See you in the morning.

I am generally the one to put Mae to bed at night, not because I have any skill that Pearson, or any other reading adult doesn't, but it makes sense since I am still breast feeding. (Although I am starting to wean, which will be a topic for another post. Although, I am very aware that no one wants to read about that but me in 25 years). Mae's bedtime routine is pretty much the exact same every night. There are always exceptions to the rule but on most mundane nights, which are most, we stick to the script. The routine is as followed: bath time, naked time (Mae gets to crawl around in her birthday suit, which she loves), food, books, lights out.

Every night, after turning out the lights and before laying her in her crib, I whisper while kissing her forehead, Good night Mae. I love you. Sweet dreams. See you in the morning.

When she is nodding off to dream land, me getting a chance to say those words to her is one of my favorite moments of being Mae's mom. I know I won't be able to utter those words to her every night before bed, but you better believe I am going to do it as often as I possibly can before she is too old to tell me, "Mom, I just want to go to bed" or she goes to college.