She's starting to talk more- more words. She says "Thank You" which I love...
Then there's the other side:
She screams "Mine!"
She is the feistiest little stubborn girl. She knows what she wants. She will fight for what she wants- it's usually freedom. When I'm rocking her to sleep she won't allow my arm on her or blanket touching her- she needs to be able to get down if she wants with nothing in her way- usually she's tired enough she'll drift off but when she's not tired enough, there is no making her stay there-
The best thing is having a conversation with her when she's grumpy or done with something.
It goes like this:
Me: "Esther, do you want to do ____".
Esther: "Uh-uh!"
Me: "You want ___?"
Esther: "No!"
Me: "You want______?"
Esther: "Mmm-mmm!'
Until I figure it out.....
Then she'll say 'Uh." in this tone that is satisfied with the offering.
I got one of these conversations for your viewing pleasure:
"CHEESE!"
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| Just like her cousin! |
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| She'll do this all the time- just find the floor and lay down and roll around. I call her my wiggle worm because she just is wiggly wiggly wiggly. She can't stop moving and feeling everything with her body. |
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| Precious little angel. |
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| Love her. |
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| She's always putting everything on to wear- it doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's fabric, it goes on her legs or around her shoulders. |
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| Her shirt is her skirt today. And no, I still haven't recovered the couch! AH! I need to do that! |
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| Did I mention I babysit? One of the little girls is 3 days older than Esther and has curly hair. It's like having twins! They have fun together. |
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| Look! BRAIDS!!!!! I straightened her hair to see if I could braid it! I love that it's so long now! |
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| Usually her hair looks like this though because some days she's just not in the mood for brushing her hair. Oh well, she sure is a cutie whatever her hair may be doing. |
Oh THE BEST thing ever that happened the other day when our neighbor boy was picking on Esther and Grant went up and moved him aside and told him firmly "Do not do that to Esther!" Me and the other moms had a good laugh.
He's becoming very protective over her- only he's allowed to pick on her. Guess that's how it goes with siblings.
Anyway Esther is certainly entertaining and keeps our house JUMPING with life and there is never ever ever a dull moment with her around. There are so many moments lately I wish I could freeze and hold in my heart forever.
She's going to nursery now too- yah, I know a little early but we left her when we went to her cousin Asa's blessing and so we tried it out last week and she was great. So hopefully she'll like to keep going- so weird since it took Grant till he was like 3 till he finally was fine with being left and going on his own.
What an independent, special little girl. How do I ever keep up with her?
