Today, My Crib, Tomorrow, The World!

I tried to take a nap with Aeli this afternoon.
Often this is as sweet and cuddly as it sounds, but today, it equaled Aeli rolling over many times to pull at my shirt, kick me in the stomach, climb his feet up my thighs, and grab my face over and over. Mouths and lips are especially interesting to him, and he grasps them unabashedly.

It is aMAZing that he can do all these things now, when less than five months ago he was just this skinny little lump that didn't even know his hands were his; it would also be nice if our periods of shut-eye could coincide.

(He just closed his eyes now. In time for me to go start on dinner.)

I LOVE though- that when I got to his school today, after another lovely hour drive home, the crying and carrying on he'd been doing for that last hour, slowed quickly to a stop when I took him in my arms. I don't mean that I love that he was crying, or to imply that Ms. C doesn't do an awesome job with the babies (3 of the 4 of them were crying an unusual amount this afternoon), but it is nice to reaffirm that your baby really does know who you are, and that your arms are generally preferred.