he sleeps.

Four days of Vacation Bible School wiped him out, and by Friday he had a cold. It didn't stop him from singing the new songs they had learned, but by early evening I found him asleep.

Look at those lashes...the girls are going to love him. When I see him like this two thoughts come to mind: I wonder what he dreams of, and my-oh-my I sure hope he knows and feels the depth of my love for him.

52 linked: tired.

Tired. I'm tired of sleeping in his bed. But at the same time (and more importantly), I'm usually tired enough to not really care where I sleep, so long as I get some sleep. So in the middle of the night, when he comes in our room to get me, I crawl in his bed and sleep here. Because I'm just that tired.

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ten minutes.

I awoke to a little hand tapping me on the arm. This is how he wakes me in the middle of the night.
I know the drill - get up, grab my pillow, and follow him back to his room.
I crawled into bed, got settled and looked at the clock.
3:18 am.
And then a little voice said, "Would you like to snuggle with me?"
I couldn't help but smile as Max hugged me and wrapped an arm around my neck, snuggling close.
We laid there for awhile. I turned over to see his cute face and I wrapped my arm around him, and he wrapped his arm around me.
And as quickly as it had happened, he said, "I think I'm done snuggling."
I gave him a kiss, rolled over to the side I like to sleep on and glanced at the clock.
3:28 am.

Ten minutes.

The best ten minutes I've ever experienced at 3 in the morning. And it totally, utterly, completely makes-up for all the nights spent sleeping on the floor of his room before he had his big boy bed.
Perhaps the best ten minutes I've experienced in the past year.
Yes, it was that heart-melting. It was just what I needed.
I wish I had a great photo of this moment to go with this post, but better than a picture - I have that experience in my heart and soul now.

Sometimes ten minutes is all you need.