Mornings
The sun was breaking through the ugly vertical blinds that adorn my one bedroom window. I grimace as I think about the mess I know I left behind the night before. The laundry piling up, the toys under the sofa, under the table, strewn across the patio & the inevitable minutes I’ll waste during the day picking said toys up & over & over.
I roll over and the clock is glaring at me. 8 AM. At least I still get that. I still get the sleep I so desperately need. Not a morning person, never have been & hopefully never will be. I don’t drink coffee so mornings are even worse for me. I need sleep until 8 AM and sometimes beyond. Luckily for me my sleep comrade is still snug under Ikea & Target blankets.
I make my morning cell phone rounds. Instagram, TweetDeck, DrawSomething. Pursing my weekly to-do list I check off things that I did accomplish & remove things that I know just aren’t happening this week & add more that floated across my mind during the night hours.
On my right I start to hear the stirs that have become so familiar to me over the last {almost} 4 years. Someone is starting to wake up. “Waking up a preschooler is like opening a box of chocolates”-Me. This morning however he wakes up much like his Dad does. Those are always the good morning, the sweet mornings, the easy mornings.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Did you have dreams?”
“Can we go into a cave?”
And we do. Slide under the covers & hide from Smookie the Ghost or Megatron or Daddy. We do this until his giggles start to mix with the sound of a lawnmower, the birds chirping, & the outside world starting their day.
His little red curls spill over his face & he turns to me nose to nose. “Can we snuggle Mommy?” and we do for a few more moments. Pure moments. Moments that aren’t interrupted by whining, negotiating, begging, yells, & transforming. These mornings I cherish & then I feel someone else stir within me & wonder “What will morning with two be?”
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[...] how last Monday I was all basking in the morning glow of motherhood. Waxing on about the chirping birds, morning caves, and all that other ra-ra-ra being a mom rocks [...]
Mornings with 2 will be twice as lovely!
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So sweet. And with two it’ll be even more wonderful, believe it or not!
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Beautiful, I love those mornings when everything is smiles and giggles. Very sweet description.
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Such a sweet morning…. and when the new one comes there will be new traditions!
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So sweet, my son has a cave too and we always go there (under the covers) to hide from the ghosts and tell stories.) Precious moments.
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OMG this is sooo sweet! What a precious moment! How far along are you? Thank you for sharing that with us!
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This was beautiful! =)
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What a cute and funny pose, I am a morning person, but sometimes I just want to stay in bed. My kids are older now, but they do like to lay next to me.
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Aww what a sweet way of getting up! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who grabs her cell first thing! Hehe…
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