Dear Emma Claire

I cannot believe that you are is almost 23 months old, Emma Claire . TWENTY THREE MONTHS. That is so close to TWO I can't even believe it. I mean how is that possible? Weren't you born yesterday?

 In all honestly some days I feel you have always been part of our lives and some days it feels like it has gone by in the blink of an eye. Over the past two years we have made so many memories. So today in honor of you coming up on 23 months, here are 23 little tidbits about my you, my very favorite girl. 

1. You have more personality than your little body can hold. I never get tired of your silly faces, funny dance moves, and new made up words. You are entertaining, that's for sure.

2. At almost two you are still nursing. If you had asked me if I expected to nurse this long before having you I would have said "HECK NO. WHO DOES THAT?" well apparently I do, ;-) It's an awesome way for us to cuddle, recover from bonks and boo boos, and just a sweet time. I am so glad we're still going strong.

3. Wearing size 4 diapers these days. And mostly 24mo/2T clothes. Some 18mo things still fit. You are long and lean, miss Emma Claire.

4. Gracie and Dixie are your favorite {fur}people ever. You ask about them all of the time when they're not around. EC speak- Gracie "darby" Dixie "Dick-dee" The way you say their names crack us up. 

5. You LOVE your friends.

6. You love all of our Bekah/Becca friends. We know half a dozen. Poor thing never knows who we're going to see. But she loves them all. And calls them "baba"

7. You have gotten really great about sitting and posing for pictures. I can usually get you to sit still long enough to get a few good ones. This makes me SO happy!

8. You just graduated from the crawler/walker nursery room to the "big kid" nursery room. Now instead of being in "nursery" you are in the caterpillar room! The next step is the butterfly room, for two year olds.

9. Pickles are one of your favorite foods.

10. You LOVE babies. Love love love them. But if I ask you if you want mommy to have a baby you say "NOOOO!"

11. It's common for you to string together two or three words now. "Okay momma" "no momma" and "hi {insert name here} are your favorites right now.

12. Outside=happiness.

13. Fruit snacks also=happiness ;-)

14. Bows and shoes are your bread and butter. You love them. And love to put bows on me as well.

15. Stickers are your love language.

16. Reading is still your favorite thing to do.

17. You also love drawing, painting, coloring, and "writing". Whenever we draw together you want us to draw all of our pets. Which include; Gracie, Dixie, and our imaginary cat.

18. You are OBSESSED with cats See #17

19. Pretend play has made its appearance. A lot of the times we have animals roaming around our house ;-) Especially your pet horse. He likes to hang out on our ceiling. And there is an annoying group of bees that like to hang around our living room. Don't worry, you "shoooo" them away for us.

20. You finally like food! Some of your favorites are pineapple, oranges, turkey, eggs and sausage, pasta, quesadillas, black beans, you always ask for bananas...but then take no more than two bites, you also LOVE tomatoes, and macaroni and cheese.

21. You are sensitive to what is being shown on television. I noticed this when you watched an episode of sesame street and Elmo fell down. It REALLY upset you.

22. Speaking of...right now you LOVE sesame street, you call it "ElmoAbbey" and will repeat that over and over until we watch an episode ;-)

23. One of the funniest words you say right now is "Sammy". Grammy and G-Pop {my parents} have a yellow lab named sammy and we LOVE to listen to you say his name. You say it almost like "sabby". So if you're reading this, say "Sammy" but plug your nose. That's what it sounds like.

 So in conclusion, sweet girl, you are the light of our lives. You make each day better, and always keep us laughing. I can't wait to see what this next year with you brings.