One of those "never forget" moments...

[mrsltg]

Last night I was bathing my girls (5.5 and 13 mos). The end of bathtime is always fun as the baby will bend herself completely in half in order to "hide" from me because she doesn't want to get out. I prepared myself and grabbed the towel. She smiled at me and immediately bent in half (forehead touching the bottom of the tub between her feet). I picked her up and brought her to her room and prepared for our usual "Wrestlemania". Instead, this wet, naked, perfect little person looked at me, smiled and climbed in my lap. She was soaked and so was I but she just snuggled down. Her hair smelled so good and her little self was all slippery - it was bliss! I could have sat there all night. It was truly one of those moments that I will never forget.

Most days being a Mom is the most fantastic thing there is...

 

[NewJersey]

Last night I was bathing my girls (5.5 and 13 mos). The end of bathtime is always fun as the baby will bend herself completely in half in order to "hide" from me because she doesn't want to get out. I prepared myself and grabbed the towel. She smiled at me and immediately bent in half (forehead touching the bottom of the tub between her feet). I picked her up and brought her to her room and prepared for our usual "Wrestlemania". Instead, this wet, naked, perfect little person looked at me, smiled and climbed in my lap. She was soaked and so was I but she just snuggled down. Her hair smelled so good and her little self was all slippery - it was bliss! I could have sat there all night. It was truly one of those moments that I will never forget.

Most days being a Mom is the most fantastic thing there is...

That sounds so great! I was my babysitting my cousin the other day (5 months) and he just loved sleeping in my arms. My clothes smelled like "baby." It was so nice.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Kids=our most precious possessions.

 

[MushyMushy]

Thanks for sharing that sweet story!

Both of mine were so sweet and snuggly when they were babies. They were just wonderful. I really miss that aspect of my DS. DD, even at nearly 11, is still very cuddly and affectionate, so at least I still have that.

 

[we3disneygo]

 

[Bbgrizzle]

I LOVE moments like that. Right now I"m loving the moments I'm spending with my almost-five-year-old, teaching her to read. She'll start Kindergarten this year and then my last baby will be a big kid.

 

[Bob Slydell]

DS2 (he's 15 months) is already getting out of that snuggle phase.

Oh, and getting him out of the bathtub is no easy task either. He's learned (as did his older brother when he was around the same age) how to go limp, so picking him up out of the bath is like lifting a dead fish.

 

[4nana]

Awwww...thx for sharing your special moment.

It's little moments like this we treasure forever in our hearts....

as this is part of the solid foundation families are built on and our children will carry on.

Enjoy your blessings ^i^

 

[kelleigh1]

Love those moments - although I don't have any kids of my own at this point. But I still remember sitting on the sofa with my nephew sound asleep, curled up on my chest when he was just 4 months old. Now he's 11 and we're still incredibly close...but I sure do miss being able to hold him like that.

 

[Christine]

Hang on to those memories!!

My *baby* is now 11 and his feet are so big that they look like skis! Everytime I hug him, he is all bony and angular. I sure do miss those snuggly times. He's still cute now, but just in a different way!

 

[mommy22gurlz]

Thats so sweet!!! I love those moments too.

The other day me, dh and dd7 were all wrestling and horseplaying on our bed and I was laying on my stomach and dd7 laid right on top of my back and my dh was trying to tickle us and she says in a really firm voice to him" "Don't touch my WOMAN!!" I couldn't believe she called me her woman!! I guess you really wouldn't call that a sweet moment but it was so funny!

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Your story this morning made me feel so good.....it has been a long time since I have held my babies close like that.....now I just get a quick peck on the cheek as they are leaving to go back to their apartments.....It seems like yesterday, they were cuddling with their Mom...Enjoy it, it goes by fast.

 

[vsimeone]

Awwwww.... These stories are making me all teary! I'm sending my baby girl off to college in a couple weeks She'll only be about 40 minutes from home but she'll be "independent" none-the-less. I just know I will bawl my head off on the way home from dropping her off!

My baby boy is starting his freshman year in high school!

All you moms with little ones - I know everyone says it but you just don't realize how true it is until it's you - savor all those baby moments. They are gone SO FAST!!! Take tons of pictures and do tons of snuggling. Love those babies LOTS!!!

 

[lindakmonty]

Awww!!! that is so adorable! thankfully my ds5 is very sweet and sensitive...we'll be sitting on the couch and he'll come over and say "lets snuggle!"... he loves to cuddle and be close

 

[Addicted2TheMouse]

Awww... Last night I was lying in bed beside my DSalmost2 and I kissed his forehead. He sat right up and leaned over to kiss me on the lips. Then he laughed and wiped off the drool he had left on me. They can really melt your heart with the simplest things.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

My most perecious memory involves my husband. We had our son, and he was the apple of Dh's eye. When he was around a year, I started talking about having another baby. Dh was not interested. his exact quote "you can't get anything better than Patrick, so why bother?"

It was a conversation that never went past that. Well, God had other plans, and I became pregnant with my DD. DH was not as thrilled as me, but he adjusted. The we found out the sex. It was a girl. Well, he refused to believe it. That was not a girl. There was no denying she was a girl, but he would not accept it. Whatever.

Then she was born. Beautiful, pink, 8 lb 7 oz bundle of joy. We left for the hospital at 7pm, so my sister came over to babysit my DS age 2. DD was born at 9:25PM. We were brought to my room, and I feel alseep. I thought Dh would spend some time with the baby, and be gone when I woke up. I woke up around 11:30pm, and he was sitting in the chair next to the bed holding the sleeping baby. (he was doing that when I fell asleep) I asked him if he thought he should go home and relieve my sister from babysitting. He looked at me, and said "But she's comfy". He did not want to put he baby down.

I don't eeven think he realized, until then, how strong the bond is. Priceless!

 

[alliecats]

AWWWWWWWWW! Shhh, biological clock, shhh!

 

[minkydog]

Awww, I love snuggly babies. My kids are much older, 19,13, & 11 so our snuggly days are pretty much over. DS19 will give me a hug & a kiss, maybe a hard squeeze and tell me he loves me. DD13 barely tolerates any show of affection,but she "allows" me to scratch her back and massage her face DS11 is still a cuddlebug, but only on his terms. He'll catch me unexpectedly from behind and lay a bear hug on me, then run away. He hates kissing, but he likes for me to "get his sugar". Silly boy

 

[Stitchfans]

AWWW!! Yes, it is moments like that moms can treasure and store up in our hearts and memory. I have a lifetime wonderful memories from both DD and no doubt many more to come.

 

[mrsltg]

Thanks, all! It really is in moments like that when my life is in perfect perspective. And you are right, it goes by so fast! I can't believe my older daughter starts kindergarten in a few weeks. I want to keep them little forever, but I can hardly wait to see what they'll do next!