5 Years, 1 Month...I'm a Big Sister!!!

It finally happened!  My baby sister was born on February 21st, 6 days after my 5th birthday!  I am so excited to have her here.  Daddy woke me up early that morning to tell me my sister was coming that day!  Nana Arden came over to take me to preschool, and then picked me up to bring me to the hospital to meet her.  I got to tell everyone that her name is Emily Kathleen.  I am so proud!
Mommy and Daddy keep telling me that I am such a good big sister.  I love to sing "Hush Little Baby" and "You Are My Sunshine" to Baby Emily.  When she is upset, I like to get a book and read to her.  I help Mommy and Daddy out too by getting whatever they need for her.  I've also been pretty responsible with other things too.  Our first weekend home together, I got up by myself, made my bed, got dressed, and set out breakfast.  I like to help with laundry and dishes too.  I am really good about playing by myself, especially coloring and drawing.  I need to show Baby Emily how to act!
Nana Arden picked me up from school a lot of days and I got to hang out at her house while Mommy and Daddy were busy.  That was a lot of fun.  I was at Nana Arden's house and was asked if I wanted to go on a walk with Emily.  I got really excited when I found out it was her first walk!  We got our family pictures taken by Marion and that was a lot of fun.  We will post them soon.
Grandma Kathy came up and stayed with us for a few days.  That was awesome!  I even got to go to McDonald's with her and Nana Arden.  I love to be the center of their attention!  Grandma Kathy took care of Emily while Mommy and Daddy took me to Pastries with Parents at preschool and kindergarten round-up.  That's right, I'm registered for kindergarten!  When we got there, a nice boy named Carter took me to see a kindergarten room while Mommy and Daddy filled out paperwork.  I sat down nicely and colored until they came to get me.  We took a tour of the school.  Mommy and Daddy said they are not sure where I will actually be going to kindergarten next year, and I am OK with that.  They also told me that Mommy will not be working next year and will stay home with Emily.  That didn't bother me either.  I think Mommy wanted me to go to school with her though.
It's hard when Mommy and Daddy can't play with me because they are busy.  One time, Mommy tried to play with me but kept falling asleep.  Later, she came in my room and said, "#1-I'm very proud of you, #2-I love you so much, #3-I'm really sorry I couldn't stay awake and play with you."  I replied, "#3-I forgive you!"  I also was setting the table (something I take great pride in) and forgot where the forks go.  Mommy always told me that the forks go on the side that I write with (left).  I went to get a crayon to help me figure out which side that was!
So many things are changing in my life lately, and I am handling it pretty well.  The only behaviors I am showing is that I have a hard time listening at times and tend to interrupt.  That's just because I want attention!  I also have about one crying meltdown a day about things that normally wouldn't bother me.  I think I just need to let my feelings out.  I know Mommy and Daddy love me no matter what.
Holding Emily for the first time

 

 

Daddy showing me how to do it

 I'm a natural!

 Immediate sister love

 Silly time with Mommy in the hospital

 I wanted to help out

First family of four picture

I love holding her!

So proud!

Lining up the Barbies

Read myself to sleep!

Silly time with Daddy

Family picture drawn by me!

I like to help calm Baby Emily down

Special sister time at night

Reading to Emily

5 Years...Snow and birthday parties!!!

I'm 5 Years Old now!!!!  Mommy and daddy can't believe I am that old already!
I had two weeks off school this month.  I took my last trip to see Auntie Heather and Uncle Sean and Ashley and Ian before my sister is born and at the end of the trip, I just wasn't acting right.  Then, I started complaining that "my brain hurt".  The next day, I had a 101.5 fever and complained that everything hurt.  I went to the doctor and had a negative rapid strep test, but he said all my symptoms showed that I had strep.  I went on some yucky chewable medicine that I had to take twice a day for 10 days.  I hated it, but I did it every day.  I even went back to the doctor to check if I had pink eye.  I didn't, but I was out the whole week with a fever.
I was out another week because of the ice and snow.  Mommy and daddy and I had lots of together time!  On the weeks I was at school, I got to go to the gym bus.  I just started and I really like it a lot!  Jeff is my favorite because he is really funny.
One morning in the car, I told Mommy that I just "prayed to God for our house and food and for people."  For some reason, Mommy started to cry.  We had a good talk about God and Jesus and how people can be mean.
We got to celebrate my birthday three weekends in a row.  The first Saturday, we were supposed to have my friend birthday party at Flipz but had to postpone it until the next day.  Emma and Bella and I were all going to celebrate our birthdays together.  Another boy in our class (Noble) was having his birthday party there the next day and offered to let us all join him.  That was so nice of him.  We had a really good time!  We collected food and items for animals who didn't have homes and food.  I was very proud that we did this!
The next weekend, I had my family birthday party at my house.  It was so nice to have everyone come!
Finally, today was my actual birthday.  We had donuts for breakfast, mac and cheese for lunch, pizza for dinner, and popcorn and a movie before bed.  It was a nice, relaxing day.  I was hoping to share my birthday with my baby sister, but maybe she will be born tomorrow.

