A Mommy Moment To Remember

This morning came along a bit earlier than usual. I woke up to a nose bleed (what?), a toddler who just wouldn't sit still (or let me lay in bed), and a serious case of, "why did I stay up so late?"

Needless to say, I wasn't in the best mood.

So when I finally decided to get by lazy bum out of bed at 7:15, I got Brooklyn dressed, and proceeded to head downstairs to make breakfast for the two of us. Brooklyn ate half of a cup of yogurt and an entire bowl of applesauce all by herself, while I made us some cheesy scrambled eggs, which she also gobbled. Boy, is she a good eater!

The two of us went into the family room to turn on her Baby Einstein animals video (which she rarely sits for 30 seconds of), and she surprised me by watching the entire thing and trying to name and kiss each of the animals that she recognized as they came on the screen. Cute, huh? Maybe she watched it because I was sitting next to her, pointing to the animals and talking to her about each of them? I decided to turn her other animal video on since she really seemed to be on a roll with learning animal names. I got the video started and sort of noticed her rummaging around in her little basket of toys that we keep in the family room. I heard her say "beebee", and heard a sweet little "mwah."

I turned to watch her as she took a couple of steps towards me. She hadn't even noticed me next to her. Her focus was entirely on her baby doll snuggled in her arms. She had one hand under the baby's bottom, and one had on the back of the baby's head, with the baby's face snuggled into her chest. She began swaying slowly, hummed softly, and just stood there for a minute or two, giving the baby love and kisses.

In that moment, I realized that my ever so busy toddler really does notice the soft, tender love that I show her everyday.

My kind words and actions towards her make a difference.

The special moments that we share together are ones that she remembers as well.

And a confirmation of something that I have always known: She has a kind, gentle, and ever so loving heart.

My darling sweet baby girl is such a wonderful example to me each day. I have learned more in the past 15 months about my Heavenly Father's love for each of his children than I could have hoped to learn in the previous 24 years.

This is about 5 minutes after the sweet snuggling. She was still holding that baby!

I have had dozens of these wonderful "mommy" moments to remember, and am kicking myself for not writing them down previously. Though, I know I will have hundreds more, and I WILL write them down. I may not share each one of them with you, but I WILL write them down for memories sake, and for my sweet daughter to read someday.