Easter 2012. It was just lovely. Great sermon in church. Egg hunting. Cascarones. Family. Food. And a huge downpour that led to a house full of naps. It was perfect.
I have always wanted to snap a picture of my children sleeping. Not newborn-photos-sleeping, but sleeping as children. As dreaming, innocent, precious children. I just kinda figured it would never happen because they wake up on their own and are always sleeping in dark rooms so logistically, I could not see it happening.
Well today, an opportunity presented itself. Ashton fell asleep in the car this morning while we were running errands. I got home and got him out of the car and he stayed asleep on my shoulder. Lately when this has happened, I just carry him around the house for a few minutes until he wakes up. You see, he has dropped his morning nap and I don't want to put him in his bed for a full nap until after lunch.
Anyways, I was holding him and holding him and I really needed to pee. So, purely out of necessity I laid him on our bed while I ran to our bathroom. I fully expected him to wake up crying the second I laid him down. Nothing. I flush and nothing. I walk over to pick him up and it dawns on me...the light was decent. He is laying on white sheets. He is OUT COLD.
I saw the opportunity and jumped at it. I quietly sneak over and grab my camera bag and get everything set. Again, I fully expected him to wake up after the first shot (cameras are loud!). Again, nothing. So, I just snapped and snapped away. He stirred and moved around once, but that was it.
It was totally a gift this morning. Not posed. Not fake. But real sleeping. My sweet boy.
...Is a hot mess. I mean that quite literally. Mess with a capital M.
The great thing about it is that the kids don't seem to mind! We have some grass, "flowers" (aka weeds), rocks, a seen-better-days playset and sandbox and a busted fence. Despite all that, the kids LOVE to go outside. Ashton actually cries and gets really upset when it is time to come in.
I am loving this weather lately and the fact that we can play without sweating. I know that this time will be short-lived, but for now, it is heaven.
We had nothing to do today so we went to the zoo with our sweet friends. The highlight was definitely riding the train (although Emerson would tell you it was eating lunch- more on that later).
The weather has been amazing lately. The kids played outside for an hour after naps while we waited for daddy to come home. They were extra silly and the light was extra pretty so I snapped some shots of my own kids (which I have not done in a while).
