busy

The last few days have been really busy- kids, cleaning, organizing, prepping for our big Christmas party, sorting files for the accountant, making our Christmas gifts. Somehow I need to turn that big stack of fabric into a big pile of gifts in the next couple of weeks. It’s gonna be fun!

Tonight while we were putting the kids to bed our little guy was really clingy. He just wanted to be snuggled. Who am I to deny such cuteness a hug? After a few minutes, I handed him back to his Daddy and moved on to the next kid. He kept asking for me and calling me back. After a few minutes, I slipped back into his room and found him sitting on the little vintage chair by his bookshelf. “Hold me, Mommy? Hold me tight?”. He lifted his arms up to me so I picked him up and carried him to the bed. “Hold me like a baby, Mommy. Rocky me”. We climbed into the bed together and I held him like a baby. I rocked him like I used to when he was tiny. I stroked his hair and sang him a little song. I sat there in the quiet of his room with his downy soft head tucked in the crook of my arm listening to the sounds around me. I could hear my daughter’s mumbled reading through the vent. Mr. T and our oldest stifled laughter in our room as they told weird boy jokes to each other. I listened to him breathe and watched as his eyelids fluttered closed and then open to make sure I was still there and then slowly closed again. I had so much to do tonight. My list was so long but I needed those precious few minutes in the dark with my little guy. Once he fell asleep, I tucked him into his little toddler bed and left the room, breathing more slowly, feeling peaceful again.

Now I am cuddled up with my sewing machine. That is where you can find me over the next two weeks.

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