My Favorite Time of Day

I have always been more of an evening person than a morning person (much to David's dismay). But morning is now my favorite time of day.

Baylie always wakes up in a good mood. Sometimes I can hear her cooing (or grunting which is a big mode of communication for her) from the other room. Sometimes it's before I want to get up, so I get her and tuck her in between me and David (somehow David never hears her...). She loves to sleep in our bed. She immediately spreads out her arms and falls fast asleep (she definitely hogs the space.)

After we do wake up, I give her a bottle while I read my scriptures - this is a new process since I'm tired of feeling guilty for never reading my scriptures. Then we read one of her books. Baylie LOVES books.  Then we usually sing a few songs. She always sings along which is so fun to hear. Unfortunately, so far she seems to sing more like me than David. Hopefully that improves with time.

After that is cereal time, which is always an adventure. Her latest eating habit is to dive bomb towards the spoon. I have to be careful so she doesn't choke, and I try to get the food down her instead of have it fall all over her stomach and legs. She also likes to stuff as much of her bib as possible in her mouth. 

We usually go straight from the cereal to the tub. Baylie is really starting to like bath time. She plays with her toys and splashes.  She's also likes looking in the mirror and trying to figure out where that little girl is.

I am so grateful that I get to spend so much time with her every day and don't have to work until evening. I feel guilty at night because someone else has to put her to bed and she always cries for everyone but me. (She's pretty much a momma's girl.) But every morning as we lay in bed and read books and sing, I'm so grateful for her and for our time together. My life has changed so much in the last year. It's amazing when I stop and think about it.