Emersen is in some sort of obsessive phase. She is repeating everything all the time. She gets stuck on something and just can't let it go. It had to be dealt with big time on Monday that when mommy/daddy says the topic is all done then she doesn't keep asking. Things have been much better since, but she will latch on to something in a second. Like our neighbor having a basketball goal and she keeps talking about it. Or the neighbor kids themselves. Or our worship leader at church. Or getting up on our bed. I think it's just her way of learning and organizing it - she repeats it to get it. Also, the way she tells stories right now is with key words so she just says the word over and over, but could be trying to talk about the same thing but in different ways.
Em has always thrived from having a routine. Since she was as young as about 6 weeks old, we started a napping schedule (Baby Wise) because she couldn't handle herself by the end of the night. This eliminated what we thought was gas problems and colic. We initiated a bedtime routine in the past year, which she really likes. We've taken the opportunity to brush her teeth, change diaper/pj's, read a book, say her prayers and do a Bible verse. Well, Wes does unless he's not home. Now she has added elements of her routine into her time before her nap in the afternoon.
She's picking up on our sayings as well. When we say we can't play right now because we are making dinner, for example, she answers with "almost done." This is what we would have eventually told her when she kept asking. She mimics a lot of things now - our quick responses and one word answers. She even gets the intonation down as well. She is starting to say "I do this" instead of "Emmy does this" and stringing together words into a phrase. Like when Wes chases her, she ask for "Daddy more running." It's incredible to see her vocabulary and speaking skills develop!
Now that I'm home with her, I think she's developing some attachment issues, or it's her age. But she cried the whole time at church last week, which is so weird for her. She doesn't cry unless she gets hurt, or is whining but that ends once she's in time out for it. She doesn't require being held, but did at church (again, thanks Joni). I've taken the opportunities that I had this week to be out during the evening for a little while so she could have a break from me and be with Wes. And another perk to being home with her is I now actually have the desire to go and do things in the evening (thanks MomSource for the meal planning seminar, Jacki Allen for the wedding planner get together and a meeting with a bride for Weekend Wedding Warriors). And we've had dinner most of those nights, to boot. We rearranged our furniture after getting the carpet cleaned and I LOVE it. I found some great deals at Goodwill and Walmart for some accessories and furniture to put some finishing touches on a few rooms, but have really rearranged items I already had. It's refreshing to change things up a bit.
Anyway, I posted the video on here of Emersen saying the people she misses. She loses focus with the TV on in the background but you'll get the point. She does this little bit every day, sometimes more than once. Since her lengthy stay with my parents, she talks about everyone she saw on a daily basis, and has even added them into her daily prayers. So if you're not mentioned in the video, don't take offense. I just didn't get your name on camera.
On special shout out is to my cousin's daughter Zayna, because Emersen didn't get to see her when she stayed with my parents, but only on the picture we have on the fridge. Nonetheless, Emersen talked about her at least once in the past 2-3 days. And one day she talked about her several times and mentioned her in prayers and her miss you speeches. So there you go cuz.
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