Casendra's closeups

Casendra's closeups as she sat on my lap.

Casendra and I - it has been amazing to me, as I come to realize the connect or bond that one can make with a child, even if it is not your own. It seems Casendra and I have that bond - despite being away for over 12 weeks on the reabstracting study she never acted strange - instead she came to me right away with a big smile and arms up for me to pick her up. Amazing being she is only 16 months old. It is so cute that most of the time, she would come to me to be picked up or held before going to even her parents (she also goes to her Uncle Jon too). It has been awhile but later in the evening we had our cuddle time (head on my shoulder as she plays with my tops gathers). I was taken aback though, when I was holding baby Emily as Casendra cried as she wanted to be held too. So at one point I was sitting in a chair with Baby Emily in one arm with Casendra sitting on my lap being held with the other arm.