When I first found out I was expecting baby #2 I was slightly freaked because Emma, in many ways still felt like a "baby" to me. And, in some ways, she still is but I have seen a HUGE maturity growth spurt in her over the last couple months.She wants to be a "big girl" so badly now and is becoming much more independent. She puts on her own socks and shoes (and she actually matches them, lol!) The other day she got out all of shoes and matched every pair perfectly, side by side (exept fpr maybe like one).
She wants to sit at the adult table and not her high chair.
She follows directions so well. I can tell her "Emma let's pick up all your lego's before we eat lunch" I can leave her to make the lunch, and she will pick all of them up, and put them in the bag they actually go in.
She wants to help mommy with all the chores. When I switch the laundry, I hand her the clothes, and she puts them in the dryer, or she will help bring me the dishes from the dish washer to put away.
She "sorts" things correctly, which amazes me. For example, she knows her play food goes together in the grocery cart, but the dishes get put away in the grocery basket, ect. I am not sure if all kids do this, or if she has just picked it up from me, being an "organized" type personality.
She is showing interest in the potty, and wants to sit on there like a big girl.
Just over the last month or two, her verbal skills have boomed tremendously. She is able to communicate so much more to us what she wants and is thinking. She is picking up things we are saying more, and understands about anything we tell her.
And today, for the first time, she is sleeping in her big girl girl bed.
All these changes, and much more have taken place, and it has caused me to just look at her and wonder, where did my little baby go? It seems like she just changed into a big girl overnight.
It makes me both sad and happy. Sad that her baby days are about over, but happy that she is growing and developing normally.
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