Forever

I just bathed Andrina, fed her a bottle, and put her to sleep for the night. After she drank her milk, I tried to put her up on my shoulder to burp her, but she did not want to burp. She wanted to socialize. So there we were in her darkened nursery with enough light coming in through the crack in the doorway for us to interact with each other. She was standing then kneeling on my lap, giggling and grabbing my face and glasses. Andrina was bouncing up and down, touching me and cooing and giggling. And I was laughing with her, telling her how much I love her. How all I need is her in this world and that I would kill or die for her without a second thought. And then she rested her head on my breast for a moment, then came back up to play some more. I told her how I love her more than anything and that I want her to always know that her mommy loves her. And then she got really quiet and gently put her hand on my cheek and looked me right in the eye for what seemed like a very long time. And I knew that I will always remember this. That my baby gave me another one of those poignant moments that will stay with me forever.