the little things

This morning, I was in the kitchen when I heard A stirring. By the time I got up to greet her, she was standing in her crib with Taggie in one hand and the blanket she sleeps under in the other. For the past week or two, she's been gathering her things up when we come to get her. The funny thing is, E gathers her stuff up, too. She'll come into our room in the morning with Silky, her Dora blanket and pillow, Baby, and whatever else she deemed necessary to be surrounding her when she went to bed the night before.

It's the little things like this that I'm terrified I'm going to forget. Years from now, it's not going to matter when they got their teeth in (except for when they are moms themselves and ask me as a bell weather from what to expect). But, I want to capture what they were like...their little quirks that make me smile.

E puts all of her dolls to sleep face down since she is a stomach sleeper. When A sees Taggie or another soft blanket on the floor she immediately dives down and snuggles her face in it. E loves to have you lightly trace over her face with your fingers when she's going to sleep. A will say "Ah Done" as soon as E gets up from dinner because she wants to get up and play with her.

Trying to get this down so I can hold onto it forever...this is the reason why I blog.