When Mariah and I arrived at the first sale she made a beeline for this purple, sparkly, stuffed horse. It was love at first sight. She carried it around as I kept looking. There was no way I could take it from her; for one thing, it would have broken her heart and another was that it was a horse. I love horses and any opportunity I can get to instill that love in Mariah I take. So we bought it for three dollars and headed on our way.
I went to several yard sales and came home with nothing. No baby clothes, just Mariah's new best friend. Tanner just shook his head but didn't seem to mind too much when he found out how much we paid for it. I threw it in the washer and it came out looking like new.
And I think the horse is growing on Tanner. He named it Steve and now if we tell Mariah to go get Steve she runs and grabs her purple pony. She has become obsessed with music and dancing and will bring my ipod to me and whine until I turn music on so she can dance around with Steve. Doesn't get any cuter than that people.
And then there is her baby doll. Grandma Young got it for her this summer and she was so excited. She didn't want to put it down. Now she will carry the baby around patting it on the back and giving it kisses.
We've been giving her eyedrops and at the beginning she would scream and thrash and act like we were torturing her. I then received inspiration from the Heavens. I got her baby doll and let her "put" eye drops on her baby. She does so much better now.
Giving her baby kisses
It gives me hope that she will be just as loving and gentle with her baby brother. I don't know how she can keep getting cuter, but she does. Sure love that baby girl!
