Me: Hon, tonight while nothing on the computer went the way I wanted it too, I was looking through pictures from when C was itty bitty.
Him: Oh?
Me: Yep, there are pictures from the hospital, the first few days home and her snuggling in bed with me after you got up for work. There are pictures of her laying on the couch by herself. You know, when we used to be able to put her somewhere and she didn’t move.
Him: Can’t do that anymore. She’d crawl off in a second.
Me: And, remember when she used to lay on your chest and you’d both fall asleep? There’s a couple of those pictures too.
Him: Yeah. If I’d have known that was only going to last a month, I’d have done it every damn day.
Me: I know, honey. Me too.
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What a sweet photograph!!! Your husband and your daughter both look so content – makes you wonder what was going through his mind at that very moment. And one day your daughter will be so thrilled that her Mommy captured this and preserved it forever. I too, absolutely adore the photographs of my husband and our daughter – they make my heart melt.
Great post as usual
Oh man, this kills me. I feel the same way. Madison won’t let you snuggle or rock her EVER. I usually don’t miss the newborn days too much because I LOVE this age. I mean, she was little and so cute and she smelled like a slice of heaven, but I miss the snuggles. I miss watching her sleep on my husband for hours on end. At the time, it drove me crazy… I couldn’t do anything, he couldn’t do anything because she was always sleeping on us. Now I’d give anything for one snuggly nap together.
That is the sweetest photograph. I used to call those Daddy Naps. Rose doesn’t let my hubby do those very often anymore. It makes him sad. I think men are designed Daddy Naps. Their nice non lumpy chests are perfect. I tried multiple times to do Mommy Naps but between the ‘I smell Mommy so I need to nurse’ and trying to find a comfortable place to place her between the now mountainous boobs it just didn’t work well. I have one (very unflattering) picture of the two of us sleeping on the couch together. Rose was wedged between my boobs and looks like a hotdog stuffed in a bun.
I love this! Just made me tear up!
Daddy naps . . .those are some of Mark’s fondest memories of the first months with each of our girls. I remember being jealous because with Daddy? The girls didn’t want anything or need anything or scream about anything. They just snuggled in and slept.
They Mark feel like the best and most awesome Daddy in the world.
Which he still is.
But now? At 8 and 11? Our girls are not so much about sitting still, much less snuggling and napping.
So lovely, this photograph.
I have to go search through our photos. Now.
Gah – I could cry. Infancy is so fleeting. What an awesome snapshot of sleepy bliss!
How cute!
We talk about the things we used to be able to do because K was so small and slept literally all day. I could clean the house, cook dinner…. we could go out to dinner without her needing constant attention from everyone in the room! Its absolutely crazy! Forget laying her on anything other than the floor! We used to lay her on the couch and she would sleep for hours… now she rolls around like its her job!
As much as I miss her little itty bitty baby moments, its really neat to see them grow and learn and discover things. She laughs and interacts with us, that’s just awesome.
sigh……..
Belle isn’t crawling yet but getting so close. Even though she isn’t crawling she still moves an awful lot.
I love the picture. We have a few of those shots. That time doesn’t last long. Belle is 8 months today and it is so bitter sweet. She has learned to do so much in the last couple of weeks which is so exciting but at the same time I want her to slow down. Soon enough she won’t be my little baby anymore.
I can’t look at pictures of Em when she was little anymore becuase it makes me so sad. They grow up soooooo quickly. Had I know how fast everything was going to go by, I would have done more of the things like sleeping with her on my chest. I miss the tiny baby stage….but the toddler stage brings so many more exciting things too!
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