Today I did not get the dishes done.
I did not catch up on laundry,
and I did not mop the floor.
I planned to do all these things.
Instead I wrapped presents.
I decorated a polka dot birthday cake,
and I snuggled you....for a long time.
1 year ago you came into this world.
1 year ago you changed my world.
Honestly, I've dreaded your 1st birthday. I tried not to think about it. I didn't want it to come. It means you're not my baby anymore. It means you're growing up. But I can't make it stop and I can't slow it down.
All I can do is love every minute of it.
Every slobbery kiss,
every wobbly step,
every cupboard emptied for the millionth time,
every giggle,
every grin.
I can pick you up and hold you when I'm supposed to let you cry yourself back to sleep. Like I did today. You take fabulous naps. You go down without so much as a whimper. Today you did not. So the dishes stayed dirty and the laundry unfolded, while we took a nap together. Because today you needed me. And today I needed you.
Soon enough you won't want to take naps with me. Soon enough you won't want to bury your head in my neck and stay there.
Today you did.
Today you turned 1.
And I'll remember them both forever.
