You're Gonna Miss This

Last night I was so tired, I could barely keep my eyes open. 8:30p came along... YEA... bed time! It had been a long day. The kids have runny noses, I am still recovering from being sick, we played at the park for about 2 hours, and the stress of the government shutdown (Moses being furloughed) was heavily weighing on my mind.

Typically, Gio is ready to lay down next to me & doze off (yes, he is 6 months & still sleeps next to me). Right after I laid him down, he decided that he was still in "play mode", I was ticked because Mommy was in "stop mode".

He was crawling all over me, sucking on my face, giving me that huge open mouth grin, blowing raspberries, and talkin away (loudly, I thought.. he better not wake up his sister!) At first I found myself very annoyed. After-all, I just wanted to sleep i.needed.sleep!

As quickly as I got annoyed... I snapped out of it as a song, by Trace Adkins, came to mind...

You're gonna miss this,

You're gonna want this back

You're gonna wish these days

Hadn't gone by so fast

These are the good times

So take a good look around

You many not know it now

But you're gonna miss this

My attitude changed. I returned the big grin and some wet kisses of my own. I tried to take a mental picture of him and tried to ingrain how loved I felt at that moment with baby slobber/snot running down my cheek. I never want to forget what it feels like to have my baby boy laying beside me.. wanting to be as close, as possible to me. I am certain that, before I know it, he is no longer going to want to sleep with me, kiss me, or maybe even talk with me. So, I am not going to let any moment slip by with him.. because soon enough, I am going to want this time back. I have his little face and the way I felt filed in my mind forever.. so while I may will miss it... i.will.never.forget.it.