M & M's ....

Mummy Moments (M & M's sounded more interesting than plain MM!)... I have definitely had a few of these lately - and many more to come I am sure!  The first was meeting my baby girl, you are just SO overwhelmed with emotion (and exhaustion), you literally don't know exactly how to feel, other than filled with love from top to bottom! 

Meeting Emily!

The second main one I remember so clearly was changing Emily for a walk when she started to smile; goo and coo at me, at around 6 weeks.  Wow, that was just incredible!  I started crying, of course!  The first of many Mummy tears I have discovered!

Smiles, goos and coos!

And more recently we have heard her precious baby giggles that she has given us.  I know I have mentioned it before, but it is the most amazing sound I have ever heard (and I am not biased in any way, shape or form!).  She just gets so hysterical, she keeps giggling as she hears her own voice more and more, it is infectious - for both her and us!  And lately she has added squealing to the mix, that really, really high pitched, almost deafening squealing... something that only a mother could love, as it really is quite deafening!

And then I had one more unexpected M & M's today... realising just how much I love my own Mom who has visited for a few days to get her baby fix!  Isn't it funny how you wish to be so independent, want to get on with things and be an adult, and yet you still need your own Mom so much?  She loves us unconditionally, would do anything for us and is just plain amazing!  So I shed a few more Mummy tears on the short journey home because I realised what a beautiful role model I have to live up to in my parenting to come, for Emily.

Here's to all mummies, everywhere... you do such an amazing job, each and everyday, and you should be very proud.