Lysol Wipes with Bed Time Cuddles

So last night as I worked on the never ending list of house work from a very well lived in house during my sons bath. It came to halt at the words, "I'm all done, towel please" those words came right before the lovely toilets turn for a scrub down. 

So we head upstairs and as I tuck him into bed we did our normal routine. At the end of the chapter in his book, he rolls over, now facing me, and puts his arm around my neck then says, "I wanna look at you." As we laid there I couldn't help but just smile as I looked into those big brown eyes starring back into mine. After a few minutes he says to me "I love when you lay with me." Words that melt my heart and are just perfect after the emotional day that today was. 

Now mind you every night lately he winds up in our bed in the middle of the night, as close as physically possible to me while I am half hanging off the bed. So we get plenty of "laying time" but as he said those words I just felt the love. Yes he is in our bed every night but to him that's not the same as me squeezed into this tiny handmade tent bed, laying on the many stuffed friends he has to sleep with no noise, no one else, just him and I together.

As I started back down stairs to finish where I left off I walk into the bathroom and there they are, the Lysol wipes waiting for me....

I have a potty trained, not the best aim little boy in my house so me and those wipes have a pretty close relationship now a days! 

As I'm on my hands and knees cleaning all I can think about is the words and the cuddles that were just shared upstairs. Today brought a lot of emotion of missing Paisley, and aching to hold her close. So while I thought back on holding Wyatt I am so blessed and thankful to have him to hold. As he grows more and more our cuddle times are so cherished because I know they won't last forever.

 At the end of the day most of us are spent, burned out, and ready for some me time.... But at the end of the day to them, holding them close is what is so important, and remembered. When Wyatt wakes up tomorrow he isn't even gonna notice the freshly sanitized and shiny toilet he gets to use. He is going to remember falling asleep in bed with his mom and that's all that matters.

Days are so busy, and as frustrating as bed times can be sometimes, as tired as you may be, as much as you have on your plate, STOP and put it all away, put it on hold, shut it all down, let it all go, and just be their momma's, because that is all they want and need us to be. Hold them close, and soak it all in, because we all know the famous line "I'm rocking my baby because babies don't keep!" One day those babies will be grown and gone and those moments will be missed. But Lysol wipes and toilets... They'll always be there waiting for you when you're ready!