Split Second

The crying starts at about 5:00pm and goes for hours. It happens every night without fail for about 2 weeks. I'm hoping its a short phase... tonight was no different. Between the crying and the nursing by evenings are shot. Then there was a break in the crying and she was sitting there on the boppy pillow staring at her toes. She was making her feet kick and she was enthralled. Then she looked up and gave me the biggest grin. So sweet and happy. I could see the wheels working in her head as she figured out how to wiggle her own toes. And then before I was done it was tears again and the moment was gone. But it was there. I have hope that this phase will be over and that she will be grown up before I am ready for it. I live for those split seconds.