You know how you sometimes get those moments that completely justify the fact that being a mom is so challenging and thankless? Well, I totally had one of those this evening and it's so amazing how something so simple makes it all worth while. Peeny. She's my heart. Tonight, I was in the bedroom checking my email while Brent entertained the kids for a minute. Anyway, when I walked into the living room after I was finished, both kiddos were completely absorbed in playing together with one of their toys so I sat down quietly on the floor behind them so I wouldn't disturb them. Well, Callie sorta heard me and did a double-take when she realized it was me. She looked back at her toy for a second and you could tell that she was kinda torn because didn't want to break away from what she was so enthralled in, but she did anyway and walked up to me, gave me a kiss, and then hurried back to her toy. I never said a word.
My heart swelled up bigger than my chest could bear and it almost hurt. I'm so in love. So in love.
Monkey is my buddy too. He's been walking a lot, although he is still very wobbly and hasn't quite pinpointed his center of balance. Every time I walk into the room, I'm on that little man's radar and he is gunning for me. I love it because I know it's still hard for him to make it far distances, but he tries so hard to get to me when he sees me. It's tough if I'm busy running around from room to room trying to get things done quickly and I see him start to take off in my direction. I can't help but stop and wait for him to finally grab onto me and then of course we cheer and have a 10 second mini-party. It's so fun and I am so blessed to gave been given these two, beautifully rotten, little rugrats!
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