It’s hard to believe that Emmy is almost 7 weeks, and Grammy seems more and more like a little girl, and less a toddler.

I can’t remember when the baby talk ended and real sentences started, but I still hang on to the little baby nuances that Graem has: “mine arms,” “you’re taking for a long time,” “lellow” instead of “yellow.” It’s fun to hear how Graem process ideas that we’ve told her. I explained to her why she had to be gentle with Emerson’s head, about how she still has a soft spot and the bones in her head haven’t grown together yet. Graem explained to a friend that she had to be extra careful with Emmy’s head because “when she’s a baby, the bones are at the bottom, but now that I’m a big girl, the bones are at the top.”

We had a whole discussion at Chinese Buffet about how Mama didn’t know Mommy when Mommy was a little girl, but she was there when Graem was a baby. Graem also mentioned, “When I was a baby, Mommy had the milk, but Mama didn’t, but now that Emmy’s a baby, Mama has the milk and Mommy doesn’t.”

I feel like I’m missing out now that I’m back at work. I’m exhausted too–we woke up at 3 am when Emmy was awake and chatting, so we turned the lights on and just stared at her as she smiled and stuck her tongue out at us. Her smiles are getting bigger and more frequent every day, and they seem more intentional! She’s almost starting to laugh–grunts, really–but it’ll be any day now that she giggles.

I guess I should try to get an hour more of sleep before *sigh* work…