Saturday, January 11, 2014

JayJays baby blanket is packed away, and I only cried a little, o.k. a lot...

Last night was a big night in our home. We have been going back and forth with JayJay about how it is time to pack away her minkie. Her minkie use to be about 4' x 4', now it is in three pieces and one long string. For a few weeks we have been preparing her for the fact that she is going to have to surrender it to mommy and daddy, before it becomes one long string.  We had a few attempts, which always led to tears at some point during the night, when she would realize it was no longer there. Last night we had a breakthrough. She surrendered...
What I was not prepared for, was the stream of tears that I shed. Holy cow, I almost went into the ugly cry.  That was the last of her "baby" items for me... Need I say more? This minkie was extra special, it was the one she came home from the hospital with. This minkie was made by a stranger. This person put time and effert into a baby blanket for a baby they would never meet. A blanket for a child that she know was going to have a hard start at life. A blanket for a child that she knew may not have much to call their own. Amazing...

Before she went to bed we promised her that she could help us wrap it up and put it in a keepsake box tomorrow (today). We also promised her that she could see some of our keepsakes from when we were her age. Amazingly she went the entire night without asking for it, and the first thing out of her mouth this morning was, "daddy, I want to see your special things from when you were a kid".

Well, I guess its official... My babies are growing up...

4 comments:

  1. Yep, it's hard... but it brings back memories... (Ted's)... you hugged and loved the 'stuffins' right out of him! ILY

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