Some moments I wish I can just hold onto forever. You know the kind that leave you amazed and in awe. These are the moments that memories are made from.
Those who read my blog know that Lily has been off and on fighting napping. She still needs one not to be cranky later on in the day, but sometimes no matter what she just can’t seem to fully relax and crash.
This was one of those days. Both she and Emma had laid down to indeed take a nap. Of course, Emma (who still loves to nap) passed out within 15 minutes and was out cold in her own bed. Lily was still bouncing around about 30 minutes after this. I made her come in our bedroom finally so that she wouldn’t disturb Emma, who was sleeping peacefully and comfortably.
Lily was all over our bed and had more energy than a Mexican jumping bean! I was trying to check up online a bit like I normally do during nap time, but I finally realized that wasn’t going to happen and give up while I was ahead.
So, I turned to Lily and asked if she wanted to lay down with me and snuggle. She asked for the TV and I put on Disney Jr. Jungle Junction had just started.
She got comfortable and laid her head on Kevin’s pillow and was laying so close, she was practically on top of me, but not quite.
It has been quite sometime since she slept with me, but not long enough ago that I don’t remember. Lily used to co-sleep with me from around a year old to almost 18 months old. She really never slept good in her crib, once she outgrew her bassinet. We finally set up her toddler bed and that was the first time, she slept all not comfortably somewhere other than with me in our bed.
So, this brought back some memories from a time not so long ago. As she laid there, she told me that she loved me and I got hugs and kisses, too. I told her to close her eyes and I would do the same. We laid there like this for I am not sure how long, but when I opened my eyes again (I may have dozed off for a few minutes myself), she was sound asleep and quiet completely reigned.
I literally didn’t move for at least five minutes just watching her and being amazed at how perfect she was in that moment and knowing that she is still my baby.
And I have to admit I wanted that moment to last forever and if I could have just stopped time, I would have. And not because she was finally napping and I did very much have some much needed quiet time (that might be a bonus, but that truly wasn’t it), but because it really and truly felt like home and right where I wanted to be.
How Could I Not Want to Snuggle With This Face? Love Her!!!Moments like these make all the craziness worth it and also make me realize that unwinding, as well as tuning out the world is not only essential but needed at times. And this was truly one of those times on all levels.
Don’t know if I we will have that happen again anytime soon, but for what it is worth, I kind of hope so and I did very much enjoy every minute of that while I could.
And to learn a bit more about me and how I became the mother I am, please check out my Traveling Tuesdays Guest Post on Dawn’s Disaster here today. It is a special tribute to my mom, whose birthday it just happens to be today. Happy Birthday Mom!!!
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Robin Rue says
Awwww – I think I am lucky that both of my boys (8 & 5) will still snuggle on occasion. My 8 year old won't let me kiss him in public (like when I volunteer in his classroom), but sometimes when we're sitting on the couch, he'll come over and tuck himself under my arm <3
Janine Huldie says
Oh Robin, I know and when they do want to snuggle with me, I feel like the luckiest mom on the planet. At this point, I am not choosy and will also take it when I can get it!! 🙂
erintheirishmama says
So sweet.. You have to cherish those moments. As much as I wish that my kids will sleep in their own beds, I really do enjoy waking up in the morning with Ben squished in between my husband and I in our bed…. I love it!
Janine Huldie says
Oh so true Erin and I do totally cherish these moments, because I know it isn't going to last forever and someday it will all just be memories!
Kat Biggie says
I agree Erin! My 3 year old still gets in our bed every night and I love having her there!
Dani Ryan says
I spent a lot of my time holding my child while she slept when she was a baby, and was so happy when I was able to put her in her crib. But every once in a while, when something happens and I have to hold her while she's sleeping, I love it. 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Dani, the same here. Seriously I held Emma while she slept for the first few months of her little life, but still secretly love it when they want to snuggle with me!! 🙂
Angel Shrout says
AWw my boys used to do that and I miss it. They are so big and rarely need snuggle time anymore.
