Baby

Warm weather means garage sales! I love to go garage saleing (yes, it is a verb), and I am hoping that Emma will learn to love it as well. Otherwise it will be long, lonely summers for us. :)

Yesterday we went out for a walk on our street with empty pockets and no stroller or doggie. We were free! So we first headed to the right, two doors down to check out their garage sale. Emma loved the books and the dancing Elmo doll. Luckily, she didn't get attached to anything so I was able to easily get her to walk back the way we came. We kept walking past our house towards the other end of the street and another garage sale.

At this sale, there was a blanket of stuffed animals and dolls in the middle of the driveway. Emma was instantly distracted by the plush pile and in particular, a small baby doll. I took the opportunity to browse while she "played" with the baby. Since I didn't have any money, I did not purchase the cute, black flip flops for 75 cents- a real bargain. I scooped up Emma and introduced ourselves. Emma kept saying "baby" so I had to carry her across the street and away from "baby." She almost had a meltdown, but for some reason we managed to get almost back home before she sat down and refused to move. I carried her back home with the resolve to scrounge up some change and buy "baby" later in the day.

This morning, Baby was waiting for Emma downstairs. You should have seen the way her eyes lit up and heard the excitement in the way she said "baby!" Emma proceeded to give her kisses and hugs and tried to put the pacifier in Baby's mouth. Baby sat in Mama's seat for breakfast; Mama had to sit somewhere else. Baby came with us when we did more garage saleing this morning. Baby is currently sleeping on the floor next to Emma's crib. Emma is currently not sleeping, however. (Perhaps Baby needs to sleep out of sight or perhaps garage saleing put Emma in an overtired state. ) We'll see where this relationship heads to! I am thinking that a stroller and crib for Baby need to be found. More garage sales here we come!