Kylie May and Her Cuddly Saturday 72

Did you feel the shift? Maybe not. Sometimes the earth falling back into alignment is a very subtle thing.  Today, in our little universe, things were back into balance... slightly. Kylie and I got to have some great father daughter time that we have been missing the last couple work nights.  The problem is that Nat is back to work tonight, so this little galaxy of ours needs just a smidge of fine tuning and we will be rotating on all axis.  Tonight, however, "As the World Turns", I am happy to be away from the "General Hospital", and back behind the keyboard control station getting to chronicle the "One life I Live" by blogging about "All (one of) my Children", as we recount the "Days of our Lives", that just so happen to feature "The Young and the Restless", "The Bold and The Beautiful", Kylie May. 

She was a huge cuddle bug today, and I loved it.  Whether it's from the shots she got on Wednesday, early teething, or some other random thing, Kylie didn't seem to being feeling that great today.  For different babies (and parents) a child "not feeling great" can mean entirely different things.  So, I should clarify.  Kylie didn't feel great, which means, she still had her fun, smiley, happy, naked times, but she was just a little less content to be put down in between those happy times.  Even  while being held, she had a tiny bit of irritability that we don't usually see.  Translation Please: Kylie wanted to spend all afternoon cuddled on my shoulder, without being moved from there.  Her and I made an agreement:  As long as my arms didn't give out, she didn't have to move.  At this particular time I am typing with my feet, and, is it bad if you don't feel your arms? No? Ok. Then I'm good.  There is just something about seeing Kylie's face cuddled up (COMPLETELY relaxed) on my shoulder that make the hours of walking and holding seem like the greatest thing in the world. 

It was also fun today to relive some of our birth experience (We ran out of time but Kylie is going to share it from her perspective next time) with Jessie and Emily.  Emily is due in a couple weeks, and she wanted to bounce some ideas of Nat, so we got to share with them some of the things that worked, and things that didn't with our Labor/Birth.  I was reminded of two things during the conversation. The first, is how special the day and experience was, and the second, is how glad I am that it's over. :-) I'm glad you are out in the world miss Kylie.  The anticipation could have given me ulcers. It was fun to see Emily and Jessie as they prepare for the BIG event.  Good Luck you guys.  You will do great!

Ok.  Time to go.  Nat is gone and the midget is waiting. Kylie and I have developed this "tradition", if you will, of compiling all these great photos of Me, her, and Nat, putting them in a slideshow, cranking up James Blunt's Goodbye My Lover, and just balling our eyes out, while we wait for her to come home..."Ok.  I know you've had the slideshow on pause for 20 minutes.  I'm coming" Duty calls.  Gotta run.

more to come soon,

-Craig-

Little miss cuddly enjoying some post dinner swing time at Papa and Mimis