Sweet moments that make being a mom the best JOB in the whole world!

Kind of a sad, but sweet story that happened this morning, but it was also so precious to me that I had to document it! (b/c we all know I may never get around to writing it in a journal)

Around 6:30 this morning Elle woke up and started crying. She never wakes up early so I don't know why I didn't immediately assume something was wrong, but like many tired moms I thought, "just go back to sleep" and let her cry off and on for about 10 minutes. I then jumped out of bed and felt I needed to go check and make sure she was ok. She had fallen back asleep with her head down and feet flat on the bed with her butt up in the air. I smelled poop so I woke her so I could change her diaper. She stood up and when I asked her if she had a poopy diaper she said "uh huh, hurt". It broke my heart that I had let her lay there for 10 minutes in pain! While I was changing her she kept saying "hold you" (favorite) and "eat". So we went and got a banana and milk and came back to her room so I could rock her. She ate about 3/4 of the banana and then handed it to me and said, "I wanna sleep, I wanna nite nite" and then laid her head down on my chest! Nothing better than rocking your baby (or now toddler) to sleep! She sat back up after about 5 minutes asked for "mnana" (banana) again, ate the rest of it and then laid her head back down. After another few minutes, with her eyes closed she started singing her ABC's to herself...(so stinkin' cute! I will have to get her singing it on video and post). Then sneezed and said "bless you" and when I said "bless you" she said "thank you" and that was the last she moved. She fell right back asleep and is still sleeping!

I love moments like that where I get to just sit and snuggle my baby girl and relish in the joy of motherhood. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for blessing me so abundantly, I could not ask for more!