Six days ago was your 15 month-day, and although EVERYONE told me that it would
go by fast, I can't get past the speed in which the past fifteen months have gone
by. It almost makes my heart hurt. But then I think of all of the wonderful
times and experiences to come, and I'm almost ok with it.
During the past
450 or so days, I have gotten to know a funny, happy, lovable little person. As
more and more days go by and your personality emerges even more, you
show me bits and pieces of the person that you will grow into. I decided to
write this post now to record some of your little habits and quirks that have
already become apparent, and it will be neat to look back and see how they have
grown or changed as you have grown and changed.
Even as of now, you have
a funny little sense of humor. You LOVE to laugh and you smile a lot. It just
takes a bit of effort to do these things. To you, things are only funny once
during a time period. For example, if your daddy blows raspberries on your belly, you
will laugh and laugh for a while, but then you're done. It's not
funny anymore, and you will refuse to laugh! This cracks me and your daddy up!
Oh, it will definitely be funny again tomorrow, or maybe even in a couple of hours, but
once you're done, you're done.
You also like to have "Micaela Time." Every
now and then during playtime, you will sometimes get a little overwhelmed and just need to step away. At first, I didn't
quite recognize your signals for this, and I ended up with a grumpy baby on my
hands, but after a while, we got to understand each other. Now, you will just walk away and I know
that's your signal for a break. Sometimes I just sit on the floor and you do
your own thing while I watch. Other times I will just follow your around the house for a few minutes. When you are ready to
play again, you come to me with your toys so that we can play together again. It's neat to see
your independence and confidence to play alone growing. You are such a little
individual, even this young, and I am proud of your ability to recognize that
you need a break. I still have trouble with this skill.
One of your
little quirks that I love involves your bedtime routine. Watching videos in the tablet, in particular. We
first introduced "the tablet" to you when we were getting tired of fighting you to get asleep. We wanted to help you through that tough time by
offering a comfort item that could help you soothe yourself before sleeping. You and "the tablet" hit it off right away. Now when we put you to bed, you
ask for some songs, grin from ear to ear and lay right next to daddy to listen carefully. Then when you start to get
sleepy, you just turn around, grab your favorite pillow and close your eyes! :)
You love the water, watching soccer games
and all kinds of animals. You don't like having your fingernails cut, and your favorite
finger food as of now are nuggets (turkey, chicken, fish... any kind will do!). You love to play with your feet while you
have a bottle, and grandma and Kathy are still your favorite people on the planet. Books
thrill you, especially the ones that have animals in them, and for
some reason I cannot fathom, you LOVE to play with our laundry basket.
Such a
funny little girl you are, and I am so lucky that you are part of our family.
When we first started telling people that we were pregnant, the second nugget of
wisdom that people dished out, after "it goes by so fast" was "you'll forget
what life was like without her." Well, actually, we do remember life before Micaela;
a life of sleeping until noon, randomly going places without having to pack a
diaper bag or worry about nap schedules and the like. So with that part, people
were wrong. What they should have said is more like, "sweet baby, since you came
into our lives you have made us whole, and we can't imagine our future without
you."
And the most important thing I want you to remember is that: I loved you before we met, I love you now and I will love you forever, idiosyncrasies and all!
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