2 Years Old, letter to Emma

My sweet Emma,

It's hard to believe it has been 2 years already. You will have your 2nd birthday on March 27th. It seems like a flash, I don't know if its because you are my 2nd child or if its because I work full time or a combination of both, but its gone by way too fast. You have really turned into a such a little girl already with such a big personality. From the beginning I knew you were going to be very independent and always speak your mind even before you said your first word, which if I'm not mistaken was "No!". You make me laugh and I love your goofy side, you can always cheer me up if I'm feeling down. I love our one-on-one times even if its in the middle of the night. At times I still see my little baby when I hold you and other times I can imagine the little girl you are starting to become. You are beautiful inside and out and I'm so proud to be your mommy and can't wait to watch you grow up, even though I'm definitely not ready for you to. I love that you are so adventurous and fearless, that scares me at times too, but I'm glad you are going to be outgoing and I hope you never change that confidence you already have and willingness to try new things. I have had fun taking you to your "Little Gym" classes and to watch you try out your gymnastics moves and you seem to have so much fun as long as no one is using the equipment you want to be on...patience is not one of your strong suits! You get that from your Daddy! :) I can't wait to see how you like other activities like dance or sports and to see what you will excel in the most. Hopefully you got some athletic ability from your Daddy as well, but from the looks of your bruised up legs I'm starting to think you have Mommy's gracefullness! I know there will be many birthdays to celebrate in the future, but this one seems big to me because I feel like I'm saying goodbye to my baby and hello to my little girl. My heart fills up every day when I pick you up and I hear you say "Mommy, Up" and you hug me tight and give me a big kiss.

I love you more than words can ever say!

Mommy

Here are some pics from the day you were born and the present:

Snuggling with you in the hospital, my chunky 10 pounder!

The first time I saw you
Here you are today!

So beautiful!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Aidan and Emma had a fun day on St. Patrick's Day at their preschool. They had their annual parade at school and the kids made hats and some parents made floats out of their strollers and wagons. I didn't get to go b/c it was during the day, but my in-laws went and took some cute pictures, it looks like they had a lot of fun! Here are the pics...

Lining up for the parade...you can see Aidan on the far right with his head down.

Here is Aidan on the far right smiling for the camera
Walking in parade, they go around the school parking lot and down to the Life Center, its not far, but it is a good walk for the tots!

Emma with her Teacher in the top hot, Emma's got a white shirt and a lei around her neck.

Close up of Emma and her teacher and one of her classmates.

Aidan is here holding hands with one of his buddies and a teacher.

Cute float one of the parents made! That's News 2 in the background. Emma was briefing on the news but Aidan didn't get on and boy was he upset about it!

Emma with her classmates.

Emma wearing her cute St. Patty's hat they made in class.

Aidan and his teacher Mrs. Bridget, can you tell he likes his teacher! :)

Aidan and Emma after the parade! Don't they look cute!

Getting ready for his yummy cookie!

Enjoying their St. Patty's treat!

Cheeeeeese!

You can see in this pic that Emma's hair is actually starting to grow! Even though its mainly the back, I guess she will have a mullet for a while until it all start growing in together! ha!

Stomach Virus, Siblings, Turning 2

Well, to recap what I have been dealing with this month so far...

1. Woke up to get Emma one morning to find out she had thrown up all over her bed and didn't seem to care so went back to sleep nastiness. Then, proceeded to have about 8 or so lost count after a while blow outs from the time she woke up until I attempted to leave the house for the day, all in about an hour if you are wondering. She seemed to get over it by the next day didn't really think about it until I started feeling sick, then it was Aidan's turn, then Daddy, good times!
2. Had some cute brother/sister moments lately and some not so cute. We went to a Bounce House recently and Emma is such the daredevil she will climb a ladder to a 2 story bouncy house to go down the big slide, loves it! So, she was climbing, slowly up the ladder and there are always big kids at these places barrelling through, ugh. But, one was trying to push his way past Emma and Aidan yelled at him and said, "Don't you hurt my sister!" awww, big brother! Then, I was told something similar happened at school on the playground. They usually separate the age groups but this day they didn't have too many kids so they let them all play together, well Emma gets knocked down by one of the boys in Aidan's class and he said the same thing to him, "Don't hurt my sister!", when I asked him about it later he also told me he tried to pull his hair, which I tried to tell him that he should definitely not pull hair but he can tell the other kids to be careful around his sister. Too cute! But, then on the other hand they have really started fighting a lot, I guess its ok for him to hurt his sister! I'm constantly pulling them apart or trying to get in the middle to separate them.
3. My baby girl is turning 2 in a week and a half, I just can't believe it! She is such a funny little thing. I'm so amazed at how different Aidan and Emma have been when they were babies. I do feel like I have missed so much with Emma b/c she's my 2nd and I just don't have the time I did when it was just Aidan. I've tried to enjoy every moment I could with the both of them, they are growing up so fast. Lately, I love the little moments Emma and I have alone when she's in my lap being silly and making funny faces. She loves to get super close to my eyes with hers and laugh. She's really starting to say more words, but I still can't imagine her as a full blown talker yet, that is going to be so cute when she does start talking more. Mostly she is singing songs that she has learned and some that I think she has made up herself!

Hopefully I can post some updated pictures soon!