-and-seek. She's got the hiding part down, and will manage to stay really quiet. Often though if we take too long to find her, she'll come popping out from her hiding spot, yelling, "Ta-dah!"
8. I love how enthusiastic she is about greeting us after not seeing us for a spell. She'll go careening at top speed to the door when she hears K returning from school. She'll run to J, shouting "Kor-kor! Kor-kor", to hug him when he comes back from preschool. And she'll yell, "Mama! Mama!" and toddle to the door when I pick her up from the toddler room at church. I love it.
9. Most of all, I love her for reminding me of God's grace in blessing us with such a precious gift.
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Emma, one day old
Emma, one year old
Emma, two years old, today
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