Don't wanna miss a thing

I'm reading (yes, me, reading!) this book that is basically a journal that this woman kept during her son's first year of life. Some entries are just a few sentences, others a few pages. It's nice to read while nursing to pass the time. It's making me want to record a lot more of this beautiful crazy experience -- what it's like to be a new mom, to experience all the firsts, to jot down the little things that make me laugh or cry or want to rip my hair out (as if I weren't losing enough already), and all the little snapshots during these precious days that just melt my heart.
Like yesterday... Christian and I were sitting in the living room together (well, he was standing on my lap, as that is the only position he is happy in lately...standing...) and I just started making silly faces and talking baby talk to him (you know, that embarrassing gutchy-gutchy-goo-goo kind of stuff). With his open-mouthed grin he suddenly let out this loud and genuine giggle. He's kinda half-chuckled before, but nothing like this... it was like a miniature belly laugh :). Then late last night he got his second wind while getting ready for bed. This time Dave got to see/hear it, and he started making Christian laugh over and over-- we looked at each other each time with so much joy and laughter ourselves, and it was like a Hallmark card... funny, beautiful, sweet and perfect. It totally made up for the fact that he's not sleeping through the night anymore!

Sooo... just because I haven't been recording every second of his almost 4 months of life doesn't mean i can't start jotting things down now. Hopefully this will become a place to keep track of it all, when i have the time and energy and the stars collide. A place to reflect and remember the preciousness of little life. I don't wanna miss a thing.

he's awake-- gotta go.........