LOAD has done so much to help me remember why I love this hobby. Busy day. The kids are gone to spend the night with uncle, aunt, and cousins. We have some chores to do tomorrow, but I hope to spend time blogging about some topics.

Today’s layout:

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Journaling reads:

His little body melted into mine as he exhaled and snuggled close. He was bone tired from a day of going and not napping. Normally he takes two naps, but the sum total today was 45 minutes in the car on the way home from GG’s house.

I thought about how nice it was for him to sit still in my arms. How nice it was for him to let me hold him close. How nice it was to kiss his temple and nose the soft hair on the top of his head. He is growing so fast – almost a year now – and he rarely gives me a chance to hold him like this these days.

Or does he? I reflected back to the rush of the morning, when I was trying to get everyone together and out the door to Mom’s. He had been toddling about unsteadily then, following me about in his brand new choo-choo train soft-soled shoes.  Every time he got near me, he would wrap himself around my knees, clinging, slowing down progress. I remembered back to this time with Olivia and how it was the same. How I had learned to dodge and feint to escape the unsteady little grasp so that I could do what I needed to do without having to constantly bend and extract myself.

Next time I think I will try something different. I think I will stop and take a moment to give him a snuggle instead. Whatever I need to get done can wait that long. Maybe he is trying to give me one of those chances, and I need to grasp it while I can.

Until tomorrow…

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