Our Nighttime Strolls

It's our little get away moment together just him and I a couple times a week.  Usually while the rest are brushing teeth and having quiet reading time.  I grab up my shoes and buckle him in and off we go down the driveway.  It's not too warm still and the neighborhood is quiet other than the occasional car coming through the gate.  We walk through the neighborhood right along the curb where Hudson can look at the moon.  It is quiet and I can hear him sucking intently on his binky and I look in his stroller, he is wide eyed and alert. 

 We get to the park, our favorite part of our trip and abandon the sidewalk for the grass.  Hudson starts making cooing noises enjoying the vibration sounds it makes in his voice.  The park has a row of trees that you can walk through and the lamp lights shine through their leaves.  We get right to the middle and I take him out and I lay on my back under them.  Hudson lays on his back on my belly and plays with his toes as he admires the leaves and branches above.  I talk to him about all sorts of random things.  He sits quiet and listens and lays there with me. It feels like I have been able to slow everything down around me for a moment.  I can think.  Think about life and decisions and have a moment to just think about me.  Where my life is going and what else I hope to achieve with it.  So nice to be able to sit and reflect and hold my baby close.  I feel his breathing which is sort of crackling from his nose that has been running from teething.  He holds up his foot and spreads out his little toes and I admire how small they still are.  Ten minutes max and the squirming starts, it has been fun mom but it is time to move again.  Back to the stroller we go, no more talking just walking together.  Occasionally I stop and peer down at him.  He bends his head back and looks up at me and grins.  Peaceful walking until we reach home again.  As I pull the stroller up to the garage I can hear giggling from kids that have surely gotten distracted from the teeth brushing and are now playing.  I pick Hudson up and pull him in for a hug.  He lays his head on my shoulder and snuggles right in.  "Thanks for the walk little guy" I whisper to him as I softly kiss his baby fuzz hair.  I love our little nighttime get aways together.