What I can't wait to do with Lizzie

Paul and I are pretty happy and hopeful these days.  I have heard that things improve after 3 months and it is true!  Lizzie is starting to self soothe and put herself to sleep!  It is a wonder and is wonderful.  She is growing so much each day.  She can sit straight up more in her bumbo and I am starting to think I might actually want more kids again.  : )  As long as I know that the really hard part is the first three months, I think I can handle it.  Things were going really well until about 9 weeks and then I kind of hit a wall of frustration and sleep deprivation but it's starting to come around now and I love being a mom.  Also, my wonderful sister-in-law Jenny came to help me out last week and just her presence there really calmed me.  Amazing.  So, I was telling Paul that I am soooo excited to do certain things with Lizzie and introduce her to certain things and I want to write them down here before I forget them all.  Unfortunately, she cannot be introduced to direct sunlight until 6 months so we can't do too much just yet but we are already having good times.  Okay here goes:

• Take Lizzie to the Nutcracker and just watch her watch the ballet in awe
• Take Lizzie to the Symphony in a mommy-daughter date and take her to hear the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto.  Paul took me when we were dating and it is soo incredibly beautiful.  
• Frolic with Lizzie in the park in the spring under the cherry blossom trees.  I remember those fascinated me to no end when I was a kid
• Dance Swan Lake with Lizzie
• Feed the ducks and swans in the park with Lizzie
• Take Lizzie to the farmer's market and have her hold and touch her first pumpkin
• Take Lizzie to Disneyland
• Take Lizzie to a beach
• Play a violin duet with Lizzie
• Read the scriptures to Lizzie and memorize The Lord is My Shepherd with her
• Watch Annie with Lizzie (my first movie and still my favorite) and dance the music around the house with her
• Let her skip a day of class around Christmastime so that we can bake Christmas candy and cookies all day long
• Go to the park with her and just eat fresh pineapple and mangoes with her
• Say prayers with Lizzie at night
• Speak Spanish with Lizzie
• Say "hello" to her from the primary hello song and have her say hello back
• Take Lizzie to her first national park and go camping
• Dress Lizzie in her first tutu or ballet outfit for whatever cute little ballet or dance program she is in
• Take Lizzie to the library and spend hours with her just getting books and cuddling up and reading them.  This one has got to take the cake.  I remember how much I LOVED the library as a little girl.  I LOVED it.
• Watch Lizzie play with her dad.  I am so happy they are already forming a great bond.   

Wow, what else?  I know there is so much else I want to do with her but this is what strikes me right away.  I love being a mom.