Cozy // Ibby talks

Dearest Ibby, 

I've been putting off writing a little update here on the blog mainly because I'm so overwhelmed by your cuteness and affection and hilarity and silliness... I just know that a) I can't do it justice in writing.. b) i'm overwhelmed at the prospect of even trying to express it in writing.. which is probably why I take so many pictures.. and c) writing down the cuteness, so as not to forget it later, is just a reminder that twenty years down the road you're not going to be this wriggling, sweet smelling nugget who wants to cuddle cheek to cheek with 'momeeee'... 

Oy vey. 

But oh well. 

So about your cuddling.  It is THE CUTEST thing ever.  Actually, it transcends cuteness and is something that I didn't even know existed.  Some months ago, when you were dropping your morning nap but still kind of needing a morning nap...I'd say to you, when you were getting tearful or whiny, and generally nappish... i'd say, 'let's go get cozy'.. so we'd get your bottle and lie down on the couch with a blankie together...sometimes on my bed..and we'd get nice and cozy.... and this was before you were talking a lot... but you learned what it meant to get cozy ;) so I don't know when, but at some point you learned to say cozy, and now you ask for it when you're feeling whiny or tearful or tired..or cuddly... you say it with varying inflection, which can carry different meanings.... for example, 'cohdee?' (let's get cozy) or 'cohhhdeeee' (this is so cozy and cuddly and wonderful)..'cohdee cohdee' (stay here and stay cozy with me and don't move)  you'll also add some other nouns to paint the full picture of what you want: 'cohdee? bed... bubba'  which means... let's get cozy in the bed with my bubba... or you say it at nighttime when i'm putting you to bed and you want me to lie down with you... 'cohdee?'.... honestly, it is the cutest thing that i've ever heard uttered, so it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to refuse...when you were sick the other day, we were in my bed, watching Elmo, and your fever was so so nasty... you pulled my face in so close to yours with a 'cohdee? cohdee?'.. and when i tried to move my face away from your sweaty little head, you'd pull it back in and say so softly 'cohdee.. cohdee'... 

So.  I just want you to remember, that you can always ALWAYS come lie your sweaty little head next to mine when you're feeling sick, tired, whiny, tearful... when you need to reset... when you need a reminder, when you need a really good cuddle... 

you've taught us so much and you're not even 2... ?!

to be continued.... 

xx

Mama