Each night, Jon and I switch off putting Gwen and Elle to bed. It is our special time with the girls. I love the talks I have with Elle as she dozes off to sleep. She sucks her thumb with one hand and wraps her other arm tightly around my neck. Nose to nose we have some pretty cute conversations. She loves to talk about when she was a baby and is fascinated by the whole circle- of- life concept. She often tells me, "I used to be a baby, now I am a big girl, next I will be a teenager, then a mommy, then a grandma and then I will go to heaven". Her view of life is so sweet and so simplistic. I love it. I tell her how lucky I feel that out of the millions of little baby girls in heaven, Daddy and I were sent her...the smartest, funniest, most beautiful one to come to our family. Wow, what are the chances of that?! Well, that little conversation really stuck with her because last night as I put her to bed, she had been quiet for a while and then in the dark she whispered to me, "Mama, you're really special to me. Out of all of the mommies in heaven, Grammie got the best one to go to her tummy". All I could do was smile and kiss her on her little forehead.
Each night, Jon and I switch off putting Gwen and Elle to bed. It is our special time with the girls. I love the talks I have with Elle as she dozes off to sleep. She sucks her thumb with one hand and wraps her other arm tightly around my neck. Nose to nose we have some pretty cute conversations. She loves to talk about when she was a baby and is fascinated by the whole circle- of- life concept. She often tells me, "I used to be a baby, now I am a big girl, next I will be a teenager, then a mommy, then a grandma and then I will go to heaven". Her view of life is so sweet and so simplistic. I love it. I tell her how lucky I feel that out of the millions of little baby girls in heaven, Daddy and I were sent her...the smartest, funniest, most beautiful one to come to our family. Wow, what are the chances of that?! Well, that little conversation really stuck with her because last night as I put her to bed, she had been quiet for a while and then in the dark she whispered to me, "Mama, you're really special to me. Out of all of the mommies in heaven, Grammie got the best one to go to her tummy". All I could do was smile and kiss her on her little forehead.
