Baby Joys

I love how you hold your hands out to me when you are tired, or hurt, and needing a quick kiss or hug from Mummy to make the world good again. I love how I ask for a kiss back, and you put your open mouth against my cheek and lick. I love how you rub your ears when you're sleepy. I love how you giggle when I start to let go of your hand, hoping you will take that first unassisted step; you don't. Instead you giggle and drop down to your knees to start crawling. I love how you love cheese and it disappears quick as I put bits of it into your tray. I love how you hold your hands up and push when I say time to put on mittens. I love how you snuggle right into me at naptime or bedtime, and reach out your hand to gently explore my face. I love how you would absentmindedly pat my cheeks as if you were putting me to sleep, instead of the other way around. I love how you run the flat of your palm against my lips over and over again, also during bedtime. I love how you laugh at most of Mummy's antics and silly faces. Your joyful laugh heals the stresses and rejuvenates the exhausted spirit. I love how, in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness at bedtime or in the morning, you would roll right on top of me and lay your head on my chest, as if listening to my heartbeat. I love snuggling up right next to you at night and smelling your soft, sweet baby breath. I love... I love... I love.... So many lovely things about you, and I live each day completely satisfied, filled, enriched, and blessed. I am forever thankful.

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