"Mom, whereareooo?"

Molly's new favorite phrase is, "Mom, whereareooo?"  It's such a little thing but it makes me all sappy and teary eyed.  I guess I love that she misses me even when I just go to do laundry.  I wonder how long she will "need" to know where I am at all time.  So now you know how easily I can be turned into a giant puddle of goo from one simple phrase.

Now imagine what happens to me when Molly yells from her room, "Mommy I NEED you!"  Yep.  I fight back sappy uber-emotional tears and run to her side just to hear her say, "I want cereal."

We have recently started having "conversations"  sometimes she will just jabber on about her toys or "read" me a book or she will just vehemently tell me something that is obviously very important for me to know.  I know that the days of her wanting to cuddle with me are short and the days of playing a game a little less short but I am striving to encourage a great communication between us.  My Mom and I talk for hours each week and never seem to run out of things to say.  Even though we live 3 hours apart and I am all grown up I love talking to my Mom.  I want that relationship with my daughter.  I want her to want to talk to me.  I spent many hours talking to my Mom in the evenings when I was a teenager and I can't imagine how rough those years would have been for me if we hadn't had that relationship. 

Maybe someday Molly will be too old to sit on my lap or fall asleep in my arms(although I choose not to think about those days) but I endeavor everyday to build a relationship of communication with my baby girl.  Today, when I took Molly into the grocery store I asked her if she had a fun day and she vigorously nodded and the said, "Play, gibberish, truck, gibberish, uh-huh, gibberish, Bubby(which means Abby) gibberish, baby, gibberish, Wee!"  I really don't have any clue what most of that was but I do know that she played and saw a Firetruck and then played with Abby which apparently she enjoyed greatly!  As she is learning to verbalize more and more each day I am so excited for our future conversations.  It reminds me that even though I am going to miss our cuddle time and she is going to grow up...I will always have conversations.