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Linnea has started talking a lot more lately.  I love it!  I am not the type of mom who really enjoys the baby phase.  I love how silly they are and how snuggly they are but I can't stand the not knowing what they want thing.  And this phase that Linnea is in is exciting and frustrating because I can understand most of what she is saying but when I don't understand her she can get pretty ticked.  She is usually very patient with me but sometimes that Swedish blood runs strong through her veins. Linnea's sense of humor cracks me up!  She is so goofy.  We went to the circus about a month ago and she laughed her head off during the clown act.  I was relieved that one of my kids gets that kind of humor.  (Emma didn't find it funny at all).  Linnea is for the most part a very happy little girl.  She stands up for herself and has been known to make Emma cry from pushing her off of the piano bench.  How my little Linnea does that to her big sister is beyond me.  She's a feisty one.  It's been hard trying to figure out the right way to discipline her because what works for Emma doesn't work for Linnea. 

Emma is getting to be such a big girl!  She has lost 2 teeth already and looks so cute with her toothless smile.  She is getting really good at cutting things.  The other morning when I was teaching preschool we did a review on shapes.  I had them cut out a bunch of different shapes and glue them on a paper and then I put clear contact paper over them to make place mats.  One of the shapes was a star and most of the kids butchered it but Emma cut it out perfectly!  I was way impressed/shocked that she did it.  Jacob has also been going outside with her when he gets home and throwing pitches to her and she's been hitting them with her baseball bat.  She is a very loving big sister and friend and a great helper to her mommy.  Emma is my rule follower.  If anything happens that isn't supposed to she freaks out. (Not really a good thing if you ask me).  Before I close the door at night to the girl's room she asks me what we are going to do when we wake up.  So I tell her and then she asks what we are going to do after that and after that and after that. The girl wants to know exactly what is going to happen in her life.  I've tried to break her of that cycle because I know down the road it's going to cause some serious problems.