wordless{ish} wednesday v.2

This picture is probably one of my favorites now. I know I shared it already but I just had to again because I love it that much. Just that short walk holding hands with my girl will be a memory that I will hold onto forever. 

As Sophia gets older I sometimes feel sad that she may no longer need me like she used to as a baby. But when she grabs onto my finger to walk with her, that feeling goes away and I know deep down that Sophia will always need me. Just like I need her.

Sophia showed that she needed me again yesterday morning. 

Each morning I drop Sophia off at daycare before I go to work. It's always hard saying goodbye to her but like I've mentioned before, my mom owns the daycare so it's a little easier dropping her off knowing that she is there. Sophia loves her grandma so I just hand Soph to my mom and I am able to leave without her screaming and crying like a lot of the other kids.

Well yesterday morning I sat Sophia down with her grandma and said bye and she started crying "Mama, Mama!" with her hands up. She'll only cry for me every once in a while.  How could I leave to that? So I walked back over to her and picked her up and she put her arms around me and laid her head down on my shoulder. It was the sweetest thing. I wanted to just call off work and stay right there in that moment forever and just hold my baby.

After holding her for a few minutes longer I sat her back down and said "Bye baby, mommy has to go, give me a kiss" She gave me a big kiss on the lips with a "Muahh" noise and walked back to her grandma. 

I was an emotional mess after but I needed that. I was reminded again that Sophia does need me still and that she loves her "Mama" so much. 

It's moments like this one that gets me through my work days so I can come right back home to my girl.

❤

Linking up with: and then she {snapped}, Baby Baby Lemon, The Paper Mama, Jenni From the Blog, Live and Love Out Loud, and Project Alicia.