My Sweetest Reward

I can't believe I'm 5 months pregnant. Chloe's been a real handful these days and it's been hard to focus on my new beannie. My body tells me I'm pregnant but emotionally I tend to forget the fact that there's another baby inside of me. I think Chloe is more aware of it than I am because particularly these days, she's been especially attached to me. She recently came down with a cold so during the last few nights, she would not let me leave her. I spent a few nights holding her, almost pulling all nighters. She's always been a great sleeper (well, more or less) since she was 4 months old, and we didn't have to comfort her to sleep. She loved her own space and was very much happy in her own crib.
But things have changed. We tried sleeping with her in our bed after so many visits to her room last night, but as we have before, we failed to do that because she always starts playing, get cranky followed by crying in our room. Finally at around 4 a.m. this morning, Chloe and I were both exhausted and when I took her to our guest bedroom, we both fell asleep there. She was all over the bed though. Most of the time, she had her legs up on my face, kicking and pushing me. At one point, she body slammed me on top of my stomach, I could feel my poor little beannie squirming away to the other side of my stomach. no joke!
After this long sleepless night, something wonderful happened. When Chloe woke up, she looked for me and said, "uhm-ma!" She then came close to me, touched my face and gave me a kiss. I completely melted. It was the sweetest reward I've ever gotten!