Tuesday, November 11, 2008

You Ever Never Leave Me?

Emma's been saying this for a while now... "Mommy, you ever never leave me????" I say, "No Emma, Mommy will never ever leave you." Sometimes she'll add, "Mommy, you love me, you ever never leave me?" And I'll hug her and reasure her. As much as she needs it confirmed, I'll repeat it to her until she knows that she's unconditionally loved, she'll never be abandoned again, and we are her forever family. Especially if we're not at home; maybe at a store or something, she'll walk around holding my hand and every so often look up at me and either ask it as a question or make the statement, "You ever never leave me mommy!"
Today, Keith and I were in the kitchen fixing lunch and she was jumping around, literally jumping up and down. She was so excited and she kept talking and talking and being silly. She starts most sentences with "Look at my face mom." or "Ya know what dad?" Keith made a comment about her talking so much; he was teasing her and when she figured it out she said, "You funny daddy, you just kidding me." Then out of the blue she burst out, "I love my mommy, I love my daddy, I love my Tyler..." (She went down the whole line, Alex, Drew, and Ellie). Then she said, "I love my whole family!" Then she paused and you could almost see the wheels turning and she said in delight, "My family loves me!!!" (Then went down the line the other way, Daddy loves Emma, Mommy loves Emma.....)Then she hugged my leg so tight. Keith and I just melted. It's amazing that this little girl just turned 3 and has only been with us for 7 1/2 months and only been speaking English that long and she put that all together! I feel sooooo blessed!

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