Celestina Hope, my firstborn

[leeloofe]

Usually when I go to bed I'm snoring in less than 10 minutes (well, Ed says I snore but I don't believe him) but last night I tossed and turned for at least a half hour before falling asleep.  While lying there I was thinking about Celest.  I think we are in a really good phase in terms of our mother/daughter relationship right now.  I'm talking with her about more and more grownup topics (still at an age appropriate level of course!) and she's interested in what I have to say about them.  I know this won't last forever so I'm enjoying every minute of it!  She's always had a bit of a loner independent personality so once she's full on teenager mode I probably won't see or hear from her until she's married.  She's always preferred to do things on her own.  Thomas is much more social and always bugs her to do stuff with him but she'd much rather sit in her room building Legos, drawing or playing video games.  Even at parties, 9 times out of 10 I know to look for her in the quietest room of the house because she'll be there by herself.  Ed doesn't quite understand it but he doesn't realize she's a lot like he is. He would much rather spend a night at home doing his own thing than go with me to hang out.  Of course he does like to socialize too, but his frist choice would be homebody.

I love my daughter no matter whether she's the life of the party, the wall flower hoping to join in, or the girl who just wants to be alone.