Just my typical morning...

Little stirs and rustles come from the tiny bassinets in our bedroom.  It's my cue.  Morning begins.  Wondrous smells of coffee waft through the air and promise to help me pry my eyes open far enough to see.  It's 5am.  I make a bottle and then crack open the curtains.  When morning light starts peeking it's way through, I'm ready to see it shining.  After gathering up the necessities...a boppy, a burp cloth, a bottle...I settle in.  Cooper usually sleeps through most of this bottle, so I pop on the TV to keep me a little company.  Cooper quietly begins to snack on his first bottle of the day and we sit snuggled in the down comforter on the couch.  Only the TV light shining on us.  An ounce down and we burp.  Another ounce down and his eyes close back again, usually for good this time.  We may struggle here and there for another ounce and a burp or two.  Or he may be completely uninterested.  After a wipe of his sweet little lips and a few forehead kisses, I change his diaper and settle him into his swing.  By now the sun is up. If the house is still quiet, I can snuggle back in on the couch and snag an hour or more of sleep. Sometimes though, another country heard from wanders his way to see me.  I'm greeted by curly headed toddler with sleepy eyes. He smiles a crooked smile and says, "hi guys!!"  His enthusiastic voice does not match the bewildered sleepy look in his eyes though.  I usually scoop him up onto the couch.  We snuggle under the covers until he's ready to get moving.  It won't be long and I'll be up again to make a cup of milk and grab his breakfast for him.  Soon the TV will be turned to Mickey Mouse and I'll hear the Disney Junior theme song being sung from the living room.  Soon my peaceful, quiet time will be replaced with noisy, boisterous play.  Cooper will wake and need another bottle. Owen will sing, dance and play.

Before I know it, morning will turn to lunch time turn to dinner time and then bedtime.  Time flies these days!   So that peaceful quiet each day?  I soak it up.  It is fleeting.  It is amazing.  It's the beginning of another day...and it's my favorite time of day because it holds the promise of good things to come.  It's a chance to start fresh and make each day new.  It's just a typical morning and I'm so glad for them. Each and every day.