I've decided that Emma truly is her papa's girl. I have four reasons for this belief.
1. The obvious - She looks just like him!
2. She LOVES meatloaf. I made Danny his favorite dish, my (or my Grandma Binger's) homemade meatloaf recipe for his birthday dinner last weekend. I thought it was a bit spicy, but Emma and Danny devoured it! :-) That takes me to my next point...
3. She handles spicy food way better than I do. She had some of my salsa chicken today, which I thought was very spicy. Emma ate almost an entire plate full!
4. She sure knows how to milk an illness/sickness. Yesterday she was reading a book (specifically her new Jesus Storybook Bible) and was getting kind of rough with the pages. I told her she needed to be careful, and with her typical Emma stubbornness, she looked me straight in the eye and began ripping a page. I quickly took the book from her and she began to cry. I assumed the tears were over the fact that she still wanted to read it so I told her she was fine, and that she needed to listen to mama. A couple of minutes later I noticed her staring down at her hands. It's then that I realized that in pulling the book out of her hand I had given her a small paper cut, which is probably why she was crying. I, of course felt horrible, and snuggled her, kissed it, and told her I was very sorry for hurting her. So, as she sat happily reading another book, she would occasionally look at her hand, give me a sad look, go "oooooh" which is kind of the sound I make when I'm comforting her, and reach for a hug from me. I'd hug and snuggle her and then she'd go back to reading her book only to do it all over again a few minutes later. She knew I felt bad and realized she could easily milk that situation! :-)
Another cute story. Lately, when she wants something, she has come to her own conclusion that she needs to sit down and be patient (I guess that's what she's thinking). When I ask her if she wants a snack, she will take her bink (if she has it) and place it on the closest surface she can find and then sit down in the middle of the floor. I have NO IDEA what made her start doing this. The other day, I asked her what she wanted for a snack. I would offer her ideas and she would just shake her head no. When I asked if she wanted a smoothie, she quickly took her bink, put it on a chair behind her, and sat down right outside the kitchen door. So, I thought at first it must be that she's use to sitting down to eat, so she was just sitting there since I hadn't already put her in her high chair. But then, tonight she did it while waiting for a bath. She LOVES taking baths, so when I said it was bath time she quickly headed in there. She started to get things ready, and as soon as she heard the water come one, she quickly sat down on the floor behind me and waited until I was ready to take her clothes off. I'm not sure how long this will last, but it's cute and can be quite helpful in some situations, so I'll take it! :-)