Janine Huldie says
Angel, I dread when that day comes and am truly trying to enjoy this while I still can!! 🙂
Kat Biggie says
That is such a sweet post. I love holding my babies while they sleep! 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Alexa and am so with you on this one. Still love holding them and just love how they feel so warm in my warms. Also, love when they are truly just this mushy and makes all the craziness worth it!! 🙂
Michelle Liew says
There's nothing like looking at a sleeping child in your arms! Thanks for sharing, janine.
Janine Huldie says
So true Michelle and my pleasure to share. Thanks as always!! 🙂
The Dose of Reality says
There is nothing better than that kind of snuggling with your baby, especially when it results in a nap for everyone! 🙂 So sweet.-The Dose Girls
Janine Huldie says
Oh I so agree and the nap at the end is the cherry on top!! Thanks 🙂
Cyndi says
Aww…how sweet. Yeah, it's those sweet, precious moments that make it all worth it, don't they? Such sweet girls. 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Cyndi and just as you were writing me, I was reading and writing back to you on your blog. Truly ironic and love how sometimes we are just so in tune like that!! 🙂
Eddy Jones says
This is so beautiful Janine and comes from a heart who unconditionaly loves her children.
So truly beautiful and have a wonderful day with your lovely family.
Lots of love and hugs.
Eddy.
Janine Huldie says
Thanks so much Eddy and I truly just couldn't help, but share, because it is moments like these above that make me remember exactly why I became a mother!! Love and hugs right back at you!! 🙂
Melanie Chisnall says
Awww, that sounds so sweet! I can imagine you'd want that moment to last forever. 🙂 I love your new signature by the way! Fits in perfectly with your blog.
Janine Huldie says
Thanks for saying that about my signature. I tried a few different designs, but am liking this one too now!! And for the post, I just had to share 🙂
Britton says
I love moments like this as well. Every couple of weeks or so, we have "sleepovers" in my room and my daughters sleep with me. I love those times!
Janine Huldie says
I have a feeling as they get older, we do something similar to what you described. I love my girls and they are truly the best part of my day, Britton 🙂
Heather A says
Those moments are so precious and we never get them back. Visiting from SITS today. : )
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks for visiting me and will try to visit you back in a few. So true though Heather!! 🙂
Bill says
Enjoy those moments while you can because they are precious. Look down on that miracle that you gave life to, and understand just what life is all about. Beautiful!
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Bill and I promise to try my best to enjoy each every moment as it comes (the good, the bad and the ugly, lol!!). 🙂 🙂
Lanaya @ Raising Rea says
And there is the most perfect post to follow my vlog! Apparently we are on the same wave length right now!
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Janine Huldie says
Omg, Lanaya I truly love that you and I are pretty much on the same wavelength most of the times. Seriously, so nice to have this and so much more in common with you!! 🙂 xoxo!!!
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks Richard and you sounded like my dad right here!! 🙂 And you know it with the kicking and screaming an hour later, lol!!
Janine Huldie says
Julie, I am so with you on this and savor and embrace them completely!! 🙂
Amy says
Awww, you really do need that just shut to world out time. I tell you I LOVE feeling so at home with just me and my family. When chilling out with either of the kiddos, I think I fall asleep first sometimes…well okay most of the time haha. When they are sleeping so peaceful, no fighting, no sassing just my beautiful little babies that are growing up so fast. It makes me have those when they were babies flashbacks. Mexican jumping beans…I have 2 of them. : )
Janine Huldie says
Lol, I too have two Mexican jumping beans Amy and will say that I do have those baby flashbacks at moments like these, too. And am so with you on just loving when we do shut out the world for those nice quiet and peaceful moments (even if they are short lived!!). 🙂
Christy Birmingham says
How heartwarming! I am glad you had that family moment and so sweet xxoo
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks so very much Christy and I can't say again how nice it is to have these moments in the crazy grand scheme of things!! 🙂
rosey says
This is an awesome post and parents everywhere are relating. I'm headed over to your link.
