My Journey

I haven't written specifically about Journey in a while so I thought I'd catch up on what she's been doing lately.

Journey is 3 1/2 years old now. Already. She is my sweet girl who loves to wrap her arms around Willow and I and declare, "We're the girls, Mama. We're the girls!" She spends a lot of time mothering her "babies", which are stuffed animals most of the time. She feeds them (just like I do!), puts them to bed, changes their diapers, spanks them for getting out of bed and talking in bed, and takes them shopping or to the park. When I'm feeding Willow, she will take the couch opposite me, lift her shirt and feed her baby for a couple seconds. Then will quickly remove the baby saying "No, no! Don't bite!" Hmmm, I wonder where she's heard that?! :)

Journey is very independant and loves to play all by herself. On the few occasions I've tried to sit and "play" with her, she gets confused and asks me to leave. And when it comes to Aspen, lets just say she has a "mind of her own". Lately I've noticed the following situations:

Aspen will run into the house calling for her, asking her to come play with him, come see a bug, whatever. She will completely ignore him and act like she didn't hear a thing. He will continue yelling for her, running around the house looking for her. She keeps ignoring him until she is "found", only to refuse to play or come with him to see what he wants to show her. This makes him crazy! Then he will beg her to come play.....He can't control her! Such a girl. Even at this young age, she loves control and knows how to play hard to get. Sometimes, it's such a great picture of myself........ and I feel a little bad for Mark.

I also notice when they do play together (lately it's been "house" with the animals. Which involves a lot of spanking their "kids" for getting out of bed, haha), Aspen has to do what Journey wants and not the other way around. Because she can take or leave him playing with her, but he wants to play with her. Ahh, girls :)

Journey is also incredibly sweet and loving. Randomly, throughout the day she will say, "Mommy.....I loooove you...". She also notices and will comment when I get something new or wear something I haven't worn in a while. I love it.

With Daddy (like Aspen), she plays hard to get. She loves to be tickled and wrestle, but will say "don't tickle me......don't tickle me........" (all the while wanting him to chase her).

I could go on and on. She loves babies (real ones). She's protective of her baby sister (if she notices people talking to Willow, she will run over to Willow, hug around her and tell them that "this is MY baby sisto!"). There are times when she still wants to be the baby. And it seems like she is constantly hungry. It drives me crazy! I think the problem is that she typically eats in small amounts, and it's her being bored. It's a constant battle trying to get the snacking to stop. But at least she isn't picky :)