Last night I finally got a really good night’s sleep. I woke up at 7am when I heard the kids, but Nick told me he would go get them. With absolutely no protest, I fell back asleep. Just before I checked out I could hear, over the baby monitor, the kids happily greeting Nick. I drifted back into a deep sleep to the sounds of their cheerful voices, and didn’t wake up for another hour.
I am rarely spoiled in this way, mainly because our bedroom is a loft, and we have no bedroom walls. Even if Nick tries to let me sleep in, it almost never works. Today, I was so exhausted, that no noise was going to keep me from getting my forty winks. I finally came back to the land of the living, and started to get out of bed. I could hear everyone downstairs, but as soon as I started moving around, the noise from downstairs sopped. As I stood up I heard whispers telling Tessie to wait. I knew I had a surprise coming my way.
When I got to the top of the stairs I saw Tes at the bottom, holding up a drawing, and grinning from ear to ear. When I got to the bottom of the stairs she proudly announced that the drawing was for me. I looked at it and listened as she explained. The most remarkable part was that she had written TES clearly across the bottom of the paper. She also pointed out some hearts and Spiderman, but she was obviously most proud that she had written her name. I hugged her tight, and told her how much I loved the drawing. My eyes were still fuzzy, my voice gravely, and I hadn’t had a sip of coffee. But I wasn’t gonna pass up this amazing present. What a beautiful way to wake up.
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