At no time more than when you are sleeping does my mind wander back to those days when you were just a tiny tot who would fall fast to sleep in Mama's arms each evening. I watch you closely as you dream this night and I see the same soft cheeks... the same bee stung lips... as I did back then. Sometimes during the day, when you are living your big boy life and doing your big boy things, I forget about those days. I see my son who is growing up... who is getting his grown up teeth in... who can read all by himself now... who taught daddy and I how to count to 100 in Spanish. Such joy we take in watching you grow up... how proud we are. ...but when you are sleeping I see my baby boy... and I can't help but stare just a minute longer.
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Beautiful.
HUGS
Oh and he is just so beautiful still. I look at my big boy (6 years old) and wonder how it all happened so fast and how it all goes. Lovely post...xx
Oh my, getting all teary at this! Beautiful post, Sara!
Oh How delightful and wonderful a sleeping child is "Happy days" cheers from New Zealand Marie
Oh that made me tear right up. So well put--I feel the same way about my girl every single night!
Oh, so very lovely. I'm all teary eyed right now.
Yes, I agree.
And I hope it lasts for a long long time.
this made me teary...in a good way!
This is a peak inside a mother's heart, isn't it? I feel the same emotions when my son has quieted down. It's hard to believe he is almost 11. I was told to enjoy it, that it would fly by, when he was a baby, but no one could have prepared me for the truth of that statement! It was surely only yesterday that he was my baby, snuggling close to me, crinkling his little diaper, smelling so newborn, and now he's half grown.
The awareness makes us soak up these days together, and for that we are certainly blessed!
He is an angel. I miss those quiet, sleepy moments with my neices. Sometimes I still see those little girls -but they are so grown up now.
Aren't they just precious sleeping! It makes me want to give him a little kiss like I do my own...of course mine is nearly 18 now.
Oh my heart...
Beautiful, Sara.
he is so grown up now
great post sarah. exactly how I feel seeing my "babies" sleep
I feel the same way almost every time I see my son fast asleep.
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