Unexpected

I had a few surprising mommy moments in the last 24 hours.

1) After immunizations yesterday, Nathan basically just wanted to lay on my chest and snuggle. He napped with a hand resting, for reassurance, on his food source. I rubbed his head, inhaled his sweet baby smell, and thought that it was kind of nice to have a cuddly day. These days he just wants to sit and stand and bounce. Not that I was glad he wasn't feeling well. But seriously, without trivializing the pain of parents with seriously ill children, am I the first mom whose ever looked at her snuggly slightly sick baby and thought it was kind of nice?

2) During a HUGE thunder and lightning storm last night, the one that brought tornado sightings to Pittsburgh, we lost power. No big emergency. That's happened before and we have a ton of candles and a gas stove and water heater. Never before, however, has Dave gone out driving through flooded and storm darkened streets to transport 100 ounces of frozen breast milk to a safe and still powered locale. (Thanks Dave & Emily!!)

3) Too lazy to light a candle, I changed a diaper last night in the pitch black of Nathan's room. I did it by feel, and did it quite well. At least it didn't leak.