Where am I now?

It has been such a blessing to watch Emma develop into her own self. I am not saying I didn't have my moments or days =) but God has truly blessed my with two wonderful girls. I almost didn't have a birthday party for Emma mainly because we had been gone for 18 days and by the time we got home I was exhausted. I decided to have something small at my house and we invited a couple of her friends and had cake and ice cream.

Emma is currently the eater and grower among the siblings. She is currently in the 80th percentile in both height and weight where as Mackenzie is in the 50th among height and 25th in weight. One of the things that I love about Emma is her smile and easy going personality. Here recently she is going through a dont like to be a lone stage but usually she is all smiles and full of laughter. I have her on a pretty strict schedule but I am slowly trying to get from one naps to two so i am kind of being more flexible with our days and activities. I usually play it by ear each day. If she is happy I will push her longer. She goes to bed around 6:30 and sleeps til about 8. Some weeks she will sleep til 9 or 10 and other times she may get up before 8. I would say it usually goes toward the later time than earlier, which makes for a happy mom. It also gives me the opportunity to spend some one on one time with Mackenzie.  Her morning nap is usually around 2 hours after she wakes up but again some days like this morning she slept til 9 and we enjoyed a morning out at the zoo. So she didn't take a nap til 1( she did start to get fussy about 12, 12:15) and she slept til 3 and then went down at 6:30.  Emma still isn't walking but she did take her first step today. In one sense I am certainly ready for it as it makes it easier with certain activities (i e bounce house, beach etc). I also realize that it will certainly make my days busier so I am definitely content with this stage and not pushing it.   Mackenzie and Emma are also able to play with each other in some areas. I do have to work on Mackenzie's attitude of the older sibling and trying to parent and control what she does. It is amazing how quickly that sets in. I will be excited again when Emma is able to communicate and walk. I think there relationship will take a turn then as well.