Early Morning Sunrise

I never thought of myself as a morning person. I hate waking up if its not naturally but when you have little ones running around, you don't have much of a choice if you want to sleep in.

I've worked plenty of Coffee Shop jobs that required me to be at work at 4:45 or 6:00am.... and I could do that no problem (of course my last coffee shop job ended when I was 9 months pregnant with my first).  Even then I still wasn't a morning person.

It seems like as the days go by, I find it easier to get up earlier every day.  My 4 year old is up before the sun daily. She's always been that way (probably because she was up with me in my belly when I was getting ready for work at that darn coffee shop). Lucky for me, getting her up for school won't be a problem... for now!!  But for her, it doesn't matter if she goes to bed at 7pm or 11pm, she will usually be up by 6:30.  I have recently discovered that I love this!!! Yep, that's right, I love that my daughter wakes up early. It doesn't bother me anymore. Why, you ask??? Because...

We have discovered watching the sunrise together!!!!!

And I absolutely cherish those quiet moments we have together before the rest of the house wakes up! We sit down together in front of the living room window with the shades drawn up just enough to see and we watch the sun rise. We talk about the colors we see as they change. We watch the clouds move across the sky. It is an absolutely wonderful and magical moment.

 

 

Now I make sure my coffee pot is set and I look forward to the moment she rolls out of bed and tiptoes through the house. I look forward to opening my eyes as she tiptoes into my room quiet as a mouse. I look forward to our special sunrise mornings together.