Raising Girls



Well, it's been a long time since I've posted...and our girls are growing!  Averly is 3 1/2 months old and Emilynn is 27 months old. 

 

 

3 months

 

Averly is a fantastic baby.  She is very curious and studies everything she sees.  It's always so fun to watch her as her eyebrows wrinkle and she gives "the look."  We do get these cheesy smiles out of her too and more and more each day.  She loves to watch Emilynn do anything.  She started rolling over a little over a week ago.  She has rolled both ways but tends not to roll off of her stomach.  She would rather fuss and get us to roll her back over. :)  I'm looking forward to seeing how much she weighs.  She was 12 lbs 9 oz at her 2 months appt.  She's going through her sister's hand-me-downs very quickly!  She is a fabulous sleeper.  We are working on naps during the day and she is starting to get the hang of it.  She loves her giraffe wubanub pacifier and really enjoys baths.  She and her sister will be having many conversations in the backseat, cause these girls can talk!  Ave coos and clucks all day.  Loving getting to know this precious one. 

2 months

1 month

 

Averly

Emilynn

Averly

 



Emilynn

 Some comparisons above.  Both girls are looking at the star that lights up on the activity mat...always produces smiles. :)

 Sisters.  I am learning about this and will continue to forever since I do not have siblings.  What a beautiful relationship this will be.  Emilynn loves Averly so very well and really has since the beginning.

27 months

Emilynn Claire...where do I start.  This girl moves and talks non-stop.  As exhausting as it is at times, it is quite spectacular that this girl can keep up with herself.  Her memory blows me away...I ask her often where my keys, sunglasses and such are..and she always knows! :)  Even when she didn't play with them.  Like I've already said, she loves Averly so well.  She has become so much more nuturing since Averly was born.  Just this week, she began nursing her baby and putting her to bed like I do Ave.  She always checks on Averly and wants to know where "Baby Ave Kate" is.  Emilynn picks up new words almost hourly.  We are very careful what comes out of our mouths these days...  Her sentences are getting better every day.  And she is finally beginning to talk in 1st person as opposed to 3rd.  It's been in the last week that "I" has been introduced.  She loves a lot of things...books, Little People ("babies"), WATER anything, iPad :), Curious George and Super Why PBS shows, her bed, backpack and cars, music ("Emi's music" = Hillsong Live), her soccer ball, her Obaa and Ojii, and the list goes on.  My particular favorite is as we drive through town and the construction, I often hear from the backset, "Emi like dirt, Momma." "Really?" "Yes, Emi likes dirt Momma." :)  Her favorite song is our version of "Jesus loves Emi and Ave" which Emilynn sings often.  She is recognizing Jesus in books and loves for us to read stories to her.  Church is at the top of the list of favorites where she loves to see her "fiends".  God is good in this girl.  Love her so!  Her passion reminds me of someone I know! :)

Raising Girls...there is nothing quite like it.