Pile in the bed!

Birthday party at Flipz

Playing in the snow

 Family birthday party at my house

 I have lots of people to love and who love me!

 Some of my favorite gifts

 With Nana Carol and Papa Ron

 At my last party at preschool for Valentine's Day

 Daddy reading the Frozen book to me

I'm always very grateful for my gifts

 

4 11/12 Years...Christmas in the Air

I had a lot of fun things happen this month.  I had so many Christmas parties!  I had a pj Christmas party at pre-school and another party at my friend Dutch's house.  We had our Christmas at our house before heading to Mommy's hometown.  We had Christmas at Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom's, then went to Great-Grandma Rose's the next morning.  We had Christmas at Papa Ron and Nana Carol's that day too before heading back home.  Christmas night, I had 102 degree fever, but was fine by the next day!  Aunt Michele, Uncle Roger, and Daniel came to stay with us for a while.  That Saturday they were here, we had Christmas with Nana Arden and Papa Ron.  It was a lot of good family time!
Mommy and Daddy went to a Bed and Breakfast the next day and I got to spend the night at Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom's, my first night away from both Mommy and Daddy.  I did great!  On New Year's Eve, Mommy and Daddy declared it "Ellie Day" and let me do whatever I wanted because I had been such a good girl!  I ate McDonald's for lunch, a Popsicle for dinner, and watched 4 movies!  I tried so hard to stay up all night, but fell asleep at 10:45.
After the New Year, we had a visit from Nana Carol and Papa Ron.  I was all ready for other visitors too, but we got a lot of snow and ice and ended up missing our visitors and two days of school.  Mommy and Daddy had a party at our house and I spent the night for the second time away from them at Nana Arden's.  I'm getting ready for when the baby comes!
Funny things I have said: While playing Barbies with Grandma Kathy, she was playing the "groom" and asked if I wanted to go on trips, have kids, and if I would clean.  When she asked this, I said, "I thought maybe you could do that!"  When mommy was trying to figure something out, I told her, "You can look it up on Google!"  When learning about feelings at preschool, I said, "I am happy and excited that mommy has the baby in her baby and that the baby is healthy!"  Mommy thought that was so sweet!
I got to go to a Big Kid's class to help prepare me for being a big sister.  I got to put a diaper on my stuffed animal, make a birthday card for my little sister, and dressed up as a doctor to see a real live baby!  I'm so ready for this-only about 6 weeks to go!
Excited about the preschool Christmas party

 

Just hanging out with my buddy Dutch

Ready for Santa and the reindeer

Elmo the Elf's last night (with magic elf dust to get back to the North Pole!)

 

 I got to hold him before he left!

 Bye bye Elmo!  Say hi to Santa for me!

 Thanks Santa for the presents!

 I love playing with my new princess castle!

 I love reading my new princess book too at Great-Grandma Rose's

 Playing with Tyler

 Yea!  The Little Mermaid!

 Talking with Papa Ron

 Kisses for Papa Ron

 What a great Christmas with Papa Ron and Nana Carol

 Playing with Aunt Michele

 Playing with Daniel

 Boy, I sure do love him!

 And Nana Arden too!

 Everyone wants to play with my cool new toys

 Me and Papa Rodney

 Ta-da!  Jasmine!

 Jasmine and Mulan-working on getting all the Disney princesses

 Also working on getting all the My Little Pony-Equestria Girls

Snuggling with Aunt Michele

 Playing with my cousins

 I sorted all these baby clothes by myself!  I'm going to be such a great big sister!

 Hanging with Crosley

 Diapering my stuffed animal

 Dressed up like a doctor

 Seeing a "real live baby"!

 Passed out at 10:45 on New Year's Eve

 So much fun, I fell asleep all over the place!

 Sometimes, you just have to relax and watch a movie!

 I love my baby sister so much!

 Snow angel!

Getting knocked over by Tyler at Great-Grandma Rose's