Little mama.

I don't know about your kids but my little LOVES playing with "babies".  She has about 100 of them and she knows where they all are at any given time.  It is amazing really.  I will not be able to find one that she wants to take with us in the car or something.  She will be like, "Oh, Emma is on the floor in the bedroom upstairs with a blanket on top of her by the bed".  Okayyyyy.  

She sets them up and takes their picture.  (all her...not me)

She lays them all out for naps.  

Oh and since this picture was taken they each must have their very own blanket or shit hits the fan.  So I wash dish towels multiple times a week.  (Or maybe I don't and just put them back in the drawer.  Who knows?)

She gives them baths.  

This was one of those "she is being too quiet so what the heck is she doing moments".  

She reads books to them.  

She sets up tea parties for them.  

She gives them timeouts.  Then she explains to them that "you need to listen to me.  When you do not listen you get timeout.  Okay?  Love you.  Now hug and tiss".  Hmmmmm.

She loves them and if they fall (or she throws them) she runs over and gives them a big hug and kisses their boo boo's.  It is all really really sweet.  

But Y'ALL.  I can't tell you the happiness that leapt from my little girl's face when she got to hold a real live 3 day old actual for real BABY.  Holy.    

My friend Tina just had her third baby and we went over for a visit.  Blakely had never held a baby before.  Well that changed real quick.  At first she wanted me to hold him with her.  But after about a minute of that she told me that she could do it by herself.  It was the sweetest thing ever.  I had to hold back my ugly cry a few times.  

She kissed him about 100 times.  She would look over at me and whisper "Mommy, can I kiss him on his head?"  Then, "Mommy, I am gonna kiss his ear".  Then his cheek, then his lips, then his hand and on and on and on.  

She did not want to leave.  Really, I didn't either!  He was just so fresh and snuggly.  We can't wait to go back and see baby Diffin!  His name is really Griffin but since B calls him Diffin that is his nickname around here.  ;)

This girl needs a baby sibling pronto, no?