Hello my sweet BabyLady -
Last week Mommy had a bad day. Wednesday, to be exact. It started in the morning with an argument with Daddy (nothing for you to worry about - it's all blown over now). Then, as usual, Mommy was rushing home to relieve Michelle (she watches you & BabyTait on Wednesdays now). I was running up the steps in the parking structure where I took a misstep & smashed my knees into the concrete steps & cranium into the concrete wall just before the steps took a switchback at a landing to reach the next level. Um, OUCH, to say the least.
Though Daddy has been harping on Mommy to SLOW DOWN for, well, years .... it took smashing my skull into concrete in a stairwell for me to have a wake up call. SIGH. I got up, dusted myself off, cursed a bit, & continued on to my car & home. After Michelle left, it hit me.
You - you are so perceptive & compassionate - sensed something was wrong & asked "what the matter. Mommy? You sad Mommy?" And then I started to cry as you climbed into my lap, wrapped your little arms around my neck, & told me "don't cry, Momma". You were JUST what I needed at that moment. Two & a half years old with all the wisdom & compassion of someone much older. You held me close & I held you closer even & there we sat on the couch for a while until i could resume being the mommy & you the baby. I can scarcely begin to describe what you mean to me ... & what your love & empathy meant to Mommy in that moment. I love you with all my heart & soul, Quinn Ryan. Words cannot describe it.
... Related to that incident, I am giving serious considerate to a tattoo of a very small elephant mother & calf on the inside of my left wrist where my watch strap is as a symbol & perpetual to slow down in all things so that I can enjoy you & Tait as much as possible. Daddy thinks it is a silly idea ... .but it is really growing on me ... We'll see if it takes shape ...
I love you. Thank you for being you. Thank you for your love, compassion, wisdom, empathy ... at all of 2.5YO.
All my love for always,
Mommy
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Paci Fairy Cometh
Dear BabyLady -
Right now the house is silent, short of "Luna's" insistent meows to get downstairs to feed she & Murph. You are asleep. In Mommy & Daddy's bed. On a "nest" of blankets I built for you & your new friend, Koala, because you know, koalas live in trees. =) That was my last idea to get you to settle down & go to sleep last night. Though you did OK at naptime, you were very upset last night at bedtime because your pacis were no longer. You are 2 1/2YO & it was time for the Paci Fairy to come & for you to ditch that habit. We talked about it for a couple weeks & then yesterday was the day! Mommy took you (& a sleeping Tait) to Build a Bear Workshop @ Somerset to build a bear all of your choosing to replace pacis' position in your sleep routine. You chose a Koala, which you named exactly that. =) We chose an outfit: hoodie, skinny jeans, & Ugg-style boots, all like you have!! So cute! We took her home & before nap you dropped your last 2 pacis in a little gift bag for the Paci Fairy to take to babies who don't have pacis & can't sleep. You were so brave & solemn about it! There were some tears at naptime, but after laying beside Mommy for 5 mins on Mommy's bed, next to Murphy, with your arm around your new friend Koala, you zonked out for a good nap. So precious!! Bedtime was a lot tougher for you, after all, old habits die hard! It was nearly 11PM by the time I executed this Koala nest idea & got you to calm down. In the midst of all of this, BabyTait popped back up, too, from his bed to join in the fun. What a circus it was there for a while!! At any rate, you were very brave, we are very proud of you ... & I must admit, while I was ready to ditch the pacis (you'd wake up during the night & need us to retrieve it from the floor & they were chapping your poor little chin), it was definitely bittersweet. Our sweet, silly, smart girl is growing every day before our very eyes. & it is an amazing, wonderful ride with you each & every day.
Sweetest dreams in a Koala nest of BabyTait's blankets, BabyLady, sweet dreams,
All my love like always,
Mommy =)
Right now the house is silent, short of "Luna's" insistent meows to get downstairs to feed she & Murph. You are asleep. In Mommy & Daddy's bed. On a "nest" of blankets I built for you & your new friend, Koala, because you know, koalas live in trees. =) That was my last idea to get you to settle down & go to sleep last night. Though you did OK at naptime, you were very upset last night at bedtime because your pacis were no longer. You are 2 1/2YO & it was time for the Paci Fairy to come & for you to ditch that habit. We talked about it for a couple weeks & then yesterday was the day! Mommy took you (& a sleeping Tait) to Build a Bear Workshop @ Somerset to build a bear all of your choosing to replace pacis' position in your sleep routine. You chose a Koala, which you named exactly that. =) We chose an outfit: hoodie, skinny jeans, & Ugg-style boots, all like you have!! So cute! We took her home & before nap you dropped your last 2 pacis in a little gift bag for the Paci Fairy to take to babies who don't have pacis & can't sleep. You were so brave & solemn about it! There were some tears at naptime, but after laying beside Mommy for 5 mins on Mommy's bed, next to Murphy, with your arm around your new friend Koala, you zonked out for a good nap. So precious!! Bedtime was a lot tougher for you, after all, old habits die hard! It was nearly 11PM by the time I executed this Koala nest idea & got you to calm down. In the midst of all of this, BabyTait popped back up, too, from his bed to join in the fun. What a circus it was there for a while!! At any rate, you were very brave, we are very proud of you ... & I must admit, while I was ready to ditch the pacis (you'd wake up during the night & need us to retrieve it from the floor & they were chapping your poor little chin), it was definitely bittersweet. Our sweet, silly, smart girl is growing every day before our very eyes. & it is an amazing, wonderful ride with you each & every day.
Sweetest dreams in a Koala nest of BabyTait's blankets, BabyLady, sweet dreams,
All my love like always,
Mommy =)
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