Today I found myself tearing up, multiple times, thinking about how fast my little boy is growing up. It was a far cry from yesterday when Barrett laughed at the Keurig coffee maker, as if he was saying, "That's not going to help you today Mommy." Long story short: we were trapped in the break room at Walmart while we waited out the tornadoes.
Today was different. Barrett spent the whole morning playing and entertaining himself while I was trying to pack up the house. (It was a slow process since it was way more entertaining to make him giggle then to actually pack.)
But a few things happened today that made me STOP packing, worrying about where we are going to live in a month, and clean bottles. And time just stood still while I admired my sweet little one:
First of all, how precious is this face? We have worked SO HARD on nap time. It wasn't that long ago that he would scream every time we laid him down. And then we went through a horrible (for me) cry it out period. Today I just rubbed his tummy and sang "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Barrett looked up at me, grinned, and just laid there until he fell asleep. No crying. No fighting. No Mommy pulling out her hair. Just a sweet moment.
Nap time was over when he started pushing his little toosh higher and higher. He also just started sleeping on his tummy ... my big boy!
He LAUGHED at Veggie Tales. He usually has no idea that we've turned on a kid show. It was just funny to see him make some sort of connection. And he watched/played for almost the whole show while I packed up his newborn clothes. 
And he sat up by himself FOREVER while he played with Cookie Monster.
Today was one of those days when my heart almost exploded with each moment I spent with my sweet baby boy.
Sweet boy!
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