Daily Dose of Mama: This is the Moment

Thursday, September 2, 2010

This is the Moment

Sometimes a moment hits me square in the face, and I have this intense need to preserve it.

Last night Little Bug was taking a bath ("bubba baff", a two-word combo with some hard sounds that I am ridiculously proud of). It was past his bedtime, and I was anxious to get him to sleep. I wasn't completely, totally, 100% in the moment.

Little Bug has a nasty new trick where he likes to turn the faucet on and off. We're being very strict about this for a number of boundary and water temperature safety reasons, but my boy is stubborn and patient, making bath time one of vigilance and lameness on my part. Usually he gets his little fingers onto the faucet handle but is denied turning it. Sadness ensues. Regroup. Repeat attack.

Last night, after about 5 minutes of this dance (and after I had turned the water off for good), he finally found a moment of my weakness and quick as a flash, turned the faucet on.

Quick as it happened, I turned it off to preserve the boundary, but Little Bug, oh my baby boy......

The moment the water turned on he reeled back in total stunned elation. He let out this CRAZY triumphant laugh that was a mix between a surprised yelp and a victorious battle cry. The sound was one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard.

As I ducked my head in my shoulder to hid my laughter from a "should-be-getting-a-stern-looking-at Little Bug" all I could think was

This is the moment I want to blournal.

5 comments:

KrisSeptember 2, 2010 at 9:04 AM
This is great. I can totally picture him squealing with pride as he turned it on!
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Christine @ 12,450miles September 2, 2010 at 10:59 AM
I {heart} this moment. And I {heart} "bubba baff" ... that might be the cutest thing ever.
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sueSeptember 2, 2010 at 4:47 PM
i love the hilarious things our kids do when they're doing something naughty, and we have to hide our laughing faces!

i can just picture this moment between you and little bug. and i love it!
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PixSeptember 2, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Yep. I can see it! And love it! Thanks for sharing.
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JoJoSeptember 3, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Love it! It's hard to deny them something 'bad' when they get SO MUCH JOY from it. Who knew turning on the water faucet could do that?
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I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

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