Sweet Moment – Rock-a-bye Baby

It is Saturday April 20, 2013.  I just had a really sweet moment with my 3.5 year-old daughter.  A moment that I want to cherish forever. 

After a beautiful and fun-filled day at the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco’s Japantown, our conversation at bedtime went like this:

Me:  Did you have fun today?

Chloe:  Yes.

Me:  Mommy will always try to take you to fun places and have lots of fun with you okay?

Chloe:  Because you love me.

We then hugged each other really tightly.  We began to sway in each other’s embrace, as if we were dancing. 

Me:  Are we dancing?

Chloe:  Yeah.

Me:  But where’s the music?

Chloe:  Sing “Rock-a-bye Baby” Mommy.

Awwwww……my baby, at 3.5 years old, still wants to be my baby.  At that moment, as we were swaying to "Rock-a-bye Baby", she didn’t want to be my big girl.  She wanted to be my baby.  I have to cherish this moment. 

God knows in 10 years or so when she is a teenager, our conversation will probably sound more like:  “I hate you!  I wish I was not your daughter!”