it totally makes me teary when she does stuff like that (see previous entry). when she gets on these little smiling rampages it's amazing. she'll just go on and on with that huge gummy smile and you just want to freeze the moment in time and save it for whenever you have a bad day. plus, i worry so much that she won't be attached to me because i'm at work every day so it reassures me so much if she if comforted by me and recognizes me and... well, you get the idea.
last night ella did an amazing thing - i fed her a bottle at 9:30, then put her in her crib with her mobile to do some kicks and have fun. around 10:15 she got fussy so i picked her up. immediately, she fell sound asleep with her head on my chest and her arms kind of wrapped around me, and her knees kind of tucked up under my breasts. god. it was so sweet, i held her like that for an hour, and must have kissed the top of her little head like once per minute. then we put her down for the night and she stayed asleep - and didn't wake up until 7:50 this morning!!! holy
cow that was a long sleep! we were actually kind of terrified to open the door and check on her - it seemed too long. we're always afraid something has happened to her when she's that still!
this morning she's getting her shots. i'm so sad that such little babies need shots already. i don't really want her to get them, but i also really don't want her to get whooping cough like neela had 2 years ago (caught from one of her students). it was a 3 month nightmare of coughing where she nearly broke several ribs and suffered extreme pain in her chest the whole time, not to mention the choking during coughing. so neela is taking her mom so that karin can hold her during the shots. that way she can associate pain with karin and comfort with mommy! hah!