Morganisms Vol V

Another round up of little things about Morgan or things he says that I never want to forget:

1. He recently has started taking my face in both of his little hands and planting a big kiss on my lips when I ask him for a kiss. He also does this to Cash. So. Freakin. Sweet.

2. A couple of times recently he has said "Oh my" when something happens. Like this morning I accidently knocked over one of the stools in the kitchen. "Oh my!" he said. :) 

3. Like a million times a day he asks if someone is alright or lets us know he's alright. "Mama alright?" "Ah alright?" "Ca alright?" and reassures us with "Aby (baby) alright!". Sometimes I think he just says it for something to say, but other times he asks it real heartfelt-ly when he can tell something is wrong.

4. He's recently taken to calling me "Aby (baby) mama". "Come on aby mama". "Alright aby mama?". Only he could get away with calling me baby mama. Only him.

5. I adore the way he says "pweese" and "wolc" (welcome). He might be a little hellion some days, but his a well mannered hellion. I've done something right.

6. He's really in that helper phase. He always wants to help mama clean (he'll go grab the broom), "wash dish" (i.e. splatter water to kingdom come) and bake ("aby bake cake, mama?").

7. His other new favorite is saying "okay", but he pronounces it "A-kay". 

8. He is quite the little problem solver. Quite an extraordinary one for his age, I think. (Imagine that, a mom who thinks her child is a genius ;) When he thinks of something he can do in a situation he'll put his finger to his chin and say "I know!" and then run off to get what he needs to fix the situation. For example the other day his paci slid under the fridge. He popped up with finger on chin "I know!", goes to the living room and fetches a long stick like toy and brings it back into the kitchen to fish his paci out from under the fridge. Genius, I tell you! ;) 

Sigh. I got them down in print! 

I've been collecting this little list in my head for weeks now, 

 I'm so glad I got them all down before I forgot them. 

xoxo,

Ashley

let them be little...forever

The other day I was sitting on the couch in the living room on the couch feeding Cash. Just the two of us. Such a rare moment. 

As he ate I studied all his chubby, soft and beautiful parts. Life can be so hectic with a baby and a toddler and never ending stacks of dishes and laundry that I have far less time than I would like to just sit and study him and kiss those cheeks over and over and over again (gah! those cheeks!).
As I kissed those cheeks (and chubby hands and that sweet neck) I had that same thought and feeling wash over me that I've had so many times with Morgan. "He's never ever going to be this little again" I thought as tears filled my eyes. That's a thought that will make any mama sad, but it's especially hard to swallow when you are holding your last baby. Never again will I have a two month old. He will be my last baby I bathe in my kitchen sink and the last baby I will rock to sleep at night.
I wish that we could capture and collect these small moments and come back to them again, but since that's not possible (sad face), I will continue to send up a little prayer "please burn this memory into my heart and mind. Let me always remember the smell, the sweet sounds, the feelings and the softness as if I were living the moment again".

xoxo,

Ashley