So, I have spent the last two weeks making funny faces and raspberries. The baby book says that we are supposed to mimic his facial expressions in order to show him that we are interested. So, I have been mimicking...and showing him some tricks of my own. Then it happened. He mirrored me. Now, he is obsessed with sticking his tongue out at anyone or anything that looks at him or he finds interesting. It is a riot. And, if you think I am funny and he reacts to me, you should see him around his mother, he is a regular stand-up comedian. It is truly very fun to watch.
I continue to be completely floored and humbled by the fact that I have been given such a gift. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have always been very fond of children, and even though I fulfilled my lifelong dream of raising a child, my inner-self so desired to have a baby. I loved every minute of parenting my 2 year old daughter when she came to me, but I do know now how much I missed. I am so thankful to be able to experience the feeling of watching a baby be born, holding a baby in my arms every morning and every night, and loving him like no other. I love the first smiles, the first giggles, and even the first raspberries....free shower and all.
My daughter is approaching motherhood and life the best that she can right now. She is working hard and starting to spend a little time with her friends also. She is working to achieve some sort of "normal" in a very different world. She is showing responsibility beyond comprehension, and for that I am very proud. As her parent, I find myself trying to figure out how to let her be a teenager and a mother at the same time, while I am experiencing all of the same issues of any parent of a senior in high school....change, and planning, and letting go...while I hold on.....the whole thing is quite mind-boggling.
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