Here’s Looking at You, Kid . . .

I was a little worried that me being on bedrest would mean Annika would get neglected. It turns out the opposite is true. I can’t be up cleaning, cooking, or doing laundry, so we lay on the couch or in her bed and read books, or she plays with her toys on the floor while I watch, or we just talk. Today we were laying in her bed reading a book and I asked her if she was still going to be happy once the babies come home. She is so spoiled with attention now, I sometimes worry that she will feel forgotten once I am overwhelmed with two newborns. I told her that her Daddy and I decided to have more babies because we thought that sisters would make her happy. She sat up in bed, looked at me very seriously, gave me a big cheeser grin, and said “Yeah, Mommy! Annika happy!” She then gave me a big hug and we finished reading the story. Moments like these remind me why I love being a Mom.

This was my photo from today. I was thinking about Annika’s newborn pictures and I wanted to take a picture of Annika’s no-longer baby toes. She sat down for me and I laid on the floor to get the shot. She immediately laid down across from me, looked at me like this and said “What is Mommy doing?” I never did get a picture of her toes, but this one will certainly do.