Smiles

They say you don't know what love is until you have a child....... It wasn't until Madeline was born and I held her in my arms for the first time that I understood what that saying was all about. In the first days of bringing home your baby you are both getting use to each other. Then one day you look down and see the most wonderful thing.... A SMILE that melts your heart. Maddie started smiling around 2 months I think but ever since then she has been all smiles. Now she even giggles when you get her going. When I dropped her off at day care for the first time I was traumatized while she was just a new place. My biggest fear was I would be replaced as the number one person as I will only get a few hours of awake time compared to all the time we had together the previous 12 weeks. Today when I picked her up she was sleeping and when she woke up and saw me I got the biggest smile. It was like she was saying "HI MOM glad you are here!"

Now she lays next to me sleeping like a rock. I love to watch her sleep and her new thing is she likes to reach out to make sure I am still close or at least touch my arm. She has turned into a mommy's girl but then again she does look just like me. (Maddie 2 days old on Left. Me 3 days old)