Last weekend we stopped swaddling our daughter and began sleep training (I know, it's controversial. It made sense to us, it might not be a good fit for you. I respect that.) all at one go. Due to a variety of boring reasons, we started all of this on an earlier night that we'd originally talked about. This meant that on my last night of putting our daughter to bed all wrapped up like a burrito, I didn't know it was the last night. The next day I had pangs of disappointment over not getting to "say goodbye" to the baby burrito.
It's hard to believe that at only 4.5 months, she's already leaving some stages and entering others. My camera just doesn't seem to be able to capture everything I want it to. Like the way she violently flings her head forward as she sneezes multiple times in a row, and then ends with a sneeze-less "Ah-hmmm." Or the way her eyes get bigger and her face lights up with pure, unadulterated glee right before she eats. Or my recent favorite, the way she puts her hands on my cheeks, closes her eyes, and lets out a little sigh when I lean in for an eskimo kiss.
I'm trying my best to take a moment every day to fully soak in her Josephine-ness of that day, because I know it will be different tomorrow. And then I just have to trust that my memory will do a better job of capturing these moments than an electronic device ever could.
8 comments:
beautiful post!
Thanks Kat :)
She's getting so big so fast! You're doing it right by soaking up as many moments as you can. Can't wait to see you both again!
She is! I know, it's been too long, hope to see you soon!
Such a sweet post! Havent seen you in way to long, but Cara fills me in on all the cutness that is Josephine...sounds like she's growing up fast! Hope you are well,too! See you soon, I hope.
Thanks girl! Hope to see you soon too!
I just tried to read this post out loud to Joe and started sobbing. Kate is 2.5 months and I so feel you with the sneezes and baby sighs :). They really change so fast! egionshi 371
Oh thanks Kels!
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