Oftentimes when Brian has duty and has to stay at work overnight, I will let Charley sleep in bed with me. Of course, Zander seems to have a six sense about this, because he always wakes up extra early the next morning and ends up snuggling in bed with Charley and I until we all fully wake up. I always secretly pray that he'll fall back asleep, but unfortunately he almost never does. This morning when I brought Zander in bed with Charley and I, Charley almost immediately started stirring. She snuggled up into the crook of my right arm and started stroking my arm. Meanwhile, Zander was snuggled up into the crook of my left arm and kept kissing my cheek with soft baby kisses. I just sat there enjoying the smell of their clean and silky heads of hair pressed against my face. It was one of those sweet moments in life where I literally told myself that I needed to savor every second of this because it was precious but unfortunately would not last forever. So I just soaked in the love from my two beautiful angels, thinking that this was the best way I could possibly wake up.
Even though it was still dark in the room, it didn't take Zander long to figure out that it was Charley on the other side of me and not daddy (apparently she doesn't make the same morning sounds as daddy). As soon as he realized it was her, he sat up and started crawling on top of me to go to her side of the bed. I was a little bummed because my special little moment with the kids was clearly over. But then I heard the whisper of two soft little voices . . .
"Zander, I sure love you."
"I love you too, Charley."
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Oh Danielle! That is so sweet!
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