rare gift

~

Our little Lexi is a night owl.

Currently

bedtime is around midnight

give or take an hour

but it wasn't long ago

that it was 2 am.

For about 3 weeks straight.

during that 3 week stretch

we visited with some friends who had just met Lexi.

We'd mentioned her keeping late hours....

One of my friends asked me, "Are you enjoying her?"

to which I, of course, responded, "Yep!" and smooched her neck

(Lexi's - not my friend's - gross)

and she added,

"Except at 2 in the morning..."

~
Lexi,

even at 2 in the morning

I have thoroughly enjoyed you!

Sometimes, especially at 2 in the morning.

~

I was laying on my bed just enjoying my girl this evening

and remembering a night

not terribly long ago

that Lana and I had talked until the wee hours of the morning

and then fell asleep holding hands

(Papa was in sleeping with the boys)

when I realized

what a truly rare gift I had been given.

Not many mommas have given away a daughter

and then birthed another.

Everyone says it, "They grow up so fast."

I have lived it.

I know.

~

Thank you, Lord

for all the hours I get to spend with this precious girl

and

all the hours I got to spend with her big sis.