Well, this Thursday, at 5 a.m., I take off for a whirlwind 5 day trip to the United States for my sister's wedding. I am thrilled to be seeing my family, to celebrate this incredible event, and to eat at least three burritos. But my heart breaks a bit because my little e is not joining me. It was a difficult decision to make - to leave her here and go alone - and while I'm confident that it was the right one for us, I can't say I'm too cheerful about it.
I came across this blog a couple days ago and it made me smile. Today when I wasn't feeling too hot about saying goodbye to my babycakes, I checked it out again. Now, I cannot relate to its contents at all. When Edie was this little, once she was finally asleep I spent my time showering, praying she would stay asleep, and, if at all possible, sleeping myself. This brave soul of a mom has a tremendous sleeper and boundless creativity, so she makes these dreamscapes and then moves her daughter into the frame while she's sleeping for just a moment, gets her shot, and then pops her daughter back into her sleeping receptacle. Even those of you with the blackest, stoniest of hearts have to admit that this is cute.
Family - I am so looking forward to seeing you all! Friends - I wish I was going to be there long enough to see some of you. Not this time, alas. Please keep in touch! And any parents - please feel free to send me encouraging messages about how my baby won't forget me, she won't refuse to nurse when I return, I'm not setting her up for years of therapy, etc. Oh, but do spare the "Wow. I could never do that! This must be so hard for you!" I'm a little tender for that right now.
On the bright side, Will has promised to blog at least once about his full time daddy adventures!
Rach - If it makes you feel better, Rose left her kiddos home with their dad for a long weekend when they were about E's age (and she has three!) Have a safe trip home, I'm bummed I won't get to see you but I understand the time crunch. Hope you are doing great and tell Will I said hi!
ReplyDeleteRakel, I saw the web site. She is braver than all the mothers in the Andersen family combined.
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