It's funny how much I love Carmen. Okay, so "funny" may not be the right word, but sometimes I'm surprised by the weird things I decide to do because of her.
For example, I was eating a bowl of Special K cereal the other day, and I was picking out the freeze-dried strawberries. I used to pick out the strawberries and eat them because I like them, much like I used to pick out the marshmallows from my Lucky Charms or all of the M&M's out of the trail mix (Mom loved that, let me tell ya!) ... but no, I wasn't picking out the strawberries so I could eat them because I love them so much; I picked them out so Carmen could eat them because it's so adorable how much she loves them!
Today, I got to enjoy the fruits of my labors (no pun intended?) ... Carmen was eating lunch and saw the box of cereal on the kitchen counter. "Cereal?" ("see-yo") she asked. I poured some of the cereal out onto her high chair tray and was pleased that it was mostly strawberries. Of course, she ate all of the strawberries and asked for more. "Strawberries? More?" ("stawbizz? moh?") It was so stinkin cute. Plus the "thank you" is like a cherry on top.
Carmen is so sweet. I love seeing what she loves and how passionately she loves it. Today she carried around this little black Beanie Baby cat and called it her baby kitty. She fell asleep with it in the car when we dropped Sadie off at school. My sister got really sick over Christmas and it was a really stressful time for our family. It was great to be able to spend time with Carmen and experience the pure joy she emanates and brings with her everywhere she goes.
I'm sure there are other weird things I do because Carmen likes it (like the funky dances in the car) ... but the strawberries thing really stuck out today. :)
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