Happy Birthday Emme

First off, I apologize for my blogging absence. While waiting for Emme, I saw it happen so many times. The blogs I loved to follow would become silent after kids come home. I fully admit my guilt and blame Mark Zuckerberg for creating such an easy way to stay connected. Although Facebook is quick and easy, it does not serve as a journal, which is my intention for Bringing Emme Home. Moving on….

Now for the good stuff. Emme’s birthday is tomorrow February 8th. My Ethiopian Princess is turning two.

She is such a bright shining star. Her language has been developing at an alarming rate, and at 2 she is saying 4-5 word sentences on a regular basis, and every once in a while I will hear a 6 word one. She says her ABC’s, counts to 15 (at least), and is working on recognizing her shapes and colors. If I was to pick one thing that is her favorite in the world, it would be singing. She LOVES to sing, and will do it every chance she has. Her favorites are Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, ABC Song & Ba Ba Black Sheep. These are often belted out with every inch of herself, and although not quite in tune yet, they are full of soul.

Emme is one of the most social kids I have ever met. She makes sure to say “Hi”, usually a very dramatic, “HHHIIIIIII!” to anyone that she comes across. This is quite entertaining when we are doing something like grocery shopping. I love seeing people’s reactions to her friendliness. Just today at lunchtime, she was saying , “Hi” to our dog Sadie. frustrated that Sadie was not responding, she said, “Sadie, I talking to you!” When I told her that Doggies don’t talk, she was perplexed. I could see her little mind thinking. I went on to tell her only people talk, not animals. She started saying, “Cows no talking?”, “No Darling.” “Hmmmm, Roosters no talking?” “No Darling” “Hmmmm…Kitties no talking?” And as you can imagine, we pretty much had to go through every animal that we knew. It was a big deal to her that not everything talked back, or responded to what she said.

Did I mention how fun she is? She will prefer to crack up over anything else. Of course the person who cracks her up the most is Daddy. She never knows what Daddy is going to do next, and always says, “Daddy Funny!!” Her favorite place to be is on Daddy’s shoulders. Every time she goes up there, she gets this smile that I only see then.

She definitely has the classic Ethiopian strong personality. I have no worries about her becoming the strong independent woman who I hope she will be. Emme knows what she wants & when she wants it. Right now this part of her personality proves to be challenging, in the midst of the terrible twos. We take each day at a time, and I follow the concepts in the book, “Parenting Your Strong Willed Child”

http://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Strong-Willed-Child-Clinically-Six-Year-Olds/dp/0071383018

I highly recommend it. Now that she is two, she is old enough for me to start using its tools to the fullest.

Enough talk about Em, let me show you.

Enjoy the video of her Birthday Party.

Selam!

2 comments February 7, 2011