Mommy Magnetism

Under my feet. Constantly. From the moment she wakes up, Ellie is glued to her mama. She follows me everywhere, steals a bite of whatever I am eating, sits so close to me on the couch that we are smooshed into each other, and will not let me do anything without her knowing. Mommy Magnetism. Ellie sleeps crooked in the bed. For a long time, I didn't understand it. We always put her to bed straight...head at the top, feet toward the bottom. But by the time I leave (I lay with her until she falls asleep because she gets "scared") she is totally diagonal in her bed. Tonight it dawned on me why. As soon as I lay next to her, Ellie slowly starts to inch her face closer to me. She moves until her face is smooshed up against my arm, chest, shoulder, whatever. And she buries her nose like she is inhaling my scent. In the end, she is completely crooked. Mommy Magnetism. Some days, I am just totally exhausted from Ellie's constant "Mama! Mommy! Mom!" requests: I am Mama, doctor, teacher, coach, play date, creator of fun, DVD player, chef, and everything else in between. But all days, I keep reminding myself that my beautiful little 3 year old daughter, whom I love more intensely than life gives words for, will someday grow up and not think I am so cool or necessary. I will be able to do wrong in her eyes and I will not be the answer to all of her problems and I will DESPERATELY miss being needed and loved so unconditionally. And it will be then that I will pray pray pray for that power once again... Mommy Magnetism.

And here are a few pictures from our weekend. This one is of Ellie digging for worms in our garden bed. Note the ever-present plumber crack: it's an Ellie trademark!

One of my all-time favorite pictures of Ellie: She found a worm and is just delighted. I know my dad is going to remember me doing the same thing when I was little!

And Ellie just being Ellie...

My wonderful Hubby Love worked all weekend to finish the nursery! Hanging stuff on the walls can be so tedious and frustrating! He finally finished tonight and with the exception of a few last minute pieces, we are done! What a guy!

Ellie was VERY helpful. What a great big sister she will be!

Ta-da!