Naptime

How my life has changed!  Between midnight feedings, bottles, diapers, and playtime, my days are no longer my own.  Who was I before this now 10 pound baby entered my world?  Did I always have to pack a spare shirt with me for those frequent spit-ups that always manage to miss the bib and hit me?  Was laundry ever not a part of my daily routine?  And when did I start carrying a backpack with me instead of a purse?  I wonder now how I was ever able to get up in the morning and be out the door and on the road within half an hour.  Did that really happen, or was it all a dream...

And yet, I wouldn't change a thing. 

Elysia gives me a smile that just melts my heart.  When I play with her, she gets this mischievous twinkle in her eyes and I just know that she is going to have a wonderful sense of humour.  She truly does amaze me more and more every day.  How could I ever want to go back to life before her?  Every day I look forward to seeing what incredible thing she is going to do or what new thing she is going to learn. Can you tell that I am really enjoying raising this child?  My child.  So much of me is in her, yet she is completely her own person.  The one who looks at me with eyes so much like her fathers.  Who is she going to become?  What is she going to choose for her life?  Is she going to want to see the world and live a life of adventure?  Or is she going to love being home, and always remain close to those that love her.  Alas, I'm getting ahead of myself...

Naptime.

Right now my baby sleeps.  She is swaddled in blankets with soother in mouth and looks like a little angel.  This is my time to do a few things around the house, but if I am lucky I have a few moments to myself.   She is sleeping longer than the 30 minute naps that she has given me in the past, and now seems to sleep for around 2 hours.  She is growing so fast that she needs this time to energize.  How my life has changed!

And yet, I wouldn't change a thing.