Saturday, June 21, 2008

Remember a few weeks ago when Emma spent her very first night away from me? Suddenly she seems to be growing up so fast, because last night she left to spend the next five or so days at my mom's house. She is going to VBS with my mom at her church next week. My brother commutes to Kansas City from halfway across the state, so he drove her back to his house after work last night, and then my mom picked her up from there this morning and took her home. Noah and I are going to drive there on Wednesday or whenever Emma decides she misses us too much, whichever comes first. I got a little choked up as I watched her drive away with my brother last night, especially when I saw her in the backseat, bravely trying not to cry.I think she'll do okay because they have lots of fun stuff planned and she's been excited about this for a long time. She packed her suitcase about a week ago and then kept adding things all week so by the time we were ready to go she had a suitcase and about six laundry baskets packed with stuff she just had to bring. She kept coming out of her room with some random book or toy that hasn't been touched in two years and saying, "Well, of course I need to bring this!". In the end I told her she needed to narrow it down to her suitcase and one laundry basket, which she did finally manage to do after lots of discussion and indecisiveness.It's been weird having Noah here all alone, and I am feeling a little bit sorry for him because he will never have the opportunity to be the only child. Obviously we pay attention to him normally, but I can really tell the difference in how much I am able to dote on him when he is the only one here. I'm happy that Noah and I have this chance to spend some one-on-one time together, although I am sure we will both be excited to be reunited with our sweet Emma in a few days.

7 comments:

Chick in the Czech said...

It sounds like David and Emma had fun, so I think that at least the first night was a success!

Mary Beth said...

It's nice that you get to spend a few days with the baby before the new baby arrives. Enjoy! And I'm sure Emma will have a great time. She is so cute!

Deanna said...

Aww, bittersweet.

And what great pictures of her!

Hey, Lydia asked the other day if we could invite Emma over to swim, so when she gets home, let me know and we'll see if we can set something up! She wanted to invite Emma to her birthday, but didn't tell me until the day of her birthday!

Anonymous said...

I AM HAVING FUN. I THINK YOU ARE HAVING FUN WITHOUT ME. I THINK NOAH WILL MISS ME. BYE. I LOVE YOU.
EMMA
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Hamons said...

Ahhh, how sweet, a message from Emma. She really is growing up - isn't it amazing how suddenly they are ready for things for which you yourself maybe are not so ready? I hope she has a grand time telling you and Noah all about her adventures!

p.s. we have that same cute rainbow shirt and E loves it =)

Shawn said...

Those pictures of Emma are so cute! How sweet of your mom. I can remember staying with my grandma and going to bible school and it was the best time ever. I'm the only child and let me just say that growing up wasn't fun I would have liked a sibling to play with :)

Allison said...

Cute pictures! I'm sure Emma will have fun this week with your mom.
Sounds like you and Noah will have some fun.

My big baby is headed for church camp in Branson right now. We'll miss her.