Treasuring my "Beloved Gift"

(Our daughter's name is Theodora, which means "gift of God" in greek... For short we call her Adora, and in french that means beloved... To us she is definately both...)



So, one thing, probably the only thing, I like about Adora being sick, is the cuddling... She really isn't the cuddling type normally. She's way too active and curious to sit still and let you hold her, except for daddy, she almost always has the patiience for her daddy's arms... Anyway, when she's sick, all she wants is to be held... which could get pretty old for a mama who's almost 39 weeks pregnant, but it's so rare and special, and she's so cute and it's even a little sad when she's sick, that I can't help but give in... If I don't have the energy, I just lay down with her, which for the past 2 days, it's been most of the day that we do this, and I must admitt it's rather nice...

Especially since daddy has had a whole lot of extra grace lately, and has been doing most of the house work...

I just hope she gets better soon... she doesn't eat well at all when she doesn't feel good... all she wants is super juicy fruit, which can be good for keeping her hydrated I guess, but not so good for the lady who gets stuck changing her already unpleasant diapers... plus she needs to eat, but there's just no forcing her... And well, of course I just want her to be heallthy...I mean yesterday, she actually fell asleep standing up! the poor thing...
I guess that's another bonus is how well she sleeps.... but this is all making me appreciate her for who she is... I can't wait to have her super energetic wild little self back... and I especially can't wait to have this baby... Even if i'll be more busy, and have less time, I can only imagine I'll, at least eventually, have more energy... and Adora can be so fun, I feel bad for how easily frustrated I get with her...she's so go go go go go!, and I really want to enjoy this time with her...she won't be young forever, and one day might not even want me around so much...I feel like I've been missing out on something really great by being too tired... So I'm trying, even when I'm exhausted, to just take pleasure in every crazy moment with her...