Apr. 22: A human pillow

Today’s awesome thing is #520 When a baby falls asleep on you.

You’re a human pillow.

Feel that tiny heart beating on your chest, that strawberry-sized hand gripping your finger, and those baby powder breaths softly whispering in and out…

When you were a little baby you fell asleep on people all the time, too. Now that you’re all grown up you’re helping another life on its way.

And just think: One day way off in the distance this softly sleeping snuggler will be doing the exact same thing.

AWESOME!

Some of my favorite pictures of our kids are of them sleeping on us—or someone, anyway. Here are the ones I could find (these were all taken before we got a digital camera, so they were all printed and scanned and that’s why they’re cropped all weird/bad and I apologize you have to see such awfulness but the pictures are still cute, right?):

 Scout, baby Katie and me – February 2000

 Katie and “Auntie” Debi Nelson – March 2000

 OK, this photo isn’t of anyone in our family, but I love it anyway.
This is Jason Neil, holding his brand new nephew, River – May 2000

 Jack and me, when he was just a few hours old – November 2001

 “Auntie” Debi again, this time with Jack.
He’s such a little cuddly bundle!
And isn’t Debi’s hair super-cute?  November 2001