Waking up....

I had a wonderful time chatting with my friend V (who is also a neighbor) until almost 2am last night. We met after the kids slept, and since we don't get to spend such time often after the daughter was born, we made the most of it. We exchanged a lot of verbal diarrhea, as she puts it - LOL!!!!

As a result....I slept in till late this morning. Fortunately, the daughter did so too. She woke up around 9am....and saw me sleeping next to her. She came and snuddled (snuggle+cuddle :)), caressed my cheeks, and then, very gently, she kissed me on my forehead.

I was in heavenly bliss. I did not want to open my eyes. I wanted this to continue and never end.

She waited, gazing at me, then took my palms, kissed them and placed them on her cheeks.

She then softly said, "Mumma" "Mummayo" "Mummyyyyy" - and waited.

I slowly opened my eyes, and there she was, snuddled up right next to me, giving me the sweetest smile that exists on this planet.

I would be lying if I said that I didn't scoop and gobble her all up.

How the baby has changed my mornings :)

Before the baby:

Alarm goes off in the morning. The snooze button is hit "x" number of times..."x" could be 1 or 2 or 5 depending on the day :)!

Check email on iphone...sometimes FB too.

Once in a while parents or sister or a friend calls so speak with them.

Brush my teeth.

Take a shower.

Dress up quickly.

Grab breakfast.

Grab laptop bag and purse.

Rush out of the house thinking about work.

Come to work....check email, news, browse for few mins and then start working.

If I need a break, then either go to cafe for water or fruit...or ping someone quickly to say hello, or browse.

No hurry to go home during lunch or after work.

After the baby:

No alarm needed....ever.

Barely get time to check email on iphone. If at all I have time to browse, I'm usually reading baby articles on the various apps :).

No time for phone calls....that too early morning.

Play with the baby....feed her, change her...talk to her.

Brush, shower, dress up, breakfast - all happens in a flash of time.

Play with the baby again....

Grab laptop bag and purse.

Leave the house with a smile. Think about baby while driving.

Come to work - get things done right away...look at baby's pictures during short breaks.

Finish work ASAP and head home during lunch and after work to spend time with baby.

L.I.F.E is G.O.O.D!
Loving motherhood so far :)!