Little Napoleon

Yes, I am referring to my baby as Little Napoleon.  She digs in firm and likes silly hats lately so I think the comparison is appropriate.  The latest example of her strong personality involves 6 pairs of Elmo underwear and 1 pair of Abby Cadabby to be exact.  She insisted on wearing all 7 pairs on her head yesterday afternoon after waking from her nap with the underwear firmly in her grasp. It is now 24 hours later and the underwear have not left her side.  They have been to the dentist office in SLO, Best Buy, lunch at Firestone Grill and back down for a nap.

 This is "CHEESE" face.

And this morning after breakfast, she magic marker'd her face...again...so off we went to take a shower. But when I asked her to drop the 7 pairs of underwear in her hands to get in the shower with me she chose to stand at the door, shivering, crying, shouting "ELMO" for a good 5 minutes before finally giving in, setting them down and joining me in the shower so I could wash the green face before her first ever dentist appointment.  I just kept thinking to myself that stubborn has a new face in our household! The moment I turned off the water she immediately shouted "ELMO" and headed for the door to towel off. She wouldn't even put them down to allow me to put her clothes on and a few pairs got stuck in her sleeve...

Marlie had another stellar dentist visit.  She woke up this morning at 7 am and immediately rushed to brush her teeth.  When I called upstairs to see what she was up to and then explained that the appointment wasn't until 10:30 and we needed to have breakfast first, she came downstairs deflated and said "ok, I guess I'll have cereal then..."  She has spent the rest of the afternoon brushing her teeth.  They can't get dirty!

Harper's first visit didn't go so well.  A poor kid was getting some drilling done in the next seat over and I think the loud noise scared her from go.  She wouldn't let anyone in her mouth and cried clutching her daddy the whole time.  See puffy eyes and even some hives.  She did, however, gladly accept the balloon puppy and swag bag with new princess toothbrush, floss and stickers.  Not sure how they bill that to insurance!