7th January 2009

First Dream of Melina Talking to Me

I had the funniest dream with Melina in it.  It’s also the first dream of her, which is so very cool.  She was standing up, but in one of her sleeper outfits, only bigger.  She was telling me how she was either going to walk very soon, or talk very soon.  I think it was walk.  I can’t remember.  But since she was talking to me in my dream, I imagine it was ‘walk”.  ;-)

I am sweetly amazed at how quickly she is growing.  I am already beginning to put newborn baby clothes off to the side of her dresser that she can no longer fit in.  I am excited about this growth, as she was such a tiny little thing in the beginning.  When she breastfeeds, I look down on her to see how much longer she is now and how her face has filled out, or rounded out.  I was talking to a neighbor friend of mine about how a friend of hers is sad to see the “baby” times go away.  I was referencing how one of the reasons I went to Babies R Us was because Melina was needing some “developmental toys”.  I could tell she was ready for them.  We got a couple of toys to put on the carrier handlebar. 

I suppose in some small way, I am excited about her growth and changes every day because it means one night I might get some sleep .  ;-) 

We slept together taking three naps today, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and another in the early evening after a client call.  This evening she was in her carseat, where she seems to be guaranteed to sleep, and I curled up right next to her and the carseat.  Christopher came over and ran some errands for me, and then warmed up dinner.  It’s comforting to know someone is here looking out for me.

I have a feeling that with the office work returning, slowly but surely, that I will have a half day on, and then a day of recovery where i catch up on sleep.

Okay, I’m off to sleep - she is awake - despite being in the carseat and it being 1 a..m.  But hopefully we can fall asleep together.

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