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Emmy Grace

I thought I would write about our "middle child" Emery Grace today and some quirks that make her different than her sisters. She doesn't really have qualities of a middle child, and is a leader in many ways. I tend to call her Emmy Grace sometimes...not sure why, but it just fits her. Her color for sippie cups is green and she knows her color (as do Addison and Harper). She has a cute little smile that she shifts her bottom jaw to the side so it looks like a crooked smile and shows all her teeth. When I am sitting she loves to stand on my legs. When I try to have her sit in my lap, she won't let me and wants to stand up so she is higher than my head. She thinks it is funny if I am wearing a hair clip to take it out and mess up my hair. She looks on the top of my head to see if I am wearing one. She calls Addison "Addis" and has been saying Harper very well for a few months now. She was the first and only (so far) to climb out of her crib. When she wakes up in the morning of after her nap she calls for her sisters and wants to see them right away. If something isn't going her way she usually pushes or sometimes bites and leaves the other sister crying. She doesn't bite that often anymore. She loves for me to carry her down the stairs in the morning even though she can go down faster (on her belly)than me walking. She loves to sit by her brother in the car, but all the girls do so we are on a rotation chart system created by Caden. She knows that her names starts with "E". I was making the car seat chart and talking aloud I said, "A for Addison, H for Harper and then Emery piped up and said "E". It was amazing! Greg and I just looked at each other and couldn't believe it. I asked her if she knew Emery stared with an E and she nodded and said "E". Addison and Harper cannot say Emery but they point to her and know her name, so it must be harder to say. Maybe they'll end up calling her E. Most people, including some of our family and best friends cannot tell Addison and Emery apart. I still wonder if they are identical because they have the same blood type. Greg and I still get them mixed up occasionally when we aren't paying attention. This has happened a few times- example- Greg might be changing Addison's diaper and will be talking to calling her "Emery" and I am changing Emery's diaper and I know it is Emery and so we have to convience each other who we have. Most of the time it is by looking at the other girl then we say- oh yeah, you aren't "Emery" or "Addison" you are the other one. It is still funny that we do this even when we are the parent's and should know better. Some days they look very much alike and some days they look totally different. Emery is so special and unique and I love her very much. I think she has a future in interior design. For weeks now, she has insisted that the kids table benches be moved to the heads of the rectangle table. The two benches are made to of course fit on the long sides of the table, but she keeps moving them to the short ends. It has been frustrating me every day because I have to move them back. I have been thinking about this and wondering if she is doing this because she wants to sit at the head of the table and be in control somehow. Two days ago, I let her move the benches like she wanted but I fliped table one turn and so the benches look right with the table, and she hasn't moved them since. We'll see how long it stays that way and if that is all she wanted. Our girls have been all enjoying sitting at the big table and not using their high chairs that much anymore. Emery likes to carry her bowl around, so we are working on keeping food and plates and bowls on the table and not on the floor. Oakley likes the food on the floor and hangs out with the kids ready for the drop. Sometimes if they leave their food at the table and walk off, their food disappears and they stand there crying because Oakley ate their lunch. I stand there crying because I have to make another lunch and don't have time to eat.

They grow up so fast

I wish I was one of those moms who posted photos online for the world to see everyday, but I am just not. I am just now downloading photos off my camera from Christmas. Hopefully this year I will do better. I am so proud of Caden I am about to burst with pride! He is really learning to read and it is so exciting to watch. He can easily read the "at" words posted on our fridge- pat, mat, sat, rat, bat. In January his preschool started reading groups and his teachers have told me how bright he is and they think he should skip elementary and go straight to high school. Just kidding. He is not skipping elementary school because it is just too much fun. We've decided to put Caden in private school and will be attending the same school Greg attended preschool through high school. It is just so special that the legacy continues and of course we have a very tender place in our hearts for Northland Christian School. Greg joined the board of NCS this year and the youngest by far, so I think we'll be need to spray paint his hair gray so he will fit in better. Anyway- back to bragging about Caden. He is so into science projects! I made him a science kit with food coloring, baking soda, and little cups and spoons. He picked out a volcano project about two weeks ago and this morning shot a rocket in the backyard before school started. He is my little rocket scientist! (with Daddy's supervision)