The one where Baby G left

I have been putting this post off-- because it still makes me get teary. I didn't mean to fall head- over-hills in love with someone else's baby. But I did. And I feel like someone cut off my arm or something because this cute face is not smiling at me everyday anymore. Sweet Baby G started coming to play at our house when she was still brand new-- 6 weeks old. I could not believe how tiny she was. I wondered how to feel about her at first-- would I be stepping over my bounds to tell her I loved her? What should I call myself when I was talking to her and I was telling her understood when she was in pain? (For my own children, I still tell them "Mommy knows, I am sorry it hurts, I love you, we will find a way to make it better"), Would it be okay to sing my baby lullabies to her--even though she wasn't mine? -- before long it is was clear that I had no say in the matter: she had my whole heart. Perhaps mothers only know one way to love. And oh my how I fell in love with those "chocolate" eyes (according to Preston) and that sweet little grin.

My children were completely enthralled with her from the beginning and couldn't wait to have a turn to hold her, to run for her diapers and bottle, to talk to her through tummy time and to just bask in her delight-fullness-- You know I have lost my mind to unabashed affection when I start making up my own words to describe a little person. And that is how I feel about Baby G. She has filled a hole in our home and our hearts when a new baby has not been a possibility. We have been so blessed with all of the blessings a baby brings to a home. Babies bring so much love. Everyone speaks a little softer, and a little kinder when there is a little one around. And love just grows and grows.

Wonderful changes have come for Baby G's family that have made her days with us no longer necessary. But I will always remember this year as the one where we had Baby G and how many beautiful blessings she brought to us. We will always have great love for this little sweetie.