Just an Emily update, it's been a while.

I'm loving Emily at three, (for the most part!). She says the FUNNIEST things every day. I wish I could remember them all. But this one is a nightly routine so easy to remember. When it gets close to bedtime we always tell her to put on her pull up, (we aren't quite night trained), and her pajamas. She runs into the bedroom and is gone for a long time so one of us goes and checks on her. Usually what we find is a naked girl looking for, what would you guess?? No not pajamas but shoes. You see, according to our little girl, socks and shoes are essential to bedtime. You can't put on pajamas unless you have socks and shoes. We've tried telling her that she doesn't need them, but anyone who knows Emily knows her one track mind. By the way, she TOTALLY gets that from Mike, like you wouldn't believe. They are two peas in a pod. So on go the shoes and socks. The funny part is, she never looks matching and she cracks me up. Tonight, as you can see, she is wearing black Patton shoes, red socks, pooh pajamas with a black t-shirt she decorated on top. And some nights she'll come running down the all totally naked and upset because she can't find the other shoe that matches the one in her hand. And no matter how much you tell her she doesn't need to shoe and to go get dressed, she will come back until she finds the other shoe, so we learned not to waste our breath and to just get up and find the other shoe for her.

On another note, her new word is lasterday. We think it means yesterday but we aren't entirely sure. But in Emilyland lasterday happens a lot.

Emily is now totally potty trained and mommy is SOOOOOOOO happy. So true to our word, she gets to go to preschool starting August 21st. The preschool we enrolled her in is at a church that is very charismatic. We figured they are the most equipped to handle our enthusiastic daughter. I'm sure they'll claim her as their holy spirit filled holy roller!! She is really excited. I think she'll really enjoy it, she's only been asking to go to school since she was able to talk. Unfortunately, I don't know how she'll take it when she realizes she won't be able to ride the bus to school. That would be the ultimate dream come true for her!!