A Night With My Boys
I often compare my family to Cinderella. We pride ourselves in the structured naps that we have established for Aubrey, but with those comes a strict bedtime, or he becomes a little hard to handle. So, like Cinderella, if we are not home by 6 and have his dinner ready, Aubrey turns into a rotten pumpkin. Knowing this, we have established a nighttime routine that is very family oriented and I love it. Each moment has such meaning to them. Watching Rob be the dad, getting Aubrey all worked up just to have to calm him down makes me love him a bit more each time.Lately, to get Aubrey to sleep for the entire night, we have resorted in giving him a bottle of formula on his dream feed (a feed where you wake him up before you go to sleep). I have passed the torch of this feed to Rob. Each night, I sneak in for a goodnight forehead kiss, and just die a little at the sight of my two boys snuggled up in the rocking chair. Those quiet late night moments are full of the most love you could fill in one room. I know I write about it a lot, but to come from the place I was when this blog was created to where I am now is crazy.I don't know how many of you are fans of Country music but there is a song called "your gonna miss this" by Trace Adkins, and that is how I am trying to live lately. I miss those days where Aubrey wasn't getting into everything he shouldn't and would stay in the exact same place I left him. But, in a few years I know i'm going to miss these nights with my boys, dancing around to old songs after dinner, playing in the tub together, and those sleepy quiet moments by the rocking chair.Katie Rose xo