precious moments

There are days when we need to think about and remember the precious things in life. I'm not particularly having a bad day or anything but as I went in to get my daughter out of bed this morning, it struck me, if I thought about all the sweet and precious things more I'd be happy AND thankful more!

My favorite time of day is when I get to wake up, make my daughter breakfast and sit anxiously awaiting her little voice to greet me. Every morning I effortlessly give her a huge greeting welcoming her to the day. I actually have to try not to over do it sometimes because she probably thinks I'm nuts. But I love this time with her. I walk in, turn on her lamp, say "good morning Princess!", get her out of bed where she proceeds to lay her sweet little head on my shoulder. Then I stand in front of her changing table for a minute savoring the lovin' (because she's rarely still enough to love me like that) and as I lay her down on the table to be changed we have a little chat. "Are you ready for breakfast?" "Did you sleep well?" "Mommy is sooo happy to see you!" And sometimes we sing a little song. Now obviously she can't talk quite yet but the kid DOES sing. It's the cutest thing. She knows how to carry a tune in her jibber jabber. I wish you could hear it. So yeah, I sing a part of a song and she sings it back. PRECIOUS I tell you! And THAT is how our day begins.

Another precious thing in life is seeing the face of my husband when he sees Anna~Kate for the first time of the day. He is usually sleeping when she wakes up because he works nights but oh boy does she get two good greetings everyday. It's so fun.

Precious, yet annoying sometimes, is when AK knows it's about time for bed she takes off and jumps in her ball pit/tunnel contraption where I can't easily remove her-without some effort anyways. She knows when it's coming too, which is so funny to me. From there, we play for a minute to get the last of her energies out and then I grab a limb and start (carefully) pulling her out. Haha.

Sitting across from my husband at a restaurant table, with nothing to say at that very moment and just staring into his eyes. Ah, heaven. I feel giddy all over again.

The look on my daughter's face AND my mom's face when they see each other again after a couple of weeks apart. Priceless. Seriously, I don't think AK greets ANYONE like she greets her. Not even us when we've been away for a couple of hours.

Standing by the monitor at night listening to my child carry a conversation with the angels, I guess. She giggles and talks and then giggles and so on. VERY precious!

I could go on for a while so I'll stop here

When mommy and daddy are giving eachother a BIG hug-on purpose and for THIS response-Anna~Kate starts grinning from ear to ear, runs up and raises her hands to us to join in on the fun. Then we proceed with a big family bear hug type deal. So sweet.

What are some precious moments in your life?