Emma is 18 months old!!!!!!

Weight: 25 lbs
Length: TALL!!!!!  Chris took her to the doctor and forgot to write it down! :-)
Eating: Emma LOVES food.  All of it, except fruit.  The only fruit that I can get her to eat is applesauce and every now and then a banana.  She recently started loving broccoli.
Sleeping: She is still an amazing sleeper.  Even when she is sick she always sleeps all night in her crib.  She hardly ever wakes us up at night and is so easy to put down.  She goes to bed around 7:30 and sleeps til 8:30 most days.  She is down to one long afternoon nap.  Ryan and her nap at the same time, which is awesome! Emma is already on the schedule that she will need for preschool n the fall!
Size: 18-24 month clothing, size 4 diapers. Shoe size 5.5.
Newest Accomplishments: taking her diaper off when she naps, climbs onto everything (especially tables),  she says: more, okay, mama, ready set go, yay!, one, two, three, no.  Emma is not as verbal as Ryan was but she definitely comprehends things.  She will go get Zeebee when you tell her to, her clothes and shoes and diaper when you ask her to.  She goes and sits down in her chair when you tell her it is time to eat.  Emma loves to figure things out. She has an engineer like mind and likes to see how things work.  Emma has gotten really good at swimming.  She puts her face in and can kick and paddle and get her head above water.

Loves: Zeebee, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, reading books, playing in Ryan's room, taking everything out of a container and then moving on to the next container to make a mess, drinking bath water, swimming at Grandpa's, laying on me and snuggling when I get home from being gone, playing silly tickle and wrestling games with her Daddy and sister, pacifier, brushing her teeth, biting for a reaction (not cool), blocks, her piggy bank, Ryan's Toy Story lunch box and characters, sandbox

A few of the many things I LOVE about my Pea: I love how she says "Okaaaay!" when I ask her if she wants something, how she lays her head on my shoulder when I sing You Are My Sunshine every night at bedtime, her sweet kisses, the way she sticks up for herself against Ryan- Emma can hold her own, her laid back and low maintenance personality, her giant fangy smile!

She is just too darn cute!

                                                            Practicing with a spoon

Playing in Ryan's room

Mommy snuggles

Sad Pea

My favorite smile! 

Destroying everything in sight! Love her!

Happy 3rd birthday my sweet Munch!

Ryan Layne Ivie is THREE!  

We aren't sure how this happened, but it did.

Our Munch has made us smile for three years and it just keeps getting better!

Our happy three year old Ry Pie

Munch loves going to the movies and eating popcorn!
Mamaw and I took her to see Charlotte's Web (the movie not the cartoon)
to kick off her birthday week!

Pink toes for her party!

Watching a special bday wish from Santa!

She opened some gifts from Mamaw, Pa and Aunt Krishia early.

The morning of her birthday!
I opened up the window and let the sun shine in!

She was giggling, not crying!

Birthday hug from Daddy

Opening gifts from Mommy and Daddy

Daddy took the girls for donuts!

Modeling her new Ariel swimsuit from Mamaw and Pa

Ready for her party to start so she can get in the pool with Grandpa!

"I miss my Grandpa!"

Whenever Ryan gets busted creeping in the hallway at night she always says this!  Along with a few fake sniffles she repeats how much she misses her Grandpa.  It was cute the first time. Grandpa would probably enjoy it every time.  I refrain from letting Ryan call him to tell him how much she misses him.  She asks to every time!  During normal daytime hours I let her and he is very receptive to the phone calls.  I drew the line though, no night time phone calls (unless there is "under", of course).  She still sleeps in her bed all night it just seems like she isn't falling asleep until later.  We still put her down between 8:00 and 8:30, but she has been known to creep until 10:00!  This may be a sign that she doesn't need a 3 hour afternoon nap anymore.  No way I am giving up the nap all together, but I may start shortening it.  Maybe.........I get a LOT done in 3 hours!

She has a few new night time tricks up her sleeve. 

She has creeped into my room while I was asleep and grabbed my big toe. Scary

She often slightly opens our bedroom door, peeks in, and then shuts it.  We usually ignore this one and she goes back to bed.

But, my favorite was when she was sticking her hand underneath our door and whispering to me!  I was not responding, but instead holding in my laugh while we took pictures of her little hand!  

We did let her climb in bed with us after the 4 a.m. toe grab.  I ended up going to the guest bedroom though because I cannot sleep with my kids.  Poor Chris was on the very edge of the bed when I snuck back in to get my running shoes at 7 a.m..  Ryan had the whole bed and most the covers but they were both crashed out!