In our excitement of being first time parents, we often think of things that we want to do with our daughter, without really thinking of her age. For example I have the memory of carrying her at 2 weeks old around a tree farm in the freezing cold to get our first "family Christmas tree". At the time it sounded like a nice thing to do, but in reality when the moment came I could have cared less about the darn tree as I spent the entire time doing three things:
1. Making sure she was still breathing. This is funny now but I did it constantly when she was a newborn because I was certain that the moment I stopped checking, she would stop breathing.
2. Making sure I was not loosing my grip on her because we had so many layers on her. I was afraid she would slip down inside the clothes and then --see #1 above.
3. Praying that I would not trip on any sticks and vines as we were walking that would make me fall and smash my baby girl. Also of course, tripping and smashing goes along with losing my grip on her and the not breathing idea.
Okay, so fast forward to now, we have another great idea. We are going to dye eggs! Needless to say that Stan and I dyed the eggs, all but 1, which we were going to have her do. We got to the last one, her egg, Anna's big moment, and for some reason I thought "Oh, I will give it to her to drop into the dye cup." I then, following my same brilliant pattern of thinking, I gave her the egg which of course she threw on the floor and it cracked in many places. Being one for follow through, I stuck it in the dye anyway even though no one will be able to eat it. Sooooooooo, everyone take a lesson. 4 1/2 months old is too young to be handling and dying eggs. =) Seriously, I don't know where I get my ideas sometimes.