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks Rosey and I truly can say this was one of the better moments around here in the past few weeks!! 🙂
Rachel Demas says
Aw, lovely! Just when you are ready for a fight about naps, something so precious happens. Kids are amazing like that! Beautiful post, Janine!
Janine Huldie says
Can't agree more Rachel and seriously my kids are constantly amazing me. Just when I think I have it all figured out, wham they go and do something like this and totally blow my mind!! 🙂
Stephanie Sprenger says
Oh, so sweet! I absolutely love those moments and savor every second when Sophie rests her head against me.
Janine Huldie says
Happy that you and others can relate to this Stephanie. I think most mothers can relate and I know I just love when my kids are mushy with me. Makes it all truly worth it!! 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Amy and totally want these moments to last as long as they can now!! 🙂
Emily says
Thank you for sharing your precious moment..believe it or not, you will still have them when your kids are older (like mine), though they'll just be different kinds of moments. You are so right to cherish them and recognize them. And happy birthday to your mom!!
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks for giving me hope for the future and still having these types of moments. And thank you also for the birthday wishes to my mom, Emily!! 🙂
Roshni Aamom says
I can so relate to this, Janine!! So very sweet!!!
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Roshni and happy that you can totally relate!! 🙂
Leslie says
Aww, this is so sweet. Violet has been sleeping with us the last few weeks again and honestly, I am loving her cuddles. Marc wants her in her crib but I am in no rush. She won't be this little forever.
Janine Huldie says
Leslie, Lily actually did sleep with me at around the same age Violet is now until she was a little less than 18 months and secretly loved it, because she is snuggly sleeper and remember when Kevin pushed to have her be in her toddler bed. I knew she needed to, but just truly didn't want to lose my little sleep partner. So, when she does nap with me like this every once in awhile it brings me back and feels that need a bit I suppose.
Stephanie says
These are the BEST moments!!
Janine Huldie says
Totally are Stephanie and couldn't agree more!! 🙂
Lisa Newlin says
Sniffle*** Janine! I don't even want kids and this post tugged at my ovaries a little bit! What a wonderful thing to not only experience, but appreciate it at the time and take the moment to enjoy it. I think we are all a little too focused on multi-tasking that we forget about what life's really about and what those moments are about.
I don't have kids but I have a 9 month-old niece who is the love of my life. When she smiles or makes a sound, my heart melts. I can't even imagine how much stronger the feeling is when it's your own child. Embrace those moments.
Also, enjoy the time when it's still acceptable to buy Teddy Grahams and Fruit Roll Ups. When you don't have kids, you just look creepy buying them at the store.
Ahem. I mean, hypothetically, of course.
Janine Huldie says
Lol, Lisa that last comment made me giggle. I bought Teddy Grahams and Fruit Roll-ups in the grocery store before having my kids, too (just a kid at heart myself at times I suppose). We, too, have a niece who is now 8 years old and she was and still is one of the greatest joys of my life. So, I know what you mean about that. My own kids were truly the icing on the cake for me, as I always did want to be a mother!! However ask me that again in about an hour when they first wake up and all hell breaks loose around here and I may have a different answer, lol!! 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Dianna and couldn't agree more about what joy my two girls do bring me!! 🙂
lablover22 says
Oh I love when those unexpected, unplanned moments of sweetness arise. It's so easy to forget things that pass- they are so quickly replaced by new things. But these sweet reminders help us remember sweet times and give us a bit of peace in the chaos. So glad you got to have this experience. With 6.5 and 9 year old boys in my house it's easy for me to forget these things too. But every once in a while I get an extra snuggle, cuddle or quiet time with them and it all comes flooding back.
Vicky http://www.thepursuitofnormal.blogspot.com
Janine Huldie says
So true Vicky and sounds like you can totally relate to and understand this one, too!! Thanks 🙂
ashley says
so precious. thank you so much for sharing. i love your way with words.
Janine Huldie says
Thanks Ashley, so much and glad you enjoyed!! 🙂
doreenmcgettigan says
Absolutely the stuff memories are made of. My kids are in their 30's
but I have bleen abundantly blessed with 13 grandkids who have untouched rooms in my house because they sleep with me!!
