One of Emma's favorite words to say these days is "babies." She thinks anyone under the age of 7 is a baby. It has been amazing for me to watch her develop such maternal instincts at such a young age. She gets very distressed when she sees a child cry, and will gently go up to them and pat them (so sweet!).
Last Sunday a friend told me how when her daughter was crying in the nursery, Emma went up to her, gently patted her, and said: "(gibrish gibrish -- something something) baby." We think she was trying to tell her "it's okay, baby."
I have decided that Emma will not get her first doll until she becomes a big sister (whenever that may be...). I want it so that when mommy comes home from the hospital with a baby, Emma does as well.
Until then, she enjoys the little dolls and stuffed animals we have around the house.
Here she is enjoying her two "mestizas."
Her new favorite place to play these days. Not sure how she discovered that door. We never open it.
These are her three faithful crib companions -- Monkey, Bunny, and The Other Bunny (yes, we are creative with names).
Once again, this mama bird sitting on her nest.
A few new words we've been hearing this week:
"side" (for outside)
"sssssss" ("si" -- the word for "yes" in Spanish)
"flor" (for flower in Spanish, though I guess this can work for both languages)
"za" (for manZAna -- apple in Spanish)
"shirt"
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What a precious story about Emma's language and her mixture of Sp/Eng. words. It is absolutely an angel who would say "babies" and be worried about little children. Could little Emma girl be an angel in disguise who came to teach us? Funny about the 3 crib friends and "their creative names". I think about our last SKYPE time when she carried all three around and IT WAS SO SWEET. Today I am worrying (G. more than I) about her being in the US where there are crazies with guns. That gun law has to be revoked. 9,000 gun deaths a YEAR? (in Germany 170).
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