Tonight, Emily woke up. She woke up after going to bed at 8 pm and before 6:30 am. This has not happened in some time here at home. It was AMAZING when she started to finally sleep through the night around 19 months. Tonight though....tonight she woke up around now (10:30ish). As I nursed her back to sleep I stared at her in amazement. She has gotten so big! As I switched her sides it was a difficult task that wasn't so much so just a year ago.
I stared at her and I thought of how I almost lost her. I almost lost this sweet, perfect, trouble causing babe at 6 weeks. I thanked God again for the gift he had given me in her. Little Emily is pure trouble. She is hard headed and does what she wants. This is what got her through though. I 100% believe that even at 6 weeks she was trouble...always in to trouble....never giving up. She didn't give up then and so sometimes I wonder why I think she would give up causing trouble now.
She is so precious and looks so sweet and innocent....that girl is trouble! Do not let her fool you. She also moves my face to hers to give me a kiss. She also wakes up asking for "sissy." She also bows her head to pray before meals. She says please and thank you. She is trouble for sure.......but she is also purely amazing. Never gives up.
She is my fighter and I wouldn't have it any other way. Not during the middle of the night or any other time because she is God's gift. A gift I almost lost. A precious, amazing, firecracker I will always be thankful for.
It's amazing the things we think of while staring at our little ones at night while they sleep.
