Emma Kate loves, loves her 'baby e-yine' but there has definitely been some acting out, testing boundaries, etc. Whenever we take Caroline somewhere that attracts attention, EK usually does her best to put her arms around Caroline and says 'My Baby'. She tells anyone and everyone that she is a 'big sister' and is super proud of that.
For a girl that was so shy for such a long time, she is really coming out of her shell. She talks nonstop… like really, nonstop. Andy and I joke that she has two volumes - on and off… and on is very loud. She is so expressive when she talks and makes the funniest faces. She is also a little parrot and will repeat basically everything. Harper has gotten into Batman and other superheroes thanks to her school friends and this has ended up with EK requesting a batman birthday party :)
One of her favorite things to say is 'one more minute' basically in relation to anything - when she is asked to share she will say, 'just one more minute', if it's time to go to bed or stop reading a book, 'one more minute.' If you ask her a question the first thing out of her mouth is 'no' and then she proceeds to answer the question. I'm not sure if she's really mumbling 'I don't know' or if she truly is just saying no…. i.e., EK do you want to go get ice cream? 'No, yes, I go get ice cream now!!'… haha.
She has gotten a lot more snuggly since Caroline has been here, of course. The hardest part of my day is when EK or Harper get tired and whiny and really just want to be held by Mom and unfortunately I cannot always do that :( Emma Kate in general has been prettttty ornery since Caroline's arrival. She gets put in time out regularly and while she is unhappy to be there, she comes out cheesing and immediately gives the sweetest hug to whoever she has just offended. Even when she is misbehaving, as soon as she is caught she tries to 'undo' whatever just happen by smothering whoever with kisses/hugs, etc. It's hard to stay upset with her happy little smiling self.
Thankfully she is sleeping much better though definitely not as good as she could be. She loves to yell for us to wipe her nose, cover her up, etc. We've gotten a sticker chart going in both girls bedrooms for when they sleep well without any yelling so hoping that starts to help things. She is at least sleeping until her alarm clock light comes on which is 6:30… which is a huge improvement from a couple months ago!!
She still loves gymnastics. Harper just moved up to an older class so unfortunately they don't go at the same time which is very, very sad for Emma Kate. I think this summer EK will do a little dance camp which I think she will like as she is always begging to go into Harper's dance class.
The Easter bunny brought the girls new hooded bath towels and EK is very into being a 'kitty cat' super hero and running around in hers all day. She will say, 'I save the day to the rescue!' She loved easter and was talking about Easter eggs for many days afterwards!!
She weighs about 29 lbs, will go to the doctor next month and find out exactly as well as how tall she is. She wears mostly 2T clothes, has a mouth full of teeth except for her canines so hopefully those appear sometime! We're looking forward to her 2nd bday party which unfortunately will not be a Batman party but I think she'll still like it ;) She is very excited for her birthday cake that she repeatedly tells me about ;)
Playing in Caroline's new crib and helping dad assemble!
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