Having a toddler is so much fun. There is always something new. Emma is almost 14 months and does something new pretty much every day. I think it really hit me today how smart and how much of a little person she is. I had to tell her "No" a few times today. First after she grabbed my cup of water from the coffee table and proceeded to drink as it dribbled down her chin and then a gush of water hit the floor. Then as she climbed on to the ottoman and onto the coffee table to reach my phone. Then again when she was throwing her green beans on the floor. Now my "No" is stearn enough that it usually makes her back away, sometimes pout, sometimes be defiant, or sometimes she just ignores me. Her response usually looks something like the picture below. But today... I got kisses. The first time I thought it was a fluke. She frequently just walks up to us and gives us kisses just because, but two of these times I was holding her on my hip, giving her 'the look', and telling her no in my stearn voice. Mealt my heart!! I am defenseless to those sweet surprise kisses.
More fun things that Miss Emma does:
She counts. So funny. Her Nana taught her this. They read 'Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes' by Mem Fox all of the time and practice their counting. Emma caught on and started counting on her hand. Right now she just points to the palm of her hand for each number. We're working on differentiating each finger :)
She says cracker. Of course she does. She also has one in hand at all times.
She climbs. She has been trying to climb up on furniture for months now and is for the most part successful whenever she has a little help (from us, a toy, a pillow, a chair, the fireplace). But this past week was the first time she's been able to climb on the ottoman without any help. I think she's hit a growth spurt and figured out how to swing those stems around to give her a boost. And tonight, Jonathan gave her a boost to successfully climb on to the back of the couch. She didn't get in trouble for that one, he did.
She talks. She must have some kind of imagination because she can spend 20 minutes 'telling' us a story. And her facial expressions are priceless when she does. She also talks with her hands...so cute!
She says cheese. Hehehe. This one kills me! It comes out as 'thheeese'.
New tooth. Her fourth tooth is coming in and that little booger is killing me! It comes and goes as her gums swell and cover it. Poor baby! I think it has finally come out to stay. She is constantly putting her fingers on it and drooling like crazy so I know it bothers her.
She says titi. Sometimes this means 'thank you' and sometimes she's referring to her Aunt Steph, aka TiTi. Who, by the way, is moving back to Mississippi!!! To say I'm excited would be a complete understatement and does not do my enthusiasm justice!
She jumps on the bed. And gets total air! Her papa started this activity and I will get it on video one day. He sings "bouncin' on the bed, bouncin' on the bed, everybody loves Emma bouncin' on the bed" (Sung to the tune of 'Pants on the Ground'). Yes, my husband is that awesome. What's worse is that any time you sing it, Emma immediately thinks we should go in her room and jump on the bed.
Oh, how she dances. The girl gets mean stanky leg whenever we play 'She'll be Comin' Around That Mountain' on her fridge farm.
I would die out laughing if Asher gave me kisses when I tell him 'no'. Too funny! I wonder how she picked that up? Maybe she thinks she doesn't want her mommy to be mad at her. She's doing so much fun stuff!
ReplyDeleteI don't know where she got that! Today, she was tapping me on the head with a plastic bowling pin. At first she laughed, but if I pouted and said ouch, she kissed me. She definately knows that kisses mean "I'm sorry, I love you".
ReplyDeleteShe sure is one busy little girl & so cute!
ReplyDeleteI agree, I don't know what I would do if adrienne started giving kisses when I tell her no. She already giggles and smiles at me, so I think I'd have some trouble being stern if she did that too.