Her First Sleepover

The other night Emmy and I slept over our friend's Sandra and Payton's house. The dads went to Mohegan Sun for the night with a group of guys and instead of spending a long evening at home alone, we opted for a sleepover instead. I was a little hesitant about having her sleep in a totally new place, but it turned out to be a great idea and the girls had so much fun! They played in Payton's room, and then read books together and once we said it was time for bed, there was no resistance just off to bed they went and we didn't hear another peep after that (hope it's that easy when they are teenagers!)

Since Emmy wakes up earlier than Payton and I didn't want to make noise in the house so we ran out to grab Challah to make french toast for breakfast. As soon as I got Emmy out of her crib she was asking for Pay, Pay (that's what she calls Payton). I quickly explained that she was sleeping and that we were going to run an errand and come back and have breakfast. Well, she did not like that one bit. She burst into tears and cried Pay Pay, the whole way out. I felt terrible because I knew she didn't understand what was happening. We finally made our way back to the house, and Emmy got to wake Payton up by climbing in her crib with her and it wasn't until then that she was completely happy.

It's really adorable to see how much they love each other. They ask for one another almost every day and hug and kiss numerous times when they are together. When they first see each other Payton screams "Emmy" and they run to be together. It's really the cutest thing that I only hope continues into the future...

Sandra sent me an email last night saying she told Payton she was having a sleepover that night (it was really with her Mimi) and to guess who it was with, she said she stopped and thought for a second and then shouted, Emmy! So sweet!