Mia Kisses

At 4:00 this morning Mia started crying from her crib. This is very rare for her. I looked at her on the monitor; she wasn't stuck or even up against the crib railings. She kept crying for a minute or so, and I thought "something is not quiet right, so I'll go check on her." Sure enough, I open the door to her room and the smell of poop is almost overwhelming; what a nice surprise so early in the morning. So I changed her very dirty diaper which made her happy. I knew she was still tired, but she was smiling and cooing at me, so I thought "I am just going to hold my sweet baby for a few minutes before putting her back down." It's rare that I get to just hold Mia without Lily trying to hang on to me too or trying to convince me to put Mia down. Plus, and I'm sure this may sound a little strange, but there's a small part of me that misses getting to hold and feed Mia in the middle of the night. She started sleeping 8-9 hours a night at 8 weeks old, so it has been awhile since I have gotten to enjoy this quiet time with her. Anyway, she is just up on my shoulder, making little noises and looking around when she pauses, says "Ahhh!" and gives my cheek a huge kiss. Of course, her kisses are just her putting her wide-open mouth on me, but it was so sweet. She stayed like that for about 10 seconds before pulling back. I took that to be her way of saying "Thanks Mom; you're the best!"