My little princess

Emma thrives on attention. I mean, seriously, she lives for it. I was dancing with her this evening, and she kept saying, "Hey! Hey!" to Grandpa, trying to get him to look at her and see that she was dancing. Once he looked, she just grinned and soaked up the adoration.

It's no surprise, then, that she does the same thing when we're out in public. Take today. I got her a toboggan for Christmas, but when we got snow a couple days ago, I couldn't stand to wait any longer, so she got her toboggan early. We had an ice storm that evening, so yesterday we couldn't go anywhere. So I bundled Emma up in her snowsuit, strapped her into her toboggan, covered her with a blanket, and we took off down the street.

People were outside shoveling their driveways, but in Emma's view, they were out to see her. She shouted "Hey!" at everyone she saw along the way. When someone looked up, she blew kisses, just like a princess in a parade! She was out, bestowing her kisses on her subjects, and assuming that every one of them was lapping it up. Of course, many of them were! There are few things that are cuter than a toddler, bundled into a toboggan, and going for a ride.

One additional thing...we had a base of about six inches of snow when the ice started to fall. We ended up with a 1 1/2 inch layer of ice over the snow, and more snow on top. I actually went out and shoveled the driveway, and what a job that was! I was out for about two hours, trying to get the driveway cleared enough for all of us to get our cars out. I've never been so physically exhausted. Remember, I had a c-section; even childbirth was not as tiring as shoveling that driveway! But today, the clouds cleared, and the sun shined down on our ice-covered world, and I can honestly say that there are very few things that are more beautiful than the sight that greeted us when we looked outside. Of course, I'll have to send some pics to this blog...they're too pretty to not share!