with her growing sense of independence, emma insisted that she do everything "self."
"can mommy help push you in the swing?"
"no. self." [wiggling frantically to get the swing to move]
then comes the "aargghhhh, uhhhh, grrrr" because she can't swing by herself yet. i then attempt to push her, on the sly, only to be caught (aww, nuts!).
"uhhh...nooooo....self!" [more wiggling]
"okay, self. you're doing it yourself." i resign to the fact that there's no helping her. but i do manage to get her going, secretly, without her noticing. and baby is happy once more.
