One morning, I had a sweet little moment with Archer.

It started with our traditional morning cuddles. Since the start of the school year, the kids & I start our morning with morning cuddles. This wasn’t planned. My kids just know when to take advantage of their night owl of a mother when she wants to squeeze in extra moments of sleep 🙂

Waking up to sleepy little faces and toasty little bodies is the sweetest way to start a day.

Anyway, on a very normal Tuesday, Sander came in first for his morning cuddles. But my little dude had blown out a diaper. I jumped out of bed and got him a bath.

With a freshly bathed Sander in tow, I stopped back in my bedroom for just a minute. I was caught off guard by these blueberry eyes peering over the blanket.

Little Archer tentatively asked if I was still going to have morning cuddles with him.

MY HEART. I had no idea he had been waiting for me the entire time just to have cuddles.

I shared that same story & picture up above in my family group text. My father-in-law sent me a picture that had me clutching my heart all over again.

I don’t recognize this picture, so I’m not sure that I’ve seen it. Or my mom brain has erased it from memory. But the picture surprised me. I’m surprised how alike Archer looks compared to his baby self. He doesn’t look all that different 5 years later, IMO. Same fuzzy head and gentle blueberry eyes. I’m surprised once again how small and how big babies are. He has the tiniest head and the tiniest pout after a few hours of birth! But as small as he is, he’s still huge considering his birth entrance, ha!

My baby isn’t a baby anymore, but he’ll always be my baby.

Love you forever and ever Archer!!!