A Few of My Favorite Things

My favorite things about Braden and Kelan right now...

Braden has always been a "softy". I was reminded of that by my dear friend, Cindy, when I shared this thought with her. Every time, and I mean EVERY time, Braden hurts himself, from the smallest misstep, collision with the sofa, tumble on the carpet, or run-in with the dog, he finds me quite urgently and asks for "love, love, love... love". It's the kind of "boo boo" only a GIANT BEAR HUG from Mommy can fix. It makes my day, and minute, every time.

Kelan and I have been working on getting him to sleep through the night. He's so close, but can't quite break the sleep cycle of waking at 1:00 a.m.-ish. Each night I go in his room, feed him a 10 minute bottle, and quite dreamily, he slips back to sleep. The magic happens when, while drinking his bottle, he gently strokes my face with his little 6 month old open palm. I melt into a big puddle in our glider chair every time. So when I'm bleary-eyed, tired and hoping that maybe this will be the night Kelan sleeps all the way through, I'm lovingly lured back in by the gentle caress of my little boy's hand on my face.