Today’s guest is my wonderful sister, Lili. What can I say? I love her. I also respect her, her opinion and her input. Truly. She has become one of my best friends in the world (which is amazing, considering the way we used to fight…). Lili and her husband, NE, gave me the incredible honor of being Little C’s godmother, the impact of which is something I think about before every decision I make lately.
When I asked Lili if she’d like to write a guest post, I didn’t think she’d accept, as I know she’s very busy taking care of Little C. She accepted and I told her she could write about anything… I’m honored that she found some time to write this for me, and given what she could have written about me, maybe I’m glad she didn’t have the time… (just kidding!)
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The first 6 weeks of my daughter’s life is kind of a blur. From exhaustion from not sleeping well to getting a full body infection, things flew by so quickly. I’m happy to have photos from those first couple weeks as a memory. But wow, starting at 6 weeks, thing start to become vivid and the memories bring warm fuzzies to my heart 
It was around that time that she started smiling. She didn’t really know she was doing it, but it was such a great reward for me, her mommy! From that point on, the enjoyment of being a mom really set in and the joy and excitement of seeing my daughter progress day by day became greater. Random smiles became intentional smiles. Then the smiles became focused on faces, mine especially. There is nothing better than your little baby smiling every time you come near!!
From smiles, things progressed to holding her head up for long periods of time to moving her arms and legs wildly when there is music playing. I think we have a little dancer on our hands! She then started pulling herself up so that her little shoulder blades are off the floor and her legs are off the floor too. She has become what every woman wants to be. The girl who has rock hard abs and can hold that crazy Pilates hold for several minutes!! Finally, after weeks of pulling her feet up to her face and rolling over to the side, we kicked it up a notch and rolled over last week!! I realize that it is only one way, from back to belly, but she did it! She practiced and practiced and did it! I was so, so proud of her when she finally got that arm out of the way and made it. As a parent, I knew that I would always want the best for my daughter. I wasn’t expecting the inner turmoil of being so proud and excited as she develops and grows and also being a little sad that my little baby is already growing up. I guess this is something that all parents go through. On the outside we are super happy and proud and on the inside, a bit of sorrow is creeping up from your little baby becoming a big girl. I’m only 5 months in…
Ed. Note: Aunt AnnoyedAngel is incredibly proud of Little C for rolling over! And incredibly sad I can’t be there to see it for myself! Lili, you are a great mommy. And I know I’m supposed to spoil and you & NE are supposed to be the rules & regulations committee here, but when Little C is whatever age and mad at her mom, and comes to me, I will NOT hesitate to tell her what a great mommy you are.
