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Thursday, November 5, 2009

My Favorite Things

Braden is now a 14 month old who is running all over the house, feeding himself and starting to hit. (ugh) I feel like I am losing my baby, all those "baby" things are happening less and less and it flat out makes this Mama sad. Don't get me wrong, I love many of the new things he is doing and the growing independence but there's so much I miss already. Some things I don't want to forget:

*Open mouth baby kisses (does it get any better than that?)

*Holding a cuddly baby who tucks his face into my neck as I sing him to sleep at night.

*Baby sign language. So cute. My favorites are please and milk.

*A chubby dimply baby butt running away from me while getting the bath water ready.

*The way he says "Ma-MAH" - the MAH part is loud and high pitched.

*Nursing. I can't believe I am saying this or the fact that I am even still nursing in general. It seems the past couple weeks he has started to lose interest, only really wanting to nurse at night. I will miss it when it's over.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

That was cute! I know what you mean about the open mouth kisses and the dimply butt!

Katrina said...

Oh those sweet drooly open mouth kisses and I'll always miss when I would hold Aidyn and he would fold up like a little frog and cuddle me.
Aidyn was at home today with Ethan and when I called to check in, Aidyn answered and had a conversation with me. They lose a baby trait here and there and fill it in with something just as cute. My heart could have exploded that very second. They grow so fast.

Mrs. B said...

oh, he's just so cute! and all of those things are seriously the best. dimply baby butt, sleepy cuddles, all of it. can't they just stay babies FOREVER!? ok, toddlers are fun, too. but c'mon!

Liz Mays said...

I love those open mouth kisses! I wish I knew baby sign language.

Your whole list is great!!!

Kathryn said...

CAden is the same way.. but nurses all the time!! I cant wait to be done with that.. are you guys done with having any more kids? Not one more??????

Bethany said...

I love the open mouth baby kisses. There is just not much better than that.
All my kids nursed for 14 months and then were done. I don't know if it was me or them.

Lori said...

This just almost made me cry!! I have a 2 1/2 year old and I know what you mean. It is so sad when they start growing up. You just want to keep them babies forever.

Stephanie said...

Those kisses are THE BEST! I love little baby butts....so adorable!!! Allie's doing the hitting right now too...only when I tell her no she laughs at me :) Geez!!! What is it with the kids? I just love them though...so sweet!

He & Me + 3 said...

Oh I hated having to ween Stunt Man at 14 months due to my cancer. It was so hard. neither of us were ready, but cold turkey was how it had to be. Treasure every last night nursing...it goes by so fast. My favorite baby sign was milk and more. Love those too.

Jen said...

You are so kind, thanks for "stopping by" to check on us. Life is great, busy, but great. I love your list. It is great to capture those memories, becuase they are gone before we know it. You kids are SO lucky to have you for their mom! I must say, that I think I am going to "steal" this post idea for a future post! Have a great night...

Jenni said...

*"Open mouth baby kisses (does it get any better than that?"

This is my favorite of all, but there were quite a few that i loved.. :0)

Your little man is to cute.. and I love cheese smiles hahah :0)

Chell said...

MMMMMM Good... drooly baby kisses. I must say he is a cutie pie!

PotterMama said...

I LOVE open mouth baby kisses! Your such a good mom laura! I wish we lived closer to each other!

Sonya said...

Those are all great things. I love open mouth baby kisses and dimply butts!! Sadly Lauren doesn't like me to rock her to sleep anymore but you better believe that I took advantage of all the snuggling I could get while she was sick!

Michelle M. said...

He sounds like such a sweetie!