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One of my favorite things about Emma’s age is the random acts of love I get on a daily basis. As hard as she plays, she is also quite the lover. Giving kisses and hugs comes very naturally to her. I especially love it when she gives Kendall that intense look of love where she just wants to squeeze her to death. She grits her teeth together and hugs her tight — sometimes too tight! — saying, “I love you so much!”

This past week, she did two things that really melted my heart:

I am washing dishes and she is nicely playing with her doll house and “peoples.” Out of nowhere, she comes up to me and says, “Mom, you are my best friend” and gives my leg a big squeeze.

We are sitting at the table, finishing lunch, and she says to me, “Mommy, I love Jesus so much.”

Could I be any prouder?

Emma blows me away daily with all that she says correctly — she even gets her pronouns correct most of the time — but there are some things that I refuse to correct her on, simply because I am not ready for my baby to grow up.

A few examples…

“Hold You!” — Her way of asking me to hold her, although she has corrected herself a few times lately 🙁

“Applepines” — Pineapples! This one just makes me smile all day.

“Bapes” — Grapes. This has become a family favorite.

“Momiter” — Monitor. As in the one that tells us Kendall has woken up from her fifth 10-minute nap of the day.

And then there are the times when Jeff and I just look at each other in disbelief that we are holding complete conversations with our very opinionated 2 year old.

One example from this week…

E: “Mommy, I want to watch TV.”

M: “You already watched Mickey Mouse this morning.”

E: “How ’bout a little bit TV?”

M: “Why don’t you sit next to Daddy and watch football?”

E: “No, Mommy. That’s not a great idea.”