Tony and I keep talking about how "big" our little girl is getting -- and I mean "big" in the "grown-up" sense, not big "size-wise". Last night just made me realize how mature she is getting and how much she is learning.....and yes because Victoria has turned me into a big ball of mush, the following story brought me to tears (happy and proud tears, not sad tears).
So Victoria goes to bed anytime between 7-8pm. Usually I try to stretch it to 8pm, but sometimes she is just too delirious and I have to put her to bed around 7:00. All the pediatricians and experts say to put a baby down when they are still awake so they learn to fall asleep on their own. I admit that it's been fairly easy to get Victoria to do this. Every night, Tony and I take her to her room, give her her pink bear (Pinky), give her her binky, and then give her kisses. I put her in her crib and tell her that I love her and say goodnight and wave goodbye to her so that she knows we're leaving the room. She usually just sits in her crib, clutching her bear and watches us as she leaves. Sometimes she protests a little, but usually just quietly plays in her crib until she falls asleep. Last night she did something that just melted my heart....I must tell you that it's already hard enough for me to put her down in her crib because I miss her tremendously when she goes to sleep (corny I know, but this little girl has me wrapped around her finger!!). After I set her in her crib and said goodnight and before I could wave goodbye, Victoria puts her little hand in the air and waves goodbye to ME! I just wanted to rush back to her and pick her up and squeeze her, but instead I walked out of the room. Ahhhhh, this kid -- I love her to pieces!
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