I always start out these posts with "it always amazes me.." or "I can't believe..." but all those statements are very true. Emily has now turned four and every time I look at her I have to stop and imagine her as a baby. I look at Emily and Avery and how different they are from each other. They each have very different interests and react differently to things. At four years old Emily is a free bird who loves to dance but hates to have people watch her dance. All the songs she picks to dance to are fast paced fun songs that are usually the introductory to the current shows she is watching, which are Horseland, Strawberry Shortcake, Bubble Guppies, My Little Ponies, and Barbies Dreamhouse. When I catch her dancing she tells me to stop looking at her but she is actually a great dancer.
Along with being a great dancer she has a fantastic memory and memorizes everything from the songs she dances to the songs she learns at school. She always shocks me when she starts singing a song that I learned when I was a child. I can't always remember the words but she helps me remember by filling in the blanks. Emily remembers lots of stories, rhymes, and songs.
Our princess is now a preschooler and is learning many things in her class. When she was younger she would cling to me and cry when I dropped her off at school. Now if I don't request a kiss and a hug I don't get one, she just runs into her class with her peers. Currently Emily is concentrating on her alphabet and her writing skills. She gets a little confused on the B and D as most of us did as children, but it is so great to see her tracing work that she does at school. Emily is also leaning how to write her name. She knew before this month that her name started with the letter E, but now she knows there are more letters in her name. I wrote her name on a piece of paper in capital letters and she corrected my spelling because my I did not have a dot over it. I was so proud that she knew recognition of letters in her name.
Daddy recently bought the girls some parakeets as pets, whom we call Phil and Pete. Brian picked the names because the girls could never pick one. Avery loves the birds but Emily, true to her nature, is scared of them. She is my scaredy cat child and will not go near the birds unless they are in their cage. Anytime Brian takes the birds out to roam around the house she quietly runs into her room, shuts the door and will not come out until they are back in their cage. Likewise with the dogs, she will not play in the back yard unless mommy comes with her which is why we haven't gotten the girls a backyard play set. We will get one soon because I want one for the girls but Brian refuses to spend tons of money if the girls won't go out to the backyard without being afraid.
Since Emily turned four years old it calls for a wellness checkup and vaccinations. I learned at Avery's three year wellness checkup that Emily would need four vaccinations so I was dreading this moment the whole month. I prepared Emily for what the doctor was going to do to her so she wouldn't be scared. At first she was excited about the checkup but as we got closer to the office her fears started to come out. I was nervous about taking Avery with us since I wanted to focus on Emily, but she was actually helpful at calming her sister. Both girls got their flu mist as well this time around. Emily weighed in at 39 lbs. and is 42" tall. She did very well with the doctor and did absolutely fantastic when she received her shots. They did two combination shots so she got only two pokes but taking into consideration her past reactions at the doctor's office she did amazing. The nurse also commented on how well she did as she remembered Emily as a baby. After thirty seconds of crying, a lollipop and a sticker we were on our way home. I was so proud of her behavior.
