A couple of things...

I forgot to mention this one fit (out of a few) where Evi got one on me. We were in the car, on the way home from our last Disney park visit (she hadn't had a nap) and she was throwing somewhat of a fit and kicking the back of Scott's seat. I told her to stop kicking the seat. So...she left one foot on the seat and began to stomp the other foot on top of that one. When I got onto her again she looked right at me and said, "I'm not, I'm kicking my foot". How, at 3 years of age, can she already be that...I don't know, tricky?!?!?! Little Turkey. All I could do was turn around, she had me on that one.

Back to school had a rough start. All that time off with mommy made it hard to go back I guess. Even gymnastics was a challenge. It took me 50 minutes to get her to go into the last 5 minutes of class! And she usually loves gym. In any other situation that she won't participate, we just leave, but this, I pay too much for to just walk out. We actually got in the car and pulled out of the parking lot twice! I threatened her with everything I could think of...no toys, not going to GiGi & ChaCha's (we were leaving for Houston later that day regardless). It's like we backtracked over the holidays! She gets upset when people new people enter a room again, from friends to family, even when she knows who they are. Hopefully everyone takes it in stride and knows it's not personal! she's just expressing herself at the cost of everyone's feelings, but hey, she's 3, what can I do?

And man is she bossy!! Yes, I know, much like her mother! She'll stomp that foot and say "NO". Tell you what to do. Part of it is the age, since friends with kids tell me they are experiencing the same. But part of it is also me, I know. I talk so firmly to her, but it was the way I could get through and make her listen to me. So, of course, she does the same. Once again, my child is a reflection of myself and I hear the way things sound coming out of her mouth from me, and I have to reevaluate myself! But who is this child now? All of sudden she throws these fits where she just screams and tenses her whole body. (I do not do this!!) I don't understand it. Through out the holidays she started acting out in public. I'll admit it is my fault. After over a year of telling her my expectations before we go in public, I kind of got lazy about talking to her about it, assuming that after all this time she would know by now the behavior that's expected. Obviously I overestimated her 3 year old brain and control. I have started talking to her again before we go in anywhere, and it helps. So, in the end, it's mommy trying to be "nice".
I know I'm almost making her sound like a bad kid, she's not. She mostly very very sweet and a good girl, it's just my hot topic right now.

The other day she was asking what we wanted to be, she wanted to be a "tater tot" And I just thought she literally meant tater tot, like from sonic. So I kept replying "onion rings". Then a couple of days later "The Land Before Time" came on with dinosaurs, and she said, there's a tater tot! when the dinos came on. Then I realized she had been trying to say "triceratops" all along!
Chacha told her he was going running because he had to get in shape so he could keep up with her little brother (no we don't know the sex, just wishful thinking on his part). Later when he came back in the room Evi said, "Did you catch him?" It was funny!
She wants the baby to be a girl, and of course daddy is hoping for a boy. Mommy, just wants a healthy baby. Of course part of me wants it to be a girl for Evi because I'm so glad I have sisters, but the other part thinks the opposite sex might be fun(although frightening!!)
We went to visit my high school girlfriend Bethany and her 12 week old twin boys. They were so cute. But of course Evi would only look out of the corner of eye at them for about the first 2 hours! One started crying out a little while laying on the couch, so I picked him up and sat next to Evi. She immediately became hysterical! So I then had to put the baby down and pick up my LARGE 3 year old baby!! I hope this is not a sign of things to come! She did finally start tallking to one of the babies right before we left. It was pretty cute.
Speaking of babies...We are 4months along now! Can you believe it? One more month and I'll be halfway there! It definitely goes faster the second time when your already busy with one child. The first time I felt like I was pregers forever!!!! I'm definitely showing now. Although I'm at the point that just have a little potbelly. Most my maternity shirts are still too big (why buy smalls when you need them for such a short time. ) So I wear a few shirts that I have that are not maternity and they definitly show off the potbelly. But, at least I've actually got a reason for having one now!! And the names on the side are just names that have caught my attention. I'm not sold on any particular one at this point, and of course my husband has no opinions of his own.