"I Studied"

     About a week after Hannah was born, Justin went back to work. While we missed him terribly, it was sort of nice to get into our groove, just her and I. Somedays are jammed packed with errands, lunch dates, and craft projects. Others, like today, are simple--endless cups of coffee and a marathon of trashy television. However, one thing is consistent. Every day Justin calls to check on her and asks what we're doing today. I typically answer with something along the lines of grocery shopping or cleaning, but what I really spend most of my days doing is studying. I study every feature of my tiny beauty. I know the small stork bite she has on her lower back and that her second toe is longer than her big one (a trait she inherited from her father). I know she has two eyelashes on her left eye that are significantly longer than the others. I know she loves to have her hair brushed (a trait she most certainly inherited from me).  I know her cries. The loud screeching one when her tongue curls is her hungry cry and the soft whimper means she just wants attention. I'm learning her smile is perfectly symmetrical with pointy corners.  I spend my days studying all the tiny features that make her uniquely her and all the ways she is uniquely mine. Hannah Catherine, when you read this someday, I want you to know this has been the best summer of my life. Spending everyday with you, there is no place I would rather be, ever, in this entire world.