Monday, June 14, 2010

snapshot


Ephraim turned 4 months old on Sunday.
Will i remember these crazy days?
Will i remember it all wrong - or will there be crystal clear memories burned into my mind of this type of day...
i woke up... tired.
i had been up a few times in the night, but i couldn't for the life of me tell you at what times & who the culprits were.
Neil was one of them..
Up at 4 to get to the airport in time to catch his flight to Toronto. He passed me in the hallway & grabbed me for a quick hug & a kiss as i wandered back to bed.
He smelled so good.
i was grateful for the chance at another couple of hours as he drove off into the night.
i showered - quickly - knowing how many showers needed to happen.
My morning is a rush - balancing the needs of baby boys & adolescent girls. Breastfeeding a tiny wisp of heaven, doing pig-tails, lending T-shirts, making bagels, mediating a squabble, drying tears and listening to a story. Over the rabble, spelling the word, "yesterday", adding to the shopping list, packing a diaper bag and grabbing music. Making sure little ones have eaten, dressed, been loved on and brushed their hair and teeth. Grabbing an extra receiving blanket 'cause he just ate & we all know for every bit that goes down, some of it needs to come back up.
Stopping...
to smooch his drooly little face & being rewarded with a radiant smile.
Someone takes sweet 2 year old potty & i grab shoes for the one i saw leave without them.
Big sigh...
Big van...
Our neighbours are still building their garage, so i gingerly back out of our garage with our silver fox after counting little blond heads.
Smiling as i hear apologies happening...
These days...
These moments.
They're not frustrating. They're just *life*. There's lots of action, lots of words, lots of noise... & lots of love.
Times 7.
That evening - it was almost bedtime... & i happened to glance down at a sheet of paper from the church service we went to... It was dated June 13th...
He's 4 months old.
His little roundy cheeks are filling out - his little head is looking more boyish all the time... his tiny grasping fingers are getting covered with a healthy layer of chubs.
His babyhood is getting picked up like a dry leaf in the fall, whipped from the ground - carried far away to wherever that magical place is that babyhoods go when they get all used up. i plan to enjoy every twist and turn that little leaf makes before it flies out of my life...
i love these days.
i would take a hundred more just like them...

2 comments:

Mindy said...

You never fail to inspire me!

Mae said...

Hi,
I loved your post. How sweet!

You sound like a busy mom, but a happy mom ,comtented with your wonderful role as mom, and taking it all in stride! You give me inspiration.

Keep it going!!!!
Your welcome to visit me at my blog at, www.mymotheringjourney.bolgspot.com
Mae

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