I know she’s getting older but…..

Emily is as tall as me and looks stunning!

She’s a young lady… but to me, she will always be my baby!

I know, she’s 15! I know she’s not a baby but as I explained to her before, she’s “my” baby. My one and only.

Lately, when we eat out, something new is happening…

Although I am still helping Emily order, I let her give her order to the server.

Although I am still taking her plate first when supplemental prep work is required before she can eat, she does a good job at eating on her own.

Although occasionally, I still have to help her wipe her mouth or fingers after a meal…

When its time to bring our bill, the servers are now asking if its 1 bill or if we are paying separately…!

Wow!

I never saw this coming but in the last couple of weeks it happened 3 or 4 times.

Yes, we eat out too much but that’s not the point… The point is that our servers thought Emily and I might have been friends or colleagues eating out and that we need to separate our bill.

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I’ve try to have Emily pay for both of us but so far its not working.

When did you notice strangers looking at your kids as their own person instead of looking at them as your kids?

How did it feel?

Take it from someone who never dreamed this would happen… It’s awesome and yes, even if it means I’m getting older!

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My kind of Saturday morning

This morning, Emily closed our bedroom door so she and the dogs wouldn’t wake us up.

This can be good or bad depending what she’s doing.

This morning, she was quietly watching tv.

When I woke-up (way later than usual) I told Emily to get dress as we were going out for breakfast.

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This is what she decided the wear!

It covers the chest and the mid-section of her body so its perfect! Today, my baby looked like a bohemian!

We went for breakfast at Cora’s and Emily picked a crΓͺpe stuffed with Nutella and bananas!!! I know I could easily make these at home but a jar of Nutella never last long here…

If there is a jar of Nutella in the house, you will most likely find Emily with the jar and a spoon hiding in the open eating as much as she can before being caught.

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At breakfast, we talked about Broadway shows and I believe we decided that the Lion King is the one we will try to catch while in NYC.

After breakfast, we stopped by Pet Smart to get food for Maple…

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Isn’t she cute? When we are out of food for her, she gets to eat Jake’s food… He is still a puppy so somehow his food is really yummy to her!!!

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Isn’t he handsome?

Yes, the big dog is our baby. The little dog is our older dog and the boss.

Once we got Maple’s food, we went to Scholar’s choice.

That is one of mine and Emily’s favorite store. It’s full of books, puzzles and educational games. This morning we bought everything we will need to stay busy on our plane rides to NYC and to keep busy in the evening when we will be back in our hotel room.

After the shopping, we stopped by Starbucks, Emily took a green Iced tea lemonade while I ordered a caramel macchiato with extra caramel for my favorite guy who was about to wake-up for the day.

Nothing for me, I have to limit my coffee intake!

Once we got back in the car, Emily picked songs I like on the CD we were listening to. She rarely does that, she normally picks her music, her songs…

When I asked her what was going on she said “I love you”

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I love her too!!! I am a lucky mom!!!

Today was great!!!