Showing posts with label DEAR LITTLEST BABE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DEAR LITTLEST BABE. Show all posts

12.17.2012

Dear Littlest of Babes,







Three months ago today, you and I worked together to birth you.  Your presence in our lives, thus far, has been so amazing, full of joy and wondrous.  There is a renewed energy in our Mess.  The Eldest of Babes seems to take more responsibility in her role as big sister but has become patient with the Biggest  Little/ Littlest Big Babe.  Their relationship has blossomed because of you.  There is a shared role and an understanding between them, that "Yes, we are both responsible for shaping her".

The Biggest Little / Littlest Big Babe is ever so exuberant.  At times it is difficult for her to restrain her excitement about you.  Often there is a touch that is unexpected or a closeness that is a bit too much.  However, you blink quickly and forgive just as fast.  A smile comes over your face, that smile where your eyes light up and your tongue pokes out.  You love them both.

As for the Mama, there is a renewed energy as well.  I love all my Babes, equally and with a deepness, but it has been a journey of discovery and a frustrating one at times.  I take a huge responsibility in hopefully taking that which was given to you at birth:  EXCEPTIONALITY!  and working hard to maintain it and nurture it.  You are each such soulful, intelligent, deeply connected, sensitive, loving beings.  When your siblings and I have a shared bad day or moment, it hurts me deeply.  I want you to feel loved and understood and listened to but there are the moments when I the Mama, forget how fresh the Earth is to you and how learning to communicate is a skill which I continue to acquire.  You remind me to be better for your purity is the epitome of perfection.

You Littlest of Babes exemplify perfection.  Life and those around you are so secure and safe and trustworthy.  It is amazing to watch you just be, no apologies.  Your eyes dart when contrast appears, your arms flail in excitement, your tummy rumbles, your toes twinkle, your smile is bright, your suck on your hand when teething, you cry because you know I will answer your call.

Your milestones are many.  Laying down is an annoyance and you have taken to sitting upright with support most times of the day.  You respond to your name instantly and with just as excitement you have when looking upon your siblings.  Sponge baths are frustrating and you try to wiggle away.  Your teeth are breaking through, or so I assume, with all the drooling and inconsolable moments.  Cooing and telling stories is a hobby.  Laughing with your full body is so exciting to watch.  Lifting up your bottom for a change is so cute.

You are lovely and amazing and we look forward to more moments of PERFECTION.


xoxo The Mama

4.23.2012

Dear Littlest Babe....












































My how you have grown.


xoxo The Mama

12.05.2011

DEAR LITTLEST BABE

























Littlest Babe, I love you(!) but lately you drive me wild. I wish for you amazing days filled with happiness and play. But you, my dear, have been trying to find your way. It can be rawther frustrating. Trying to work through painful gums, tiredness and establishing your role as little babe while maintaining your emergence as big girl, leads to strife. Please note that The Mama is full of understanding, love and patience. Also note that The Mama is also lacking a lot of sleep. The two to four hour bedtime ritual is no longer working for any of us.

Growth of a child is awesome, amazing. It is also so perplexing for parents. For just as we think we have caught up, there you go...growing again. Your vocabulary is blossoming at a quick rate. It seems you can repeat any word introduced. But there remains a frustration when The Papa and I have difficulty deciphering. Each day I bear witness to an appetite and energy for experiencing the world that parallels no other. It is amazing that you harbour such an openness for the unknown.

Our moments together, although tinged with midnight crying and bedtime distractions as of late, are memorable and cherished always. For in you daughter, I see possibility, unconditional love of life and a mind that is willing to embrace the good.

So please, dance on, sing often and be your silly self. It makes me be mine.