Janine Huldie says
Oh how sweet Doreen and can only hope for this someday with my grandkids. Thanks for sharing that here with me!! 🙂
Katherines Corner says
oh my friend this is a joyful post. My daughter is going to be 33 in May and our grandchildren are 3-13 and we make memories every chance we get. Thank you for joining in the fun at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop xo
Janine Huldie says
Thanks so much Katherine and love that you can totally relate to this post. Also can't thank you enough for another wonderful hop today!! 🙂
Xmasdolly says
I totally agree good memories you never forget, and bad memories are impossible to forget sometimes. My best memories are the quality time that's so far & few in between. Being a single mother, and four kids I worked 24/7, but Sundays were for my kids, and having a one on one was next to impossible. But today my oldest daughter who has given me four grandchildren is coming over ALONE & we're going to spend some quality time together. Just me and my first born. I cannot wait! Have a great weekend, and no I cannot understand how you cannot snuggle with that beautiful sunshine smiled face! Nice to meet you I'm from Thankful Thursday/Camille.
Janine Huldie says
Thanks so much Xmasdolly and hope you have a wonderful day with your first born today. It is so true about never forgetting the good memories, but also sometimes not being able to forget the bad. Will be stopping by yours in a few 🙂
Jennifer Obyrne says
With 5 kids…I can relate to all those special memories that happen every day! Thank you so much for sharing on Thursday Favorite Things at Katherine's Corner. I'm Jen, the co-host this from Through My Creative Mind. I'm your newest follower…I'd love it if you stopped by and did the same 🙂
Make sure to come back every Monday for Creative Show and Tell!
Jen @ Through My Creative Mind http://throughmycreativemind.blogspot.com
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks Jen and totally heading over to your page to follow you back right now!! And truly happy you can relate with your five kids, too!! 🙂
Jelli says
How sweet. I love baby girl cuddles, and my daughter isn't one to give them out very often. So glad you got to enjoy some snuggles with Lily. Have a great weekend!
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks Jelli and my older is more stingy with the cuddles and hugs. But Lily (my younger) is all all about this and seriously get tons to begin with, but this was truly a wonderful moment and wish I could have held onto it forever!! Have a great weekend, too!! 🙂
Michelle Nahom says
I remember those days and they were so precious! I loved every minute…all my kids were snugglers!
Angela says
Watching our children sleep is the most beautiful thing in the world. I so, so, so miss the days when my children would fall asleep in my arms just trusting that I would hold everything right in the world until they woke up. Beautiful post! Visiting from the Ladies Only Blog Share Link Party!
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks so much Angela and must tell you as much as sometimes I wish she would just sleep on her own, then I do get a smile when she asks to snuggle in bed with me, because I now she won't be this little for so long and truly do want to enjoy every moment of it!! :_
MotheringFromScratch says
{Melinda} You are so wise to savor those moments. I have two teens now and I so often wish I had those moments back to enjoy just one more time. 🙂 Visiting from the Mommifried Linkup!
Janine Huldie says
Melinda, I really know that before I turn around they will be teens and probably not want to be around me (I remember how I was at this age), so I just keep savoring as much of this time as I can. Thank you so very much for stopping by and for sharing, too!! 🙂
Kat Biggie says
I love this post Janine! It is so darn sweet!
Janine Huldie says
Thanks so much Alexa and it really is one of my favorites, too 🙂
Kristi - Finding Nin says
Ah Janine! Love love love this! This is a perfect moment and one that I am missing greatly right now (Tucker has been forsaking naps for about 2 weeks and he SO needs one). I am so glad you got some time alone and you are so right that these are very special moments indeed. Thanks so much for linking up with Lori and me. 🙂
Janine Huldie says
Oh thanks so much fro stopping by Kristi and we have times where they nap just fine and others not so much. I have learned from this experience to truly roll with the punches and sometimes I actually really do love when she wants to just hang out with me. It is one-on-one time that I will never get back, so in the end it is truly so worthy to me 🙂 🙂