Big sister

Emily has really been stepping up lately. Sometimes I look at her and wonder where my little baby girl went. She is such a kid now. She's going to kindergarten in September, understands so many more things and is just a sweetheart. She has started the question phase too and as annoying as it is, I love that her brain is starting to work that way!

 

You'll have to excuse the really crappy picture quality but I had to get pictures of this. Every day when Allyson has to take her nap, Emily wants to do it. She wants to rock her (even though I hardly ever rock Allyson), sing her a song, give her a hug and kiss, give her water, tuck her in, and close her door. It's the cutest thing ever!

 

She also is getting better about doing things on her own. For a long time and still a little bit, she needed someone to do everything with. Whether it was Allyson, me or Mike. Anyone.

She loves watching old classic Mickey Mouse cartoons on Youtube.



 

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On the other hand, Allyson is not adjusting well to me even being pregnant. She did fine for a while and in the last couple weeks has been SO SO clingy. She wants me to hold her or snuggle with her constantly. All day long.

She has been waking up multiple times per night just wanting me. I have to go put her back in bed and try to comfort her a little and then go to the bathroom for the 67th time that night and it takes me a good 10 minutes to fall back asleep. I find I am pretty tired during the day. Even if Mike gets up with Allyson, she freaks out if he even gets out of bed to get her and I wake up so it takes a while to fall back to sleep. It's going to be interesting when this little boy comes.

I try to make sure she knows how much I love her and spend time cuddling with her but sometimes I really can't just hold her all the time.