Growing Up Too Fast

This weekend we bought a big girl bed for Emory!  Oh my gosh, where has the time gone?  I cannot believe we are about to be without a single crib in our home.  It is hard to believe just over a year ago we had three cribs, and now we will have none!  There are many things that are wonderful about reaching this point...we can go places entirely stroller-free...our children can communicate (most of) their wants and needs...but I just can't help but be sad to see time passing by so fast! 

Aidan has been very sensitive..moreso than usual.  He saw me with tears in my eyes after taking all the sheets and things out of Emory's crib.  His face got so serious, and he looked like he was holding back tears.  The same thing happened the other day.  I was transferring our wedding video from VHS to DVD, and I stopped to watch a clip of my late grandfather wishing Jason and I a wonderful marriage.  I started to cry, and Aidan saw my face and started to cry, too. 

Alanna has been really interested in the wedding video, and she has decided she can't wait to marry me when she grows up!  :)  Somehow, I think she'll change her mind!  She loves watching the reception and keeps asking to watch everyone dancing.  Toward the end of the video, there is a clip of everyone doing the Hokey Pokey (this was just a funny thing the DJ did after the Murray-Sanderson clan did the Rock Lobster).  Anyway, Aidan and Alanna started doing the Hokey Pokey, and Alanna started striking these poses that just cracked me up every time she sang "That's what it's all about!" 

This morning we did a grocery store run, and luckily for the kids, there were three kids' shopping carts available!  It is hilarious watching them push their carts around.  One of the carts is really hard to steer...the wheels barely turn at all.  Aidan and Alanna get frustrated with it, but not Emory.  I don't know if it's her persistence or brute force that she uses to maneuver that thing around.  She's the only one of the three who can handle it!  We got to the checkout line with only a few things that weren't on the list...which we caught, thank goodness!