29 months!

i almost have a 2 1/2 year old. unbelieveable. my very good friend who shall remain nameless in case it's still a secret told me this weekend that she is expecting (yay!), so baby has been on my mind. it seems like so long ago that i was pregnant with em (3 years!). still, i cannot believe how quickly time has passed. everyday i look at my daughter and feel absolutely blessed. she is so amazing. i still can't believe that she is mine :o). (though donnie might disagree with this statement, ha!). now onto our monthly emmy-isms.

• me: do you want to go to dylan's house today? he is playing with crawfish. em: can deeyan share with me?
• this happened last month, but i forgot to post it. it was teacher appreciation week and the school asked that the kids make cards for their teachers. so we got out some colored paper, stickers, and markers for em to make her 2 cards. she picked one color for ms. annie and another for ms. robin (i forgot what colors, though). then she told me, "mommy. write 'i yuv you so much.'" as she was drawing and putting stickers on the cards, she said, "yook mommy, i make it yook so pretty!"
• one morning, em woke up, walked up to the full length mirror, and said, "yook at my crazy hair!"
• earlier this month, she was sleeping so much. she would take 4 hour naps and eat like she hadn't had anything in days. now i wish i were more diligent in weighing and measuring her. wonder if she had a growth spurt.
• em: i onyee yike girls. i no yike boys. me: who told you that? em: daddy. (pause) that NOT nice, daddy!
• i want my fancy purse. it matches mommy's.
• "why?" this is her response to every statement i make. it's exhausting.
• i tried it and i like it! (from yo gabba gabba, which btw, i just bought 3 tickets to their live show in december. hope she still likes them come christmas time).
• emily loves going to the pool. she's not scared at all and wanted to go down the huge slide (that ends about 8 feet above the water). i'm thinking we are going to sign up for swim classes soon.
• donnie was acting silly and em said, "daddy, you're crazy."
• where we going today? i want to go play with my cousins and my friends!
• i have to put on sunscreen before i go play outside because my face is precious.
• lol, over memorial day weekend, em asked "where auntie tina's daddy?" me: auntie tina's daddy is ong. he's at home. em: oh, auntie tina's daddy is ong? not trey?
• one morning before work, em told me she was going to give me some money so i could buy a mint for her at work. (i bring one home for her everyday). she proceeds to get her "fancy purse" and pulled out some money for me. i tried to give it back but she got mad and walked off. she told me "i give you money so you go buy me a mint."
• em's favorite song right now is "the baby baby song" by justin bieber.
• her bedtime routine starts with reading books on the floor. right now, she loves her "baby book," which is one of those photobooks that her grandmother made of all her newborn pics. she also loves her dora night, night book and backyardigans book. her new thing is turning to the back cover of the book, where they typically put pictures of other books by the same author. she always wants us to read those books to her, which we don't always have. "so daddy have to go buy it for me." after stories, the last of which is read in her rocker, it's time for songs. twinkle, twinkle little star is the last song before she goes to her crib. then pink holds her milk and we put on "a yot, a YOT!" of blankets. pink's baby blanket always goes on em's chest, flower-side up. go figure.
• she is so considerate. she always asks,"can aaron come, too? can dylan come, too?" anytime we make a big deal about doing something fun, she will ask us if her cousins will be there. i doubt her cousins do the same. ahem.
• em asks the cutest questions. e.g., if she is eating fruit and wants more, "can i have another one?" or if we are about to leave to go someplace, she'll ask, "can tanner go, too?" "mommy, can you help me" is another one that just melts my heart.
• she is still obsessed with booboos. if i'm not careful and leave a box of bandaids out, i could look down and have 10 bandaids on my legs. she also insists on putting new bandaids on her old booboos, even when they are all better. she told me the other night, "i have so many booboos."
• she tells me how she wants her hair done. one pony or two? if one, in the front or in the back? she pretty much picks out her bows and shoes everyday.
• chee choos go in the basura. so we go buy some new ones.
• em: i no share my goggles with aaron. me: don't you like to share? em: no. me: well, it is nice to share. what will you share with aaron? em: no-ting.
• she and aaron argue and fight like siblings. it is so funny to hear at the end of the day, aaron: i hit memma! em: i no share with aaron!
• according to em, i have 2 types of clothes- work clothes and play clothes. sometimes she'll tell me to take off my work clothes and wear play clothes. i love this because it means she wants me to stay home and play with her!
• doorbell rings. em: who is here, mommy? me: hmm, i don't know. em: probably it's uncle todd and aaron.
• she says probably a lot. it is so cute. if we're going to the zoo, e.g., she might say, "probably the tigers will be sleeping," or "probably they have a hippo and a tiger at the zoo."
• she has a new part-time nanny, monika, who is home from college and will be helping out with the kids after camp. em already likes her so much and talks about her a lot.
• she loves matching things. her purse matches mommy's. her bow matches her dress (even if it doesn't). her toe polish matches the flowers. it's how she gets me to okay her wardrobe choices. like if she wants to wear a blue bow with her green shirt- "but it matches!"
• em still loves looking for the moon. last night, as we were driving home from dinner, she looked at the moon the entire time. "i cannot look at the sun. the sun will hurt my eyes. but i can see the moon with my eyes." i told her that one time a few weeks ago, and i didn't even think she was listening. when we turned onto our street, she asked, "is the moon going home with me?"
• oh, almost forgot, she has finally warmed up to trey. he thinks it's because she figured out that she is missing out on all the fun. i am still not sure.
• update (other things i forgot to mention earlier): can my baby sit on my shoulders? (puts baby on shoulders). i did it by myself!
• daddy, i bit aaron today and i sit in time-out. d: did miss candy put you in time-out? em: (looking confused) no, i put myself in time-out. aaron took my stickers. i have my own and he has his own. but he tried to take mine.

cheeeeese!

cheeeese again!

what? you don't like my cheese face?