Just a Moment

 Today was one of those days where nothing happened but man did it fly by.  my nice little moment from today involved Quinn and I washing dishes.  he's been helping me wash dishes every night and while I wouldn't say he is helpful, he has a blast and it allows me to get some chores done while hanging with him.  He kept dumping water outside of the sink and I continually kept telling him to keep the water in the sink.  I was getting frustrated and then I just heard him mumble "dada and Quinn" as if he was just so happy that he was hanging out washing dishes with me.  it was incredibly sweet and refocused my attention on him.  we had a great time doing dishes tonight and we got water everywhere. 

 pretty easy one today.  little dude pooped in the potty all on his own.  He asked for some space, we gave it to him, and he did it.  hell yeah!  then he took out the trash.  We also went to a meet up in ashland with the playgroup and it was pretty great hanging with all those families.  they're all so nice and welcoming and we don't get to see them very often.  Quinn also was inspired to ride his strider bike because all the slightly older kids were ripping on their pedal bikes.   Side note is that I'm an anxious mess inside, but still moments like these can make my day. 

 Very quick today because it's late and I already missed yesterday.  Yesterday was kind of a rough day but my small highlight was getting some extra nice snuggles from Imogen during one of her naps.  Today's moment was also an Imogen highlight.  we took a family trip into town and were going on a stroller walk.  Bree and Quinn went into a store to get some Churros and left me with my girl.  she was having an impressively long and content wake window so we just walked around Jacksonville.  It was incredibly peaceful and nice to just spend that time with her.   A side moment that was also great was while driving home from daycare today.  he was quiet in the back seat and then slowly said, "had fun... today".  definitely the first time he's been able to make a statement like that without any prompting. 

Let's see how this goes.  Here is my attempt to start posting a few times a week about one nice moment I had throughout the day.  The past few days have been hard for many reasons, but tonight, I went to the bathroom before heading into Quinn's room for bedtime stories.  Mom has been taking part in reading our nightly books lately and that has been an increasingly sweet experience.  Tonight, she started story time and I walked in to see a very tired boy in his milk and cookies pajamas, sitting on his mom's lap and holding his chocolate ice cream cone toy that has gone everywhere with him for the past few days.  this was a heart meltingly sweet moment that took me out of my anxieties and worries and let me just enjoy kindness and love that this family is made of.   also, who knew teaching a boy how pee standing up took so much technique.  Mochi's butt in this picture is what makes it for me.