The Emma Report

Christmas!

After 15 weeks in the NICU/Special Care Nursery, Emma finally came home to our family on November 17th 2005:

You’ve come a long way, baby! 

Emma loves, loves, loves her bed and very rarely fusses when it’s nap or bed time

She has never attempted to escape from her crib, but she was getting a bit cramped in the smallish space.

So, a few weeks ago we made the move to a new Big Girl Bed:
 

(she looks so tiny in there, doesn’t she?)

Can you tell she was just a wee bit excited:

 
The transition was much smoother than we had anticipated:

She happily went up to bed for her afternoon nap the first day and we’ve not had any problems since:

(well, she did once creep into our room during the middle of the night and scared a year off my life when I woke up to her little face right next to mine, but apart from that, all is good)

Funny, I didn’t mind at all when Big Sister graduated to her Big Girl bed (likely because I knew Emma was soon coming home from the Special Care Nursery to claim her place in the crib), but this time, oh it was hard to take that crib down, knowing we won’t ever be using it again…

Parenthood is just full of these bittersweet moments, isn’t it?

Beware of little sisters carrying leaves….

they’re sneaky

We’re all about faeries and ballerinas around here these days :)

Emma totally understood the whole ‘Trick-or-Treat thing’ this year and happily did little pirouettes for her appreciative audience this evening…

(and Mom totally had to drag her home, kicking and screaming: “More treat or treat!” more than a half hour past her bedtime!)

Emma is talking more than ever (which as any parent knows is code for “never s—- u-”) and calling her stubborn might qualify for the understatement of the year. 

Our daycare provider was on vacation last week, so late one morning we headed out to the park with a loaf of bread.  Emma’s full-fledged toddler status became very apparent as she pushed a duck that dared to get too close and held her ground against some very pushy geese.

We’re still working on it…more to come!

Excuse the boxes and debris, we’re in the process of moving The Emma Report to a new blogging platform and server.

Today was also moving day for Emma as she graduated from her crib to a new bed.  We set it up this morning, and after lunch she announced, “I want sleep in my new big girl bed.”  And she did!  So far, so good!

Emma, Big Sister, and I were on our way to Home Depot this morning when Big Sister brought up the topic of the Tooth Fairy. She spent some time explaining in detail how she intended to confirm the existence of the Tooth Fairy, and it boiled down to this:

1) When her first tooth falls out, she plans to put it under her pillow and go to sleep.

2) When she wakes up in the morning, she will look under her pillow.

3) If the tooth is gone, there is a Tooth Fairy.

She went on to explain how the Tooth Fairy can see you all the time, and concluded: “God, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy.”

It’s amazing what kids remember. After we looked all over the place yesteday, Laurie issued a missing Thomas alert and this morning we received an email reply:

D….. says the last time he saw it, Emma was playing with the Thomas part in the TV room on the couch – the one closest to the chair by the TV.

To make a long story short, 15 minutes, a bump on the head, and a face full of dust later, I located Thomas upside down shoved between two parts of the La-Z-Boy. I also found a few other toys, and a whole new appreciation for the amount of space inside a La-Z-Boy sectional. Thanks D!