A Full Heart

So tonight something happened that made all of the stress, exhaustion, and chaos of each day worth it.

We have a nightly ritual where each one of us takes a boy and gives him his bedtime bottle. Then we carry them upstairs and put them in their cribs. I give each boy a kiss, an "I love you", the humidifier goes on and the door closes. Usually their heads hit their little pillows and we *fingers crossed* don't hear a peep until the next morning.

Well tonight Jeff gave Blakey his bedtime bottle and Nico slammed his down in no time so he was in bed first. When I came downstairs, I went to the kitchen to finish making OUR dinner while Jeff took Blakey upstairs to bed. After about 15 minutes of Nico being in bed, he was still whining and complaining, which is pretty unusual for this time of day. I went in to get him out thinking he might have a poopy diaper. When I went in, Blakey was standing up in his crib calling out "mama, mama, mama". I decided not to engage and just ignored him. I brought Nicolas downstairs and after finding a clean diaper (nice try, Mister!), I rocked him for a bit in the glider and took him back upstairs. While I was rocking him I was thinking about how unusual it was that Blakey was still standing up in his crib talking to me when normally he goes down so easily at night.

Well, I took Nicolas back upstairs for round two and as soon as I open the door, I get this persistent "mommy, mommy, mommy" from Blakey. I put Nico in his crib, kiss him goodnight (again), and then I turn to Blakey and realize that I had never given him his goodnight kiss and "I love you". I reached out, hugged him, kissed him and gave him his "I love you". His head hit his pillow almost immediately and I felt so blessed to be his mommy at that moment!

So, there's my sappy story for a while. Sorry, no pictures for this post. Just a happy mommy moment.