Familiar Smells

My day started out so sweetly. Just after 7:00 am I heard Hyrum's little feet running across the floor and into our room. He examined my side table for my glasses which he lovingly hands me each morning to get me out of bed, but I still had my contacts in and my glasses were safely tucked away. With my eyes half closed I reached out my arms, hands open, over the side of the bed and waited for him to come close enough for me to scoop him up. He ran three quick steps and then I snuggled his warm little body into mine. I smooched his chubby little cheeks and his blonde wispy hair tickled my nose. Soon he heard Daddy roll over next to me and jumped up with excitement. He crawled over my baby bump and onto his Daddy to tell him good morning. I tugged on the back of his Pj's to make sure he didn't fall off the other side of the bed. He then slid off onto his feet and ran across to see his sister. At this point Mr. Stannix said to me, "Well, it looks like we know who's going to be waking us all up on Christmas morning". I slowly sat up on the edge of my bed just as Camilla came in. She hugged my baby bump, smooched me good morning, and then knelt by our bed with her face buried in her arms to say her morning prayers. Mr. Stannix and I just looked at each other, surprised and impressed by our little girl. I sat on the edge of my bed and enjoyed the baby's first movements of the day (lots of hiccups). After breakfast Mr. Stannix put some smelly stuff on both he and Hyrum before kissing me good-bye. Now every time I get close to my runny nosed little man today I think of Mr. Stannix and Fall and when we were dating. Now I need to go wipe Hyrum's nose for the millionth time today and cozy everyone in for an afternoon nap.