I had a nice first Mother's Day last weekend. It has really made me look back and think about the first year, so far, with Zoë. I'm amazed when I look back and see how much she has grown and how much she has learned in the first few months of her life. She becomes increasingly independent each day and needs me less and less for each task. I am happy and sad at the same time. My baby is already growing up. Before me she changes so much each and every day. I watch her personality develop and learn her ways. I don't think that I have shared so many things in words that I love about her, but I really do try to savor every part of her because I am seeing that she is growing up way too fast already. I don't want to miss one moment of it and I want to love and nurture her each day. She loves riding with GiGi on the lawnmower. They have a special song they sing every morning "This is the day that The Lord has made".The only thing that excites her more at this point is riding in her little Step 2 car that we bought for her and BeeBee. We brought it in the house this weekend for her to play in b/c it's been raining outside. She tries to climb into it and pulls up and plays with it saying BeeBee the whole time. That's another thing I forget to share...she absolutely adores my father, and the love is returned 10 fold. I'm so lucky and blessed to have 2 parents that absolutely adore my child. Zoë has been calling my mom "Hite" pronounced Hi-tea. The funny story behind this is that BeeBee and Hite were my dad's grandparents that he adored. That's why he chose the name BeeBee. Well my dad used to pick at my mom when Zoë was 2 months old by calling her Hite instead of Gramme. That lasted for a month or so and now Zoë really calls her Hite totally by coinsidence. Zoë loves talking on the phone. She thinks everytime I get on the phone that it's her BeeBee and Gramme and she cries until I give her the phone. She talks to them most every night, sometimes more than once. Anyway...I am blessed to have Zoë as my daughter and she is my little angel. My favorite time of day is bathtime...that's my one on one with Zoë everyday and her happiest place for her. No matter how ill she may get from being sick to teething, she is alway happy in the bathtub and has only cried one in the tub and that was her first bath at home when she was 3 days old. Sleep well my child. I'll dream of you tonight.
