Dear Eden,
Yesterday was the first day I heard you use words (other than "Daddy," which you've been saying for months) in context and without prompting for the first time! You dropped something from your high chair and said, "uh-oh!" You also greeted Daddy when he walked in the room with a resounding, "Hi Da-da!"You've been talking at Grandma's house for awhile. I wonder why you don't talk around me? Maybe you figure I already know what you want? That is usually true. But not always.
This has been a really hard week for me to leave you and go to work! You've been sleeping a lot more. Are you growing? Maybe teething? Anyhow, you are asleep soon after I come home, and there is no time for play. I miss you. I am so glad -- SO, SO, SO glad -- that we are still nursing. I can't imagine what I would do if we stopped.
Every night when I am about to lay you in your crib to sleep, I hang on to you for a few extra minutes before I put you down. Sometimes the light is still on, and I can see your eyelashes brushing your cheeks. Sometimes the light is off, and I bury my nose in your soft hair and breathe in your wonderful baby smell. Your little hands that hold me so tight in the mornings when you know I'm leaving for work are relaxed on my breast at night, or curled up by your cheek. Your little legs fold up right around me and you like it when I pat-pat-pat your thigh. Sometimes you won't go to sleep without it!
You're going to get older and smarter and, one day, you might wonder, "why is silly 'ol Mom rubbing her nose in my hair?" Or, "why does Mom keep patting my leg?" I'm sorry, sweet Peanut, but I think these are habits that I will carry with me for the rest of my life, because you are my baby girl, and always will be, always, always, always.
I love you!
- Mommy
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