Mommy moments

I have wanted to post about this for a while, but for whatever reason I just never found the time to put it down. Since I have become a mom, I have had times where I have had a feeling of overwhelming gratitude to be a mom to my sweet little boy hit me unexpectedly. I have named these times, "mommy moments". I remember when JR was a tiny baby, that these moments hit me frequently and very random. I would just be holding JR in my arms and it would just hit me how awesome it was to be his mom. They hit me so strong at times that I get teary-eyed and such. I would have really loved to have documented all these occurrences. I know that I will be hit with lots of mommy moments through JR's life, and junebug's life, as well as any children we are blessed with. I really want to be able to remember these, so I am going to try to do better about writing them down whenever possible.

Just last week I had a mommy moment. We have really been working with Jonathan about picking up his toys. Especially at night before he goes to bed. It has been a struggle at times because sometime he would rather just dance and sing the clean up song while mommy and daddy pick up his toys than actually help pick up the toys. However, one day last week Mike and I started the process of telling him it was time to clean up and JR just started to pick up his books that were all over the floor. As Mike and I just sat there and watched, he made several trips to the bookshelf as he picked up one book at a time and put it on the shelf. We didn't even have to say another word. As I watched my little boy clean up all on his own, without any prodding from mom or dad, I was hit with a mommy moment right then, and couldn't help but be so grateful for my baby who is growing up so fast. I love being a mom.