A Sweet Morning Smile

My baby wakes up early. Early for me/us/him is between 6 and 6:30 every morning and depending on what mommy and daddy did or didn't do the night before (i.e. watched psych until 1 am, decided it was high time to tackle the pile of dishes on the counter and deep clean the pots and pans cupboard at the same time, crochet/knit an inordinate amount of potholders/dishcloths/rows on a hat to finish before lights out... or maybe we were zonked after a long day of chasing little one around and tuck in at 9 pm...) when the time comes that our sweet little man is awake, he follows the routine that has now been set in place.

Every morning.

We hear his door knob jiggle, door rattles, opens, he exits and promptly closes the door. He doesn't appear around the corner. He is looking to see if anyone is up. Negative. Returns to room and closes his door. Silence.

15-20 Minutes later...

We hear his door knob jiggle, door rattles, opens, he exits and promptly closes the door. Appears in our doorway (usually with an animal or two in tow)... smiling. He waits.

One of us will either tell him to go back and play in his room for a little longer (if it is before 7 am). Or wave him in. The first command is met with a quiet obedience and he returns to his room where we can hear him playing (and he often turns on his favorite Winnie the Pooh songs on his cd player). The second one, when we say "Good morning" and tell him to "Come [s]nuggle with us" is always met with just the biggest smile you can possibly imagine.

That smile is sometime the very sweetest part of my day (if it turns out to be a rough one). I can always count on that smile... and I never want to forget it! He starts every day wanting to smile and snuggle... how do we ever say no...

oh yeah... because we were up too late...

crazies.

Go to bed! Greet your little one with a smile in the morning! Maybe there won't be any more bad days!

Disgustingly optimistic, right? I know :-)

I like that about myself.

Enough for now.

Peace.

Abi

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