Wonder Baby/Toddler Wednesday -- Welcome home!

Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...a Big Sister!

Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...wait, I'm barely home from the hospital. Can't I just lay here a little bit before having to save the world?

Wow, nothing like having a new baby to make me drop blogging like a hot potato. In any case, here is a pic of the new addition -- Oskar -- with Daddy and big sister.

Eme's comment upon seeing the pic was to say "it's an Oskar sandwich!" So true.

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Wonder Toddler Wednesday--Prom Queen

Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Pretty in Pink.

She dressed herself up in jewels and fuzzy shoes and descended the stairs, and the scene from Father of the Bride (the one with Steve Martin) was playing in my head -- you know, the one where the daughter is saying "I've met a man and we're getting married" and the dad is picturing her as a little girl.

One day, Eme is going to descend the stairs in her prom dress (or wedding dress, or supreme court judge robes... whatever) and all I'll be able to think of will be this picture.

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Wonder Toddler Wednesday--Mulan

Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Mulan getting ready for the matchmaker!

Eme got a costume for Christmas that is supposed to look like a traditional Chinese outfit (thanks Aunt Gillie and Uncle Ryan!). She calls it her "Muuman dress." She enjoys putting on the whole getup (including a pair of red shoes--thanks Papa Guy--and a pink fan) and acting out the first few scenes of Mulan (where Mulan gets dressed to go meet the matchmaker and, through a series of hilarious events, ends up making a huge mess).

Luckily, Papa Guy is usually willing to act out the whole movie with her. Then they act out Cinderella, or Beauty and the Beast, or Robin Hood... the list goes on.

So cute.

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Welcome to Wonder Toddler Wednesday!

New year, new baby on the way, and my girl has been a toddler for some time now, so welcome to the newly named (but still the same) Wonder Toddler Wednesday!



Wonder Toddler powers, activate! Form of...the cutest sheep in the Christmas play!

At the last moment we got roped into the Christmas play at church (they had only one sheep). Eme enjoyed her time in the spotlight -- she was a total show-stealer -- but kept trying to take the baby Jesus away from the girl playing Mary. When we told her she couldn't hold the doll until after the play, she requested to hold the other sheep's actual baby brother.

At least she's interested in babies. Hopefully this will come in handy over the next few months. :)

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