What We Miss About Miss M

• that smile
• reading stories to her and seeing the enchanted look on her face with every page turn!
• the way her little mouth looked when we took the bottle out of her mouth and she just kept puckering those lips
• hiccups
• the way she instantly calmed down when we played with her hair
• her soft hair!
• her tiny ears
• the way she would hold our pinkies when we fed her
• watching her sleep like a rock when she was swaddled really tightly
• those adorable tired sounds she would make when she was falling asleep
• watching her sleep on my husband's chest (especially those first few nights when she would sleep there for hours at a time)
• watching her learn to play!
• cutest giggle in the world
• the way she would lock those big, beautiful eyes on mine when I fed her her bottle
• those sweet middle of the night feedings - such a precious time
• how much fun she had playing with my face
• watching her play with a hanging sign in Kroger when we encouraged her (have I mentioned that she's brilliant :)
• the way she would spit out her pacifier when she was fully awake and ready to play
• the way she would stare at herself in the mirror
• towards the end, the way she would snuggle in and sleep so well in our arms, then fuss the second she sensed us getting ready to put her in her crib. We put her down anyways, of course, but we took it as such a sweet message that she felt loved and safe in our arms
• her little bobble head when she wanted to check out all that was going on around her
• kisses on her forehead :)

Miss M, you were such a ray of sunshine in this house, and we are sad that you're no longer here. However, know that you will continue to be prayed for, and that you are more than a product of your circumstances! May Christ be alive in your life, and may He use you to do mighty things for His kingdom!

"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,

according to the power at work within us,

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,

forever and ever. Amen."

Eph. 3:20-21