Sleepless in Illinois

Everyone keeps telling me to "cherish these days", and "savor every moment" and so on but when you are keeping your mommy and daddy up every single night and have to be held every moment, you make it very hard not to wish we could just fast forward to when you sleep through the night. Right now you are asleep on my lap and your little eyelids are fluttering as you dream and you coo and make sweet content noises all wrapped up in a warm blanket. I am looking at your face knowing that you will only be little for the blink of an eye, no matter how exhausted I am. Your daddy and I love you so much. We rock you, bounce you, walk with you, sing to you and let you sleep on our chests just to calm you and let you know we are close to you. Keep on growing little man and we will sleep when you are older.