The Oppermann Princess

As I walk into Emerson's room after her nap and pick her up in my arms:

Me: Did you have a good nap?
Ems: Yes!
Me: Are you Mommy's little princess?
Ems: No, Daddy's Pri Pri (what Daddy calls her since she has trouble saying princess)
Ems: And Hayden's Pri Pri
Me: And Mommy and Sawyer's pri pri, too?
Ems: Yes!
Me: Well then, I guess you are the Oppermann princess!

After having posted about baby Sawyer and big boy Hayden, I had to post about our girl! As much as I have embraced raising boys, I cherish my daughter just as much! There is an unspoken bond between her and I. It's in the moments when I'm painting her toes and fingers or when I'm doing her hair, and when we are cuddling or when she wants me to give her some lip gloss. It's in all the fun girl things!

Emerson lately loves to pretend with her babies. She'll put them down for a nap in her bed or Sawyer's crib. She'll put them in Sawyer's car seat too and give them their bottles. Yesterday she wanted to bring her baby out and about with us and in the car she told me we needed to take the baby to the doctor.

I'm amazed at how many mannerisms of Hayden's she has. He has surely rubbed off on her in many ways! And, there are so many things that Hayden did when he was younger that she does exactly too. Even the way they say Hayden's name is identical. She loves to mess with Hayden sometimes. He'll be working hard on building something or really into playing with a certain something, and when he's not looking or she gets the chance, she'll knock it down or take it from him and run really fast. It's kind of funny but H takes it so seriously and gets really upset. She can be "that little sister."

She is talking up a storm and is loving school. She has one cute little blonde friend in her class that she plays with a lot. Her name is Sophie and Emerson always calls her "Sopie" without the "h". It's so cute! I always get great reports from the teacher's on her school days. We are having no issues.


Emerson is into Sawyer a lot lately. Sometimes she is too rough because she doesn't know better so I have to remind her a lot not to lay on him. She loves to give him kisses and hugs and eat his snacks, too!

This girl eats all day long. I swear 5 minutes after breakfast, I hear "snack Mama!" Actually, I hear that all.day.long. I am in love with the way she says "Love you too Mama!" Ahhh, melt! 1 of 3 teeth that still hadn't come in is popping through now. I can't believe she is almost 2.5 and still teething! It's inevitable that when Sawyer has gone #2, so has she! I swear they are on the same schedule!





Speaking of that, we've recently started potty training. I would say she's been ready for a while now but I hadn't. But, I'm carving out the time to dedicate to it and so far she has half of it down. If I don't see any progress on the other half in the next four days or so I might take some time off and try again later.

No doubt, this girl loves her Mama! I love it. She most always wants me for the big stuff like being upset, sick, or overly tired. If she's doing something she shouldn't be, most of the time if you just love on her she'll stop. She's a cuddler and I enjoy that so much. We'll just snuggle and I'll scratch her arm which she loves like me or I'll rub her back. Her favorite word right now is "No." Gotta love that! Girl loves her Daddy too and any time I talk to him on the phone, she wants to talk to him, too. She asks often to "call Daddy."





She's so goofy, too. She loves to try to lick me and thinks it's hysterical to run away and giggle loudly when I'm trying to dress in her in the mornings. I love that puffy, pink cheeked face when she first wakes up! And when she folds those sweet, precious hands together at night when we do prayers, I could eat her up. Seriously. The precious words "hi Jeez, hi Pop pop!" make me a pile of mush.

I can't get enough of her, the way she runs, laughs, her sweet little voice and those cute blonde little pigtails. Eeee! My girl. I love her so much and thank God for my one daughter all the time!