At 4 a.m. I got up to go to the bathroom - when I came out I heard Molly stirring so I went upstairs to check on her. I'm still not used to her being so far away from me so I tend to check on her alot! She was in that groggy half sleep stage and just started crying in her bed because she missed Auntie Beth. Her words were - "It's not fair that California is so far away when I need to see my auntie - I can't wait until I am 8 and then I can go on a plane to visit Auntie Beth." (Enter Mommy's heart skipping a beat and a permenant knot developing in my stomach at the the thought of my baby girl on a plane by herself!) I fed her some line about absence making the heart grow fonder and that missing people made it all the better when you got to see them again and her response was "If Grammy lived far away and you couldn't see her you wouldn't say it was fun to miss people." Point taken - I've been missing Bethie alot too and with Auntie Meg planning her wedding and Auntie Ann's party it just seems unnatural not to have Auntie Beth here! That being said - we understand that this is a busy time for Auntie Beth and are really proud of her successful tax business and how happy she is during tax season! A few minutes later Molly drifted off to sleep laying against my chest and I had trouble extracting myself from her knowing that these times will be few and far between the older she gets! This morning I asked her about last night and her response was to not tell Auntie Beth because it would make her sad - what a thoughtful, kind, wonderful kid I have - how the heck did that happen?
One little thing about Ann - she is now really into books and when we tell her to go get one for us to read to her she yells "Bup, Bup" ! I think it is almost as cute as her Please with a raspberry at the end!
GNM - ILY!
