For the love of shoes

I have every intention of living all my heel wearing dreams through Emma. I can't wear any shoes higher than 2 inches with out being taller than Jason. So, I have promptly given Emma all the shoe loving instructions that she needs. And, boy does she love her shoes. She wants them on her feet all the time. New shoes light up her face and she wants to put her new shoes on right away even if she's already wearing a pair. She looks at her feet while she walks (to the point of running into walls) so that she can watch her shoes. She tries to wear Daddy's and mine shoes all the time. If I'm not wearing shoes she brings me a pair (sometimes two shoes from two different pairs) so that I can put on a pair. And she gets upset if either of us are not wearing shoes. I'm relatively certain she can say shoe and says it when she wants to go outside. Heaven forbid if you try to take her shoes off before it's bed time. I can't wait until I can start buying her all the pretty heels! And the best part of it all....I have Jason's blessing on the matter :)

On another note: I was just telling Jason that I didn't really miss Emma's younger stages. As Emma grows I embrace it happily and don't really ever look back. But, one thing I realized I do miss is when she used to hum herself to sleep. When ever she was tired she would start humming in mono-tone until she was asleep. It was really cute and actually kind of soothing. Now she just whines when she's tired. Do we, as adults teach them to whine in our daily behavior? Hmm, something for me to ponder over. I must be so careful that Emma learns only good character traits from me even if it means acting from time to time in a way I wouldn't normally act. But, that should be a good thing for me. Fortunately, after having this very thought of missing her humming, though, she started doing it again. Probably because Daddy's been getting on her about not whining.