THIS PHOTO IS ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL, ALL THOSE COOKING MAGAZINES MY HUSBAND PUT ON ME AFTER I GOT TO THE HOTEL IN BEJING AND FELL ASLEEP. I DON'T COOK!Did you ever have one of those days where you just don't feel like you are getting anything done? Yep, today was one of them. Maybe my brain shutdown from watching Elmo ten thousand times, but with so much to do, I couldn't get motivated to do anything. All I wanted to do was sit with Kira and watch her. Sounds silly but, I guess in a few days, it will be 2 years since we were initially logged in to the CCAA, so perhaps it's a combination of daydreaming and reality. Remembering how much I couldn't wait for a little daughter and now looking at her, pinching myself, realizing she's my dream come true.
Honestly the year has gone by so fast and it seems like a few months ago when we were hustling off to China to meet our baby. I try and keep those memories fresh, especially so I can tell Kira all about our journey to her. I also have chronicled every moment up until we actually met and she became our daughter, just in case I have another brain freeze moment, she'll have my journals to look through.
Maybe it's the weather too, a gray day, the brightness of the leaves now overcome by the gray afternoon skies. It's also one of those uninterrupted days, where I just want to spend time with Kira. So that's exactly what I did. I sit here and watch her as she naps in her pink pants and Elmo sweatshirt that's 3 times too big on her. Every now and then she picks her head up looking for me and then gently drifts back to sleep. She looks so sweet and innocent, so tiny in the room, but I have to laugh when I saw her pick up an 8 pound medicine ball yesterday. Yep, that's my girl, strong and feisty and nothing was going to stop her from picking it up.
So perhaps I'm entitled to this not me Monday, guess somedays, you just go with the flow and others are so structured that having no agenda today was kind of nice.
Today, I felt humble, fortunate and grateful that I AM THIS CHILD'S MOTHER!
The picture is funny!
ReplyDeleteTime really flies once we bring our kids home, so it is important to document everything we think is important or want to remember. Mommy brain happns pretty quickly once they become toddlers!