Point is, everything she does is amazing and a bit mind blowing. Call it "first-time-mom" syndrome or "can-you-tell-she's-the-only-child" disease but it's true. I wish I had done a better job of documenting all the details but sometimes Buttercup and I share a moment and it just tickles my fancy and as corny as it sounds, I'm humbled that I get to be her mom and all I can do is tell my heart to hold on to this moment for it will be gone all too soon.
Tonight I had one of those moments.
It was bedtime and I told myself I had to be better about reading to her at night and giving her a chance to really wind down before going to sleep. I asked BC to pick out what book she wanted me to read. She pulled out "Are You My Mother?" It's not so easy to get through books these days. Every page BC asks "what's that, what's that?" And she points out the most random things from the pictures.
If you aren't familiar with the book, a baby bird goes in search for his mother. He meets a bunch of animals along the way and asks each of them if they are his mother. At the end he is reunited with his mom.
As I read the last line in the book, Buttercup pointed to the picture and repeated, "baby bird and momma bird" then she looked at me and said, "momma and the baby" and pointed to herself. The way she made the connection that just like the momma bird and baby bird were a pair, we were too just melted my heart and pulled at my heart strings. Her face was priceless. It's like she was genuinely happy at that moment to be with me and I wanted to remember it forever. So what did I do? Whipped out my I-phone and took a baby and momma selfie, of course! And then blogged about it.
This moment to be treasured when BC is 15 and can't stand me!
If you aren't familiar with the book, a baby bird goes in search for his mother. He meets a bunch of animals along the way and asks each of them if they are his mother. At the end he is reunited with his mom.
As I read the last line in the book, Buttercup pointed to the picture and repeated, "baby bird and momma bird" then she looked at me and said, "momma and the baby" and pointed to herself. The way she made the connection that just like the momma bird and baby bird were a pair, we were too just melted my heart and pulled at my heart strings. Her face was priceless. It's like she was genuinely happy at that moment to be with me and I wanted to remember it forever. So what did I do? Whipped out my I-phone and took a baby and momma selfie, of course! And then blogged about it.
This moment to be treasured when BC is 15 and can't stand me!
