Things to Remember

There are so many things that have happened lately and I know I'll never remember them if I don't write them down. So here goes:

1. Emalyn has officially been off the bottle for a few weeks. Poor baby. She took it really well, actually, but on occasion she'll ask for a bottle. We told her we were giving her bottles to a baby and she said "otay". Then she would randomly ask "Baby all done ba-ba?" She wanted her bottles back. I would tell her no, the baby still needed the bottle but she was a big girl so she didn't need it. She never cried or anything, she'd just ask for it so sweetly. From the day we "gave" her bottles to the baby, she has not had a sip of milk. She refuses to drink it. I even bought her a special Hello Kitty cup that was "from the baby" since she was a big girl now. It was a gift from the baby to drink her milk in. She said "I don't like it." Now, she has had a few random bottles here and there (maybe 3 times) in the middle of the night or when she was sick and just wouldn't drink anything all day. She had one Christmas morning because she woke up at 5:00 a.m. and we were too exhausted to let her get up that early. Gave her a bottle and she went back to bed until almost 7:00. She saw the bottle later in the day and said "Memma's ba-ba" and I said "no, that's for the baby" and she said "otay". She is offically all grown up and we are all a little sad about that.

2. Cade got "attacked" by a bunny. He was outside playing football with friends. (thank goodness it's still warm enough to play outside even at the end of December) He was by the bushes and a ball was thrown into the bush and a bunny ran out and scratched Cade's leg. He was wearing shorts, not warm enough for shorts to me (but whatever), so he got some pretty deep scratches. When it first happened, I was concerned he could get rabies but then realized it was only a scratch, not a bite, so he wasn't at risk for rabies. It freaked Cade out a bit. Brett was teasing him that his ears were getting pointy and his teeth were getting really long and then he has been eating so many carrotts since it happened. That freaked Cade out too. We told him he for sure wouldn't get rabies but he could turn into a rabbit. It's so funny because rabbits are usually so timid so it's not often that a human has contact with a wild rabbit. I think it was so afraid of the ball in the bush that he ran out and accidentally ran into Cade. I'm thinking that bunny might have had a heart attack later that day.

3. Funny things Emma says/does.
"I don't like it" or "I don't want it"-She says this in one breath and then is asking for said item in the next breath. She is just trying to assert her opinions.

"Memma's otay"-When she's crying about something and we redirect her to something else and she stops crying she'll say this. As if we were really worried about her fake crying. Silly girl.

"I wanna say hi Cocoa"-She says this several times a day and she wants us to make Cocoa sit by her so she can pet (beat) her. She always puts her head down to hug Cocoa and says "Cocoa haircut", "Cocoa's tail". It's been a few weeks since Cocoa got a haircut but Emma talks about it every day.

"Sissy/Bubba run"-She is really loving having her brother and sister home from school. She likes to chase them and have them chase her.

4. Somehow I have been blessed with 2 kids that love to go to sleep. I have also been blessed with a child who doesn't love to go to sleep, but will sleep forever if you let her. Maddi is the one who will sleep forever. Cade and Emma love to go to sleep. Emma will even tell me she wants to take a nap or go ni-night. I don't know many kids that do that. She has even clapped a few times "yeah, ni-night". The down side is that Emma and Cade are morning people and are up at the crack of dawn. Cade wakes up the earliest, and on occasion, Emma will sleep in. However, the are both usually super happy to wake up and start their day.