A day in the life...

Mine and Emmy's days are fairly ordinary, and usually pretty much the same. It feels monotonous, but I know I'm going to look back one day and say, man, those were the good ol' days. So easy. And since I'm lucky enough (which I definitely realized after listening in on some of the ladies at the salon's conversations) to be a stay at home mom and not worry about the bills and if they will be taken care of, I'm going to try harder to fully appreciate the little blessings that come with spending every waking moment with my sweet baby girl, while she is still my baby (unless you know the book that says "you'll always be my baby"--in that case you know that at this moment I can't imagine not snuggling her constantly). Anyways, that was a total soap box. Now onto recording the little things that our days consist of before they become different in a new home, with new things to do.

MORNING- Emmy wakes up and stands in her crib, staring at me until I see her, then starts giggling. Have I mentioned I can't wait til we sleep in different rooms? But still just across the hall because I could never be too far. She gets so excited for breakfast, but she can't get out of her bed unless the person about to get her out has her blankie and she has her paci in her mouth. Unless you are Papaw, then she will hand you every last blanket and stuffed animal in her bed, and still not leave bed. She's a goof.

AFTERNOON- This changes sometimes. Sometimes we are home and eat lunch and play outside. Sometimes we go to story time. Sometimes we go to lunch with Mimi. Sometimes daddy is home and we get to do lots of fun stuff, like go to the park and feed duckies. And last week we got to go play at a fun all padded play place for little ones. Emmy was in HEAVEN. Oh and I was too. Soooo much energy was released there. Emmy even found herself a few boyfriends. In case you didn't know, she is completely obsessed with boys. She would rather play with boys than girls for sure. She even shows preference on the phone. Daddy? She wants to talk. Papaw? She wants to talk. Aunt Lindsey? Shocked face. Phone on floor. Not a boy. Anyways, one boy at the play area ran up and gave her the biggest hug ever. I think her and I were both shocked. She gave the dirtiest look then kept playing. Then another little boy started following her around. He would put his hand on her back and walk and talk with her, wait for her at the bottom of the slide, try to hold her hand (she was NOT having that though!!) and I even caught him kiss her on the cheek! Had he been older than 3 I would have been worried haha.

NAP TIME- This is my favorite part of the day I think. And no, it isn't because I'm a super mom and get things done during this time, because I get NOTHING (house work related) done at this time. You know what I do get done at this time? Special snuggle bonding. She has a baba and I hold her like she is still 6 lbs. Why? Because she is only going to be smaller than me for a short time (I think we all know this is the truth). Then she falls asleep on me. And I soak it all in. Yes, this has caused some issues with her not being able to take long naps without me, but I don't think of that as a problem, because I want her to still need me!

EMMY'S FAVORITE TIME- Mimi comes home in the evenings. And she gets SO happy! She totally forgets I exist and wants to follow Mimi around and do whatever she is doing and eat whatever she is eating. Emmy loves dinner time. She only likes things with color though, which I shouldn't complain about considering she loves broccoli.

BED TIME for Emmy- Bath. Baba. Story. Brush teeth (by herself because apparently she is WAY too old for me to help her with such things). Lay in crib. Out like a light (another of the many things she inherited from her daddy).

BED TIME for mommy- I say this is my favorite time, until of course Emmy is actually asleep in her own bed and I decide I would much rather her be in my bed snuggling me.

In case you didn't catch on, I don't want this baby to grow up. I need her to stop right where she is and always want to snuggle me forever. As that wise book says, "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, My baby you'll be." (Robert N. Munsch)