Coffee and Trucks

James and I enjoy our days together. I am songwriting (on average) 2 days a week and get to be home the rest of the time.

Although I look forward to one day having another baby, I am savoring these days of early motherhood when I get to have James all to myself. The other morning we went to my favorite coffee shop and sat on the front porch overlooking a busy road that leads into downtown. James loves to watch big trucks drive by so this was the perfect outing for us. I drank my coffee while James stood on the bench, taking bites of his muffin in between truck sitings.

“Trut!” he would say and point to the roaring vehicle driving past. Every now and then he would bounce his knees up and down in excitement, and then pause in apprehension when something unfamiliar drove by, like the city bus which doesn’t drive down our street as often as the big trucks (which actually do drive by often due to some sort of waste and recycling facility at the end of our block).

There we were, both of us enjoying some of our very favorite things in the whole world.

It was a good morning despite the pink cheeks our little redhead had later in the day. Who knew even the 8 am sun can burn such fair skin?

I know that mornings such as this will be harder to come by with multiple children. I am asked often these days when we will have another little one. And...It might be soon, it might be another couple years. For now, I am enjoying being the mommy of one very lovable little boy whose first words include “truck” and “soccer”, who crosses his little feet when he is eating, and whose left eye is a little more closed than his right.