our morning song

6:10AM
feel a kiss on my cheek from Aaron right before he leaves for work hear Wyatt start talking from his room wait a few minutes to get my bearings & be grateful for the little baby noises that wake me up get out of bed and walk down the hall towards his room open the door & put my hands up & say things like "yaaaaay!!! baby!!! you're awaaaaake!!" (he loves it) Wyatt kicks his legs enthusiastically and smiles from ear to ear i reach down to pick him up and bring him in close, kiss his cheeks and neck bring him back to bed to feed him tickle his tummy a few times while he's gulping away just so i can see that little smirk and subconscious eye-roll ("mom, can't you see i'm trying to eat?") sit him next to me when he's done eating so i can lay on my stomach to stare at him bury my face into his neck and cheeks and smell in everything that is pure and heavenly and magical about babies change his diaper walk into the kitchen, put wyatt in his bjorn bouncer seat with his new favorite toy (tupperware) start making my breakfast (portabella and kale egg scramble with a banana) put on john denver record and open the blinds empty dishwasher and put pots away that were drying overnight dish out my eggs, pour myself some water, and sit down on the floor opposite Wyatt to eat finish eating, clean up kitchen mini-photoshoot because we have a few extra minutes before naptime, and because i am that mom take wyatt into his room sit in rocker holding my baby so tight, kiss his forehead tell him the story of the day he was born sing him his favorite sleeptime song lay him in his crib with his sock monkey give an extra kiss on his forehead for good luck hear little coos from his room as he falls asleep naptime
8:03AM

A PHOTOGRAPH OF WYATT, ONCE A WEEK, EVERY WEEK, IN 2014. week 19