This is one of my favorite pictures ever taken of our little family. Now before you get all ranty on me, let me just say that no, this is not how every day is spent in our house. It was the last full night of our Hawaiian vacation, and we were simply enjoying a cocktail on the lanai.
And D wanted to join in the fun.
You guys, I am beyond flattered and excited to announce that I was a winner in Fadra’s (from all.things.fadra, duh) Blogmas Awards this year!!
No idea what Blogmas is? Well you can check it all out right here. Fadra is amazing, and I’m still blown away by the fact that I was one of her chosen ones this year for the inaugural Blogmas Awards.
And for what did I win, you’re surely wondering? My A mama in the darkness post. Please check it out and see if you agree with Fadra’s assessment.
Thank you, Fadra! And Merry Blogmas, everyone!!
A picture, a word, a memory.
Remember Mel from Week in My Life fame? Well she also does a weekly link-up entitled Capture the Everyday. The challenges are to capture images that represent our everyday, with a different “topic” each week. I haven’t linked up before, but this week’s was just too fitting not to participate – capture something for which you are thankful.
I am so incredibly fortunate to have many, many things in my life for which to be thankful – my health, my sanity, my family, my friends, my well-being, my home, my job… But when I think of for what I am most thankful, the answer is pretty obvious. This…
And this…
And this…
And this…
And this…
Head on over to Adventuroo to see more of this week’s Capture the Everyday:
And for what are you most thankful now, in this season of giving, as well as in your own everyday?
Tiny hands explore my face as I rock you with your bottle.
The left one grazes my chin and cheek, searching for a strand of hair to twirl. The right one feels my ear and finds my earring. Usually it twists your own hair, but tonight you want mine.
I hope I always remember their touch, their tiny strokes.
Will there be more someday? Right now it is just me and you, and you have all of me.
Your legs dangle off my lap, not kicking about tonight. Calm, ready for bed. You’re getting so big.
Your warm head, fresh from a bath, nestled in the bend of my left elbow. It fits perfectly.
I rock, you drink. It’s early, but you’re tired already and I can tell it’s time.
The snuffles and grunts as you swallow the last milk of the day soon turn into the slow breaths and little snores of your slumber. Sleep comes easily tonight.
I watch you, breathing in every second and trying to etch the memory in my mind for all time.
I smile down at you in the darkness, your eyelids having fluttered shut for the final time for sleep. Tears well up in my eyes, for I know this era is fleeting.
I don’t want it to go.
They say we have to give this up soon, but not tonight. Not now.
You don’t need to be burped anymore, but I put you on my shoulder when the bottle is done anyway. I love when you sleep up there. You fit.
Your little left hand falls to rest on my left shoulder as you turn yourself around, getting comfortable in your dreams. I kiss it, then your cheek as I lay you in your crib. Face down, knees pulled in underneath you, bottom up in the air. Your favorite position.
I love you. Every piece of you. Every fiber of your being and every sparkle of your soul, wherever it may take you. Hopefully not too far away.
I will always love you like this. Forever.
This was originally intended to only be a little ode to D, but it just so happens to fit in with a couple writing prompts. So I’m linking up at both Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop and Heather’s Just Write.
I’m linking up today over at a different Wordless Wednesday site. Check it out if you’d like to see more…
Here’s the button – you know what to do…
