Another Chapter . . .

This baby who would NOT take a bottle her first 7 months of life:

. . . has now given up nursing all on her own. I wasn't ready for this to happen and thought I had several weeks to decide when I WAS ready to be done with this chapter of my life. But Abigail decided for me. So it's a bitter sweet time for me.

And this girl told me today that we needed to text Santa to tell him that she wanted some vegetables that you can cut up and some babies and their play clothes and a bed with covers and a mobile:
We went to a friend's house today and her daughter had lots of fun toys to play with. On the way home Emily told me she wanted to get some of those toys so I told her those would be good things she could ask Santa for when it got closer to Christmas. That's when she had the great idea to just send him a text message instead : )

Emily has also been obsessing lately about making sure she gives each person a hug and a kiss before they go anywhere or go to bed. She even woke us up at 1:00 a.m. the other night crying in our bed that she wanted to give Abigail a hug and a kiss. I don't mean a little whimpering . . . it was a full blown cry. She was half awake and half asleep and was obviously dreaming. She doesn't even remember that she did it. I convinced her that she had in fact kissed Abigail good night and that it was still night time and she needed to sleep some more. So what's up with that? She obviously is having some anxiety in this department since it's coming out in her dreams.

And this is random . . . but I french braided her hair for the first time today: