My sweet, sweet Emily

So for some stupid reason I seem to post mainly about accomplishments and frustrations, when I should be sharing amazingly sweet stories like what happened at bedtime tonight.

Emily likes to "hide" a book under her bed during the day, and then have a Surprise Book (or Purrize Book, as she calls it) for her story to go to sleep.  Sometimes I sneak one in that she's not expecting, and that's fun, too!  Since she's been sick, she's been napping in the afternoons, and then staying up late, and it's not a good system for us.  Today, we didn't let her nap, and lucky for us, Sullivan grandparents were here for dinnertime so she was a happy girl on her best wiggliest behavior.  But last night, she didn't want to sleep because she wasn't tired yet, and she was mad that I was putting her to bed at 8:30 instead of 10 like the night before.  I tried to give her a hug, and she pushed me away, hand to my throat, so I hugged her anyway, kissed her head, told her I loved her, and said goodnight sweetie, and went downstairs.  She howled for nearly an hour after that, and my awesome hubby took care of all of it.  After a while, she was upset because she did want to give me a hug, but he said that I was downstairs, and if she wanted to hug me, she should do so when I'm tucking her in.  In retrospect it seems harsh, but at the time, I was just too tired to deal with it.  I had spent the day getting her glasses of water she wouldn't drink, dressing her in clothes she immediately removed, serving her food she wouldn't eat, trying to read her stories that she wouldn't sit still for, and finally putting her in a bed where she wouldn't sleep.  And Travis was tired of the howling. 

Tonight, she was exhausted, and I read her one book, turned off her light, sang her a song, and offered her a hug.  She gave me the biggest, most wonderful hug, and said, (unprovoked), "I sorry I pushed you away. Don't cry, Mom, it'll be all right.  You a nice mom."  I got all teary anyway. :)  I asked Travis what he had told her last night, to make sure he wasn't guilting her or upsetting her into thinking I was mad at her, or anything, and he said he had barely mentioned it.  What a sensitive, sweet girl!  I will have to be more and more careful what I say when I'm frustrated, because she is digesting every single bit of what she hears, and taking it to heart.  Which is insane because i can say other things to her a million times and they just go whizzing right by; complex things like put your shoes away, or take another bite.  But yeah, she's a wonderful little girl.  I love her!!!!!