Savor

Lydia fell asleep nursing today. That almost never happens... Mostly because her "routine" is to nurse right after waking, and not right before sleep. Then it began. My mind started racing with all the things I wanted to get up and accomplish. "It's 5pm! I need to start dinner! The washing machine just beeped... gotta fold what's in the dryer. I haven't written that blog post yet. Wait... I really just want to revamp the whole blog..." Etc.

I've prided myself on being in-the-moment with my child for the past 6 months. I've really taken it easy, and taken the advice of parents who said that the time flies. Enjoy it. And I have. Until this afternoon. I wanted to  do a million other things besides nurse a kid who *should* be napping in her bed. And then I started to cry. I knew that this was another one of those moments I needed to stop and savor. Fold the laundry - later. Blog... ha! That should be the last thing on my priority list! Dinner? My angelic husband will love helping me make it once he gets home (Truly, he will. He's that awesome.)

So I laid there and stroked the back of her little head, rubbed her back, squished her chunky thighs and just enjoyed being totally stuck next to this awesome gift.

And that sort of sums up the lack of blogging lately, too. I've been savoring the little moments. Lydia turns 6 months old tomorrow (Yikes! Here come tears again!) and I don't think that I'll regret it when I look back at the "gap" in my entries. In fact, I KNOW I won't regret it. Motherhood rocks.