As babies, each of our kids has had their preferred parent. Although I was the lucky one for Julia, all of the others have preferred Rebecca over me to varying degrees. With Agnes there is no question at all about who she likes best. Sometimes I will be holding her and I think that we are having a good time, but as soon as Rebecca comes in to the room I find out she was only tolerating me because mom was not around. Without fail she will cry until I give in and hand her over. She frequently does play a fun little game with me though and today it really cheered me up. It usually starts when she is across the room and I will try to get her attention. Then, when she sees that I am looking at her she gives me a big smile. I smile back really big and then she looks away. Then she will look back to see if she still has my attention and then gives a big smile again. I smile back, she looks away, and so on. In playing this game I think she is trying to say "I love you and am happy to see you, just don't try to come take me away from Mom." Whatever she is thinking, the smiles I get always brighten my day. Today in particular the other kids were extra grumpy (perhaps from camping out on Friday night and staying up late to watch a movie last night), and so Agnes' smiles really kept me going.
Today, Agnes is my superhero for sharing her smiles with me.
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