My alarm clock

Some days being a mom is... rough. Insert hard, tiring, boring, lonely, exhausting, messy, or repetitive, here! But, it is also the most rewarding job I've ever had, and I love it dearly. What a blessing it is that I get to be here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week witnessing my little guy growing up. Learning his world, learning new things. It's pretty doggone awesome! But, don't get me wrong. There are days! Days when I consider selling him on ebay, or just heading out and joining the circus myself. Days when Noah can't get home early enough, and those are usually the days he works the longest. Lately Gideon hasn't been sleeping all that well. Yup, that's putting it nicely. I call it "faux mmom" speak. As in, "Little Charlie is... spirited" Code for "the child is a hellion! So when I say Gideon's not sleeping well, what I really mean is the child isn't sleeping at all! He's teething, it's not his fault, but it sure makes for some looong nights. And magically, his father can sleep through it all. Man ears are amazing! But, as I glance at my now mobile son, actually crawling around the house like a big kid now, and watch him learn new sounds and amaze me what what he knows (currently working on the high five with dad, and pulling up (heaven help us!) I know that in 15 or 20 years, I'll not remember these sleepless nights, these tough days with a cranky teething baby. I'll remember chubby 9 month hands crawling up Mt. Mommy and sweet baby smiles and slobbery kisses. I'll remember watching him work so hard at something and finally getting it and looking at me with such smug delight, as if saying, "Yup, I finally did it!". And I'll remember waking up to sweet baby noises and coos, going in and getting the biggest smile of the day, with 2 little teeth grinning out at me and those chubby hands reaching up. I'm pretty sure a 15 year old won't wake up quite that cute. Those will be the memories I take from Gideon's babyhood, a mere pit stop on the road map of his life. As we were watching the news last night, there was a segment on newborns and Noah and I both began talking about how it was already getting hard to remember Gideon at that age. So tiny. Was it all a dream? I already cannot remember a time where he wasn't so active. So, while sleepless nights and long days come with the territory, I'll take em'. It's worth it to share in something so wonderful as a day in the life of a 9 month old.

Hope you enjoy the video. Sorry it's upside down- whoops! This is what wakes me up daily, and I wouldn't change it for the world!