Family Fun

Yesterday we headed out to A to Z Farm in Oregon, WI. It is about 15 or 20 minutes from our house. A friend recommended that we take Emily. It is a farm where they have a live birth barn of sheep. You can get up close and personal with sheep, pigs, cows , and other farm animals. We told Em that we were going to visit some animals. She was very excited. "Aminals" is one of her favorite things to talk about these days. Once we got there is was apparent that Emily prefers animals from afar but she did have fun walking around and pointing at the baby lambs. It was something fun to do on a Sunday afternoon.

I think Emily has begun to realize that things are going to change very soon. She has become very clingy and doesn't like to let me out of her sight. I am trying to remain patient with her and also trying to remind her that daddy can help out too.

Talking Up a Storm

Emily's vocabulary is increasing every day. There are days that I am amazed at what she says. Like the other day when she picked up a purple crayon and proudly yelled "PURPLE!" as clear as day. Or this morning while we were watching the garbage truck outside she said "Green Truck". It is so fun to be with her right now. You can see her learning new things every second. She likes to mimic what we do and repeat everything. One of her favorite words to repeat is patient, but I can assure you she still doesn't know what it means.

One of Emily's favorite thing to do is name things. She loves going through all of the kids names that are in her daycare class. And at the end she always points to herself and says Emmy! Everything is Emmy thins and Emmy that. She is so proud and happy when she figures out that something is hers, like Emmy's bunny or Emmy's milk. She gets a big smile on her face.

With the birth of #2 around the corner I have purchased several books about becoming a big sister. These have become some of Em's favorite books to read. She will point to herself and say sister. I am not sure that she really understands it but at least she is getting comfortable with the idea, or so I like to think.

We are working on getting Emily's big girl room set up. This coming weekend we will be doing some painting. I have had fun picking out a new bedspread and other things for her room. Since we didn't find out her gender before she was born it is fun to now get some girlie things and leave the lions and giraffes behind. I am hoping for a smooth transition from crib to bed. Any suggestions are welcome!