Most of the time you see silly things posted on Facebook and other media sites about how moms love naptime and bedtime because their children are asleep. Moms stay busy all day with their children. I get that they enjoy those minutes of silence when the kids are asleep. I enjoy those moments too. But, that isn't why bedtime is my favorite.
Every night, Talent gets to pick 4 or 5 books to read before bed. We read the books, laugh, and have the sweetest moments. Tonight we read several books, some of them twice, before we read his favorite goodnight book, "Kiss Good Night" by Anita Jeram. There is a part in the end of the book where the Momma bear kisses the baby bear. I have always taken that time to smother my own baby in hugs and kisses. Tonight he took the opportunity to smother me in kisses and hugs instead. His laughing and smooching was one of the sweetest things ever.
These moments always end up being some of my very favorite moments of the day. When he sleeps with us and he says, "Mommy, hold hands!" So we hold hands so that he can fall asleep. Or when I tuck him in and tell him I love him and he responds, "I love Mommy, more!" at the top of his lungs. One day when he grows up and is too big for stories and all of these sweet moments, I will look back at this time in his life and remember just how special it was.
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