Thru My Eyes-Aunt Jacqueline

For 9 months I knew her as Baby B or Baby Girl....

We have now met twice and she is no longer baby girl or baby b,  but BABY SEQUOIA!

She is already so amazing and so loved by all of her family!  I can't get enough of her vibrant eyes, her soft touch, her warm pee, her little smile, etc..

Last weekend, Nani and Bob took advantage of me being there and I'm so grateful for that!

I actually got to watch Sequoia for 3 hours and yes I was counting because I just knew Nani would be home within 15 minutes.

I eagerly waited the night I would play with Sequoia but for the few days before the big night, I just patiently waited and observed mommy and daddy.

They are so patient and so loving and are willing to do what ever little sequoia is requiring.  

I laugh when I think of the incident that occurred after our nice dinner out.  Sheri wanted to stop at plums to get the discounted bread and I got to stay in the car with Sequoia. Sure enough, as soon as the door slammed Sequoia knew her mommy was no where around and started to fuss.  Aunt Jacqueline took Sequoia out of her car seat and started rocking her back and forth and she was fine.  Within the next 10 minutes I see Nani running to the car and she jumped into the drivers seat seeing that Sequoia was in my arms and rushed home.  Funny, I tryed to explain to Nani that she was fine and we didn't have to leave Bob but she insisted that Sequoia should be home.  What a dear mother nani is and so protective over her little baby.  

I got to experience seeing Sequoia taking a bath with Nani and totally trusting in her little mamma!  What a amazing experience to watch!  She is our little blessing.

I also watched Nani bounce with Sequoia for 45 minutes on the aerobic ball and thought to myself, no way will I be able to do that if she requires this the night I babysit.  I thought to myself, we'll do some other movement but not the ball for 45 minutes.

All weekend, Sequoia was a joy and made mostly sounds and very little crys.  Like Nani says, if she crys there's only a few things that could be wrong: wet diaper, hunger, needs to be held, ?..

I'm amazed at her strength and her ability to see EVERYTHING!  Sometimes I wonder what she is looking at, only she knows!  I can see comfort in her eyes when she finds her friend(African mask) on the wall.  She seems to crack a smile every time.

My night with Sequoia was filled with wonder....As she slept in my arms and as she woke in my arms I started to wonder what her thoughts are and how she must be so happy to have such loving arms around her all the time.  Was she wondering where her mom was when I was feeding her the bottle or was she just happy that her needs were being met?  All of this only Sequoia knows but one thing I do know is how loved and and happy she is!  ALL THE TIME!

By the way, she was perfect for me that night.  We had a talk and she knew that it was going to be hard for her mom to leave her and how important it was for dad to have some time alone with mom and this is why she just slept in her Aunt Jacqueline's arms that night.  

Until next time..this is Sequoia thru my eyes!