For all of his tough boy persona, Will is oozing with love under the surface. He is a Momma's boy. No doubt about it. There are a lot of nights that he will quietly sneak across the hall and climb into bed with us, taking the empty spot between mine and Josh's feet (Maggie already has the spot between our heads!). I tell him that he is a big boy now and needs to sleep in his own bed, but every night, just in case, I put an extra pillow and blanket at the foot of the bed for him. He doesn't come every night but on the ones that he does, I usually snuggle up close to him for a while and take in all of his sweetness---even the Dennis the Menace has sweetness---because I know it won't last forever.
Maggie is at the age where she is starting to return her love to us. She will squeeze your neck when you hug her, lay her head on my shoulder and nuzzle up close to me, still with that ever-so-sweet baby smell. She has also learned that she can can barter and tease affection--withholding kisses to anyone who will show her a reaction! Most mornings now, since she occupies the coveted spot in bed between Mommy and Daddy (I always said I wouldn't co-sleep! Ha!), she wakes me up with a big, wet, sloppy kiss on the lips. I treasure it each day--even though I am not a morning person!
All of these sweet moments from our children are the incentive we have for raising them. I mean really--they eat all of our food, spend all of our money, require constant attention, nursing, teaching, driving--and we willingly do it all for those few minutes a day when they halt all the chaos in their path and just give us a hug and kiss, a simple I love you. All of the Mom's and Dad's I know work very hard to find a balance between work and home--we know there is no such thing as "just staying home!"--for me, there is nothing more rewarding for it all than to hear, "Momma...I love you hard!" They have no idea how much harder I love them back.
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My sweet babies at a Greenville Drive game! |
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