The two musketeers...

Ok, here I am again. It is late, I am up, Emma's a sleep, and I tell ya, this blogging thing is addictive. I have so much to share. I start writing a little bit, and all of a sudden, I have written an entire chapter or close to, anyway. Mostly my thoughts coming out, but also some tips and ideas about stuff.

Most of the stuff comes from Emma. She is hilarious. Everyday she does something funny and totally new. She started sitting up by herself about a month ago, and I am simply amazed by how good she is at that now. She can get up to sitting from any position and she does it fast too. She is also crawling or what ever you call it when she's pushing herself forward with her arms while her body is still on the ground. She is also climbing on me and furniture like a monkey. I call her that now - my monkey. She likes that because every time I say that to her she smiles. Her smile is just the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. I can see in her eyes that she smiles from there. Have you ever thought about that? Most people smile with their mouth. Almost all babies smile with their eyes. You can tell they are sincere.

Today I went to Ikea because I had an errand in a neighboring town and Ikea was just there. I ended up spending a fortune on toys for her, but I don't care. I just love to watch her interact with her toys and when she figures stuff out. She has all these funny conversations with her toys too. They have like this secret language that only they understand. Emma is very involved with their conversations and they can go on for hours sometimes. Every now and then she turns to me as if she is explaining what is being discussed and I love it. I just sit back and watch her feeling like the luckiest person alive.

Emma and I have grown very close these last few weeks when my husband has been away on business. It has been very challenging and trying in many ways, but it has also ultimately been allowing us to get to know each other on a whole new level. I sometimes feel like we are the two musketeers - all for one one for all.....us against the world or something. It is nice. I would love to find out what she is saying, though, and I can't wait for her to start taking for real. Children have this amazing ability to stay open minded about things, and I love that about them. They do not judge people or hold back. They simply are who they are without excuses. I think we might all have something to learn about that....