breastfeeding and more

Hi Little Girl,
I was reading another blog about a momma that was breastfeeding and felt bad for watching tv and not staring at her little one as she knew every time she breastfeed took her one day closer to the end of the breastfeeding period. Which made me think of all the little things you do, or I do, while you breastfeed.
For example, you rest your hand on my breast. You just rest it nicely there like you're saying thanks mom! Sometimes you will move your hand back and forth like you're patting me on the back! :)
If you really need to catch your breath you arch your back and take a HUGE breath in!! Then you lay there and look at me, and then you realize you're not done eating and you quickly start again! :)
My favorite is when you are done eating and I put you up to my shoulder to burp you and you just rest your head on my shoulder with your two hands under your head. You are so cute and content!!
My other favorite is when you quit eating and you lay back on the pillow and just look up at me with a HUGE smile! You are so stinkin cute!!
I'm not going to lie, breastfeeding has at times been challenging. It's just hard when you eat so much and I am the only one who can feed you. But pumping has been a big challenge. But I know it's best for you (and our pocketbook ;)). It really is so worth it and I love our bonding time together! :)
I will probably miss breastfeeding tremendously when I stop! My hope was to be able to breastfeed when you were born and I'm so happy it has worked out!

Your daddy reminded me of a birth moment that I forgot to post about!! We laugh at this moment so I thought I would share! While I was in labor I would grab your daddy's hand and squeeze it (as most moms do) (*your daddy wants me to tell you that I would squeeze his hand HARD). Well, whenever I would squeeze your daddy's hand, he would naturally squeeze mine back. Well, I apparently didn't like him squeezing my hand back (mainly because it distracted me) so I finally quit squeezing his hands and went to squeezing two fingers! At the time he didn't understand why I did that but later I explained and we had a good laugh! :)

Oh, little girl, you are such a blessing! You are such a great baby and we are so lucky to have you!! You are doing great at daycare and you are talking up a storm!! I miss you so much during the day and I cherish all the times I get to be with you!!

We are in Iola tonight and your grandma is rocking you to sleep! We are going to Little Oscars at Iola High tomorrow night because your daddy is co-hosting them!!

Alright, that is all for now!! I love you dearly little girl!!
Mommy