Dear Leia Jasmine...

Dear Leia Jasmine,

I know someday you will read this and everything will have changed from how things are today. You will never remember this time in your life, so I am going to tell you how life was when you were an infant. Right now you are a little over seven months old. You are the cutest thing I have ever seen. People stop to say how cute you are every time I go out. Every night I put you to sleep after breastfeeding you. You do not sleep through the night, not even close. You wake up very often just to see if the booby is still next to you and then you pass back out. I do not know why you do this. I actually don't know why you do a lot of things, but I continue to try and figure you out. I don't mind that you don't let me sleep. I love opening my eyes and seeing you there sleeping next to me. You look like a precious angel.

When you wake up in the morning you are super happy! You baby talk and smile. You turn towards your father and scratch his face and grab his nose while he is sleeping. Then you get bored. You get bored easily and it won't surprise me if you still get bored easily when you are older. By then I will have more things to keep you busy, like doing dishes and helping me around the house, haha. Who knows? You might even have a little brother to play with. You absolutely love going on walks, but today we won't go because someone stole your stroller. Don't worry though. We are going to get a new one and be out walking again in no time. Sometimes that is the only place you will nap. You don't like naps either. You like being awake and playing. We just started taking you in the community pool this winter. The pool is heated so you love it! You already show signs that you are going to be a great swimmer one day. You splash so much you drench my hair. You also love bathtime. You will sit and talk to yourself and play with your rubber ducky. At the end of the day I wait for you to get sleepy and we do it all over again. I love spending time with you. I know that we will never have this time together again like we do now and I cherish it. Our breastfeeding relationship has given us a close bond.  I am not even sure when I am going to stop. I want you to get this goodness as long as you can. But my hormones need to go back to normal eventually. I love you Leia Jasmine. You are getting more beautiful and sweet everyday. Don't grow up too fast now, ya hear.

Love Always,
Your Mama