Favorite moment

Grace has always been a very good sleeper. The other evening as we were in the living room I said something about going "night, night" and she immediately grabbed her blanket and walked to the stairs mumbling "night, night, night, night...". She reminds me of her uncle Nate, who loves to get his sleep too!

My favorite moment of each day is when I go to Grace's room to wake her up in the morning. She's absolutely adorable all the time...but is even MORE adorable (if that's possible) when she's just waking up! I usually walk into her room at about 6:30am and say something like "Goodmorning, Sunshine" or "Hey, Gracie girl! Time to get up!" and she generally begins her stretching process...which usually takes a couple minutes and requires rolling around and a few hugs for the stuffed animals. Once she finishes up with that, she stretches her arms up to "mama mama" and I get a huge hug and a couple snuggles in before the day begins. I guess the way that she looks at me and gives me her sleepy smiles just makes my heart feel so full. I wish I were better with words so that I could fully explain how precious this part of the day is for me, but it is, absolutely, my favorite moment of every day.