Wow...so I have had a packed, long, exhausting weeked. A very good friend of mine from college got married this weekend and I was her matron of honor. It was a beautiful wedding and went off without a hitch!
The night before the wedding she was staying at a hotel near where we were staying and I went to hang out with her. We had a blast just chatting, watching a movie and eating milk duds!! Just like old times! But when it got late I went back to my hotel and poured myself into bed at about midnight.
At 2:30 am my sweet, baby girl awoke and couldn't go back to sleep, I tried walking with her for about half an hour and thought that I was successful but as soon as I put her down she was awake again. I am the type that doesn't sleep well when I am not in my own bed, so I hadn't slept well the night before and I was exhausted, so I gave in!! Our daughter does not sleep with us in our bed, but I had to give in and try it because I was exhausted and knew that I had a big day of hair appointments, decorating and a wedding ahead of me. Usually because she does not sleep in our bed with us when I am exhausted and try to take her to bed with us she just messes around and doesn't go to sleep. I was worried that would happen, but I was surprised. She must have just been wiped as well because I put her into bed between my husband and I and after a bit of fidgeting she was out. As I lay there next to her I couldn't go back to sleep for a bit. I just laid there with my arm wrapped around her, taking in her sweet smell and listening to the sound of her breath. All I could do at that very moment was pray and thank God for blessing us with such a sweet, healthy little girl. I lay there for quite sometime just listening to her and I finally fell asleep with her cuddled next to me. It was a fitful night of sleep for me, but TOTALLY worth it to have her snuggled up next to me just like when she was first born.
So even though I am writing this blog and I am totally exhausted, I just think about that and know that someday she will be too big or too busy for me to snuggle up to. I will fold that little memory into the back of my mind and pull it out now and again and I hope that the the smell of her shampoo is just as fresh then as it is now.
Ah, I love this! We are the same, we rarely have the monkey in bed with us, but one night when he was sick and couldn't get to sleep we brought him in. He snuggled his little arm around me and it was the best. The other morning before we left for our weekend away I also brought him in. He had woken up at 6:15 and we knew we would be away the next few days. I brought him in and he fell asleep right away. He was lying there, snoring away, just like his daddy and I just looked at my two boys and got tears in my eyes, thanking God for them and the blessing they are in my life! We are surely blessed!!!
ReplyDeleteI love those times when you get those extra, unexpected snuggles!
ReplyDeleteYeah...I was soo tired but with her snuggled up to me (even when she was kicking me in the ribs) it didn't matter!!
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