Four little baby feet

It was early one week day morning, my husband was traveling and it had been a long night with the baby, making the early morning seem that much earlier. Both my girls, 7 and 19 months old (Irish Twin!! Yikes!) were up and excited for a new day. Naturally, my oldest felt it was the right time to have our daily tea party. So we all sat in our assigned chairs, around the new kids table that they had gotten for Christmas. (My 19 month old is very particular about where everyone is sitting. Some could say she is less then laidback like her mommy *Wink*).

There we sat – sipping and pouring pretend tea, munching on toy pastries and making sure little sister didn’t fall out of her chair. Now don’t get me wrong. It was as sweet to be a part of this story as it sounds. But, as I said “cheers” over and over and continued to pick up the droppings that little sister threw down over and over, I might have wished to be back in bed. In fact I may have been wishing time would hurry up so they could do these parties on their own.

As I leaned down to pick up a saucer that had been dropped under the table I saw an image that made me stop. Four little fat baby feet (all sticking straight toward the middle of the table because the baby legs they were attached to were still too short to bed over the edge of the chair). In the moment I saw those sweet round pudgy feet I suddenly heard the little voices chatting above and I realized there is no amount of sleep that could make me miss these moments.

It’s cliché, I know. But these are the moments that every mommy knows. The moments that give you more energy than any cup of Starbucks can.

My moment reminded me that in just a blink those little feet won’t always be sitting down for tea first thing in morning. In just a few years we will be rushing off to school each morning. Soon enough those little feet will be covered by trendy shoes that the girls “have” to have because the new Taylor Swift wore them in a movie for 5 minutes… and those trendy little feet might not want to play with mommy as much. These feet will sit at other tables studying with boys and friends. Those feet might be off running on track fields or swimming through water… without needing mommy’s help. Those feet will walk across graduation stages. Those feet will walk down the aisle.

I am excited for those moments to come. But today, no matter how late the night or how early the morning, I want to enjoy the baby feet in my life.

So in case it’s been a while since you have had a “moment”, I hope this little story can bring memories and warm feelings of moments past. And if you have had one recently WRITE IT DOWN. One day you will need to draw from it. These moments are only seconds in the endless hours and days of mommyhood but they sure do rejuvenate and empower.

 

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