splurge

Today I splurged and bought the first toy I've ever purchased for my baby. Well... I should say I bought 4 toys today for the first time ever. She has toys that other people have given her (primarily my parents and my sister), but this is the first toy I've ever bought for her.

I guess I want my kid to play with low-tech toys... the kind that don't beep and light up and talk to you and make coffee. I want Emery to use her imagination when she plays. And so I thought I would always be satisfied with giving her cardboard boxes (which she can't have right now because she rips off little bits with her two teeth and swallows it...) and tupperware from the kitchen. And she is frankly delighted with everyday objects... but it's CHRISTMAS for heaven's sake.

So I bought her some little toys. And now I don't think I can wait for Christmas to give them to her...