21 Months Old!

Emery Jai is 21 months old today! She is such a big girl. Emery Jai has the best personality, she is so very funny and smart. Today we went to lunch with Lindsay and Rodney. Emery Jai dressed herself she wore a black and silver poodle skirt, white shirt, purple and pink socks, moccasins, and an Angel halo headband. The girl has style! Yesterday Emery Jai was playing quietly by herself in the other room. I walked in to find her in the closet playing with her Christmas presents! I had gotten her a bunch of costumes for a dress up trunk (hence the outfit today). By the time I found her she already had on a huge red hat. I could not take it all away so she has been playing with dress up nonstop! She even had to dress up Guice. Emery Jai is adjusting to a little brother. There are still a few signs of jealousy. If Guice toots E.J. will try to toot louder, same goes for burping! Guice was fussing and Emery Jai told him to use his words. She has also tried to hold his lips shut when he was crying. The last several days she has woken up dry! She only wears diapers to bed but it looks like that might be a thing of the past very soon. When we change Guice's diaper she makes a huge deal out of it. She says "shew Guice shew" and "Guice is a Baby" and my favorite "GROSS"! She knows she is a big girl for being potty trained! With all of that being said she loves to hold and kiss him too. Emery Jai is very interested in the process of cooking. She particularly likes cooking pasta and rice. Emery talks about getting the pan, boiling water, salt, cheese, and bread. She loves to watch us cook. One of Emery's new phrases is "You sure?". For example I say "do not do that or you will go to time out" and she says "you sure?" If you ask her where she lives she answers Tennessee, if you ask her where Pop and NeNa live she answers Arkansas.
Emery Jai brings so much joy to our lives. It is hard to remember life before her and I certainly do not want to imagine it without her. She is such a blessing.