Shelbyisms

--As we were getting out of car to go into Target last week, a black guy dressed in uniform was walking back towards his car with his groceries in tow. As we walked past him, Hadley reached her arms out towards him yelling "Dada! Dada!" in the loudest possible voice. Shelby was the same way at this age thinking every guy in uniform was Daddy..it's hysterical every single time! This guy got a pretty good laugh out of it, too! After I finally stopped laughing, Shelby looked at Hadley & said in the sweetest voice: "Oh, Hadley! That can't be our Dada, his skin is like chocolate!" ;)

--As we were walking into Target on a different day (we clearly frequent Target too much, ha!), an older man was walking out of the store with a cane. Shelby yelled out: "Hey, my Grampy has one of those!" ;)  She clearly remembered running off with Grampy's cane after his last knee surgery, ha!

--I have no idea why, but Shelby has been asking me a lot lately about when I am going to pass away. Yesterday in the car, she asked me who was going to be her mommy & daddy when we pass away. I explained to her that she wouldn't get a new mommy & daddy but that she has lots of grown-ups in her life that love her and would be happy to take care of her. She thought about that for a little while and then said: "If you pass away, I'll just get Mommy Powers so you can always be with me."

--When Shelby woke up one morning, she had "yuckies" (as we call them in our house) in the corner of her eyes. She asked me why she had so many yuckies in her eyes lately, and I told her that sometimes when you're sick that happens. She replied: "It's like a broccoli plant in my eye!" What?!

--Shelby told Derek that he was like a rug. When we asked her what that meant, she said: "You're just so comfy!" Obviously! ;)

Four is a such a fun age! We love you, Shelby-girl!!