Bruises

It has started. The never ending quest to acquire new bruises. Jayme is crawling just like Isaiah did. Face down, plowing into anything in her way. Which equals a large amount of forehead bruising.

She is also standing quite a bit now. Meaning increased slipping and falling. Which in turn equals screaming, tears, snot, and a little sweat and blood.

It breaks my heart every time, too. Before I can get to her, she's developed a knot and a blue bruise. It eventually fades into an ugly dark purple, then it disappears all together just in time for another incident.

I keep saying that she'll only do it a few times before she learns to watch where she is going, but she continually proves me wrong.

Going to the Pediatrics office scares me a bit. At Jayme's check up this month, the Nurse Practitioner informed me that she has a good amount of bruises for a baby her age. Whew!

None the less, her cuteness tends to overwhelm me. When all hope is lost of her going down for a nap or going to bed at all, she starts to snuggle and holds on to her ear (no, she does not have an ear infection. The Dr checked). Then she peacefully drifts off to sleep, once again winning my heart over.

Beautiful baby girl, I'm excited for you to read all of these posts when you're older.

Kisses

Isaiah is very insistent upon getting 'morning kisses', 'goodnight kisses', and 'because I want chocolate kisses'. It makes my day, every time. He little lips all puckered up.

Jayme is giving kisses now too. It's adorable. Mouth opened, slobbery, squealing kisses.

Jon has always given me kisses. That is also adorable.

How is it that kisses from those 3 people makes my tummy do flips? Maybe it is the amount of love being transfered via kisses. I'm not quite sure, but that is my theory.

I'm constantly astounded at the amount of love I can have for a single human being. It feels like my heart might explode. It's swollen up to a million times it's normal size. I feel all warm and whole. Cozy and delighted. You know what? It feels like a hug from God when I love someone that much.

And now I'm realizing how silly my feelings look in writing. But maybe that is because feelings are not usually written down.

I'll make you a promise right now. No matter how silly, or ridiculous my feelings look on paper...or on a computer screen, I'll always write them down. Partly because I love writing, and partly because you should know how I feel. You should know that my feelings are an open book. You should know that I wear them on my sleeve even if it looks silly or a little too out there. Oh and partly because I love sharing...sometimes.

And partly because this is my blog, and by reading it, it would seem that you want to know a bit more about me. Am I being narcissistic?

You Learn - Alanis Morissette

I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone
I recommend walking around naked in your living room
Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)
Wait until the dust settles

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time
Feel free
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the rays)
You wait and see when the smoke clears

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)
Melt it down (you're gonna have to eventually anyway)
The fire trucks are coming up around the bend

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

You grieve you learn
You choke you learn
You laugh you learn
You choose you learn
You pray you learn
You ask you learn
You live you learn

And today we learn a little more. Through all these things mentioned in such a profound song. We're never too old to learn something new. And learning something new is usually quite the process. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it doesn't. However, learning is always enlightening...at some point or another.