I was reading a fellow mommy's blog this morning (looking at you, Angela) and there was a fresh post about her baby's first laughter. It really left me reflecting on the first time that Kai laughed and the first time that he smiled. By some lucky sort of magic, Jake and I have always both been present for the firsts. First bath, smile, laughter, rolling over, crawling, walking...all of it. It seems too good to be true. I thought that I would share my memories of Kai's first smile and laugh today as Kai turns 19 months old.
The Smile.
Jake was often kind enough to let me grab extra sleep on his days off during Kai's early months. One morning Jake was downstairs with Kai and I was snoozing lightly. Jake brought Kai up to me to nurse and as he handed the sweet little bundle of baby over, Kai gave me a smile. It was one of the best feelings ever, having my son smile upon seeing me.
The Laugh.
We had been trying to make Kai laugh for quite awhile and he always seemed really close, but it never quite came out. We were in our bedroom getting Kai ready for bed and I was sitting in the rocking chair and Jake was finishing up changing his diaper. Jake gave Kai to me and was doing some sort of silliness that I have since forgotten and Kai let out a little giggle. Jake and I looked at each other in a moment of silent wonder and then, like a proper hormonal first time mother, my eyes welled with tears.
It is amazing to reflect on moments like those and to realize how much Kai has changed in the last year and a half and how much more he will change in the next five months. I try to remember to savor the time, but still I catch myself saying things, like I can't wait until he can really talk with me. I really can wait. It will happen so quickly that I probably will soon find it hard to remember when "wow" and "uh-oh" meant so many things.
As Kai turned a year old Jake and I talked about all of the amazing things that Kai had done in that year and would do in the next year. I cannot believe that the next year is more than half over. I am off to stuff diapers, feeling like even that is something that I should hold on to every second of.
The Smile.
Jake was often kind enough to let me grab extra sleep on his days off during Kai's early months. One morning Jake was downstairs with Kai and I was snoozing lightly. Jake brought Kai up to me to nurse and as he handed the sweet little bundle of baby over, Kai gave me a smile. It was one of the best feelings ever, having my son smile upon seeing me.
The Laugh.
We had been trying to make Kai laugh for quite awhile and he always seemed really close, but it never quite came out. We were in our bedroom getting Kai ready for bed and I was sitting in the rocking chair and Jake was finishing up changing his diaper. Jake gave Kai to me and was doing some sort of silliness that I have since forgotten and Kai let out a little giggle. Jake and I looked at each other in a moment of silent wonder and then, like a proper hormonal first time mother, my eyes welled with tears.
It is amazing to reflect on moments like those and to realize how much Kai has changed in the last year and a half and how much more he will change in the next five months. I try to remember to savor the time, but still I catch myself saying things, like I can't wait until he can really talk with me. I really can wait. It will happen so quickly that I probably will soon find it hard to remember when "wow" and "uh-oh" meant so many things.
As Kai turned a year old Jake and I talked about all of the amazing things that Kai had done in that year and would do in the next year. I cannot believe that the next year is more than half over. I am off to stuff diapers, feeling like even that is something that I should hold on to every second of.
1 comment:
Such great memories, aren't they? You should print this out & put it in Kai's scrapbook. You've described it so beautifully. Actually made me tear up. Silly hormonal mommy.
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