I love Sunday mornings.
I know, I love a lot of things these days. It’s a good thing.
But I love how we get up, bleary-eyed but happy to see our boy. We sit downstairs in pajamas, coffee in hand with the sunlight streaming through the windows, not even bothering to turn on the lights. There’s simply no need. The house is warm & the world is still other than Harrison is toddling around in his jammies. & after breakfast, we head upstairs to the loft area to play.
Today, Nate & I sat & played “monkey in the middle” with Harrison, tossing a ball over his head while he giggled with glee. The giggles were infectious, bubbling over until with every ball toss, Nate & I were sharing in the laughter. Toss, toss, toss, toss…SMACK.
My breath caught. In the WORST PARENT OF THE YEAR move, I accidentally chucked the ball right into Harrison. I expected tears but instead came even harder belly laughs. & you know how kids get all overwhelmed with how awesome laughter is & they just sort of…get discombobulated? That was Harrison. He laughed until he was absolutely giddy, pulled up on all fours, & crawled like a madman, panting & laughing with his head down…right into the media cabinet. Head first. Like a bull in a china cabinet.
I really wanted to feel bad. I really, really did. That’s what a good mother would do. But y’all…he just PLOWED into it. & I kept laughing. Harrison sat with uncertainty, wavering that fine line between tears & laughter, until he finally gave in to laughing.
He laughed, all the way down to his toes.
I laughed until my sides hurt.
& when Harrison stood up, his diaper had come undone on one side. He considered it for a minute, considered his near-hysterical parents, then reached down & in one massive Superman-esque move, ripped the entire diaper off.
Seriously? It was too much. I know it’s lame. I know it’s that thing that only parents find hilarious & when they put it on their Facebook status, everyone else is like SHUT UP ALREADY, LAME PARENT. But y’all? It was the end of us. Nate & I laid down on the floor, tears squeezing out of our eyes, howling with laughter while Harrison stood, proudly naked from the waist down & holding his Rumparooz victoriously in the air.
The kid, I fear, has a sense of comedic timing that will put us over the edge for years to come.
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p.s. also? i put pants on him for his nap so he wouldn’t be ripping off any more diapers. i’ve heard horror stories. & i listened.
Aww, this makes me so happy. I love it when those perfect moments just come out of nowhere.
This is awesome Blair! Thank you for sharing your stories and your life with us. Its great preparation for what I have to look forward to when my little one gets here! So proud of you!
that is just the sweetest thing I have ever read.
Beautiful post!
I can so relate to the overall feel of your blogs now. Now that the fog is gone and everything feels more sunny. I’m there too. Took me a while but I roundhouse kicked PPD and anxiety attacks out the door and now I truly feel that overwhelming happiness.
Revel in it (I know you are) – it’s so lovely to read. Not that the raw honesty that came before it wasn’t helpful to read but I’m so enjoying your joy.
<3
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Hilarious! My son has started taking his diaper off, too, and he’s so proud of himself when he does it.
I love it.
You’re awesome. That is all.
These are the best kinds of moments out there. Seriously. When you get so caught up in the hilarity. Sigh…LOVE this post!
Love this. I love those seemingly innocent moments that turn into almost disasterous moments…cause they just make you laugh. My son got into peanut butter the other day and rubbed the enitre jar into my dogs hair. When I caught him, all he said was “Uh oh Momma. I bad” and I just laughed and laughed
Thanks for sharing this
I love this story!!
HAHAHAHA!!! Love it!!!
that’s adorable…that made my sunday morning a lot better
(& i agree with rebecca…you are so, so awesome.)
& we have friends who put a one-piece bathing suit type thing on their daughter at night b/c she’s gotten into the ripping off diaper stage!
LOL! I just love giggly times! There are many more to come, I’m sure.
sweet story – and not the slightest bit “lame”
[but then again, i'm a mom too] 
hahahahahah! sometimes you’ve just got to laugh
That’s hilarious!
Thanks for sharing that!
Most, if not all, of us are mothers too so we get it. How funny!
That’s pure awesomeness!
I love those kind of mornings
Oh yeah, and how do you like those Rumparooz?
we LOVE Rumparooz. They’re my favorites
LITERALLY laughing out loud. Hilarious visual images. Thanks for sharing. I def needed a good laugh today.
Tears of laughter are rolling down MY cheeks just from reading this story! So so funny!
Absolutely hilarious
There really is nothing better than that kind of laughter!
this cracked my stuff up. i was totally able to visualize the whole thing. love it!
love, love, love this post!
Those are the absolute best moments in parenting. When you laugh and love and know that nobody in the world would understand but the two of you as his parents.
I love this post.
OMG. Totally tearing up from laughing so hard. How much fun!