Can't wait to meet your little smiling face buddy! Surreal that you are my brother's baby...still a bit freaked and weirded out Greg's a dad, your dad. Please do me a solid and try not to cry at night during my visit. I need my sleep just as much as you. I loved ya the minute you were born. Can't wait to tell you in person all the goodness I think of you, give you hugs and kisses, sniff you, and awkwardly hold you. I'm warning you. My baby holding technique is all in the bicep/armpit region. In the past some found this comforting, Although I keep a brave face, under your what should be featherweight body, my bicep will be twitching like a mother. But that's just between you and me. Because when your mom and dad ask me "if I got it, or "if i'm OK" I will smile with a slight lip quiver (due to muscle hyperactivity thus weakening) and reply with a confident, "yeah, I can do this all day..i love it!" I will suck it up and hold you as much as I can. My days with you will always be limited; we live so far away from one another. So get ready for my big fat face to be all up in your personal space..I'm coming to invade! Love you.
~abby
That was such a sweet and loving post. I feel exactly the same when it comes to holding babies. So scary!! Can't wait to meet him too!
ReplyDeleteThis must be published....I am smiling & crying at the same time! Fletch is blessed!
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