July 5, 2012
-
Happy Independence Day (a day late)! Sophie was thinking about what she could do to celebrate, but then I reminded her that she's only nine months old and doesn't even know English yet so she decided to just carry on like every other day.
For the most part, our day was uneventful. We had friends over and played in the pool and played in the rain and ate Mexican food and in general just relaxed until the fireworks. I bowed out and stayed home to put Sophie to sleep, which turns out to have been a good decision, since the consensus is that the show was ”lame” and ”boring.” In any case, Independence Day somehow served to remind me that every day since her birth that is what we work on, her independence, and that she is only a baby for a little while. I'm planning to enjoy every second of it because I know as well as anyone just how quickly that time flies by. Right now, I snuggle my small, squirmy, banging, crawling, giggling, pooping, pre-linguistic little human and praise all that is good in the world for her existence, for one day she will be grown. Even though I will miss all that she is as baby Sophie, I'm excited and thrilled to meet who she becomes as grown Sophie (and everything in between)!
So happy Independence Day, y'all. I hope it was full of reminders of the joys of existence.
Comments (6)
I wish I could say that my 4th was full of the reminders of the joys of existence. Sometimes existence is just hard. So thanks for posting this and allowing Sophie to remind me of the good stuff.
@doahsdeer - I'm glad it brought a bit of good cheer. Life is nothing if not a beautiful struggle.
You know, watching you raise Sophie through these social media venues is entirely delightful. I get to vicariously experience all the wonderful babyness with no poop whatsoever.
You have captured the essence of being a parent. Every stage of your daughter's growth is the best stage ever, and the end goal is an adult standing firmly on her own two feet - who still has a bond of deep love with you.
@transvestite_rabbit - I'm glad it's a joy! I already like looking back over her first year and I'm hoping Sophie enjoys reading it when she's older. I'm printing the pages and putting them in a paper journal for when she is older.
@scifiknitter - That's my hope!
Comments are closed.