early sunday morning...

This morning Addie decided to wake up bright eyed & bushy tailed at 4:00 am and came into our room, on my side of the bed and about 6 inches away from my face says "hi mom!" It is still dark out and I am blind since I don't have my glasses but I can make out the images in her hands: Buzz, her bunny and a red blanket. So, as I stumbled out of my super comfy spot in my bed and headed down the hall with my phone & glasses in one hand and Buzz in the other, we make our way back to her room. We crawl up in her bed, get Buzz and bunny in the right spots and then go back to sleep... for all of 10 minutes!!! She clearly is not sleepy and is wanting to go "pay-ting" downstairs. I hesitate since it is still so early... so I opt for the Tinkerbell movie instead. This worked because she snuggled up on the couch with her milk and asked for a "bank-key" until around 6:00 am. At this point, I gave up trying to crash on the couch and decided that we could go to the playspot to paint some pretty pictures {I made coffee first!} We turn on the radio and Addie paints, plays with play dough and then decides to ride her bike. It was a great time for her to ride her bike because everyone else was still sleeping and lucky for them she doesn't overuse the bell. The lighting was AWESOME!!! 

mom birdy, tweet tweet

look close, Addie caught some air 

1, 2, 3... mom, I "cow-ti"

new way to stand, a little sassy

i got it... 

Another thing that happens when it is early and it is very still outside... your mind starts to wander. I started thinking about the new exercise thing I saw in a magazine that is supposed to make you lose the tire around the mid-section, then about the schedule that we are going to have now that Addie is in preschool and how I can go do this, that and the other... then wondering if I am a bad mother because my toddler doesn't like any veggie unless it is hidden in a muffin {thank you sweet potato!}... then if I could just stop eating chocolate it would help so much... and what if Avery starts crawling soon, just how much more I am going to have to be on top of picking up after Addie... MY MIND WAS SPINNING... and then, my precious little toddler who has been riding her bike this whole time came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I felt like nothing else mattered... Addie loves me just the way I am. This is a moment I hope to remember forever... but in the event I forget it, I have this blog posting and photo!