Cutie

So every night, before I go to bed, I stop in Lukin's room to make sure he is covered up. He is notorious for kicking all the covers off and then sleeping in a little ball on his tummy (probably trying to stay warm). I also have Sonny check on him before he leaves for work and I do it when my alarm goes off before I truly commit to being awake. But those details are beside the point.

The story has to do with my going in to check on him last night. I nudge the door open a little bit to see if there is movement. When there isn't, then I push the door open and walk in and over to his crib. I fix his blankets so he is covered up and make sure that he isn't nestled up against the railing of the bed or anything like that. Well, I usually fix the covers, stroke his hair once while I say, "I love you, Little man." Or whatever name I call him (Bonkman, Lukin, Little Prince, whatever). Then I leave and go to my room.

But last night, I was covering him up and whispering to him while I did it. I was quietly telling him the line from his favorite story that has his name in it (from I Love You Forever...I changed the song so that it says, "My Lukin you'll be" and he loves that). Anyway, I was whispering this, and he half opens his eyes and moves his head and quietly says, "No." and then goes back to sleep. I giggled because that's his favorite word and it just made me smile that he would choose that word to say while half-asleep. He then closed his eyes again and put his hands up under his head and went back to sleep.

That was pretty cute. Every mom probably has a similar story about how adorable her child is while they are sleeping.