I just had the best trip down memory lane, looking back at photos from Emi’s third birthday, second birthday, and first birthday! It is incredible how fast life is flying by; however, Emi turning four last Friday felt right. She is about to become a big BIG sister in three weeks after all.
Last Thursday, on her Birthday Eve, we snuck off to snap some photos during Isla’s tennis lesson. She had an absolute blast – dancing and playing peek-a-boo behind her balloons. A million people stopped to tell her happy birthday, and after a bunch of “thank yous,” she started telling people she was a T-Rex who was celebrating her fourth birthday. They’re currently studying dinosaurs at school, so it made sense, but also resulted in a lot of chuckles. She is, by far, the funniest Petrovic – always cracking jokes.
Things I want to remember about Emi at age four include:
- Her favorite songs are Thunder by Imagine Dragons, the Lion King soundtrack, Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus, Good as “New” by Lizzo, and most songs by “Justin Beavers” (especially Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!).
- Her favorite foods are fries and nuggets and pasta from Barnabys (her favorite restaurant), blueberries, cold waffles, cucumbers, warm apples, tacos, popsicles, and Goldfish.
- Her lovies are still two Lulla dolls – named Rosie and Pompom – she absolutely adores those babies!
- Her boyfriend is Jackson – they are in class together and basically are inseparable. She got to pick one friend to have over on her birthday, and he was a no-brainer!
- She knows how to ride a bike by herself and is a little fish in the water – both new skills learned over the past year. She also took skiing lessons while in Durango and loved it!
- She knows all of the ABCs and how to write them! She loves writing letters – I’m constantly spelling things out loud for her to write. She is a little journaler (most of the time it’s on her own and not real words), but loves being creative!
- Her favorite color is currently green (I think this was originally – and conveniently – chosen by Isla), but also loves pink.
- She still LOVES being carried! She’s in for a rude awakening when her baby sister arrives – I can’t carry three kiddos around!
Emi is such a kind soul, and we absolutely adore her. Four is such a fun age. I would totally freeze time if I could and just bottle up that mature but innocent sweetness!
Here are some of her birthday photos that show off her silly personality!
