mornings

just about as soon as she learned how to talk, maddalena figured out that the easiest way to get me out of bed in the morning was to mention coffee… that girl! she catches on fast, and she knows me way too well!

so, each morning, she still says first thing, “it’s time to get up and make coffee!” [it used to be cossee, and oh, my heart, i miss that so much!] and so. coffee it is! another day begins in our house. we sit around the coffee table and wake up for a while… maddalena requests a “mia show” and brings toys to the couch, rocco nurses and smiles.

i’ve never been much for mornings [which miiight just be the greatest understatement of all time!], but there’s something about the slow, sweet little early hours we’ve had around here since babies were born that i really enjoy. i love the soft glow of light in the air and the smell of coffee brewing and the feeling like you have aaaaaall day to figure life out.

on the weekends, steven often makes eggs and bacon… or sometimes i do the eggs [scrambled, i like to put a blob of kerrygold butter in the pan first!]. maddalena pretends she wants both, but really she just wants the bacon 😉 and the house fills with comforting smells. i get some laundry going, which is funnily enough another one of those comforting home things to me! the sound of the washer and dryer! i love that. and at some point steven asks me what my plan might be for the day… i tell him my only goal so far is to finish my coffee because i need a few more hours to make decisions.

then, next thing i know it’s noon and my daytime scramble begins along with the 3rd reheat of my 3rd cup of coffee!

safe to say i’m won’t be the mom heading up any 8am meetups anytime soon, ha! unless it’s coffee in jammies at my house, that is. come one, come all! okay, maybe not all. okay… maybe not 8am. 😉

but oh, mornings!

thanks to some of the sweetest faces around, you know, i’ve kinda learned to love ’em. <3