My daughter woke around 12:30 this morning, just as I was heading to bed. I was hoping she'd fall back to sleep without me because I was ready for sleep, but soon I heard a faint, sleepy "Mommy" that I couldn't resist.
I slowly opened her door. She opened her arms up and wide with her little lips pursed. I knelt down as she hugged and kissed me. I then sat down on her floor, and she snuggled into my hold. Before long, a minute or two maybe, she had drifted to sleep. I was tired, my back was starting to hurt, and I hadn't even brushed my teeth yet, but I just held her.
Her head rested on my arm while her hand rested on my chest, occasionally grabbing hold of my fingers when I touched her little hand. I smiled to myself as she talked and made little rhythmic noises while she slept. I thought about staying awake all night just so I could hold my peaceful, normally squirmy, toddler. It was a near-perfect moment. I say "near" because her sleepy weight got heavier as she repositioned herself and settled on my full bladder, but I still didn't want to move her.
I gently kissed her forehead while holding her close. I looked at her, stroking her hair, and a tear fell from my cheek to hers as I thought of how fleeting these moments are.
What are some special moments you've recently shared with your children? Do you have a special moment you remember with your mom or dad?
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That's very special... I know I've had some similar moments with my boyfriend where I just wanted to sit there with him and never move again...
I love putting my daughter to bed. As I hold her bottle when she lays across my lap, she wraps her little fingers around my thumb and twirls her hair with her other hand. She is so pretty and smells so good, I just want to sit there and listen to her sleep. I am trying to enjoy every single second I have like this with her.
aaaw that is so sweet. you make me excited to give birth to my little girl =)
i'm biased : little girls...ahh. my first thougt in the mornings is my daughter and the last when my head hits the pillow...
Megan makes these "eyes" at me when she's eating sometimes...just big, doe eyes...it's completely adorable and I just want to hold her close and never put her down...like some how that would stop her from growing up on me!
no children. im only 18. lol. but i cant wait until i have those picture perfect moments with my son or daughter. :)
No children...but I love it when I am laying on a couch and my baby sister comes and climbs up with me. She snuggles right up next to me and lays her head on my shoulder. We'll just lay there like that for awhile. I love it.
My son is no longer as affectionate as I'd like him to be at 3, but on the rare occasion that he is, he loves to lay on my chest and tell me, "mommy i hear your heart", and then he does his cute little sigh and just lays quietly. =)
I feel I have special times with all of my children still. I have 3 teen boys and a toddler girl. They all race to see who will kiss me first in the mornings! Sometimes they stand right at the door so they can be the first! It's so sweet and even my toddler giggles as she races over, as well!
one day while driving down the road, i was feeling a bit ense from recent things going on in my life. i was just driving along & my daughter asked, "mommy, hold hands?" so i reached back & held her hand & instantly she made me feel so happy! it was a best car ride.
What precious memories! I remember when I lived with my younger sister and her husband for awhile when I was going to school in IL. I got my BS degree, she got her Mrs. degree. They had their first child. I remember when he would waking up in the middle of the night or very early morning. I would be the first to hear him so instead of letting him wake mom or dad I would get to him first. I would change his diaper, feed him, or just hold him whatever he needed. I would pick it up and hold him over my head. We would talk and giggle together. I didn't even mind when he drooled all over me. The precious moments.He called both my sister and I mama but had a different way of saying it. He knew the difference. But of course he couldn't say my name. Then when I graduated and moved back to MI, he was two. This was 97. They came up for my college open house and my youngest sister's high school open house. He wouldn't let me out of his sight. He would start crying. Oh the precious memories.
@LittleLilaSmith@xanga - thats. so. dang. sweet.
Recently my daughter started cuddling up with me before she lays down for a nap in her crib. She will go and get a pillow and blanket and put them on the couch and we just lay there, maybe watch a little bit of a movie. She is just so sweet right then.
@ole11@xanga - Awww, that's so cute!
@LittleLilaSmith@xanga - That's hard to do! My arm usually falls asleep.
@HopeForTomorrowMinistry@xanga - Where in IL? I'm from IL.
@greenwoman@xanga - So cute!
So sweet. I'm getting a few of these wonderful little moments. But, as a friend once told me, they become more powerful as they get older. :)