Soothing Daddy to Sleep

Today, Troy and I were playing up in his nursery, and I decided to lay down next to him on the floor. He turned to look at me, and he smiled. I imagine it was because he appreciated that I would get down at his level. We stayed there for a minute just talking and smiling at each other. And then all of a sudden, he rolled toward me, reached out with both his hands, and grabbed my hair. Not hard, gentle and soft. He then proceeded to scratch my scalp, imitating how we do that to him when we are soothing him asleep. Not moving his hands around, just scratching back and forth in the same spot on both sides of my head. It was such a sweet gesture. So loving and kind. I reached over and scratched his head too, and we lay there soothing each other and silently showing each other that we loved them. It was one of my favorite moments with my son.