Just wanted to share with everyone that Emma is planning on marrying my cousin, Greg when she gets older. I know this because she told me. Of course, it took me a few minutes to figure out what the heck she was talking about, because, "untle daid" is a tough name to decipher.

We were talking about names. She has learned Ellie Rae Grace Weien and wanted me to go through everyone in the family that she could remember. After my direct family and Abbie's including Tariina, she moved on to Greg, who use to visit us a lot last year since he lived in Phoenix. I was impressed since she hadn't seen him in awhile, but it appears that he must have left an impression on her.

I asked her if she thought Patrick and Tariina should get married, and she laughed. Then she told me that she was going to marry me when she gets older. I said that she should marry someone like me, or someone that I really like. Then she said that she was going to marry the Beast, like in Beauty in the Beast. I asked if she really wanted to marry the Beast. She said immediately, "NO!" She thought about it and then said, "Maybe I will may-wee untle daid."

And to top it all off, she just named the stuffed dog that is guarding her bed at night, "untle daid" as well.

He has now reached a level of respect that grown men would die for.