Emma is just so much fun. I don’t think I have laughed so much since her daddy was a baby. She is so full of imagination and so smart, she keeps us going that is for sure.
Grandma Mert, Brianna, Emma and I went shopping on Sunday. Emma was showing her independence by wanting to walk instead of ride in the stroller. Brianna has a harness for her so we put it on and let her walk. She liked stopping at everything she could, it took twice as long to go anywhere. A nice family had rented one of the car strollers from the mall and when they seen Emma they gave it to us to use since they were leaving. Emma thought she was really big stuff “driving” around the mall. She would look back at Grandma Mert who was pushing her just to make sure she was watching her drive. We went to lunch and Emma had spaghetti which she ate about all of it (no complaints about Emma’s eating habits here). Grandma Mert was surprised since she is use to Emilee and Skylee’s eating habits which is not to eat much of anything. We wore Grandma Mert out early and she headed home (or Deadwood we found out later!). This leaving Brianna and I chasing Emma who again decided she wanted to walk instead of ride.
We were in Target and found a little shopping cart. I have been looking for one for Emma that looked at least sturdy enough not to be tipping over all the time. Oh how Emma thought that was a lot of fun, shopping like us big girls. She pushed that cart around the store and would pick stuff off the shelves to stick in her basket, usually items that were almost to big for her to pick up (a full size doll and a Pooh Bear). She would just laugh when we would put it back and she would move on to the next thing that caught her eye. Finally (after at least 20 minutes) we made it out of the toy isle. I started putting my stuff in her cart so she felt she was shopping. Everyone thought she was so cute, pushing that cart around. We went and paid and put the small sacks in her cart… wrong thing to do. She didn’t know if she wanted to carry a sack or put it in her cart and push it. She stopped every 3 steps to take the bag out start carrying it for maybe 2 steps while I pushed the cart, then stopping to put it back in the cart and start pushing it again. Finally we decided she needed to move faster so Brianna picked up her cart to carry while I held Emma. This wasn’t to her liking at all and Brianna claims she was throwing a fit but I think she was just showing her independence on doing it her way. We finally got her to walk while Brianna pushed her stroller and carried the shopping cart and all was good and we finally made it out of Target.
Outside of Target is a long slope down to the main floor of the mall. Emma thought that was so fun walking down the slope, she laughed all the way down it. I made her hold my hand so she wouldn’t unbalance herself and she was ok with that. Our shopping trip was going well again, we were all happy (except for Brianna who had to maneuver both the stroller and the shopping cart). Then we went past Victoria Secrets. Emma liked that store, she would look at all the pinks, blacks and reds and want to go in there. I had to get something from there anyway so we went in. She eyed the little shopping bags with the pink stripes and really liked those so I picked up a little purse that says “Angel” on it and had perfume and lotion inside. I asked the lady for a separate bag for that so Emma would have her own shopping bag to carry. She thought that was really cool but kept dumping it. We stopped again so I could tie the strings together so she wouldn’t lose her little purse out of it and she thought I was taking it away. She started crying (Brianna called it a fit) and we knew our shopping trip was about done with. All in all she was a good baby, especially when we let her do things her way, and we had a lot of laughs as she showed how grown up she was getting to be at 1 year old.
Grandpa Kevin got to laugh with us when we got home and she showed him her shopping cart. I put a doll in it and she would take the doll out, hug it and pat it’s back and say “aww” then put it back in the shopping cart. She would drop the doll and I would say “whaaaaa whaaaaa” and she would giggle then pick up her baby to comfort her. She is really enjoying the shopping cart, I am just waiting for her to start shopping in my cupboards!
Emma spent Sunday night with us. She was so tired after all that walking around the mall that she was really easy to get to sleep and she slept so soundly, not waking up until 10am on Monday morning. I never seen a child sleep 12 or more hours like she does. When she woke up we had some oatmeal and a bath and enjoyed playing the rest of the morning, having a short nap about 1 and then going strong until they left last night around 9. Brianna handed me her coat to put on and I said I didn’t want to be the one who makes her cry since she hates coats. Brianna laughed and started taking the laundry out to the car. I said “Emma, better get your jacket on, Mommy and daddy are going to go home and you will have to spend the night again!” She loves her grandma but she was ready to be home at her own house so she hurried to put her coat on and met them down at the door, waving bye-bye to Grandpa. She wasn’t about to be left again!
I am so glad I am able to spend so much time with Emma, she is my sunshine. I love being her grandma!
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