The lasts

An article has been circulating on Facebook by a mommy blogger and the topic is not forgetting to live in the moment. Often parents get so focused on the next baby milestone that we look forward and forget to look around at what is going on now. This leads to overlooking what may well be the baby's lasts: last nap taken on mom's or dad's chest, last night spent in a swaddle, last night with a pacifier, last anything.

So, it made me think of all the sweet little things that happened in the past few months or are happening now that I don't want to forget.

• Back when I was still on maternity leave, my mom would still spend a few mornings a week with Cameron. When she would bring him home for nap time, he would always run in the door and ask me "Norah's awake?" (Because he knows that when she's sleeping he's supposed to use quiet footsteps in the house.)
• Cameron is very loving with Norah 98% of the time. He says stuff like "Hi Norah!", "Good morning my sweet girl," "That's my baby sister Norah, I love her," and "Awww, she's so cute!" The other 2% of the time he's telling her something like "No Norah, that's my truck! Don't touch it!" But then he'll also say something like "I'll go get you a soft toy." So maybe it's like 99%/1%. :)
• Norah is still eating once per night, usually between 2-3 a.m. In the past month or so, after feeding her at that hour, I would lay her down to re-swaddle her and she would just make the most content little sighs and babbling sounds. So sweet!
• I adore the few moments I share with Norah before putting her down to sleep, whether it's at night or for a nap. When truly tired, she is so content to lay her head down on my shoulder and let me rock her for a few minutes. I get to kiss her forehead and nuzzle her nose as she lays there looking at me. 
• Cameron likes to play with words and sounds lately. One of his favorites is to change the endings of our names and quite frequently he will say mommy, daddy, Cammy, Norry. 
• Cameron also has become quite the singer lately. ABCs, Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Thomas songs, and lots more. He'll request songs for us to sing and then sing along. He even dances while singing sometimes, or just while listening to music. He bobs his head and taps his feet to the beat. So adorable. Even if the song is Ozzy's "Crazy Train" played in Dada's car, it's still adorable.

I'm sure there are a lot more that I'm not accounting for at the moment, but I'm going to try to be better about documenting them (really!).