My Emilio

Oh, my Emilio.  So little but yet so big.  What is Emilio up to these days?

TALKING:
Well, at a little older than three he is fully talking up a storm.  He is just starting to perfect his English and he sounds like the cutest little foreign exchange student you will ever meet.  He mixes up words and talks with an accent.  I find it to be one of the cutest things about him at the present moment.  He isn't shy so he is sure to strike up conversations with everyone he meets; caring little for if they actually understand him.  He is an extrovert. 


LOVING:
He is so lovey.  He loves to give "snuggy snuggies" which means he is with his banky on your lap rubbing his head into yours and attempted to wrap his little arm around your neck to bring you in closer.  I love those moments.  He actually sits still, much unlike his brother, so you can really just soak him up.  He is especially snuggly with Angel and continues to be somewhat of a Papa's boy. 

FUNNY:
He is funny as all get out.  He is definitely the clown of our family.  He says and does the funniest things, which almost always make dinner time a laugh attack time for me.  He makes up words to songs; making Twinkle Twinkle go on forever and suddenly be about things he is looking at in our living room.  He shakes his waist so funny and fast when dancing he has you on the floor laughing. Most precious is that he can really make Ignacio laugh and he knows it.  He is into burping and the other day at the table I told him he wouldn't have friends if he did that to which he responded, "Kids think it is funny."  Got me there.  When he smiles he shows every tooth in his mouth and they are so big and white it just makes his whole face light up.  Can I also just say that every day is backwards day at our house with Emilio.  He puts his underwear on backwards, his pants and most days his shirt as well.  If you point it out to him he just says he likes it like that.  This leads us to the next category....

STUBBORN:
Emilio, while able to calm down faster now than ever, is still stubborn as all get out.  You really have to know how to work with him because God help you if you are working against him.  He wants to be right (sadly most times he is), wants you to see things from his perspective, wants to do things his way and is particular.  In psychology we call this "differentiating" but at our house we call it "God give me patience."  As his brain develops it is getting easier and Angel is especially good at working with him.  The key is to stay calm.  Calm and steady wins this race.  It is amazing. In one day the same child can make you the most frustrated and then an hour later laughing the hardest you have in weeks.  He is "fire and ice" and I love him for it.